Well, you probably thought that things in GA had come to a stand still....
After sending my mother-in-law the box of 30 knitted dishcloths I thought of a project for October that could use the same knitting pattern, I've gotten 14 of them done so far but will say nothing more till the project is done. Just wanted to let you know that I'd been busy...
This past Saturday was the Loving Hands Quilt Group quarterly Quilt Till You Wilt event... this time it was to make 40+ Christmas stockings for the church's Youth Outreach in December. This time there were but a handful of eager elves to assemble the stockings. After a few technical difficulties (thread tensions, needles breaking, switching machine feet etc) we finally got a steady pace going and finished up 32 of the necessary 40. I used one of my vintage sewing machines: matter of fact, Froggy was our first vintage machine. He was purchased the last day of an estate sale in MN. The bobbin case was snarled up in thread so it appeared not to be working... we got him for $5 and have had not a minutes trouble with him since getting the thread nest out of the bobbin case :) .
We each brought home some extra stockings to assemble so I think I'll sew mine with Sarah the Featherweight and my Elna Supermatic.What fun!!! In the photo are four of the participants....Patti, Joann, Terri and myself (sitting behind the machine). Not pictured were our support and supply committee, Jean and Imogene.
It is turning cooler in the metro Atlanta area... hope that all is well in your corner of the world.
kz
Well, October came in with the long anticipated final Barbie quilt pieced, quilted and bound ready for debut. This too has the shaggy binding around the edges. The Loving Hands Quilt Group of First Baptist Church Smyrna GA has done a wonderful job of turning the donated fat quarter bundles from The Fabric Outlet in Brooklyn Park MN into four fantastic giggly girl style quilts that will warm hearts and beds for years to come. These quilts are going to two charities in the Atlanta area...three are going to the street ministry of Cobb Co and the other is a raffle quilt. (We'll know in a few months how much money it helped raise and I'll let you know.) kz
How tall is the stack of dishcloths for my mother-in-law????
30 dishcloths= 9 inches
With a large number and a variety of colors she should have something for everyone on here senior center Christmas list :) I must be the "good" daughter-in-law. (Nah, the secret is she love us equally well.....and she is the only mother each of us have now.)
Have a great day
Kz
What better way to package a gift for a coffee lover than in a coffee box.
Well, since I am cleaning the house I decided that it was time to recycle the packaging that my fellow TreadleOn member sent my "Think Pink Tote" in. Don't you just love it???? She was above and beyond with receiver specific packaging :) Way to go Sibyl !!!! Kz
Well, you just can't trust the Quality Control Dept.
After leaving the quilt under the needle during the process of attaching the binding, I came back from a 24 hour break to find the QCD soundly testing the attributes of Syrita's quilt. Evidently it is passing because Boogie didn't even wink when I took the picture. Now that must be a warm comfy quilt... k
Out of all those Fat Quarter bundles given by the Fabric Outlet in MN we now have three finished Barbie quilts for the shelter. This is the smallest of the grouping. Some time in the past I purchased some purple fabric of varying colors plus clusters of eyelash like threads. In searching the stash for binding fabrics this one jumped out crying to be used. So take a closer look at the fuzzy binding around this quilt.... it will truly make some little girl giggle!!!!
