100 Quilts for Kids
So when I saw the 100 Quilts for Kids project mentioned over at Swim Bike Quilt two weeks ago I pushed everything on my sewing table to the floor and embarked on my first official quilt along.
The premise is simple: make a quilt and donate it to a child in need in your community by October 15. Now really folks, why haven't I done this before?
I have donated many a handmade item to raffles, school art auctions, and the like, but this was different. This time I worked with the knowledge that there were many other quilters out there quilting at the same time with the same mission in mind. Neat, right?
So now to the quilt:
After finding a lot of pink in the first link up post on Swim Bike Quilt, I decided to construct this quilt with a UFO (unfinished object) that I made two years ago to practice a chevron pattern. Little did I know then that chevrons would be so popular today...
I finished the UFO off with a few yards of white organic cotton, blue kona cotton, handmade binding, and a high loft batting to add some snuggle. Then I packed it up and shipped it out to my local chapter of Project Linus, whose mission is "to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans.." This organization is pretty amazing, having donated more that three MILLION blanket and quilts to children in need since 1995. I am so glad to have added one more to that awesome number.
Check out the 100 Quilts for Kids Flikr page to see what other folks have made and donated. It's pretty cool.
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Reader Comments (1)
Hurray for blue quilts! The quilts i'm working on to donate are all decidedly not pink, too! Love that polka dot! Thanks for linking up.