Yes folks it's the last Saturday for light blue or green blues
with Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2015.
In my box of parts and rejects I had a few 16 patch blocks
originally being made for…… really something to do
one day when all I wanted was to sew straight seams but now I
find I have a good use for them. I'm a member of Aotearoa Quilters here in
New Zealand and their latest newsletter put out a call for
cot or single quilts for a cause
Cosy Kiwi Kids
to ensure that children who are living in cold damp homes
are given a warm quilt. These will be distributed
through needy schools throughout the country.
It's a large cot size, not enough blocks for a single.
All that is needed now is to haul out some batting and backing and quilt.
It's that time of year for me to prune back hydrangeas, roses and a few other shrubs but I like to leave
the roses until the last ones are fading, I love the change of colour and
the beginning of decay
strange I know but I'm sure I'm not the only one, in fact I know I am not
as an art gallery in Auckland
have produced a luscious book of photographs of flowers in decay
taken by a marvellous photographer who specialises in these. This is on my wish list!
Time to get into house cleaning this morning - go visit
Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2015
to view more blue lovelies and have a happy week.
Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2015
to view more blue lovelies and have a happy week.
Your fabrics are lovely! Whoever gets the donation quilt will be thrilled. And I do know that feeling if just needing to mindlessly sew with abandon:-)
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful fabrics you have used for your donation quilt. I am sure that someone will love to have it to snuggle under
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely cheerful quilt to donate.
ReplyDeleteYour donation quilt is wonderful.....the colors are so pretty. I know someone is going to love this!
ReplyDeleteLovely donation piece--I especially like those borders and those brighter bits scattered throughout--as usual you have a wonderful "eye" for color...hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteIt always makes me happy to find a cause for which to pull together a quilt out of parts and scraps. You turned your blocks into a lovely top.
ReplyDeleteI understand about fading flowers. I do need to get out and deadhead my little rose bush however!
What a great cause for your orphan blocks.
ReplyDeleteI don't deadhead as much as I should as I like to leave the seeds for the birds
Good on you with the donated quilt. I keep telling myself I need to get more organised so I have quilts ready to donate when the call goes out. My garden needs a little tidy-up, trying to chip away at it, a little each day!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blues. I think a child will especially like the whales on the borders. Gorgeous roses, too. Our are dying from the drought; not nearly as lovely a decay.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colors and prints in your donation quilt. Such a worthy cause, too. It's sure to provide comfort and warmth for a child.
ReplyDeleteWe are just into summer here and I am looking forward to some flowers. RSC lends itself to so many projects.
ReplyDeleteLovely blues in your 16 patch.. and I shall check out the Aotearoa Quilters, sounds like a great cause. I tend to leave my roses too, something rather pretty about the changes in colour,just before they go too far!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have hydrangeas but have to settle for a painting of some done by my Aunt. Nice 16 patches. The colors are lovely.
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