Yesterday was a fun day as we packed up the goodie bags and made the delivery to Safelight. For those new to the project, Safelight incorporates many services for domestic violence victims and sexual assault victims providing counseling, case management, court advocacy, support groups and job training under one umbrella organization. These bags provide much …
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Safelight Project Update
We have just two weeks to go for the Safelight Project, and I am delighted to announce that the financial goal has been exceeded. Just yesterday in the mail, our donations rocketed past the goal! The project will be providing 62 bags for the shelter, with 60 of them designed for women and two …
Safelight Project 2019 Update
Going to the mailbox last week was such fun, with new surprises several times. We are making progress towards the goals, and I plan to order the bags this week. The first package to arrive had three pretty case sets from Melanie Tehan. The incredible Becky Harbour sent five case sets plus a generous monetary …
Virtual Quilt Show
Today I want to show you a virtual quilt show of quilts done by readers for the Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project. The response from all our longarm quilters and volunteer piecers has been wonderful. I wish I could show you every single quilt made and received by the project! But, here are just a few …
More Quilts for the Hurricane Project
The pile of quilts kept growing over the past couple of weeks, with more coming into the quilt shops. Thanks to runner, Laura, bringing over the quilts from Cary Quilting, the pile doubled in size! Some of the members of the Asheville Quilt Guild dropped off these pretty quilts. I liked their labels, so cute! …
Safelight Spa Bags
Last week I found out that Safelight had run out of the bags we made them last summer. We did Summer Fun bags with lots of goodies and cards inside that were uplifting and encouraging. I delivered 52 bags to the shelter then, and had enough cards, cases, lipsticks and balms, sunscreen, and money left …
Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project February Update
Quilts are starting to arrive at the office in Wilmington for the Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project, a few per week. Throughout this post will be pictures of some of the arrivals in the past month. The first post with all the details is still linked to the button on the sidebar, and you can click …
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It’s been 5 years!
It's my blogging anniversary! Five years ago I decided to begin writing my own blog, and I am still here, with more to say, LOL!! From the beginning, I wanted my blog to be a bit different. I wanted to do posts on all the things I am interested in, not just a single subject, …
A Collaborative Quilt of Valor
I received these red, white and blue patriotic blocks blocks from sweet friend Melanie almost a year ago when I was looking for some patriotic orphan blocks to make another Quilt of Valor. She thought they would make a wonderful quilt with the patriotic prints, but needed some help getting it finished, and was willing …
Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project
Update! - If you are finding this post after September 2019, please click on Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project for the latest information on the Project. The Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project is well underway, collecting new and nearly new bed size quilts for the victims of Hurricane Florence and Michael on the North Carolina coast. Even …
