Sunday, February 26, 2023

ONE DOWN AND NUMBER TWO TO GO

After a horrific two weeks of battling a new computer things are looking much better.  I am convinced that my Apple devices talk to each other. No sooner than I got the computer all up and running the iPhone decided to stop working.  Off to the Verizon store to discover the battery was dead and of course a replacement for it is no longer available.  So a new phone was purchased.  Pricey little things, but Verizon knows its stuff and all info was transferred and it works great.

I finished the first Gone Fishing quilt top this past week.  Now working on the second with a gold colored lattice.  I have a dead line for these to be quilted and bound by April 14th.  They are both huge, like 74 by 95.  Both grandsons are tall, the 16 year old is already 6'4" and the 14 year old is headed that way.  They share a bedroom so I wanted them to match but also at least be a bit different thus one with blue and the other with a gold lattice and borders. 
My goal of 12 charity quilts is almost complete for the year.  This is number 10  And I actually seem to be seeing the scrap stash looking a bit reduced. 
And number 11 done as well.  For some reason it is hard to make boy quilts.  The charity group gets very few.  I may try later in the year to somehow manage pumping out a couple more guy quilts.  Right now I have almost met my goal and I am off to working on some of my own projects.  I know that next month the group will meet to make pillowcases for a local children's hospital, so I have that event on the 18th of March.  So time to start cutting out a couple pillow cases.

 
  
 

 


 

14 comments:

  1. Wow that is amazing that you have made so many quilts this year already! Great fishing themed quilt!

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  2. Yeah is very difficult to make quilts for boys. For some reason normally they don't like all the colors and also some prints. We feel this problem here with the boys quilts made by Love Quilts in Brazil. Your quilts look pretty good. Congrats for almost beat your annual goal of 12 quilts for donation.

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  3. The first quilt for the boys is lovely, great fishing theme! Wow you already made 11 charity quilts these 2 months! These two will be cherish for sure, they are lovely.
    Thank you for sharing and linking up

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  4. Yes, our Apple devices are synced, but not to break down! 😊 I’m so sorry this happened and glad it all worked out! Your quilts are lovely! Oh my! Your grandsons are tall!
    Wow! You’ve already made 11 charity quilts? Wow! Impressive! I like your guy quilt! Happy sewing!

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  5. You've done so well at sticking with your goals this year. The first fishing quilt is really fun. Fingers crossed the second one goes together as smoothly.

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  6. Verizon is very well versed on keeping things working.

    I love your quilts. The fish one made me smile. You're so talented.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥

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  7. Hurray! Can't believe you are making quilts so fast. Isn't it irritating that the battery was no longer available for your phone version? This means you haven't any choice but to purchase a new one. Seems unfair!!

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  8. I like the pattern you are using for your grandson's quilt. Can you tell me the name of it. So awesome to donate quilts, I am working on a few too.

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  9. What a great goal and you are so close to finishing it up and it's only March! Love that Gone Fishing top. Really lets the fabrics shine. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell linkup, Wednesday Wait Loss.

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  10. I think the reason there are so many girlie quilts donated is that we mostly have that sort of fabrics in our stash. I like to make donation quilts too, and try to make one for a girl and one for a boy at the same time. Gone Fishing looks great!

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  11. So impressive the number of quilts you have gotten done. I like that you are making your quilts for your grandson extra-long. I have a tall husband and do the same.

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  12. I am so impressed that you have made 11 charity quilts in just 2 months. You are so right, there is always a dirty of male quilts donated to charity. Good for you for fulfilling this need.

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  13. Donnalee, you are really on top of things with your charity quilts! Awesome! The fish and lattice quilts are great too! Thanks for linking up with Monday Musings.

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  14. That is awesome to be almost finished with your goal for the year!!!
    and the gone fihsing.... LOVE it!!!

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