Category Archives: Quilting for Charity

Charity Challenge Quilt #3 “Hot Plate” officially complete!

Posted on January 8, 2012 by pq

I finally finished binding this quilt. Hurrah! This quilt is made with dresden plates which of course inspired the name “Hot Plate.” The plates were fun to make and I am excited to try something else along those lines – … Continue reading →

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Episode 40 – happy holidays!

Posted on December 31, 2011 by pq

Hey everyone! I hope you are having the merriest of holidays this 2011. Have you given or received quilty gifts? Do tell! Show links: Check out the new podcastThe Quilting Pot Leah Day’s commentary on dropping your feed dogs Leah … Continue reading →

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Pinwheels Aplenty quilt – complete!

Posted on August 21, 2011 by pq

So I finished it!  Actually I finished it three or four weeks ago.  I’ve been slow in getting pictures posted.  I have the tutorial mostly written up as well but I haven’t found the time yet to finish.  This quilt … Continue reading →

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Episode 37

Posted on July 4, 2011 by pq

Is anyone else having a throw-your-pc-out-the-window time with WordPress these days?! I can’t edit anything worth a darn! This post should have taken me 3 minutes and it’s been half an hour. And I’m pretty sure it still isn’t going … Continue reading →

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Rainbows from the Heart – free Tutorial

Posted on May 24, 2011 by pq

As promised (though a little late) here is the second charity quilt tutorial – Rainbows from the Heart.  I made two of this quilt and one was sent to Japan via Quilter’s Newsletter and the other will be given to … Continue reading →

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Bloggers’ Quilt Festival!!

Posted on May 13, 2011 by pq

I’ve already posted about this quilt some but I wanted to include it in the Blogger’s Quilt Festival going on over at Amy’s Creative Side.  This quilt was made to be donated to an unnamed charitable cause.  Earlier this year … Continue reading →

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A quilt goes off to Japan

Posted on April 30, 2011 by pq

Without further ado…  I finished it last night and took it to be mailed to Quilters Newsletter this morning.  It turned out exactly as I sketched it – I’m so pleased with the results.  You can’t tell from this shot … Continue reading →

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Sneak Peak

Posted on March 31, 2011 by pq

So this is the fabric I’m using for the charity quilts. I bought it all at Joann’s some time back, for another quilt that I never presented here because I had hoped to get it published. But…you have to finish … Continue reading →

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Quilting for Japan

Posted on March 26, 2011 by pq

Have you all seen this?  My favorite quilting mag, Quilter’s Newsletter has put out a call to send quilts to them and they will package them up and send them to the tsunami/earthquake victims in Japan.  I have to admit … Continue reading →

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I was featured on…

Posted on February 26, 2011 by pq

Guess what!  The Owl Quilt has been mentioned in some pretty awesome places…Whipup.net, Craftgossip.com, and CraftCrave.net, among others.  That is so awesome!!

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