I started quilting when I was pregnant with Little Bit. I was on partial bed rest and needed something to pass the time. The wonderful ladies at Church held a class to pass on their skills to the younger generation. I gladly learned from their wisdom. I took on a huge project. I wanted to complete a full/queen quilt for my Mom for Christmas. I started this project in September and I had no sewing machine. The whole thing had to be hand sewn and quilted. I got pretty far. The quilt is still pieced together in a bag in my closet. The actual hand quilting killed my fingers so I abandoned the project and then Little Bit came. At that point quilting was the last thing on my mind. Recently I have been getting the sewing bug again. The bug paired with a sewing machine that Hubs got me for Christmas the year I was pregnant with Little Bit made the thought of crafting very appealing lately.
Then I read a post by a dear bloggy friend that sent me into action.
Quilting Ranny is calling all those quilters out there to get moving and make some blankets for the people of Japan. I was blessed enough to finish my very first quilt. It is a baby blanket. It's not perfect but I am feeling pretty blessed that Ranny's call to help Japan inspired me to finish a quilt.
If you would like to join the challenge go here and get the details. I hope some of you will feel inspired to help Japan in such a real and personal way. Have a blessed week and happy quilting!
How absolutely marvelously wonderful!! I'm glad I found your blog on FMBT... Hoping you'll stop by and follow me back...
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Your quilt is beautiful, what an awesome awesome thing to do. What a blessing it will be.
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Would love for you too follow and like back
mamawannasave.
Blessings to you!
I am so humbled that I was your inspiration and to think tonight I was told blogging was a waste of time! No, blogging sometimes can be an inspiration to others. Your quilt is beautiful and the people of Japan will be grateful!
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Beautiful quilt <3
Your quilt turned out beautiful and donating it for a good cause made it more beautiful! Thanks for touching my heart. Also, I really appreciate you linking up at the Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop :)
ReplyDeletecongrats on your first quilt, It's taken me 8 years to use the sewing machine I have and there seems to be no stopping me now .)
ReplyDeleteI featured your quilt on last weeks Make & Share, stop in and grab your feature button. Can't wait to see what else you come up with.
Christy