Showing posts with label 100 Quilts For Kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 100 Quilts For Kids. Show all posts

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Comforts for Children


Just sharing a couple of quilts I am donating to Comforts for Children.  Comforts for Children is a local organization here in Eugene Oregon that provides quilts to agencies that work with at-risk kids.




These quilt are being donated in support of Katie's 100 Quilts for Kids quilt drive over at swim bike quilt.  Remember, you have until September 30th to participate.

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

100 Quilts for Kids



Just sharing a couple quilts I am donating to Bags of Love.  Bags of Love is a local organization here in Eugene Oregon that provides bags filled with essentials to kids who are in crisis and are being removed from their environment.  Each bag also includes a quilt for comfort.  I tried to fill these two quilts with lots of hugs.







These quilt are being donated in support of Katie's 100 Quilts for Kids quilt drive over at swim bike quilt.  You have until the end of September to participate.  Need an idea for a quilt?  String quilts work great for a quick quilt.  Plus you utilize some of those pesky scraps around your sewing room!


Thursday, July 25, 2013

Kids Helping Kids!


Hi, all!

I wanted to share this picture with you - the children in our church decided to join in the Hands2Help Charity Quilt Challenge this year when they found out that one of the charities was quilts for Ethiopian orphans.  They have been studying mission efforts in Ethiopia and this was a perfect tie in.  They worked together with the ladies in our quilting group to create seventeen quilts that were sent to Quilts Beyond Borders for distribution in Ethiopia.  

Carla from Quilts Beyond Borders has written a very sweet blogpost that features these quilts and some others donated through the Hands2Help Challenge that you can read here.  If you're looking for a place to donate a quilt for the 100 Quilts For Kids charity drive (you can read about that here), I would highly recommend these folks.  They do great work!!

Hugs!

Sarah

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Quilting For Good - the 1st Linky Party!!

Hi, all!


Welcome to the first Quilting For Good Tuesdays linky party!!  Here's your chance to link up and show everyone your charity quilting efforts for the week!  


The rules are simple - it doesn't have to be a finish to be linked up, but it should be something you're doing for charity.  It could be a donation you've made to a charity quilter, a post showing progress you are making on a charity quilt or blocks, or it could be quilts you or your group have made recently for charity.  Be sure to tell us who you are quilting for, and if the group isn't listed in the sidebar, be sure to let us know a little bit about it.  And please mention in your post that you are linking up to Quilting For Good Tuesdays!  Let's get lots of folks in on the party.....


And once you've linked up, take some time to check out the other links!  You might find a charity you didn't know about before, or a fellow charity quilter nearby!  The possibilities are endless....


Oh, and be sure to grab the button!  Help us spread the word and get all those charity quilters in on the party.....


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See that picture at the top of the page?  Those are quilts that my church ministry group, Piece*Love*Quilt, made last year for the 100 Quilts For Kids challenge hosted by Katie of Swim Bike Quilt.



This is an awesome charity challenge, and if you've never been involved in it before, you should give it a try!  This year, Katie is recommending that you donate your quilts locally, so you don't even have the expense of mailing your quilts away if you don't want to.  You can read more about it on her blog.  She's also having a blog hop every Monday in July, August and September, with her fellow bloggers doing a post highlighting the challenge and sharing some fabulous info to help you participate - it could be anything from a quilt pattern or tutorial, tips for choosing fabric, showing quilts they've made to donate, or their favorite charity.  I guarantee it will be interesting, inspiring, and there may even be giveaways on those blog hop days!   On Monday, July 2nd, Lynne of Lily's Quilts blogged about her favorite charity, Siblings Together, AND she has a giveaway!  You might want to hop over there and check it out - but don't forget to come back and link up here!!

Just to keep it real, here's the stack of
charity tops and backs I need to get
quilted this week!

And speaking of giveaways, Katie has lined up sponsors for the challenge, and you'll be entered if you link up pictures of your finished quilt(s) at the end of the challenge.  Doing good, AND the chance to win great prizes!  What more can you ask for?










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So now it's your turn.  What have you been working on this week that will be given to help others?  Link up below and show us!  (The linky will remain open until next Monday night at midnight CST, so you've got time to get a post together if you haven't got one ready already!)  Help spread the word by posting the button on your blog, and go visit the other party-goers and be inspired!! 

Hugs!

Sarah

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Four Quilts for New Orleans

Hi, all!


I wanted to show off four quilts I finished this week that will be going to New Orleans in the fall...






These four tops were sent to us by Katie of Swim Bike Quilt!  Thanks, Katie!!  They'll be added to the other quilts sent as part of the Hands2Help Charity Quilt Challenge.

Oh - and speaking of Katie, she's once again hosting 100 Quilts For Kids, running this year from June 15th to October 15th.  You can read more about it here!

Hugs!

Sarah