Category Archives: Charity Quilt

It’s a wrap; or unwrapped, depends on how you look at it…

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Sewfrench

You remember when I first bought all this Marcia Derse fabric, at the Grand Rapids AQS quilt show? I recently finished putting it together as a quilt. And finally gifted it, to our first-born daughter, Krystal, and her husband, Dustin. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013 completes, A Sttitch in Time, Charity Quilt, Crazy Mom Friday Finishes, Design, fabric, Family, Finish it Up Fridays, Gifts, Linkys, machine quilting, Quilting, Sewing, Show it off Friday, TGIFF, video | Tagged Amelia, Blue Underground, gift, Grand Rapids AQS quilt show, Marcia Derse, quilt, Thick and Thin | 21 Comments

Endless Chain quilt top

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Sewfrench

Loving this new gadget my husband brought home for me. It is the Ryobi Airgrip laser level. If you are a quilter, you know the constant issue of aligning, particularly bias, quilt edges straight? I knew there had to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity Quilt, Design, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, Favorite Things, Linkys, Pinterest, Quilting, Review | Tagged endless chain, gadget, quilt, ryobi laser level, vintage | 25 Comments

Trendsetting? Moi???

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Sewfrench

My trees quilt is coming along slower than molasses. I’ve changing the quilting plan about three times but I am finally happy with the current direction it is going. I just thank goodness it was hand quilting and not machine … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity Quilt, Design, Fabric Tuesday, Linkys, Quilting, WIP, WIP | Tagged batik, equilateral, fall trees, hand quilting, inner voice, Kona, Oakshott, quilt, slower than molasses, solids, trees, trend setters, trendsetter, triangle | 5 Comments

Struggling to see the forest through the trees

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Sewfrench

If you enjoy hand quilting I should have mentioned it sooner, but today is Day 3 of a hand quilting blog hop over at Celebrate Hand Quilting. Personally, I think hand quilters are the nicest people. Always ready to share … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity Quilt, hand quilting, Quilting | Tagged batik, big stitch, charity, hand quilting, Kona, Oakshott, perle cotton, prevencia perle cotton, quilt, quilting, tree | 14 Comments

Next up… a fundraising quilt.

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Sewfrench

This is what I’ve been working on. I’m squaring up blocks, that after I made them, I decided I should soak and rinse to make sure nothing would bleed. I don’t normally prewash, but I’ve never used anything like Oakshott … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity Quilt, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, Quilting, Sewing, WIP | Tagged batik, charity, fabric, Oakshott, quilt, quilting, squaring blocks, trees | 25 Comments

Lots of Hugs II

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Sewfrench

I was glad to finally get this one finished. I didn’t want to have to mail it along with the previous quilt that goes with it. I don’t know about you but I despise shipping quilts. I hear too many horror … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013 completes, A Sttitch in Time, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Charity Quilt, Crazy Mom Friday Finishes, fabric, hand quilting, Linkys, Quilting, Sewing, TGIFF | Tagged A Mother's Hope, baby, charily, Cross Terrain, II, Lots of Hugs, margaret's hope chest, quilt, quilting, scrap, scrap quilt | 11 Comments

A midweek update.

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Sewfrench

I finished another book, this week, Still Alice by Lisa Genova. This is a very mixed review for me. It is a novel, written by a Harvard professor. A neuroscientist told in the voice of a newly diagnosed, early onset Alzheimer’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Charity Quilt, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, hand quilting, Linkys, Quilting, Reading, Sewing, Watcha reading, WIP | Tagged barefoot sisters southbound, book, Fabric Tuesday, margaret's hope chest, mental-health, nature, Oakshott, still alice, whatcha reading, WIP | 13 Comments

Sweet Strings ~ revealed

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Sewfrench

Sweet Strings is complete! The un-embroidery and re-embroidery is complete. I decided instead of wandering out, in the bright and blistering cold, to stick with the picture I took last week, when there was no snow, even if it is … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013 completes, A Sttitch in Time, Books, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Charity Quilt, Crazy Mom Friday Finishes, Linkys, Quilting, Review, Sewing, TGIFF | Tagged A Mother's Hope, andre debus III, book, charity, inventory reduction quilt, margaret's hope chest, quilting, reading, review, scrap quilt, sewing, string quilt, Townie | 18 Comments

A Mother’s Hope

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Sewfrench

Trying to stay focused and work with what I have on hand, I found myself working with all these tiny floral calicos from the 80s and 90s. Nice, but overwhelming in the quantities I own. Kind of like when working … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Charity Quilt, Design, Fabric Tuesday, Linkys, machine quilting, Quilting, Sewing, WIP | Tagged A Mother's Hope, calico, charity quilt, inventory reduction, margaret's hope chest, pastel, postpartum depression, quilting, scrap, sewing | 12 Comments

Kaleidoscope quilt ~ revealed

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Sewfrench

This one has been around a while. Here, here, and I’m sure there are other posts. Of course the Kaleidoscope block has been around forever. It is a very old block. I couldn’t find a history on it but I … Continue reading →