Some more log cabins

One of the lovely ladies at Quilt Guild brought these log cabin squares to me the other week.  I'm hugely thankful for the support.



Thank you Michelle!

I am also still plugging away on sewing up the Aran blanket and looking forward to sharing that with you soon.

Thanks again, and hope you are having a lovely weekend,
Sam xxx

Teaser Shot

I've been playing around with the layout of the Coastal Aran Blanket:



This is just a little teaser shot. Next up, some seaming and a crochet border.
Thanks again for all your kind contributions - this is a beauty!
Hugs, Sam xxx

Success: We have enough squares for the Coastal Aran Blanket

Friends,
I received a package in the mail yesterday from Jennie (ColoradoMom on Ravelry) - she'd kindly sent 6 aran squares for the coastal afghan. That brings us to the 45 needed to complete this blanket! 


I can't tell you how ridiculously happy I am right now, knowing that we have enough squares to complete the first Bertie's Blanket.  I'll be doing some seaming over the next few weeks, and posting completed pictures here before I send to Trinity Hospice.



Thank you soo much Jennie.  I was only expecting a couple of squares in the mail, but knew as soon as my daughter turned the mailbox key that we'd hit the jackpot with your parcel!  Not only did you provide 6 squares (wowza, thank you), but they are soo beautiful, and I'm loving the floral knit bow that you wrapped them with :)  I'll be using that in the blanket as an embellishment, it is soo very pretty.

What a great feeling, thank you all.
Much love,
Sam
xxx

PS - If anyone has aran squares in progress, we can still use them.  Bertie's Blankets will be an ongoing effort, and so I'll be starting a new aran blanket using the same general size/yarn guidelines.  This next one will be using Cath Kidston inspired colours - so we can use blues, greens, creams and add new pops of red and pink.

More sock yarn squares

Thank you Kim:



This brings us 60 sock squares completed, or 2/3 of the way there.
31 squares to go on this blanket.
I think this is going to be beautiful when done.

FYI, here's a couple more that I worked on earlier this month, but hadn't yet posted.



xxx Sam

Wonky Log Cabin Squares

Look at these beauties:



I was at the Denver Quilt Guild meeting last week when Terrie presented me with these lovely wonky log cabin squares for Bertie's Blanket #3. Terrie has a Midas touch when it comes to her crafts - everything is so beautifully created. These squares are no exception. Thank you soo much :)

The other advantage about sharing them at the Quilt Guild meeting is that I was able to pull off a shameless plug for Bertie's Blankets. Not typically my style (and I may have turned the colour of a beetroot when I asked), but it's for a worthwhile cause. A couple of the ladies were interested and I was extremely thankful for this.

I've actually been doing quite a bit of quilting myself recently (I must update my regular blog). All this sewing activity has piqued the interest of Naomi, who asked if she could make a square. Oh yes! I love that she has an interest in crafts. She picked out a bunch of scraps that she liked from my scrap baskets, and we got to work.



The wonky log cabin is a perfect beginners pattern because anything goes.  Naomi certainly had fun with this. Here's the end result, another pretty square:



In fact, the little miss was soo pleased that she did a happy dance with the final square :o))

 

Hope you are having a lovely weekend,
Sam xxx

Happy Mother's Day

Wishing you all the very best on this Mother's day.

Today my Sister and Nephew dressed up as super heroes and ran a 10K in aid of Trinity Hospice (where Dad was cared for).  It seemed fitting that my sis was dressed as Wonder Woman - a role that all mother's play :)  Super heroes also seemed such a great tribute to all the wonderful people that work, and volunteer, at hospices everywhere.

Wonder Woman and Iron Man

Since it's the beginning of a new month, I wanted to provide a quick update on Bertie's Blankets for Trinity Hospice:

Blanket 1:  Aran blanket in soothing shades of the sea

• 45 9"x9" squares needed
• 39 squares received to date
• Sooooo very close to the finish line :)

Blanket 2:  Sock yarn blanket in bright, happy colours of the rainbow

• 91 6"x6" squares needed
• 56 squares received to date
• We are past the half way mark

Blanket 3:  Wonky log cabin quilt

• 45 9"x9" squares needed
• 7 squares received to date
• Out of the starting gate...

Wishing you all the very best.
Love,
Sam xxx

Coming together

A couple extra aran squares arrived in the mail this week:  Thank you Monica :)



And I was able to make a few extra sock yarn squares:

 

We have quite the bundle of squares now and so I thought it would be fun to start playing around with potential layouts. I thought you'd like to see what we have so far. First the sock yarn squares... look at this pile of goodies:

 

I really enjoyed sorting these into piles of similar colours and then laying them out in different arrangements. Check out what we have so far:

 

I am really excited about this one. I love all the different colours, and how they come together soo nicely. Thank you friends.

49 sock yarn squares so far. Still need more to make this a good size blanket for a single bed. But ooh it's good to see this great progress!

And of course the aran blanket in the coastal colours... we have a good pile of squares for this one too:

 

I had fun trying to figure out a good layout for this one too - mixing up the colours and the patterns:

 

32 squares so far. This one is really close now.

I hadn't previously set a date for completing these blankets.
But as we start entering summer, I start thinking about when Dad was admitted to hospice, and how it would be nice to have at least one of the blankets completed and shipped to recognize that. That target date is July. I think that is doable, would you agree?

Thank you again for all the support.
Love,
Sam xxx