2019 Charity Quilts #71-80

Here’s the latest installment!

I will probably have to add another row to this pile of quilts - as I will have 50 more quilts to put in here and I can’t stack them that high on these three piles without them all crashing down (I’ve tried it before in other years - when I came back into the room I had a huge mess of quilts!). So a fourth column will be started on the left - taking pictures will be harder!

I’m getting close to running out of the labels I had made previously, so I’ve started to make more of those on my embroidery machine. I need to make sure I do that at ‘other times’ when not making these quilts.

It is so much nicer when I have a box of them ready to go before I get going on extensive charity quilts! I’ve been procrastinating - trying to see how long I could go without needing more. Sigh. I had really needed more of these brownish- tannish ones for the backs of some of the Big Fabric Haul quilts I am finishing up now. I didn’t have any of that colorway left.

I have everything I need to do it- the fabric - I’ve started using kind of “yucky stuff” (fabrics - old used to be white tablecloths, etc.) , lots of thread, and the stabilizer - all no problem! It’s just a matter of doing it. The machine works quietly, so it’s really not a big deal. I suppose it’s just one of those things - it’s just ‘another thing to think about’!

Anyway…here is a shot of some of the bindings! I really prefer using stripes - but have added plaids and checks to that. They look cool!

I took these over on Thurs. - a few days ago.

I made a couple of trips lately with quilts to the church building—just trying to keep them from taking over my living room! First, this group of 10 on Thursday.

I put these in the car on Sat. afternoon but delivered them to the building on Sunday morning.

Then, this group of 10 on Sunday: These are actually the ones for this week - numbers 71-80.

Is it starting to feel like a “wall of quilts”? I actually love it in there - it’s so bright, pretty and full of potential to brighten people’s days!

That’s it for this update! Eighty completely finished so far this year! Am excited. I can kind of feel the end in sight! I say that because even though 80 are completely finished - another 10+ are quilted and ready to bind which leaves fewer than 30 left to quilt.

That is exciting! Really exciting. I love how they look as finished quilts - and I think that little Adrenalin rush I get when I finish one and get it washed and get to put it in the pile is partly what keeps me going on this project! Maybe I shouldn’t admit that. I suppose some of you think I’m an angel for doing it - you didn’t realize I get these little “highs” just from making them! I do, though - with these though - it’s the FINISH I love!

And now you know!

Have a great day wherever you are reading this!

Pumpkin status -

I’ve been giving them away - and I cooked a few on Saturday. I’m down to under 15 left of the 90 I had.

Be sure to check out what my sis has for you in the store!

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