Last month at the guild meeting, I found a garden panel that I thought would make a nice charity quilt. I had no plans to use it right away until the call went out for bunk bed quilts for the Safelight shelter. I pulled out the panel, and started looking at the stash to see …
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Safelight Update
Our Safelight Project has been a success this year. Together, we raised the money, made the case sets and stamped the cards to make enough spa bags to last several months. Today, let's catch up with the contributions and delivery. I haven't had a chance to thank everyone who contributed to the project. First, so …
Sunday Chat – October Table and Halloween Fun!
Last week I promised to get my autumn theme tablescape done to show you and inspire you to set a pretty table at your home. This year, I wanted rich color, so I began with a dark burgundy tablecloth and a hexagonal table topper. The place settings have copper color chargers, white china plates and …
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Safelight Project Update
This is just a quick post to let you know that our financial goal for the Safelight Project has not only been met, but well exceeded! This will allow us to do even more good than I had planned. Many generous donations have come in over the past week between paypal and checks arriving in …
Safelight Project 2025
Back in July, I received an email from Christine at the Safelight Shelter. She let me know that their supply of spa bags was getting low. I looked up the project history, and found that our last delivery was in January from the 2024 campaign. It was delayed due to Hurricane Helene. So, I went …
Sunday Chat – Quilting, Birding, Cooking
I am happy to report that Lemon Twist is almost finished! When I finished ripping out all the bad stitching (see my post Quilting Lemon Twist), I did some trouble shooting and discovered the top thread was not seated into the tension discs. How it jumped out is beyond comprehension, but there it was. I …
Hurricane Helene Quilts Update
The past few weeks have seen many boxes arriving at the post office with beautiful quilts, and much progress in our project to get quilts to hurricane victims. Settle in for a long and picture heavy post! And grab a tissue, you might need it by the end of this post. It has been truly …
Sunday Chat
Since we didn't do the house party because of the snow, I had two pints of blueberries to use up. I decided to do some blueberry muffin tops, with a basic muffin recipe from my Good Housekeeping cookbook. I use a Muffin Top Pan, one that doesn’t have a deep well. This gives you beautiful …
Collecting Quilts – A Virtual Show
The post office has been busy this week, as packages have arrived from four different states full of quilts. First, From Judy C of Orange City, Florida came seven beautiful quilts. All of these are different designs, and most are large bed quilts. This one is so colorful, and the stars are lovely. This one …
Cradle Quilts Update
Happy Mail this week brought more Cradle Quilts for the drive. I am just blown away by the generosity of readers who not only make the quilts, but pay to ship them to me. One day there were five packages to pick up! How fun is this! And I know there are more on the …
From My Carolina Home 