2019 Charity quilts 31-40

With this group going up, I’m now 1/3 finished!

Wow that sounds so much better than 1/4! Yes. 40/120. All done.

I’ve learned a lot as well. I learned that I shouldn’t really try to do more than 10 a week lest I make myself completely sick of them and it will be hard to work on them. Everyone needs a break. I actually had the fleeting thought of pushing myself to get a lot of them done this past week as my husband wasn’t home, but then I realized how awful that would make my week. A goal that is reachable is one thing, but an unattainable or nonspecific goal is a recipe for no action. (At least for me it is.)

I think I realize that 10 is do-able, but after that…not sure what would happen, actually! I am sure that I would get where I wouldn’t do a very good job as I would just want to be done. Already.

I first thought of trying to quilt them in equal grids of 4 - but quickly decided that I probably wouldn’t be careful enough and I would look like I tried and didn’t succeed. So I went with the modern equivalent.

I did decide that doing some quilting in the big squares of the brown quilts that I’m making from the fabric from the Big Fabric Haul is imperative. So I decided to go crazy with it!

Have fun, I told myself! So I did.

That word bawelny is the Polish word for cotton.

One thing I added this week was a care label. I picked them up at my local wholesale shop and I began sewing them on when I put on the binding. I think it looks kind of cool!

I really should order some with our organization’s name on it and then sew them in and then I wouldn’t need to embroider the label for the back. I’ve been thinking about it. The problem is - minimum order 10,000! Of course it’s not very expensive - under $200 for them, I believe, if I stick with 1 color.

Anyway…here is the pile - ready to head to the church building - washed, dried, photographed and piled up nicely —at the moment the whole pile is covered with another piece of fabric to keep cats off til I get them out of here!

Summary Photo:

Here’s the real “current status” of this project:

The black bag on the left is leftover batting scraps. I may be able to stick a little bit more in before it explodes, but I will find someone who wants it in our local “zero waste” group which I am a member of. The little green bag to the left is a collection of small toys and leftover prizes from previous days being saved for someone from our local children’s hospital to come and get to give to children who come in for exams. The plaid fabric hanging on the chair is being evaluated for binding (it’s above the pile to be bound).

And now you know! That’s my charity quilt report for this week! Marching forward.

Have a great day wherever you are reading this!

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

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