Another Grateful Heart Block and Another Comfort Quilt

Here is my 6th block for my Grateful Heart Sampler quilt. I am using a Moda FQ bundle called "Northern Solitudes" to make this quilt. The centre of this block, "Memories", was fussy cut from the co-ordinating panel that came with the FQ bundle. There are a few blocks that call for a fussy cut centre so my panel will go to good use. I am not sure which block I will do next. I am not doing them in any particular order--it just depends on how much time I have and what inspires me at the moment. I like to try something new with each quilt I make. This quilt has several complex blocks in it with lots of pieces that should stretch my quilting/piecing skills a bit!





Nancy made this quilt for our local hospital's cancer unit to give to a chemo patient as part of the outreach project by the Elgin Piecemakers Quilt Guild. I could not get this picture to load the other night when I did my previous post so here it is now. She used a Bonnie Hunter pattern for this quilt: "Bricks and Stepping Stones". I like the colours she used! I was talking to Jacqui tonight and the group has decided to do a 3rd set of Comfort Quilts for the hospital--this time Jacqui and I are partners. We will have to take a look at our patterns and our stashes to see what we would like to do. Jacqui has a very large stash! (My stash is nothing to sneeze at either!)

More Comfort Quilts

The Elgin Piecemakers quilt guild have been working on more comfort quilts for cancer patients at our local hospital. I was not able to be at our monthly meeting last week because I was at my Grandmother's funeral, but Jacqui took some pictures and sent them to me. This quilt was made by Pat and I. It still needs the binding sewn on.

This quilt is a spinning 4 patch. The colours are beautiful!!!

The two quilts above are sure to brighten someone's day!


This sampler quilt used blocks from our tinners project. Pat and I used tinners blocks as well for our sampler quilt. There are still a few more quilts that are not quite finished yet. I will post more pictures later. When we made the last delivery of quilts to the hospital back in June 2009, we actually received a thank you note from one of the people who received a quilt. She was thrilled to receive her quilt!

2 more Grateful Heart Sampler Blocks done!

I made two more blocks tonight for the Grateful Heart Sampler. I have 5 out of 25 blocks done now. Above is the Bear Paw block. I love these colours!


Here are the Hour Glass blocks. There are still lots of blocks to do. Some are much more complex and will take a while to make!

Grateful Heart Sampler: Peace and Plenty

I made this block this afternoon. I didn't even cut off any of the points when I was sewing! I think I will make it my goal to have this quilt done in time for the International Plowing Match Quilt competition in May. Wish me luck!

Row Robin

This afternoon, I completed my row for the Row Robin group that I belong to at the London Friendship Quilter's Guild. My group has 4 quilters in it. We each made a row and then passed it on to someone else in the group at the January guild meeting. I received a row of blue stars and made a row of "Broken Dishes" as my contribution. I will pass along these two rows at our February meeting and will receive someone else's two rows. I will make a third row and then pass it along and so on until everyone in the group has made a row for each quilt. All of the rows will be given back to the original row's owner who will then make them into a quilt to show at the September meeting. The finished quilts will be on display at our guild quilt show in October. I am looking forward to seeing the finished quilts.

Sampler Quilt Progress

I was working on these blocks when my Dad called to tell me about my grandmother (see previous post). I spent the evening thinking about Grandma and her quilts as I sewed. This sampler quilt is called "Grateful Heart". I think I will make it in memory of my Grandma. Here are my 5 pinwheel blocks.

I am participating in a St Patrick's day Candle Mat exchange with the Quilted Table yahoo group. I completed it the other night as well. I can't post a picture until the recipient receives it. I will be mailing it early next week.

I hope to do some sewing this weekend.

My Grandmother

My Father called me tonight to let me know that my Grandmother passed away this evening. She would have been 99 on Friday. We were to have had a family birthday party for her on Saturday afternoon at the nursing home where she lived. I had been looking forward to seeing her and the rest of the family at the party. If you have been reading my blog for a while, you may remember the 5 generations of hands picture I took last June. I am so glad we all took the time to get together to take this picture and spend the afternoon with Grandma. Here is a picture I took of her that day at the nursing home with the Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt that she made for my cousin when she got married in the background.
She was a beautiful, loving grandmother who shared her love with all of us in many ways--making quilts for each of us, doilies and afghans too. We each got a wonderful assortment of homemade cookies every Christmas for years before she went into the nursing home. My good dishes were given to me by Grandma, piece by piece, for each birthday and Christmas as I was growing up. Nothing made her more happy than to have her family around her.

I know Grandma is in a better place now...a place where her hands can keep busy sewing and knitting and crocheting, making quilts and blankets to share her love with everyone she meets.

Later this week, I will gather up the quilts that Grandma made for me and take some pictures, and do a blogland quilt show for all of you to see her handiwork.