Nancy Smith

I received a box from Arlene ( I think) with a note inside that read as follows:

Hi ,My sister Nancy Smith of Lake Forest,is a member of a machine quilting group for Statler Stitchers and told me you were collecting orphan blocks to send to Australian disaster vistims.I hope you find these useful and that the project is a success.

thanks

Emmy Moore. Decatur IL.



I know these will make up into some lovely quilts thanks to Emmy,Nancy and Arlene.

Team West boxes #6 and #7

Hello everyone. Here we have another 2 boxes from Jan Dhelke, of team west labelled beautifully as always.
I may have some of the photos mixed up although we do empty one box at a time I think sometimes the camera choosed the order. LOL.
The Vallejo Piecemakers sent another whole box of blocks and some overflow into another box. The Vallejo Piecemakers and the Shasta Lollies have been very generous to the project and I can't thank them all enough.

There are 103 mixed sampler blocks  mostly large sets in box #6 These are some of them.



How bright and cheerful these ones look.

These are some lengths of fabric including a piece of Jinny Beyer fabric for borders and backing.

My little fox terrier puppy Buster who knows he is not allowed in the studio but sneaks in sometimes when the door is open is hiding quietly under the table.There is some lovely fabric to go with the pink and green blocks for borders.

I can see there are many beautiful quilts in that lot.  The list reads
133 unsigned large rail fence blocks
103 mixed sampler blocks, most larger sets
1 embroidered rose block with poem.
Signed Blocks:
12 Large rail fence blocks signed by Mary Feely
3 Large ril fence blocks signed by Virginia Smith
2 Large rail blocks signed by Joyce Bainbridge
2 Large blocks signed by  Karen Springsteen,El Sobrante,California.
1 Large block signed by Sandy Jackson
7 Large panda blocks ,a set, signed by Elaine Glimme San Pablo, CA
20 Variety of miscelaneous fabric pieces and bits for sashing.
All from Vallejo  Piecemakers of Vallejo CA. in  box.#6

Box #7 17  12" set of black cross with white corner blocks
15 12" set churn dash red and white with boxes centre.(are they the card trick. I really like the way they are set)
2 x 12" holiday pieced blocks,Christmas and pumpkin
5 x 12" pieced lantern blocks
37 x 12" mixed samplers
1 x 12" yellow on white curved inset flower signed on back by Betty Jack
1 x 12' pieced Beauty signed by Casandra Lynn Hood ,of Benicia,CA
13 x Double thick yellow and stripes blocks
6 x Pieced Octogons
Total 97 from Vallejo Piecemakers in this box.

8 x 12" green and white with embellished and embroidered applique sunflower blocks made by Donna Lineberger
8 x 10' yellow and white embellished and embroidered applique animal blocks made by Donna Lineberger
11 x 10-12' specialty blocks, signed by Terry Lathrop of Weed, CA
22 x 12" hot colours sampler blocks
2 yards of misc fabric for binding etc.
5 yds of red plaid flannel fbric for backing
Total 49 plus yardage from Shasta Lily quilt guild.
I can't thank you all enough.





Special Box from West/Textile Traditions

 Today I received a very special box from Jan Dahlke team west box #5.

 tThe first item on the top of the box was a note wrapped around a block that said  "special block for Wilma from Jan ". Jan said as I am a flood victim also I should make a special quilt for myself and here is a block to go in it. The block is called mountain sunrise and reminds Jan of where she lives. In the beautiful Shasta Valley. The fabrics chosen and the placement make this block really beautiful. Thank-you Jan I will treasure it.
This box is blocks collected from customers and friends of Textile Traditions.A quilt shop in the historic gold mining town of Weaverville,California. The shop owner is Sue Rhodes. Thank-you very much Sue for your efforts for us and the stories that go with some of the blocks.

5 large house blocks by ,4 large heart applique blocks donated by Mountain Village Quilters Junction City, California

Mauve and white blocks by Mountain village quilters, pinwheel blocks not signed.

Nice centre panel  made by Mountain Valley Quilters.

These blocks came with a nice note." These blocks have travelled across the U.S. and back since I made them in the 1980's - And I STILL haven't finished them...

Time for them to travel one last time- to Australia

signed Linda Himmell. thank-you Linda we will take good care of them.

4 nice large pieced centres.

The black and white blocks with raw edged circles and compass star circles are from Vallejo Piecemakers. 

The beautiful block in centre front,is from Sue Rhodes, of Textile Traditions ,Weaverville,C.A. It is titled.  Flood of Love. I will try to get a picture of it on its own to show off. i will keep it for my Special Quilt.

Thank-you Sue.

Placed in sets here are 61 large blocks from Bonnie Hamlett,Douglas City,CA.
Here is the note.

SPECIAL BUNDLE DONATION

All of the blocks in these bundles pictured above were brought to the Textile Traditions quilt shop in Weaverville,California.by a customer Bonnie Hamlett.

These are very special blocks,because all the squares were made by her mom.When mum passed away,Bonnie kept them,thinking she would do something with them.Then when the request for blocks for Australia Flood Relief came in,Bonnie thought that's where these blocks should go, and that her mother would have wanted you to have them.

Bonnie has signed some of them on the back. Thank-you  Sue for the very special story and thank-you Bonnie for the lovely blocks.They will make some very special sampler quilts for some lucky recipients.

These 6 New York Beauty blocks photographed along side mine are made by the Vallejo Piecemakers. Aren't they georgous?

Lovely complete quilt top  no name attached.

These 2 blocks and notes advised me of 2 blocks one each domnated by Ethel Nixon Garcia and Tinky Nixon Garcea of Hoopa,C.A. USA. I photographed the letter for you all to read for yourselves. Thank-you Tinky and Ethel.

61/4 yards of fabric for backings or backgrounds from Jan Dhelke who has been very generous to our cause. Thanks again Jan.

As with all the others this was a very exciting box to open. I will be sorry when this part of our journey comes to an end as it must.







New boxes

Hello again. Today I received 3 boxes from  Arlene and 1 box from Sara.

I will just add some photos and hope you see your blocks. i will begin posting photos of some finished quilts made using blocks we have received  later this week.

There are some nice pieced blocks in this lot.



Nice star blocks, we all wished there were another dozen or more of those black,green and rust blocks .

We had a working bee at my studio Yesterday and here are some photos.

Lyn is sorting some blocks and collecting a pile to take home.the girls never go home empty handed.

Here is Sandra placing some blocks into tops in the foreground and Kaye sewing borders on tops in the background.

Val in the foreground is discussing colour ways and Caroline is listening on intently.

Val and Caroline again. Even my lovely big, airy,studio us getting a bit crowded. See all the rolls of batting and backings, in the background?

Now there are four of us rumonating over a lovely top  Lyn,Val,Caroline, and Wilma in the front.

Now back to some more donations

Lots more blocks.

And even more.The mauves and purples in the grass on the block in the front is georgous.

Now we have a selection of lovely big tops that came from Arlene.

This is a huge quilt made with Oriental fabrics.

A nice bright quilt with some kids prints in it.

A nice strippy quilt with some Christmas Toile on it.

This quilt has some great fabric in the picture blocks .They look like the founding fathers -and mothers-

There are cute green frogs jumping all over this quilt.

This quilt has hunting and fishing fabrics.Great for a man. Or an outdoorsy type woman.I know my daughter would love it.

These are a set of fabrics to make a chinese coin quilt and a snails trail quilt.Check out the banana slices.

Lots more lovely rail fence blocks. thanks Sara.

More great blocks. There is a set of the green stitcheries in the front. Very cute.

More lovely big tops from Arlene's collectors.

How about the fish on this quilt Nice one for a child.

A lovely Christmas top.

I can just see the feathers on this one now.

Greens and purples are one of my favourite combinations.

These beautiful tops and blocks will boost our quilt numbers considerably.Thank-you all.This fantasy quilt has unicorns prancing across it. A princess will just love it.

I received a package from Betty Swalling of Surrey Downs S.A. today with these lovely blocks for our project. Thank-you Betty and friends.