Just one quick photo today. Here’s my progress on the QAL going on with Preeti at Sew Preeti Quilts and Bernie at Needle and Foot.
If you know these women, you know they encourage us to make quilts to donate to special causes. This started as a collection for the Palliative Care Unit of Mercy Hospital in Sacramento, California, and for the last few years Preeti has designed a pattern and Bernie has done the promotion and link ups for the QAL. Quilters may also choose a different organization to donate to if they wish. You can read more about the QAL and collection on either of their websites.
I’ve started my quilt just a bit late, but as we are having really bad air quality this week from wildfires in our neighbor to the north, I’m making good progress staying indoors and sewing. My quilt will be a bit smaller for a donation to an organization closer to home. I’ve also revised the sewing technique to suit my own style (foundation piecing) but I love the design. There is a choice of just leaves (Positivity Grows) or leaves and flowers (Positivity Blooms--the one I'm making) and even a bonus quilt if you make the quilt following Preeti's technique.
My leaves are all done. Today I’ll make the stems and sew the blocks together. Maybe even the flowers—it’s that easy! In a later post during the QAL I’ll share how I made my blocks. Right now I need to get back to sewing.
In the meantime, check out these links to learn more:
Merciful Quilts tab and the link-up for quilt progress this week at Needle and Foot.
The tab at Sew Preeti Quilts for the schedule of the QAL (it goes on most of the summer for nice, easy sewing), sponsors, and instructions, and Preeti's design and quilts here and here.
Have fun sewing this week and I hope you can breathe easy!
(Just a reminder: I'm not affiliated with any company, so when I mention products, services, or stores I'm just documenting what I used or liked.)
3 comments:
Hi Janine - So nice to see you joining in on the QAL. This year it seems quilters are really enjoying the pattern and are making it uniquely theirs in a variety of ways. I think this is a testament to the design Preeti came up with - Today I plan to sew my columns together and I decided to use some Dresdens I have in my stash as flowers. I need to make a few more but they are fun to make.
Sorry to hear about the yucky smoke. I am all too familiar with that. Seems like no matter where we are, there is a chance of wildfire and the associated pollution. Thank you' Global Warming That Supposedly Doesn't Exist'. Stay inside and wait for it to dissipate. Good time for sewing. :-)
Those are pretty leaf blocks, Janine! I, too, am getting a slow start on this project, but have a few blocks made. Every little bit counts, right?!
Your quilt is turning out so well. Look forward to seeing its blooms. Sorry you are suffering from the smoke, but sewing is a good thing to do while avoiding the outside air.
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