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Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Quiltsy Cares Christine Vinh of StitchesnQuilts
Today's Quiltsy Cares team member in the spotlight is Christine Vinh of StitchesnQuilts. Christine donated a lap quilt to Shawl
Ministry at the Cancer Institute of MedStar Washington Hospital Center at www.medstarwashington.org.
When asked why is this charity special to her, her answer was "I have partnered with the Cancer Institute first on a
quilt project, Common Threads: Healing Hands and Hearts, and then with the
Shawl Ministry. We accept shawls, lap
afghans, and lap quilts which are then available for selection by cancer
patients as they begin their treatment.
There is a virtual community who donate items, including my local guild,
Arlington Quilters Unlimited who chose this as their charity for two
years. There is also a monthly Sit, Knit
and Crochet group that meets at the hospital.
The group includes volunteers, staff, and patients and over the years
has become a support group for many of the participants. Several started after receiving a shawl as a
patient and joined so they could give back.
Right now we have a few members who still come to the meetings though
they can no longer participate as they near the end of their own life".
Christine donated a lap quilt this month which is a strip quilt using African
fabrics. A large portion of the patient
population is African American so it is fitting to honor their heritage. The quilt she donated last year, instead of going
to a patient, now hangs in the new infusion center for all to see.
About Christine and her shop – I worked at the hospital for 35 years moving from nursing to hospital administration. When I left, I reactivated my right brain and spend my time with fiber – fabric and yarn. I love color and texture and the small art quilts and hand knit items I sell reflect that passion.
About Christine and her shop – I worked at the hospital for 35 years moving from nursing to hospital administration. When I left, I reactivated my right brain and spend my time with fiber – fabric and yarn. I love color and texture and the small art quilts and hand knit items I sell reflect that passion.
Christine lives in Arlington, VA, and has been quilting since 1983. She has been a Quiltsy Team member for 5 years. Her favorite thing to make in her Etsy Shop is
Here are two more pictures of quilts donated including some from her quilt guild:
Written by Pat Young of PatsPassionQuilteds, Quiltsy Team member since May 2011.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Quiltsy Cares: Joan Lessner from BeautifulDayScarves
Today's Quiltsy Cares donator is Joan Lessner from BeautifulDayScarves. Joan's charity is Virginia Piper Cancer Institute/Minnesota Oncology
When she was asked why her charity was so special to her, this was her answer: "I am a breast cancer survivor and this is the place where I received my treatment".
Her shop is an ongoing donation to her charity. For each scarf sold, an identical scarf is donated to VPCI and given away free to chemo patients. The really nice thing about the scarves is that they are soft and comfortable on an itchy scalp. They are also quite versatile and can be tied in a variety of ways. And then, when your hair comes back, you still have an infinity scarf!
Joan lives in Fridley, MN and has been quilting for 15 years. She has been a Quiltsy member for 3 years. Her favorite thing to make in her Etsy Shop is quilt tops.
Joan has two shopson Etsy.
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Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Quiltsy Cares March 8th Maryellen McAuliffe
Today's Quiltsy Cares donator is Maryellen McAullife from MaryMackMadeMine. Maryellen's charity is Little Dresses for Africa http://www.littledressesforafrica.org/blog/about/. I asked her why this charity is so special to her-" I enjoy making clothes for girls, and when one of the bloggers I follow asked for others to sew dresses for this charity, I decided to participate."
Although the dresses are normally made from a Pillowcase shape, since I happen to sew clothes, and had yardage, I decided to make 2 simple tank style dresses. I have a number of easy patterns, and picked one that would work with the fabric piece I wanted to use. The charity requests that there are no zippers or buttons to break, so the style I picked met those requirements, and my need to make it a real dress, one that I would be proud to donate.
Maryellen just moved to Franklin Square, Long Island, NY, to help my elderly parents. I'm excited about creating a new studio. She has been sewing since she was 4, and took her first quilting class about 28 years ago. She has made everything from doll clothes, home dec, slipcovers, curtains, pillows, quilts, wedding and prom dresses, school play costumes, and even did alterations for dry cleaners. Quilting and dresses for girls are her favorite things to do. She has been a member of the Quiltsy Team about 6 years, and as a leader, she helps manage the team shop.
Her favorite is usually the quilt I'm working on. She is also honored to be an Island Batik Ambassador, and just finished a blog hop to showcase their new fabrics, coming to stores now. We also got the box of fabrics that will be shown at Quilt Market in May. She loves working with these fabrics. Just listed in her shop is a quilt with the Coral Reef collection, and is in the process of finishing one from the Sea Salt Sandy collection.
Written by Pat Young of PatsPassionQuilteds, Quiltsy Team member since May 2011.
Although the dresses are normally made from a Pillowcase shape, since I happen to sew clothes, and had yardage, I decided to make 2 simple tank style dresses. I have a number of easy patterns, and picked one that would work with the fabric piece I wanted to use. The charity requests that there are no zippers or buttons to break, so the style I picked met those requirements, and my need to make it a real dress, one that I would be proud to donate.
Maryellen just moved to Franklin Square, Long Island, NY, to help my elderly parents. I'm excited about creating a new studio. She has been sewing since she was 4, and took her first quilting class about 28 years ago. She has made everything from doll clothes, home dec, slipcovers, curtains, pillows, quilts, wedding and prom dresses, school play costumes, and even did alterations for dry cleaners. Quilting and dresses for girls are her favorite things to do. She has been a member of the Quiltsy Team about 6 years, and as a leader, she helps manage the team shop.
Her favorite is usually the quilt I'm working on. She is also honored to be an Island Batik Ambassador, and just finished a blog hop to showcase their new fabrics, coming to stores now. We also got the box of fabrics that will be shown at Quilt Market in May. She loves working with these fabrics. Just listed in her shop is a quilt with the Coral Reef collection, and is in the process of finishing one from the Sea Salt Sandy collection.
Written by Pat Young of PatsPassionQuilteds, Quiltsy Team member since May 2011.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Quiltsy Cares' Lauren Krueger
Our final Quiltsy Cares' star is Lauren Krueger of Cactus Penguin, whose dedication had her up to 4:00 in the morning finishing her charity quilt. Lauren is donating her quilt to Queen Creek Fire Dept..In her own words, Lauren explains why this Charity is so important to her- "A few years ago, I witnessed a fatal car accident. After the mother was taken away, the emergency personnel had only plastic ground sheets to wrap around & cuddle the kids. I have donated other quilts to fire departments so that they have something more comforting for family members. That's why I made a flannel youth quilt--something to comfort a baby or small child that they can hang on to.
Lauren started her Etsy shop two years ago. Her Shop, CactusPenguin, represents living in the cold Midwest (Illinois & Wisconsin) for the first 35 years of her life, then moving to cactus country. She kids that when she can stop sewing long enough, she plans to change the banner in her shop to a picture of a cactus with snow in it! Lauren currently lives in Sun Lakes, Arizona, where she will never have to shovel snow again.
Lauren has been quilting for 15 years, but has been sewing since she was 6 years old. She made her clothes in high school and college, including her prom dress and first wedding dress. But to her, quilting is so much more fun and creative.
Lauren joined the Quiltsy team 16 months ago through Gail of QuiltSewPieceful, who is still taking Lauren's pictures, helps and inspires her in her quilting everyday.
Lauren's favorite things to sew are anything patriotic and anything Christmas. Her newest creation for her shop are candle mats for every holiday and season. She is making them for a friend's centerpieces at his wedding, and she just kept creating more
for every holiday and season!
Lauren works a full-time job that she enjoys, except it takes her away from her quilt studio! She has also refereed soccer for the last 21 years. Best times for her are working on a quilt while watching soccer on TV. Go Chelsea & Galaxy! Good luck USA Women at World Cup in Canada this summer!
You can look for Lauren here also:
https://twitter.com/CactusPeng
Written by Pat Young of PatsPassionQuilteds, Quiltsy Team member since May 2011.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Quiltsy Cares' Judy Messenger 3-24-2015
Today's spotlight is on Judy Messenger of FabriArts and the quilt she made will be donated to Quilts of Valor, Canada www.quiltsofvalour.ca/.
She calls the quilt "Canadian Wave"....the red pointed strips are reminiscent of the points of the maple leaf on the Canadian flag, and as she was designing the layout, she thought of a "wave" at a sporting event. This is her way of sending that wave to a wounded service member!
When asked why Quilts of Valor, Judy replied "Quilts are one small way of showing our injured Canadian Armed Forces service members and our veterans their sacrifices are recognized by Canadians. The Quilts of Valor group at a local quilt shop was the first group of fellow quilters that I joined back in 2009 when I started getting serious about quilting. It was great to get together with other talented quilt artists and learn from them, as well as providing a service to our Canadian Forces members! The quilt shop where we met has since closed, but I've recently found another QoV group to get together with!
Quilts of Valor has participated at "Quilts at the Creek" quiltsatthecreek.wordpress.com/ , and the outdoor quilt show at Black Creek Pioneer Village in Toronto since the show's inception in 2012, with a lovely display of quilts hanging in the grove. Canadian Wave will probably hang at Quilts at the Creek this summer before it's given to the local QoV rep.
Judy lives in Toronto, Ontario Canada for most of the year, but is lucky enough to spend much of the summer and autumn months at their cottage on Lake Muskoka, in Ontario's cottage country. Of course she moves her quilting studio with her!
She made my first rag quilt in 2001, and made many rag quilts for family members, and for Project Linus. She started her first bed quilt in 2002, but didn't finish it until 2007, after she got more confident with her free-motion quilting, although she did continue to make rag quilts and other "quilt-as-you-go" quilts during those years. Judy is an active member of 3 local quilt guilds and helps with the organization of the guild quilt show and Quilts at the Creek.
Known as Judith to fellow Quiltsy members, she opened FabriArts late in 2012 after participating in a local craft show for the first time. She has been a member of the Quiltsy Team since about November 2013. She feels it is a great group of fellow quilting enthusiasts, who all support each other!
Her favorite things to make for her ETSY shop are baby quilts and her fabric postcards. She thinks it is fun to work with bright fabrics for the baby quilts, fabrics that don't go with the decor in either her house or cottage! The fabric postcards are little art projects where she can try new techniques or stitch with some of her extensive fiber collection.
You can find Judy here:
Etsy store: FabriArts
Blog: jmstitching.wordpress.com/
Website: www.fabriarts.com/
Written by Pat Young of PatsPassionQuilteds, Quiltsy Team member since May 2011
She calls the quilt "Canadian Wave"....the red pointed strips are reminiscent of the points of the maple leaf on the Canadian flag, and as she was designing the layout, she thought of a "wave" at a sporting event. This is her way of sending that wave to a wounded service member!
When asked why Quilts of Valor, Judy replied "Quilts are one small way of showing our injured Canadian Armed Forces service members and our veterans their sacrifices are recognized by Canadians. The Quilts of Valor group at a local quilt shop was the first group of fellow quilters that I joined back in 2009 when I started getting serious about quilting. It was great to get together with other talented quilt artists and learn from them, as well as providing a service to our Canadian Forces members! The quilt shop where we met has since closed, but I've recently found another QoV group to get together with!
Quilts of Valor has participated at "Quilts at the Creek" quiltsatthecreek.wordpress.com/ , and the outdoor quilt show at Black Creek Pioneer Village in Toronto since the show's inception in 2012, with a lovely display of quilts hanging in the grove. Canadian Wave will probably hang at Quilts at the Creek this summer before it's given to the local QoV rep.
Judy lives in Toronto, Ontario Canada for most of the year, but is lucky enough to spend much of the summer and autumn months at their cottage on Lake Muskoka, in Ontario's cottage country. Of course she moves her quilting studio with her!
She made my first rag quilt in 2001, and made many rag quilts for family members, and for Project Linus. She started her first bed quilt in 2002, but didn't finish it until 2007, after she got more confident with her free-motion quilting, although she did continue to make rag quilts and other "quilt-as-you-go" quilts during those years. Judy is an active member of 3 local quilt guilds and helps with the organization of the guild quilt show and Quilts at the Creek.
Known as Judith to fellow Quiltsy members, she opened FabriArts late in 2012 after participating in a local craft show for the first time. She has been a member of the Quiltsy Team since about November 2013. She feels it is a great group of fellow quilting enthusiasts, who all support each other!
Her favorite things to make for her ETSY shop are baby quilts and her fabric postcards. She thinks it is fun to work with bright fabrics for the baby quilts, fabrics that don't go with the decor in either her house or cottage! The fabric postcards are little art projects where she can try new techniques or stitch with some of her extensive fiber collection.
You can find Judy here:
Etsy store: FabriArts
Blog: jmstitching.wordpress.com/
Website: www.fabriarts.com/
Written by Pat Young of PatsPassionQuilteds, Quiltsy Team member since May 2011
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