New Totals

photo by Tracey


Look at the numbers of quilts we Sunnies donated in recent months! WTG!

AUGUST: WAS - 63 total; WTIL - 18 total

SEPTEMBER: WAS - 27 total; WTIL - 7 total

OCTOBER: WAS - 28 total; WTIL - 14 total

NOVEMBER: WAS - 66 total; WTIL - 11 total

Check out the new yearly totals in the sidebar. Thanks to everyone for being so generous!

The Kids & Quilts in Ukraine

What adorable little faces!

Quilts to the Ukraine

Our wonderful charity quilters from this Sunshine Quilt guild helped make and donate almost 50 quilts to send to a missionary in the Ukraine for an orphanage. She posted a picture of the kids with some of the quilts at her blog. http://www.fireleann.blogspot.com/ Check it out!

Back at it ~ Crumb Piecing

I've been awol pretty much for the last few months...haven't even had much stitching time. Things are going well with the new job and the remodeling is almost done...it's time to sew! All the talk about Crumb piecing and Crumb blocks has me itching to be stitching my own.

These were from the last batch of Crumbs...I love how the Crumbs add interest to pretty plain blocks. By throwing in a few scraps of bright, you can make child friendly blocks. My Crumb blocks are 2.5" in the Jacob's Ladder for a 6.5" block.

I use 3.5" Crumb blocks for centers of Friendship Stars and for 9 Patches...this will give you a great 9.5" block. If you haven't tried Crumb Piecing...dig out those scraps and make a few blocks. They're addictive and remember...this is mostly "found" fabric that you would normally trash.

Susan in TX ~ Patchkat

Some Kids Need Your Quilts!!

Wrap a Smile is an on-going project. They send cleft-palate mission teams around the world, about once a month, year-round. Each team needs about 100 quilts. So you see, you can never make too many quilts! This red/white one was made using some of the blocks our members generously donated for Carol's challenge.

Wrap Them in Love is also on-going. They send quilts to orphanages around the world when requests come in, and when people travel and can carry them along. That means they also can never get too many quilts.

If you love to make quilts all the time, and to think of your quilt warming a child somewhere far or near, Sunshine is the place for you!

Claire's Challenge

I sent these blocks to Claire. She wants 'em bright! I think these qualify.
--Carol E.

Challenge: Multiples of Three

Remember Claire's fun challenge:

Here is the challenge I have been dreaming up. End a long time away, maybe
November 30 or Dec 31. I want to experiment with layouts that involve
multiple size blocks. So you have lots of flexibility.

Make blocks (square, rectangle or long strips) any multiple of three, then
add 1/2 inch to the last measurement:3 1/2 x 3 1/2; 9 1/2 x 9 1/2; 12 1/2 x
12/1/2; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2; 6 1/2 x 12 1/2; 3/1/2 x 45 1/2...get the idea? So
long as their finished dimensions are a multiple of three, it should be
possible to make them fit together.

Try for some primary colors in each, but if you can't that is okay too,
i'll try to put it next to something bright. If anyone needs fabric (or just
wants to have a way to end, when the fabric sent is used up) send me a SASE
and I'll send a fat quarter of a dark fabric for you to brighten up.

Let's see how many bright and varied blocks we can send to Claire!