my Pets on Quilts entry

Voting is now open at Lilypadquilting web site.

We hope you like our pets on quilts and vote for us... we are entry Number 4  the one with puppies Beep and Bop..  /Voting is now closed, winners have been chosen... we didn't win, but the quilts that did were so cute... my all time fave was the Scotties decorating  the Christmas tree...  great job to all the Pets on Quilts quilters... I think they are all winners..after all they have the quilts and pets and what better prize..

 

 

 

Every year I entered the Pets on Quilts event when SewCalGal hosted  it, but last year the event was taken on my Lily Pad Quilting and somehow I missed getting a entry in on time, This year I had the date saved ..

 

There are many categories to enter in,

Cat on Quilt

Dog on Quilt

Other pet on Quilt

Pet-themed quilt

EQ designed quilt

Art quilt

I think I hit every category with my post..  all my quilts are designed on EQ 7 software, most are cut out using Accuquilt GO fabric cutter..

 so with out further ado here is my entry. 


I had to choose just one photo as my entry and this year it is Beep and Bop two of our puppies.. They are seen posing on Dad's quilt.. we call them the twins as they look so much alike.
After you see the two little ones, take a further look on this post to see the animal themed quilts that I make with my charity group WOCS and some of our other dogs on quilts..  At the bottom of this post you will find the link to visit the rest of the entries for the event..

The rest of the story

 

As many of my regular readers know I belong to a on line charity group called The World of Charity Stitching Group..  they come up with themes each month for ill children, seniors in nursing homes, abused women and children, and cancer patients.  Many times these themes are animal themes.. so here are just a few of my charity quilts both finished and delivered and some still in the works..

 

Here are some of my animal themed charity quilts

birds of prey

butterflies

cats

silly cows

dogs

down on the farm

farm 2

hens

long legged birds

French Country

Owls

Teddies

Teddy and ABC

Cats for Kids House on a quilt

under the sea

Tropical fish

Chickens by request

This is my 100th quilt for WOCS charity group

Silly Ladybugs.. Guess bugs can be pets..

 

 

My Family Quilts

 

As for my family quilts, well we raise Pomeranians and they think the family quilts are where the puppies and dogs should be..

try to take a picture of a quilt for my Mother in law and Mist  is there posing so pretty

newborn babies on their quilt

a chocolate cutie

a little Merle playing on dads quilt

the big boys posing for their ad..

last is Beep and Bop again on dads quilt posing for their puppy ad.

 

YEP we have a few puppies on quilts and many pet or animal themed quilts that I make for WOCS group.

 

As for pet shelter beds and quilts..

I make mini quilts for each puppy to take to their new homes, I make sure to get the litter mates and their mom's scent on the quilts so it will calm the pups when they get to their new home.

 

I don't make beds for our local shelter as they have a man who makes PVC pipe and canvas beds and they use old towels.. so we donate our old towels and we try to take a 50 lb bag of food in each month to our shelter and many times we stop at the Dollar Tree store and pick up doggie toys for the shelter animals.

 

Taking food and toys to the shelter is so appreciated by the shelters as most work on a very limited budget... oh and don't forget the treats...

 

 

If you like seeing  my Pets on Quilts post there are more to see at

Pets on Quilts event at Lily Pad Quilting site.

Here's the link...

http://lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-pets-on-quilts-show-is-here-2013.html

 

 

Voting will start on Sunday August 18,

If my blog post has the most votes I can win a prize

I almost forgot, the best news for my readers... If you go to the above link for the pets on quilt show at lily pad quilting and vote for your favorite quilts  you will be entered into a drawing for prizes too//

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100 quilts for charity

This has been a busy sewing week for me... I finished a fish quilt for a young man who is in the hospital in Washington State getting Chemo.

 

Mitch's Quilt

I love the fabric I choose for the background as it looked like water and what better for the little fishes

This is another request Charity quilt for a 22 year old girl with MS. she saw one of the chicken quilts that was made for the nursing home while visiting her grandmother, she loves chicken as she use to help her grandpa take care of his chickens.  WOCS members stitched the chickens for her quilt, love the chicken fabric I found for this quilt

 

Another quilt made for WOCS using donated 4 season squares and members stitched the other squares for the quilt.

 

 

This quilt I am so proud of, Members had stitched ladybugs and we got enough for three quilts, this quilt uses all the silly ladybugs.. This is my 100th quilt that I have sewn, assembled, quilted and finished for The World of Charity Group that I belong to..  Being that it marks a special number I decided that it needed to be a special quilt.. so I thought funny ladybugs on a ladybug, how cute it that.. This quilt will go to a child either at Ronald McDonald house or the Abuse shelter when finished.

 

This quilt is a twin size for my grandson Jack... he requested Star of David as the embroidery design and wanted shades of blue.. I just need to quilt it and deliver to him..  This will finish the quilts for daughter # 2s family.. The other five quilts for the kids were delivered weeks ago, Jack didn't make up his mind till he saw those quilts.  Next will be quilts for my Son's daughters.. Just taking them one family at a time..

and Last is a texture quilt kit that I bought last weekend and put together for my niece in Ohio, she is expecting her second daughter.  I try to make two quilts for the babies.. one is a texture quilt like this one or a flannel rag quilt and then the Mom's get to choose a theme for the second baby quilt,

 this time she choose Mickey Mouse as her theme..

 

Check back later this week for the PUPPY DRAMA and grandchildren

Cats were delivered to the Santa Rosa Kids House...  One of the volunteer had contacted me and requested some stuffed animals for the children.  The members of The World of Charity Stitching group once again stepped up to the plate and they stitched the cat faces and the hug me signs.  My self and another member sewed up the bodies, I stuffed, fluffed, and added a bow and the cats were ready to go..  So on to the next project... I am currently working on a quilt for a young man in Washington state who has leukemia.  His quilt will be in the mail this week...

 

 

 

Em's surgery

 

On another note, my grand daughter has a cyst on her finger and years ago it was removed.  It came back and again it was removed... The next time they removed it they cut to the bone, took fat and skin, did a graft and just messed up her finger..  Well, the cyst stayed away for quite some time... But it is back.. and her parents took her to the doctors once again.. This time they were referred to Shands in Gainsville and a tumor specialist examined her hand yesterday.  Today they did the surgery and she is now home and on the mend...

 

 

a busy week

This has been a really busy week for our house... Monday was spent at the hospital with me getting tests done..  When we came home I ended up sleeping most of the evening away thanks to the meds they gave me..  But results came in by the end of the week and things are all OK.. 

Then there was a Delivery Day to the nursing home... I took 8 quilts and some walker bags to Berryhill center, needless to say there were lots of smiling faces when they got their quilts.  Mel made the delivery to Century Care Center and the residents there almost run her down when she arrives with the quilts.. 

Here are some of the ones that were delivered... these are the ones I made using the stitched square  the World of Charity Stitching group sent me...

 

Also delivered were two ladybug themed and a wild animal quilt that were quilted by WOCS members..

 

For the rest of the week we had a visit from Jen and her crew (more on that visit later)  sold two puppies, bought out the grocery store..(not really, just seemed that way) and Saturday we hit some yard sales...

 

 

Almost forgot, Mists puppies went for their puppy shots this week too..

 

The Twins Beep and Bop

 

 

and this is their little sister

 

I often wonder on the puppies and which sex are the smartest.

seems the girls always win.  This little girl has learned that she can climb the sides of the playpen, she just hasn't gotten brave enough to make the leap. She has also learned that she can bite the sides and make a hole... so far I have been one step ahead of her...  But it is always the females who are the escapees...from the puppy pens...

 

 

 

 

where have all the bloggers gone

Puppies ready to go

 

 

I know I am bad at updating my blog sometimes, but I do get around to it in time... I love posting about the puppies and the happenings around here, things I like to make and most of all I love showing off the beautiful quilts I make for The World of Charity Group. I love showing off the counted cross stitch I make and the ones the WOCS ladies send here, so much work and love go into those stitches...  But really, am I one of a dying breed?  So many of the blogs I use to read now lay dormant, the writers haven't posted in months... Even our daughters have stopped posting their daily events and photos... Oh how I miss those posts, I loved reading about the escapades of the kids and grand kids, seeing a glimpse into their world.. But now the blogs are quiet, no more photos or posts fill my mailbox.. because they seem to be hooked on Facebook...  Which is OK now and then I guess... but really a photo, a few words and that is it... where is the story, where are all the photos that helped bring the story to life... GONE...  I want to see the projects the family are doing, I want to see the kids as they head out to a dance, or even if it is just the daily activities around the house. I loved reading Jenny's blog as she had a way adding humor into her writing that makes me smile.  Seems like the only people that are writing on their blog now days are the ones who will share instructions or tutorials for a craft... and there are the ones who host contests to bring more readers to their site... There are also those Moms that have made a job of blogging about products, giving reviews and hosting giveaways, what a great way to get items for their families, but those too have started to disappear.  I guess I don't care if my blog is popular, or read by friends and family, I write it for me, a way to tell my story, my life, my love of making things, a way of documenting my charity work. Maybe one day one of the grand kids will take the time to read about their Nana and learn more about her.. I only wish blogging was around when my grandma was alive, I would have loved to learn more about her..

Replacements again

 

When it rains it pours... this is so true around my house lately...  As you read a month ago our fridge stopped working and had to be replaced... now this was just after replacing the riding mower and the power washer...  so I thought things always worked in threes and we would be good to go for at least a year...  But OH NO... just isn't going to happen.... what now I asked...

I was vacuuming the floor and there was more coming out of the machine then going in... Have no clue why it is doing that... nothing clogged...  Then the other morning I turned on the TV and there is this large border at the top of the screen... so my first thought it was the service, but no after checking things it is the TV...  What ever happened to products lasting longer then a few years... OH YEAH that's right most things are made as disposable now days...  I still have a OLD TV from over 25 years ago that works just fine, but the one we got less then 7 years ago is now on the fritz..  Are there any TV repairmen left and is it worth fixing a TV  or can they even be fixed?

So yesterday we headed out to shop for a new TV and vacuum...  Hubby went a little larger on the TV size which now means he either needs to adjust the TV cabinet or we need a new one of those too, we will see as we will be setting up the TV today sometime.

I just hope we are done replacing things at least for this year..

New Arrival

This is my Nellie Belle, she is a Bailey Mid Arm Quilting machine and she has served me quite well. She has added her beautiful designs to many quilts that were donated to Seniors and Children.

 

But it is time for me to move on and up in my quilting and My Nellie Belle will be looking for a new home.  She is a wonderful machine to learn to quilt with.

 

Getting the room ready for the new arrival, furniture moved out, a fresh coat of paint and we are ready for my new toy.

Frame is here and in the process of being set up. It was a bigger then I thought and I had to move the cabinet to make room.

Finally frame is ready for Lizzy

Leaders in place, Lizzy sitting proudly on her frame waiting to go to work quilting all my charity quilts and my UFOs

Slight glitch in the system, just could not get the computer to work the way it should, waiting for the tech at Shirley Stitcher company to call back again.. We think it might be a bad connection cable.

 

Update:  Susan borrowed a cable and dropped it off last night... of course I had to give it a try, and YES  that seems to be the problem..   Susan will be back today to finish install and she will be ordering a new cable.  At least I hope that was the only problem, but Susan will check it out and get my Lizzy running like a charm

 

Love the service from Susan's Sew and Vac in Pensacola,

owner and staff are so friendly and very helpful.