Finishes

      We have had beautiful cooler weather here this week so it was wonderful to spend some time in the yard. I did not spend every morning outside and made time for quilting. I finished my modern sunflower quilt.

It is lap size and for donation at church. It started with scraps of the sunflower fabric that I wanted to use and it grew improvisationally. I planned a free-motion motif to use and played with leafy vines. I am not real happy with how I chose to quilt the background when I ended the plants. The next time I quilt something similarly I will try to choose a better background motif. Here is a close up.

     I also completed more simple holiday placemats for donation. I have made a good dent in the Christmas fabric stash but there is still too much.

      After reading about requests for quilts for fire survivors out west, I went through my quilt chest and pulled 2 to donate. Members of my family have received many. We have much for which to be thankful. If you have a stash of finished quilts, I hope you will consider donating one or more. There are several groups collecting and some will finish the quilting for finished tops. Here is information about one group that was shared by Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.

“I am a volunteer with Quilts for Riverside Fire Survivors from Clackamas County, Oregon. You may have seen on the news recently that our state has had terrible wildfires this month after a once-in-a-hundred years wind event. Our group is collecting quilts so we can give a quilt to every person whose home burned in Riverside Fire. 

You can learn more about us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/783966792403623

Anything you could do to help us spread the word about our need for quilts would be deeply appreciated. These families have lost everything and we are committed to wrapping them in a quilt. 

We need quilts of all sizes. Quilts can be sent to:

Attn: LLF

Easy E-Office, LLC

24361 S Upper Highland Rd

Colton, OR  97017

We appreciate it if people include their name and a way to contact them so we know who to thank for their generous, loving donation.”

 Like others I am having some trouble with Blogger which changes the font size settings and will not let me. 

Hope you are staying safe and healthy while enjoying some sewing or quilting. 

I am linking up with Alycia's Finished (or Not) Friday.