Win, Win!!

Last Thursday I had the wonderful opportunity to spend some time at the Dartmouth Hospital Children's Rheumatoid Arthritis Camp. 

I loaded up a stack of the place mats, some Tulip Fabric Markers and set out to spend a little time with the kids.  I was schedule to be one of their craft activities at camp.  

I was given an hour and half to work with the kids on the place mats. The scheduled time seemed to be the perfect amount of time to finish the project.  The girls did a wonderful job on their projects and it (in my opinion) gave everyone the perfect opportunity to slow down a bit and relax.  I noticed the girls taking the time to talk about school, their challenges with Rheumatoid Arthritis, parents, camp and many, many other topics.  I noticed they did a wonderful job of taking care of each other and offering suggestions and really helping the younger campers both with the place mats and how to deal with their challenges.  It quickly became very obvious to me how important this camp is for these children.  And yes, children, children who have Rheumatoid Arthritis.  I was shocked that one little girl said she was diagnosed at the age of 2 years old!

Here's the girls and their place mats....

I hope the girls had a good time, the place mats were pretty cool when they finished.  I've posted them at the other blog you can see them HERE.

Even nurse Susan got in on the activity,

Thanks to my friend Melynn for the opportunity to join the girls, I had a wonderful time.

Now on to the winners of the drawing....


Michele T said...
Your placemats are amazing!!! My favorite two are the Motorcycles and Love Bug!! Thanks for the chance!!!

August 9, 2014 at 4:12 PM

And just for fun, let's send a couple more to....

JudyCinNC said...

I finally got in ... and I really like the parasoles, Morgan, Lexi, bodangle and bird houses. JudyCnNC

August 11, 2014 at 5:52 PM

If  you ladies will send me your mailing address I'll get those in the mail to you.

Okay, that's it for today,

have a wonderful Monday!

thanks for checking on me,

hugs,

joanne

love to hear what you've got to say....... 

 

Quilts, Place Mat and the Nicest People!!

1) Place mat....

This would be yet another one that I had fun coloring, don't forget 

about the giveaway post it's 

HERE!

Now that I'm done with the shameless part of the post, how about a few quilts?

I am sooooooo lucky!! 

Quilting for others gives me the opportunity to meet and get to know the nicest people!  Granted I am NEVER going to get rich doing this quilting stuff, in addition to meeting the nicest people it is kinda fun...look at the coloring I've been doing!!  Like I had nothing else to do...

Okay on with the quilts....

TURTLES!!!!  Marjorie in NH brought me this huge, wonderful t-shirt quilt that she made for one of her daughters.  Based on the shirts in this quilt, this is one interesting kid who has had a lot of interesting adventures. 

I TOTALLY loved this one block....(notice the turtles??)

But the message on this block says it all....It's the little things in life that count.  Marjorie, not a quilter did she a great job on this project.  The turtle design was perfect since her daughter has the nickname Turtle Girl from one of her many adventures.  Here's a few more of the blocks...

Lisa is a fairly new quilter, but her work is improving by leaps and bounds in the very, very short time she's been quilting.  I am seeing wonderful changes and she didn't have much improving to do to begin with.   Here's a couple....

Talk about STUNNING!!  JoAnn makes the most amazing quilts EVER!!!  I am so lucky to be able to share just some of her work, but you need to check out her blog to see some of the more detailed quilts that she has done.  Here's the link to JoAnn's Blog.  Here's a couple of her quilts that I've had the 

pleasure to work with.....

Frances, Frances, Frances.....I enjoy having Frances drop off and pickup her quilts and spending that time with her.  She's on a mission to use her stash!!  But aren't we all?? 

 She says " I tell myself, Frances, you don't need to buy that, use what you have!".  I have that same conversation but sometimes I don't win and end up buying the fabric anyway.  Here's three quilts that I recently 

quilted for Frances...

Bonnie is going to score MAJOR Grandma points with this quilt!!  She made it for her grandson and he is going to LOVE it!!  So bright and cheery and what little boy wouldn't love to have this on his bed for those little 

Hot Wheel cars and trucks?  

Today was about just five of all of the wonderful women I have the pleasure of getting to know through my quilting.  They are all amazing and special to me.  I'll introduce you to a few more in the coming days.  I can't wait to share Janet and some of her quilts.

Quilting will never make me rich financially, but it sure does a great job on enriching my friendship circle.  And on that note......

Hi, Becky!! 

More photo's of these and all of the quilts I quilt can be found at 

the other blog....

SplittingStitches Longarm Quilting

that's it for today...

hugs,

joanne

love to hear what you've got to say...............

Coloring and a few quilts.....giveaway reminder

This would be one of my latest coloring projects. I'm telling you I'm lovin' the coloring of these adorable kid place mats.  On Thursday I'll be spending the afternoon at camp with a group of kids coloring as a camp activity.   I hope to post a few photos of the kids and their creations.  If you haven't entered the place mat giveaway it's the previous post, check it out.  On to the quilts....

Judi brought this colorful quilt to me, it was made by a special youngin' in her life.  Judi and her youngin' made this quilt and it was displayed at VQF this year.  It really is striking in color!

 

Liala made this wonderful quilt.  It's for a guest bed at her home.  I love the multi design going on with all of the different fabrics.  Good job, Liala!!

 

Here's on of Terry's quilts.  If you follow Terry's blog you saw her posting about it some time ago.  I do love the design that we went with on this one.

 

 Next two quilts were made by Judi in NH.  I love the yellow border on this granny square quilt.  It's a pretty big quilt and is going to be a great bed quilt for Judi.  She used some scraps from previous quilts and I saw a couple that I remembered.

 

Great Job, on this basket quilt.  Again, the multi designs are pretty cool!!

 

Jennifer made this warm t-shirt quilt for one of her girls.  The plaids on the borders really is a cute idea.  

 

You need to click on the photo for this one.  Since I did a hand meander for Jennifer, I added a special note at the bottom of the quilt.  May the daughter always know.....

 

 Memory on this quilt is a little fuzzy.  I know Rachel did some of the construction but I do believe that Sandra's Mom actually did the hand work.  I just think the little kittens are as cute as cute can be!!  

 

and now it's time for.....

 

that's it for today,

thanks for checking on me,

hugs,

joanne

love to hear what you've got to say............