Saturday, February 21, 2009

This charity will pull on your heart strings


Here is our friend Dawn Ramirez. She is sharing her quilt from Heartstrings. Heartstrings is an online group of quilters who have joined together to make and donate String Quilts to local charitable organizations.

You can make one block and send it to them or you can make a top and send it. If you are really feeling the love make the entire quilt and send it.... everyone needs a warm quilt. If you know of a person who is in need of a quilt you can contact Mary and she will help you out. You can send Mary money for postage as she does all of her angel work at her own expense. Visit her blog you'll enjoy the read.

One last tip from Dawn. Cut your scraps into strips of any width. Then cut a bunch of muslin squares, set one next to your sewing machine along with a bag of scrap strips. Each time you sew off, don't use that little that little fabric piece, instead, sew another strip onto your string block. You'll finish a block before you know it and you won't waste ANY thread.

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