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Twin Size Quilts & a Winner

Posted on January 27, 2020 by heARTs Creations

Each year at the Quilt & Sew-in Retreats, the retreaters sew blocks that are then put together for Hospice quilts. This spring, however we’ll be putting twin size quilt tops together for another great cause – Snuggled in Hope Quilts. They accept quilt tops for volunteers to quilt and/or tie and bind. The quilts are then sent to Flying Horse Farms, which is a camp in Mt. Gilead, Ohio for children with serious illnesses and is part of Paul Newman’s Serious Fun Network Camps. Thank you to Kayla, a beautiful young woman who attends the Quilt & Sew-In Retreats for this wonderful suggestion.

A real bonus to donating to this cause is that the quilts do not need to be finished! I know many quilters have twin size quilt tops in their stash that may never be quilted – please consider this donation avenue!

The above quilt top will be accompanied by the backing and binding fabric below thanks to the maker of the quilt top.

Winter Blues Blog Hop – thank you to all who hopped along with the Winter Blues. Your kind and uplifting comments were so very much appreciated! Congrats to comenter #28, Dixie, for winning the Batik Surprise.

Winter isn’t over yet! May you spend many happy hours keeping warm while creating!

Bedroom Full of Green Leaves

Posted on January 12, 2020 by heARTs Creations

I’m also working on an applique wall hanging for above the bed. That, however, won’t be finished for a long time. Then came the window treatment. Our bedroom doesn’t have much light, so this is the best I could get for a pic.

This bedroom makeover is quite a change for me, and I’m glad to say I like it. It was a project that seemed to take me forever – and it’s done! A nice way to start off the New Year.

Linking with: (links will be applied on the appropriate dates)

MIDWEEK MAKERS ●NEEDLE & THREAD

PEACOCK PARTY ● TGIFF ● WHOOP WHOOP FRIDAY

FINISHED OR NOT FRIDAY ● OH SCRAP!

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A New Year of ? . . .

Posted on January 6, 2020 by heARTs Creations

Quilting, creating, travel and fun with friends! A two night sew-in with friends in March, three retreats in April and one in November. No firm travel plans yet, but I’m working on it!

First up is prepping to make a quilt for a baby girl due this spring. The requested colors are red, gray and black. Here are the reds I’ve chosen:

And here are the grays and blacks:

My plan is to make a scrappy sawtooth star, with four patches between each star block. The fabrics are all prewashed and pressed. I’d like to get them cut this week, put in a project box with my notes and drawings, and bring to the March sew-in.

Next I need to make a plan for my flimsies (unquilted tops). Realistically, I will not quilt them all myself, so I need to decide which will go to the long arm professional. I’ll also need to choose and prep backings.

Then comes the charity quilts. The donations received need to be sorted through and a plan formed. The blocks made at the November retreat will be pieced. New blocks will be cut for the April Quilt & Sew-in. A new cause has been chosen for this retreat – more about that at a later time.

And then there is this basket FULL to be sorted, cut and put away.

Whew! That’s all my overwhelmed brain can handle for now! Have you made plans for the new year? Or do you take it a day at a time – free and unstressful?

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Nine More Days!

Posted on December 16, 2019 by heARTs Creations

It’s been a fun and busy week. A friend has a family farm and invited two of us for a 3 day sew-in. All that time concentrated on sewing and friends (and food) was such a treat! I put the main body of this batik and black & white quilt together. I cut the squares after I reorganized my batiks a while back. Now I’m working on the borders. I need to cut a little more and look forward to a finish before the end of the year.

Yard/house chores have taken some of my time. We mainly heat with wood – it’s nice and warm but there is work involved. We used the beastly wood splitter and then there was hauling and stacking. Whew! I’m not used to so much manual labor!

A friend that I meet once a month for a day long sew-in made these two lovely ornaments for me. I love their elegance!

The house has been decorated since the begining of Advent and I have been intentionally sitting and enjoying it all. The living tree is a skinny tree and adds enough festivity to make me happy. Ornaments from when the kids were little still adorn the tree and yes, we hang tinsel! Can you spot the little boat and water skiier? That’s from the early years of our marriage. There’s also a little lit tree with ribbon on the kitchen island and a slightly larger little tree in the dining room with bright lights and a little ceramic angel on the top that I made years ago.

And, of course, there’s all the wood carvings my son did many years ago. There’s even a carved candle! He no longer carves, but oh how I hope he’ll take it up again one day.

I’d almost forgotten that I stitched these pillows a couple of years ago and put them out about a week ago.

I hope you are enjoying this wonderful season and that all your prep work is progressing along merrily!

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A Few Finishes!

Posted on December 8, 2019 by heARTs Creations

Oh how I like to say “finished!” Two of these are little, one bigger, but all make me happy.

First, for a couple of little Christmas time gifts, I embellished these towels. From my stash, I made prairie points and cut strips. These make great hostess gifts and guild gift exchanges. They’re also pretty quick!

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These next are, as my hubby declared, “Cute, Cute, Cute!” I found these little dishes at our local Habitat Store. Buttons added around the rim and magnets on the bottom and voila! Pin dishes. I am struggling though, I want to keep one. I already have other pin dishes and a LOT of pin cushions. Let go, let go.

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And finally, I got the last border on my Tula Strings. I know, technically not a complete finish because it’s not quilted. That, however, won’t happen for quite some time so I’m declaring a victory – a finished flimsy! Off to Flimsy Land it goes.

I’m also prepping for a two day sew-in that I am really excited about. I have two projects prepped and packed and am working on a third – just in case.

As the year is coming to a close, do you find yourself finishing?

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Linking: Oh Scrap! Monday Making Midweek Makers Quilt Fabrication

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The Geese are Flying!

Posted on December 1, 2019 by heARTs Creations

Busy week – blowing leaves, Thanksgiving, decorating the house and family. I did manage, however, to work on the flying geese for my Tula Strings quilt. I sewed two cutoffs together and from that made the flying geese using a paper piece pattern I drew on EQ. What I love about this is the accuracy.

I narrowed the inner border and the geese borders are on three sides. One more to go – yippee! Then, unfortunately, it will go to the land of unquilted flimsies until next year. This will make five flimsies and there are 3 Hospice flimsies. There’s also a quilt at the Jazz that I’m slowly getting quilted. It will be a joy to get this one to the stage of binding.

I keep telling myself “One Quilt at a Time.” Except it’s always many more than that!

Linking up with: Oh Scrap!, Needle & Thread Thursday

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Tula & Shot Cotton Strips

Posted on November 24, 2019 by heARTs Creations

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Progress! Yeah! I first brought this project to a retreat in SC and got a number of blocks completed. It then it made its way to the Fall Quilt & Sew-In and I completed all but about 4 blocks. At last they are all complete, sewn together, and the first border is on. This solid border, however, is probably going to be reduced. Unfortunately, there was gobs of rain today and could only get this inside picture – pretty dull.

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The border is my next step. There are a ton of the cuts from the strip sets that will be stitched in pairs, solid fabric added, to make flying geese. At least that’s the plan now!

A not so fun house project is taking up the bulk of my sewing time. Once that’s complete, I hope to attack this for a happy finish!