Charity Quilt Update & Furry Helper

The first block for the charity quilt is finished, using Ineke's fabrics. Thanks again, Ineke!

I'm working on several blocks simultaneously now, so it could take a while before I have another update for these blocks.

I thought the pretty flowers on Vintage Valentine's block 3 deserved a close-up picture, since the picture I posted the other day didn't show much detail.

And of course I have to end this post with a picture of my Furry Helper (a.k.a. the Ort Master), who - thankfully! - seems less and less interested in my stitchy endeavours. He prefers to have a snooze nearby and keep an eye (or so he says) on what I'm doing.

He recently became an 'uncle', because his sister Kira had four kittens last week. Just as well that they're all spoken for ;o)

Charity Quilt Update

The pieces for four more blocks are ready, whilst I'm waiting for the background fabric to arrive:

Made with fabrics which I received from my Mum and Ineke (thanks!) and from my own stash.

Charity Quilt

Something cropped up that I just could not ignore: a fellow quilter is organizing a project to make 41 (and later 70 in total) quilts for orphans in an orphanage in Poland.

I just had to offer my help, even though a whole quilt was a bit too daunting. The result was a joint-project with the organiser, to make a Sunbonnet Sue quilt for a little 6-year-old girl named Ola.

The next thing was that I needed lots of scraps of fabrics for the frocks, bonnets and pinafores and other pieces of the blocks. The postie is a busy person and yesterday the first envelope arrived (thank you, Ineke!) and I had fun yesterday evening preparing the pieces for the first block, using Ineke's fabrics:

Today the postie brought an envelope from my Mum (thanks Mum!) and there is another one on the way from the owner of the Dutch ONS which I frequently order from (thank you Magda, owner of Magdaleentje).

This should keep me going for a bit, but [beware: shameless begging coming up!] if you have any quilting fabric scraps - which are suitable for frocks and bonnets - that you are willing to part with, please let me know. Bear in mind that you will be helping a little girl, who has nothing at all to call her own. Hard to imagine when you are lucky to live in a country like ours. Thank you for your help.