I, for one, am so glad that Cynthia is having her Quilty Orphan Adoption program again this year. it goes right along with my ImmaCleanOutMyHouseAndGetRidOfAlotOfTheCrapISeemedToAccumulateWithoutRealizingIt theme of this Lent season.
(i'm doing a List Of 40 Things I Can Clean, Purge, Sort or Donate for Lent. SUPER EXCITED: i'm on #24 as i type!!!)
The sewing room has not escaped my merciless super-good-intentions work sessions! i have 7 things to move along from there. 1 i've already shared, and 1 has been claimed, so here are my remaining 5 things i'd like to share/move/donate.
priority will be given to Charity Sewing/Donations, but whatever you do, it will be better than just sitting collecting dust in my house, so that will also be taken into consideration! i will be happy to mail these to you; i'll mail them for free, but if you want to send a bit-o-money back to help with postage, that would be appreciated!
#1- ADOPTED a Huge Pile of {mostly batik} strips. i think they're all 2 ½", and many seem to be parts of a jelly roll. i know i won't make anything with these, and batiks are not really my cup of tea. I think there are just about enough of the strips to fill up a large flat rate priority mail box. (but expect to do some ironing when you receive them!)
#2- ADOPTED this is a random assortment of mostly tan/beige/cream strips. they have been sorted into lengths, and maybe you can see the measurement on the green dot? i was (and still am) making the JuneQAL hosted by Amanda of Crazy Mom Quilts. i pulled these strips out, as i just wanted to use the white based fabrics..
#3-ADOPTED this quilt magically showed up on my front porch ages ago. it's a pretty neat quilt, but again: i obviously won't get to doing anything with it anytime soon. the measurements are 93" X 54". it's a mixture of really old fabric, and spans the ages through to feed sack fabric. the stars are pretty neat, but many of the points have been cut off. i suppose if you took the strips of green, blue or pink fabric out, that might improve matters some.
#4- ADOPTEDa brother to the magically appearing quilt above. mostly vintage fabrics. it's 84" X 52". Walker is my beagle {besides super cute, he's VERY LOUD! we adopted him last spring. i nevernevernever thought i'd be one of those dog people. but to the surprise of my children-and me!-i am...}
#5- ADOPTED this one really has to take the cake for Longest Ever UFO. but to be completely fair to myself, it's not really MY UFO. i've just been hauling it around with me for the last 33 years and 6 moves. yikes!
the DWR is started- 9 rings almost completely pieced. there are also the muslin centers (it was the 1980's, after all!) a few melons, MANY arcs and a few chain pieced wedges. there is also a little bit of purple, and some yardage of the aqua calico that was used in the 4 patch centers.
here's the note that i taped to the top of the pretzel can this sad UFO has been stored in- it's older than my oldest child! marily is the mother of an old friend, and she was an accomplished quilter. i was just starting out, and she had passed along some of her stash/unwanted items. i guess as a new quilter, i didn't want to tackle this project.
in conclusion- if you'd like to adopt and love any of my UFOs, please let me know. give me your mailing address, and i'll get these projects out to you as quick as i can! and thanks for stopping by!
8 comments:
Those (mostly) batik scraps are speaking to me. My daughter loves batiks and would make something wonderful with them. And she loves to iron scraps, too. weddingdressblue at gmail dot com.
I participate in the Quilty Adoption event every year, unloading some of my UFOs that I've lost interest in. While looking for when to post this spring's batch, I came across your post. I'd love to add your beige strips to my working stash - I am constantly in need of neutrals, and like to add to my mostly WOW scraps. My current Bonnie Hunter mystery uses beige scraps, as do many of my other quilts. They would definitely get put to use right away! Thanks for considering!
Good luck with your orphans--I hope they find new homes. I have a DWR that was started in the late 1990's that I'm planning to offer for adoption too.
Numbers three and four are just tops, right -- not quilted yet? I'd love to adopt either or both of them if they are still available. I'm a newbie at longarm quilting and would love to quilt these tops. When finished, I could either send them back to you if you want them, or donate them locally through our guild's community outreach program.
As for your DWR... This is like deja vu, because a friend and I just finished "laying to rest" one of these old DWR UFOs. I convinced the owner, who had found this work in progress in her grandmother's attic and wanted someone "just to finish it" -- to let us finish it up as a pair of bed runners rather than a whole bed quilt. Looking at yours, you could remove a few sections to leave a four-ring section that's already pieced, quilt and bind that as a table topper and call it finished. Here's what the project we finished for our lady ended up looking like: http://cheekycognoscenti.blogspot.com/2019/12/vintage-double-wedding-ring-bed-runners.html. And when we got our hands on it, it was in the same state as yours is. Truth be told, those DWRs are just way too much work to take on if you are not 100% in love with the project, and the vintage UFOs cut from templates tend to be less accurately cut than what we're accustomed to working with today. I hope that yours finds a happy ending one way or another, whether you finish it or someone else does! :-)
I am glad to see that everything is finding a good home. It is time they come out of the cabinet and get enjoyed. Thanks for participating!
I would gladly take the batik strips. Perfect for a string quilt I'm going to start pretty soon. All my quilting is donated to my local Women's Shelter these days.
I like the second quilt top (#4 on your list). Just looking at the picture, I'm thinking I'd disassemble the whole thing and set the blocks on point. crheb At yahoo DOT com
I would love to try to create something with number #5 the DWR pieces, I love the soft colors and have always wanted to give one a try.
my email is: bestbelle2010@aol.com
Thank you!
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