Charity

As many of you know, I feel very strongly about sewing for charity when and where I can. For the past several years I have been part of the Trust Circle of Do Good Stitches. It is an amazing group to be part of and I truly love every minute of it. This month we were asked to make three Preppy the Whale blocks, pattern by Elizabeth Hartman. Elizabeth was incredibly generous and donated copies of the pattern to our group so we could make the blocks.  Here are mine:

I cannot wait to see what this quilt looks like, I am certain it will be positively adorable. To see more of what our circle does you can look at our hashtag on Instagram #dgstrustcircle

Do you sew for charity? What are your favorite types of projects to sew when making things to donate?

I’m a bit behind in posting these blocks, but then I was a bit behind in making them because we went on vacation for the last week of July and first two weeks of August.

The first two blocks are log cabin blocks in bright cheerful colors. These were requested by Jessica (@plumpatchwork on Instagram).  I think this is going to be a gorgeous and happy quilt when it is all put together.

This happy little paper pieced block was a challenge for me (I’m not used to so many TINY pieces). It was a free pattern on Craftsy offered by Kristy from Quiet Play. She is such a talented designer! You should really check out her blog!  This block is for a secret project, hopefully I can share more about it later.

Have you been doing any charity sewing lately? I have a few more blocks to make for my guild and the August blocks for Do Good Stitches. Sewing for others really does make me happy.

Have a happy hump day!

As many of you know, February was kind of a rough month for Anne and myself. I emailed my circle leader for Do. Good Stitches and asked if I could be a little late with the blocks for that month. She very kindly said it was fine. I finished my blocks yesterday both February and March.

These blocks are called Ocean Waves and were designed by Erica Mallett from our circle @threelittlepumpkins on instagram. They are great but wow! 72 HSTs measuring 2″ finished. That’s a lot of HSTs.  I cannot wait to see this quilt all together as it will be just stunning.

For our March blocks we were asked to give one 12.5″ square of fabric and one log cabins using the colors green, orange and we could mix in low volume if we wanted to. My low volume supplies are running a bit low. I’ve used them a lot recently when I made the preschool quilts, so I stuck to green and orange.

It feels so nice to be caught up on bee blocks.  I also sent off two swap packages this month but I don’t want to blog about those until they have been received. Hopefully early next week I will be able to show the off!

I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday!