{"id":24293,"date":"2014-08-03T05:41:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-03T12:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=24293"},"modified":"2025-03-08T18:58:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T03:58:40","slug":"doing-more-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/doing-more-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing More Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

I feel fortunate that I can contribute to a charity that helps people locally by using my sewing and quilting skills. I don’t think that contributing to charity should be unpleasant or painful and making quilts or quilt blocks is an awesome way to contribute.<\/p>\n

That being said, this year has not been the most stellar example of charity quiltmaking on my part. Life is like that sometimes. I think I am back in the saddle with my charity-teenager-boy quilt.<\/p>\n

I wrote about my whole dilemma<\/a> a little while ago and got 3 blocks almost immediately from a quilt-mate. I also got a promise of blocks from a Twitter friend. I was so excited that these lovely women just made and gave! Quiltmakers are often such nice people. Thanks, ladies.<\/p>\n

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4 More Black\/Grey Donation Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Their generosity got me going again and I made eight blocks last weekend in between sewing on the facing<\/a> to See<\/a> and sewing triangles on to the Russian Rubix<\/a> octagons.<\/p>\n

I was feeling a little stuck in terms of fabrics. I really want this quilt to be interesting even with the limited ‘color’ palette. I dug into my grey box and got some new greys. I had a few black scraps around, so I cut those up into 2.5″ squares and that made the project a little more interesting.<\/p>\n

I have over 20 blocks now and if I had even a few feet of space on one of my design walls, I would put the blocks up to look at them and see how large the quilt could be. I don’t expect or want it to be bed sized, but teenaged boys are large and I want to make sure it will cover most of one.<\/p>\n

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Last 4 Black\/Grey Weekend Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I really would like to get this project into a quilt top as I don’t want it to get to the point where it is dragging me down. I want the project to be filled with positive energy. I guess I just have to do it!<\/p>\n

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