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.

Anita Goodesign Party

Last week I attended a Anita Goodesign  Embroidery Party at Susan's Sew and Vac.

This was my first time ever attending a embroidery event and I must say I had a lot of fun. There was a Representative from Anita Goodesign who showed lots of examples of items that can be created using their designs. There were embroidery machines set up at the tables and you worked in groups of 5 on two projects.  My group consisted of a mother, daughters, and niece who all happened to be teachers.

Now I have bought many designs from Anita Goodesign to use in my quilts.  I love the way the sew out and they way my finished items look using their designs.

 

This was a baby quilt for a niece who wanted frogs and dragonflies,

 The design pack was Spring Curls

These beautiful flowers were also from the spring curls designs CD and they went into a quilt for one of my grand daughters.

Here is one of the latest designs packs and I bought it at the party.  I have always wanted a quilt with the Mariner's compass but never thought I could get the quilt block done the right way.  Now Anita Goodesign has made it easy for me, I can't wait to get started on this project.

I also fell in love with a beautiful quilt they had hanging on the wall, it was made using the Floral Rings designs CD.  I know my Mother in Law will love this quilt on her bed, but then so will I.. so Yep I bought that one too..

Well, I really didn't buy the two disks above... I joined the Diamond Club at Anita Goodesign, which means I will be getting a Full collection and a mini collection every month... Plus for signing up at the event I got the two special editions CD pictured about... PLUS 10 Design collections, all together they are  valued at over 800 dollars.  Plus I also received the sample CD for attending the party, plus when I ordered my club membership I received a disk with 5 retired collections valued at over 300 dollars... Plus when you sign up for a club you get the start up kit which has retired collections and there are over 757 designs on that disk...  

and I was a winner  of a sample collection door prize drawing.

I though about the $  58.00 monthly club membership but realized how much I was getting for that price and it is a great deal.  a full collection sells for $ 69.95 and the Mini collections sells for $ 39.95 so even there it makes the membership a good value, but with all the extra designs you get the membership is a great value.

There is a Diamond club, with embroidery designs, a Quilting Club with all quilting design packs, and you can up grand to a Platinum and get the project Cd's with either diamond or quilting memberships... or there is the top of the line  VIP membership which is the best value and that is the one I will be going for next year as it wasn't in the budget for this year...

Now to just find the time to sew all these projects that are in my head using my new designs..