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Home | Potpourri | Quilters For Charity A Look Back At . . .
 





"Quilters For Charity"
A Look Back At 2007

Quilters for Comfort (also known as the "Quilters for Charity") had a tremendous 2007! We grew by leaps and bounds and made so many new friends along the way.  In all, we made nearly 120 quilts in 2007 to donate!

First there were the "kids quilts".  Every month we had a different theme and every month the quilts just got better and better.

January 6 quilts   "Girly Things"
February 6 quilts   "Sea Creatures"
March     9 quilts    "Bears"
April       9 quilts    "Flowers"
May      6 quilts      "Mythical Creatures"
June     13 quilts     "Balloons and Kites"
August   11 quilts    "Summer Things"

The total of quilts reached 60…

25 were donated to the "Kids In Distress" in Boca Raton Fla.
21 have gone to the "Project Linus"
8 full size quilts were given to 3 different Woman's shelters in different parts of the country.
4 quilts are "MIA"  (one of our members disappeared)
2 wnt to "Organization In Texas" for orphaned children

Then there were the "Patriotic Quilts".  Along with the monthly quilts we dedicated July to the armed forces soldiers past and present. We collected over 1,000 patriotic embroidered squares and set out to make over 50 lap-size and twin-size quilts for veterans and military personal in hospitals and retirement homes. 20 of these have been sent to Germany to a military hospital that our wounded soldiers are air-lifted to. Numerous others have found homes across the country with veterans.

But we were not done with our group's endeavors… several very ambitious ladies set out on a campaign to make Christmas stockings for the troops. One of the ladies found a group in the Chicago area that was collecting and stuffing the donated stockings so we put out the word and suddenly the stockings were adding up!  We created and donated a total of 2,021 stockings.

All this has been accomplished by ladies and gentlemen who have never met in person!  Some have spoken over the phone, but most communicate only on the ArtisticThreadWorks website.   But that will soon change, because along with the 2008 quilts and stockings, we are planning a "Sew Fest".  This will bring some of us together face to face in July 2008 to spend 4 days making quilts for charities and stockings for the troops and finally meeting our "internet family" we have come to love.

We need volunteers to make embroidered blocks and to assemble the quilt tops and quilt them. A little or a lot, whatever you have time to help with.  You don't have to be a quilter to be part of this group.  You don't have to ever want to make a quilt. You don't even have to have an embroidery machine. All you need is a desire to give to the less fortunate and we will find something for you to help with!

Don't be shy!  Jump on over to the ArtisticThreadWorks site and join the experience.  Just click into "Discussion" and choose the "Charity" forum on the menu of forums near the top of the pages.

Now on to a bigger 2008!
Cathy B.


( For information about volunteering to help "Quilters For Comfort" contact Cathy Marshall via email at cabmarshall@yahoo.com )

For info about the "QC Sew Fest" in Kansas City July 22nd through 27th click here.

 


In the photo gallery below are picture of the quilts in various stages of being made. Each quilt has a theme. We hope you enjoy the photos...

 

 

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Need advice
Need advice

Jan/Feb Charity Quilt
Jan/Feb Charity Quilt

Birds in Red
Birds in Red

Label for Leo's Quilt
Label for Leo's Quilt

Bottom Close Up
Bottom Close Up

Close Up of Ferson Creek
Close Up of Ferson Creek

Ferson Creek Quilt Top
Ferson Creek Quilt Top

another Jan/Feb
another Jan/Feb

Jan charity quilt
Jan charity quilt

#3 Quilt Top Finished
#3 Quilt Top Finished

#2 Matthew's Quilt Top
#2 Matthew's Quilt Top

#1 Matthew's Quilt Top
#1 Matthew's Quilt Top

a bit late
a bit late

Jan/Feb QFC
Jan/Feb QFC

Jan/Feb
Jan/Feb

Student "Emily"
Student "Emily"

Quilt for Student, Leo
Quilt for Student, Leo

Schoold Assignment
Schoold Assignment

Schoold Assignment
Schoold Assignment

Gathered drawstring bags for troops...
Gathered drawstring bags for troops...

Jan/Feb quilt
Jan/Feb quilt

Jan/Feb quilt
Jan/Feb quilt

Jan/Feb quilt
Jan/Feb quilt

Jan/Feb quilt
Jan/Feb quilt

Phoebe blocks
Phoebe blocks

Susan and Sibyl blocks
Susan and Sibyl blocks

lighthouses
lighthouses

QFC quilt back
QFC quilt back

QFC quilt
QFC quilt

January Quilt
January Quilt

January Quilt
January Quilt

another look
another look

quilt going to CANCER CENTER
quilt going to CANCER CENTER

Donated Fabric
Donated Fabric

Donated Fabric
Donated Fabric

veterans christmas party
veterans christmas party

Veterans Christmas party
Veterans Christmas party

Some of the activities
Some of the activities

stocking for Veterans
stocking for Veterans

presents the Veterans got
presents the Veterans got

donation to Genesis House
donation to Genesis House

Patriotic Quilt from SewFest 09
Patriotic Quilt from SewFest 09

Patriotic Quilts from SewFest09
Patriotic Quilts from SewFest09

Another Quilt Donated
Another Quilt Donated

Quilt to my Son
Quilt to my Son

Christmas stockings
Christmas stockings

more stockings
more stockings

more stockings
more stockings

Another view
Another view

Quilt for the VA
Quilt for the VA

Comfort quilt donations
Comfort quilt donations

Patriotic quilt
Patriotic quilt

Patriotic Quilts
Patriotic Quilts

Patriotic quilt
Patriotic quilt

Patriotic Row Quilt
Patriotic Row Quilt

Vet quilt #5
Vet quilt #5

Vet quilt #4
Vet quilt #4

Vet quilt #3
Vet quilt #3

Vet quilt #2
Vet quilt #2

Vet quilt #1
Vet quilt #1

sets that were stapled together
sets that were stapled together

Look at the Donations!
Look at the Donations!

Quilt 6 for Norma
Quilt 6 for Norma

Quilt 5 for Norma
Quilt 5 for Norma

Quilt 4 for Norma
Quilt 4 for Norma

Quilt 3 for Norma
Quilt 3 for Norma

Quilt 2 for Norma
Quilt 2 for Norma

Quilt 1 for Norma
Quilt 1 for Norma

Stockings finally finished
Stockings finally finished

sewfest 6
sewfest 6

sewfest5
sewfest5

sewfest 4
sewfest 4

sewfest 3
sewfest 3

sewfest 2
sewfest 2

what I took home from sewfest
what I took home from sewfest

childrens 7
childrens 7

childrens 6
childrens 6

childrens5
childrens5

childrens 4
childrens 4

childrens 3
childrens 3

childrens 2
childrens 2

childrens
childrens

quilt for Norma
quilt for Norma

XMAS ORNAMENTS
XMAS ORNAMENTS

Phil Jolly & his quilt
Phil Jolly & his quilt

Hollie's quilt
Hollie's quilt

Collective Effort, Finished
Collective Effort, Finished

Had Some Help
Had Some Help

Closeup
Closeup

Used These Fillers
Used These Fillers

Four Corners
Four Corners

Center
Center

For Norma's crisis center
For Norma's crisis center

For Norma's crisis center
For Norma's crisis center

For Norma's crisis center
For Norma's crisis center

For Norma's crisis center
For Norma's crisis center

FIL and his Veteran Quilt
FIL and his Veteran Quilt

Gary and his quilt 3
Gary and his quilt 3

Gary and his quilt 2
Gary and his quilt 2

Gary and his quilt 1
Gary and his quilt 1

Sew Fest 2009
Sew Fest 2009

Sew Fest 2009
Sew Fest 2009

Sew Fest 2009
Sew Fest 2009

The Sewfest sweing room
The Sewfest sweing room

sewfest Quilts
sewfest Quilts

sewferst quilts
sewferst quilts

sewfedt quilts
sewfedt quilts

sewfest quilts
sewfest quilts

Sewfest Quilts
Sewfest Quilts

Sewfest quilts
Sewfest quilts

Sew Fest 2009
Sew Fest 2009

Sew Fest 2009
Sew Fest 2009

Sew Fest 2009
Sew Fest 2009

sewFest Quilts
sewFest Quilts

sewFest Quilts
sewFest Quilts

SewFest Quilts
SewFest Quilts

SewFest Quilts
SewFest Quilts

Sewfest Quilts
Sewfest Quilts

Sewfest Quilts
Sewfest Quilts

SewFest Quilts
SewFest Quilts

SewFest quilts
SewFest quilts

SewFest Quilts
SewFest Quilts

Sewfest Quilts
Sewfest Quilts

Sewfest Quilts
Sewfest Quilts

Sewfest Quilts
Sewfest Quilts

Sewfest Quilts
Sewfest Quilts

Sewfest Quilts
Sewfest Quilts

SewfFest 2009
SewfFest 2009

May/June quilt
May/June quilt

May/June quilt
May/June quilt

May/June quilt
May/June quilt

Victory Juntion Gang Camp Delievery
Victory Juntion Gang Camp Delievery

Victory Juntion Gang Camp Delievery
Victory Juntion Gang Camp Delievery

Victory Juntion Gang Camp Delievery
Victory Juntion Gang Camp Delievery

Victory Juntion Gang Camp Delievery
Victory Juntion Gang Camp Delievery

Victory Juntion Gang Camp Delievery
Victory Juntion Gang Camp Delievery

do you think 6 is enough?
do you think 6 is enough?

think I should repack?
think I should repack?

May / June
May / June

May/June
May/June

May/June Quilts
May/June Quilts

May / June
May / June

back of quilt
back of quilt

March/April
March/April

March/April Quilts
March/April Quilts

March/April Quilts
March/April Quilts

QFC quilt labels
QFC quilt labels

QFC quilt back
QFC quilt back

QFC quilt
QFC quilt

QFC quilt
QFC quilt

QFC quilt
QFC quilt

QFC quilt
QFC quilt

Generous Fabric Donation
Generous Fabric Donation

Meet Phyllis and Lou
Meet Phyllis and Lou

another May/June
another May/June

May/June quilt
May/June quilt

quilt top ready for sewfest
quilt top ready for sewfest

row quilt
row quilt

Patriotic filler
Patriotic filler

??April or May/June
??April or May/June

top of quilt
top of quilt

bottom of quilt
bottom of quilt

Circus Theme Quilt
Circus Theme Quilt

Embroidered Blocks from Patty
Embroidered Blocks from Patty

Flag Block finished
Flag Block finished

Flag Block in work
Flag Block in work

Flag Block
Flag Block

Fabric for quilts
Fabric for quilts

Fabric for quilts
Fabric for quilts

Sign, Sealed, Delivered...it's yours!
Sign, Sealed, Delivered...it's yours!

Mar/Apr quilt 4..closeup
Mar/Apr quilt 4..closeup

Mar/Apr quilt 4
Mar/Apr quilt 4

Mar/Apr quilt 3
Mar/Apr quilt 3

Mar/Apr quilt 2
Mar/Apr quilt 2

Mar/Apr quilt 1
Mar/Apr quilt 1

Stockings For The Troops 2009
Stockings For The Troops 2009

Stockings For The Troops 2009
Stockings For The Troops 2009

Stockings For The Troops 2009
Stockings For The Troops 2009

Stockings For The Troops 2009
Stockings For The Troops 2009

Stockings For The Troops 2009
Stockings For The Troops 2009

Stockings For The Troops 2009
Stockings For The Troops 2009

Stockings For The Troops 2009
Stockings For The Troops 2009

Stockings For The Troops 2009
Stockings For The Troops 2009

Stockings For The Troops 2009
Stockings For The Troops 2009

Stockings For The Troops 2009
Stockings For The Troops 2009

Stockings For The Troops 2009
Stockings For The Troops 2009

PATRIOTIC BLOCKS
PATRIOTIC BLOCKS

One of the star designs
One of the star designs

Americana (from catalog)
Americana (from catalog)

charity quilt 3
charity quilt 3

charity quilt2
charity quilt2

charity quilt 1
charity quilt 1

April quilt
April quilt

April quilt
April quilt

Patriotic Row
Patriotic Row

left side of row
left side of row

right side of row
right side of row

BarnYard quilt
BarnYard quilt

top of quilt
top of quilt

bottom half of quilt
bottom half of quilt

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