We dropped a jar!!! ……..actually a few jars!
September 10, 2008 at 2:34 am 10 comments
The jars were all piled so nicely on my sewing table, with the envelopes that they came in with them, so I could come on today and post an update. My lovely 14 year old daughter is making her first quilt and spent some time in my sewing room yesterday. As she was trying to place her rather large quilt on the cutting board she inadvertently knocked all the blocks all over the floor. Then, trying to clean up her mess, threw away all the envelopes that were with them. So, I am posting photos of all the blocks that I have received to date. Please please. Just let me know if yours are there and if I am waiting for anymore!!!! This quilt is going to be so incredible cute!!! Stephanie, thank you so much for the help with the backing, shipping. That is very appreciated. Seeing as I live in a border town, it is often more economical for me to purchase fabric in the US in Washington, so that works out wonderfully. Thanks again. I received a collection of orphan jar blocks also, that if not used in Aryn’s quilt, can be used in another. Thank you. I included photos of those. Also, while on vacation in Oregon in August I found some wonderful bug fabric on clearance. This is going to be the border of our jar quilt. You can see a photo below. I have been frustrated with my inability to get to quilting the final steps on Braeden and Tyler’s quilts. This week is my goal! With 4 kids starting school and some bumps in the road with Andrew’s health and trying to spend some time with the kids before the weather turns bad, time slipped by. I am on track now and will show you completed photos of at least the two quilts by Monday! As soon as I figure out if I have all the jar blocks then they will start to get assembled. Then when that is at the quilting stage I hope to open another quilt soon.
Thanks for your comittment to KidsQuilts. It means alot to me.
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1. Karol-Ann | September 10, 2008 at 7:56 am
Glad to see my jars are there, plus all those orphans I sent. The border fabric looks cute!
2. Vickie | September 10, 2008 at 11:19 am
all them blocks look way kewl,
the blocks I mad eare not in th epic so Ihope they reach your mailbox real soon
cheers Vickie
3. Heidi Elliott | September 10, 2008 at 12:21 pm
My two are in the bunch as well. Love the border fabric.
4. Stephanie | September 10, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Mine are there, too!
Alison, have you thought of getting a PayPal account and putting a button on your site so those who maybe can’t sew or are pressed for time could click and send a few bucks for help with incidentals? I’ve never done that myself, but I’ve seen it on other blogs, so there must be a way.
Love the border fabric, too!
5. John | September 10, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Yep, I see my blocks in there! Can’t wait to see the final result.
6. jacquie | September 10, 2008 at 2:52 pm
mine are there too. i’m heading out to get the fabric sheets to print the labels. i’ll have them on the way soon.
7. Doris | September 10, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Mine are there, in photo two. That quilt is going to be so cute!
8. Donna | September 10, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Hi Alison,
My blocks are there.
9. Sandy | September 11, 2008 at 11:56 pm
I see mine.
In the top photo … row 1 the 1st three from the left and row 2 1st two from the left.
10. Lynda | September 28, 2008 at 9:45 am
The jars look great! I too have been making donated jars into a Linus quilt. Have a look on http://www.lyndahill.blogspot.com Must start collecting insects for a bug quilt!