In The Mail

Yesterday, after a fun trip to the city for Chipotle and chocolate, we all got home and tucked in the door was another Quilt for Kids fabric packet.  CUTE FABRIC!  Again, I'm pretty sure that if I saw this fabric at the store, I'd walk right past it, but it will still make a fabulous blanket for someone that needs it.

I also bought a little bit more fabric for myself.  Pictures to come later.

And aside from getting locked out of the house, I had a great time yesterday.  Had a great model for some portraits and they turned out fantastically.

Quilt for Kids

In my previous post, I said I did a quilt for the Quilt for Kids project. I am VERY excited to say that I'm done with it (in record setting time, I'd say) and nearly ready to send it back in the mail. Just needs to be washed and dried.

The Quilt for Kids, Inc. is a program that takes donated fabric and fabric that would otherwise have landed in a landfill and make quilts for kids that are hospitalized, in poverty stricken families, or who have been victims of crime. Their website has stories of children keeping their "security blankie" on their lap as they appear in court or on their bed as they receive their next dose of chemo.

Every blanket has been handmade by volunteer quilters and Downy "Touch of Comfort" has now partnered with Quilt for Kids to provide a monetary donation for every specially labeled product they sell.

Yep, this was a pretty good use of my National Quilting Day. And in case you can't tell, the blue squares on the inside of the quilt have bright yellow duckies on them.