Merry Christmas & Final Post on Operation Sunshine!!!

 

Merry Christmas everyone!  It’s been a LONG time since I’ve posted anything on this blog… In May my family and I went to Mexico on a humanitarian service trip, and when I got back, the unthinkable happened…. I did NOT want to even look at my sewing machine!!! Yikes! I felt quite an aversion to sewing and all the huge projects I had piled up waiting for me to get around to finishing.  I couldn’t even bring myself to begin tackling them, they felt so huge and overwhelming.

But after a few months of healing time, Christmas has renewed my willingness to sew, and I felt compelled to finish a wonderful project we had started earlier this year which is Operation Sunshine!  I had started two quilts myself and they were ones that sat in the waiting pile for these months, while other things in life happened.  But alas! I completed them! And, I think it’s a great time to be giving them to this family for Christmas. What wonderful Christmas gifts quilts make!

 

This is a twin size quilt. The solid blue, maroon and brown are corduroy which makes it really soft and yummy.

This queen size quilt is for the sweet mom, who deserves something lovely for herself.

I also made her two pretty pillow shams to match.

Now, in all, there are 9, count them – NINE! – wonderful quilts to give this amazing family.

9 lovely quilts,

1 set of sheets,

2 pillow shams,

and a Partridge in a Pear Tree! :)

A HUGE, HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED TO OPERATION SUNSHINE! Your kindness and hard work is so VERY much appreciated!!!!

My daughter and I will be delivering these to the family tomorrow morning, on Christmas Eve. Ho! Ho! Ho!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Another Operation Sunshine Donation!!!

Sweet Maggie, over at ShortCookie.blogspot.com, made this beautiful twin sized quilt

for Operation Sunshine!!!

Yahoo!!

Isn’t it lovely?!!

 

She said that she used this pattern from April over at A Little Bit Biased.

 

So cute!

I really love the color scheme Maggie chose and the borders she put on it.

 

 

Here’s the pretty backing…

 

Thanks SO much, Maggie, for this wonderful quilt!

It is going to make someone in this family very happy!!

More Operation Sunshine Donations!

 

A couple of days ago I met my friend Marion from My Quilt Diet and she gave me a quilt top and a finished quilt for Operation Sunshine! Two wonderful ladies donated these quilts and took them to Marion, who in turn brought them to me.

 

The first one is an adorable quilt top from Pamela Caldwell from French Knots!

 

Such lovely blues!

 

This will make one of the girls very happy!

 

And this cool quilt came from Emily Herrick from Crazy Old Ladies!  Yup, you’ve probably seen this quilt somewhere before…

It’s a quilt from her Geared For Guys book! The very one she made and that has been to international quilt shows. Wow! How cool is that?!

 

This will make one of their boys very happy! :)

 

So, to Pamela and Emily, I thank you both!! You have both been so kind in your donations. They will be very appreciated by this family!!

Operation Sunshine Donation #3!

Sweet Jeanenne Nielsen sent this cute quilt to me in the mail for Operation Sunshine! 

 

 

What a sweet D9P!  One of the little children of this family will love it!!

 

 

 

And Jeanenne’s good friend Liesha Farnsworth donated the quilting. Didn’t she do a beautiful job?!

 

Thanks SO much Jeanenne and Liesha!!  They will love your quilt!

Second Operation Sunshine Donation!

Today Tricia Sagan brought over her gifts for Operation Sunshine!

This is such a beautiful quilt!

(I’ve got to find the pattern! She said she got it from the Moda Bake Shop.)

I found the pattern! It’s here! Woohoo!

 

 

And of course, since it has pink in it, my daughter wanted me to take a picture of her wrapped up in it. :)

 

And look at this gorgeous backing. So cute!

 

Tricia even bought some sheets to go with it. How totally thoughtful!

 

Thank you Tricia!!! What a great lady you are. It was wonderful seeing you again!!

First Operation Sunshine Donation!!!

 Amber from A Little Bit Biased came over to my house today to deliver her donations for Operation Sunshine!

This is a GORGEOUS Christmas quilt top! 

 

This family will Love having this cheery quilt this Christmas!

 

 

Amber also brought some cute little WIP’s!  A table runner and some blocks that could be made up into another table runner or some pillows.  So fun!

 

Thank you so much Amber! You are a sweetheart! It was really good to meet you today. :)

Operation Sunshine!!!

HEY QUILTERS!!!  WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!

Hello friends. I just learned of a family that is going through some serious crisis in our community.  I know the family, and to protect the children involved, I'm not going to share too much information about them.  Due to some horrible circumstances, the mother and her 6 children had to leave their home with not much more than the clothes on their back.  Some wonderful friends and community members are working to help the family obtain new living arrangements, clothes and other household needs.

In trying to find ways I could help, I began thinking of how wonderful it would be to make quilts for each of them. And, since I’m not Marion, at My Quilt Diet, I won’t be able to make 7 quilts in my sleep like she could! ;)  (Thanks, Marion, for helping to spread the word!!!) So, I am organizing a collection of new quilts for each of the family members as they are in need of bedding.  Wouldn’t it be great to give them each warm loving hugs every time they get under their new quilt?!?!

We are looking for new, pieced and quilted twin size quilts for each of the children, and their mother. There are three girls ages 16, 10 and 4, and three boys ages 14, 12 and 6, so it is desired to have seven quilts in all. If you would like to help out, please leave a comment below so I can get back to you.  (Please make sure you are not a "no reply blogger," and if you are, please give your email address in your reply.)

We understand that making a whole quilt may not be possible for everyone, so if you would like to help by making part of a quilt, please let me know.  Many hands make light work :)

Thank you all for being the wonderful people you are! Even if you are not able to help out this time, I know there are so many good hearts operating those sewing machines out there!

Have a wonderful day!
Myra