Charity Quilting

I love this quilt pieced by Mary. Aren't the fish wonderful?

I was playing thread chicken while quilting this one. I managed to finish quilting it before running out of thread. 

I also love these birds, also pieced by Mary for Annapolis Quilts for Kids. 

If you want to contribute but don't have the time or skills, you can support the national Quilts for Kids by going directly to their website and clicking DONATE. I don't earn anything from this link. 

If you want to support me indirectly, I do include Amazon affiliate links to products I use on my other blog posts. If you purchase the items I recommend, or anything else, after using my links to reach Amazon I receive a small payment from Amazon. I added my yearly income from these affiliate links to the sidebar if you want to see how that commission adds up. 

My personal goal is to quilt at least one quilt per week throughout the year. To that end, check out the Epoch Converter for 2024 to see how I'm stacking up.

2024 Charity Quilt Count: 48

Charity Quilting

On Saturday I picked up a roll of batting and bag of quilts to quilt. 

I picked up backing for six tops that I pieced and eleven quilts made by other members of Annapolis Quilts for Kids. I'll be busy for the next few weeks.

If you want to contribute but don't have the time or skills, you can support the national Quilts for Kids by going directly to their website and clicking DONATE. I don't earn anything from this link. 

If you want to support me indirectly, I do include Amazon affiliate links to products I use on my other blog posts. If you purchase the items I recommend, or anything else, after using my links to reach Amazon I receive a small payment from Amazon. I added my yearly income from these affiliate links to the sidebar if you want to see how that commission adds up. 

30's Playtime

A friend helped me pick out the backing for this 30's Playtime quilt.

It's scrappy and wonderful. 

My favorite tools and supplies (affiliate links):

Creative Grids 6.5" x 24.5" Rectangle Fiskars Rotary Cutter

Creative Grids 4.5" x 12.5" Rectangle Quilting Ruler

Fiskars Rotary Cutter replacement blades
Fiskars Self Healing Rotary Cutting Mat
BLACK+DECKER Classic Steam Iron
Fiskars 8-inch scissors

Juki TL-2010Q

Grabbit Magnetic Pin Cushion

Dritz Craft Pins, 1-3/4-Inch (250-Count)

Electric Quilt

Project box: IRIS 12" x 12" Portable Plastic Storage Cases with Built-in Handle, Clear (storage)

Accuquilt Go! - This is the basic kit that I started with. The cutter, one die, and mat.

Accuquilt Ready. Set. Go! - New to Accuquilt and ready to jump into the Accuquilt Go! with both feet? This is the set for you. It includes the 8 Inch Qube and a strip cutter. 

8 Inch Qube - Already have an Accuquilt Go! and just want to add to your collection of dies?

Needle Felting Adventure

As a crafter, have you ever gotten an idea and been unable to let go of it? No matter how hard you tried? Well, this needle felting adventure is one of those ideas. I don't know why, but I had the idea to make some wool dryer balls. Can I buy wool dryer balls? Absolutely (link at the bottom of the post). But where is the fun in that?

Because I wanted to make dryer balls, I grabbed a box of roving. I estimated I could make several with this box.

I wanted some colors so I added in this box of 24 colors. Each of these isn't enough to make a ball, but it should be enough to color a dryer ball. I haven't tried that, yet. 

I didn't want it all to be work, so I also added this kit to make weird and wonderful cacti. If you just want to give needle felting a try, there are so many small kits available. this one just seemed fun to me. 

I wanted the dryer balls to be dense, so I grabbed some 100% wool I had and wound it into balls. I felted in the end and then wrapped the ball with the roving, felting along the way. If you're curious, just poke around YouTube looking for needle felting.

I made four felted balls. These are ready for the dryer! My felting journey isn't done, yet. 

Tools and supplies (affiliate links):

Wool Felting Needles

100% Natural Wool Roving

Woolbuddy Felting Wool

Woolbuddy Needle Felting Kit

Just want to give wool dryer balls a try but don't want a new craft? Check out these options. They come in so many colors and designs!