My quilts

I just finished another quilt for wrap ‘em and have another ready to quilt and 2 more ready to go on the batting and backing. —-Nana

I’m working on finishing UFO’s and using up leftover fabrics. Hope to be able to send them out soon.

Thank you!

The mail lady has been busy the last week bringing us lots of goodies!  Boxes of quilts have arrived from Birdie in Md and from Bev in AK.  We also received a box full of quilt tops from Lynda in VA, and Ellen in TX and her 92 year old mother in Fla teamed up to send us a beautiful quilt.  We appreciate all of the hard work from everyone.  The quilts are all fantastic!   Thank you so much!

I have noticed that several new people have joined lately.  Please don’t be shy—-introduce yourselves to us and let us know what you are working on. —-Ellen

Quilts

A box arrived in the mail from Shari in Montana.  Shari sent two large snuggly quilts and also some nice fabric that we will be able to use for backs on more quilts!  Thank you so much, Shari!

We just delivered a load of donations to Rose Bud Reservation in South Dakota.  Besides quilts, there were lots of boxes of clothing, a bed, a large donation of baby formula, some cleaning supplies and lots of other things.  Thank you to everyone for helping us to help the people on the reservation.

I hope that all of you mothers had a great Mother’s Day yesterday.  It was a beautiful sunny day here.  We had the sheep shearer come and shear the two sheep.  I’m sure that Mama Sheep thought that was a great Mother’s Day gift!  I think that they were happy to take off their thick wool coats in the sun.  In the afternoon I did some quilting and enjoyed the sunshine a bit. ——Ellen

Quilts, Quilts, Quilts!

Geri from the Arlington group just stopped by with 13 quilts that the group turned in when they met last weekend.  She said they are all working hard to have lots more for us next month when they get together.  Besides making new quilts, these ladies have also been working hard to help finish some of the donated quilt tops that we have.  Way to go, ladies!!

Yesterday the mail lady came driving up to the door honking and honking!  I ran out to see what she had for me.  She had her little red jeep full of big boxes!  She asked me if it is Christmas or something!  There were three big boxes of quilts that arrived.  The first was from Bev in Alaska.  She quilted eight quilts that were pieced b y JoAnn.  Next was a box of 5 quilts from Donna in Indiana.  Those quilts were from Donna and Cindy C. The third box was 4 quilts from Jayne in Michigan!  They are all such wonderful snuggly quilts!  Thank you to all of you!

Now I have a mountain of quilts to take pictures of and update the gallery on our website.  My “quilt holder” isn’t available for a few days, so as soon as I get some help to do that, I’ll get the pictures taken, edited and uploaded.  Don’t forget about the galleries from previous years too.  There are so many quilt ideas for you there.  And, you can’t help but smile and feel good when you see all of the quilts that have been lovingly donated by all of you.

Happy Quilting, Everyone!  ——-Ellen

Quilts from Texas

The mail lady brought us a box of 5 wonderful large quilts from Tammy  in Texas.  It is always nice to have quilts that are a little larger since kids come in all sizes!  Thank you so much, Tammy —–Ellen

Quilts from the Bama Belles

A large box of quilts arrived from Linda J in Alabama.   Linda always rolls the quilts up so that she can fit them into the box.  When I opened it up, the rolled up quilts were so beautiful—just like a box full of presents—and that was just the backs of the quilts!  Of course, they were even more beautiful when I opened each one.  Please let the Bama Belles know that the quilts arrived safely and we appreciate all of the hard work and love that it takes to make these wonderful quilts. ——Ellen

More Quilts arrive

Today two boxes of quilts arrived from the Portland Piecers!  I counted 14 quilts as I spread each one out so that I could look at them with my little quilt inspectors.  Ethan tested each one for snuggles and of course, they all passed with flying colors!  They are all terrific!  Cher, please let the other Portland Piecers know how much we appreciate them.

Ellen

Quilts!

We just received a box of 5 beautiful quilts from Birdie!

Thank you so much, they are beautiful!

Later in the day, our mail lady brought a box of quilts from Kathy in Florida.  Kathy sent three darling quilts.  Thank you!

Ellen

Quilt Inspector

One of my little quilt inspectors is shown helping me to unpack quilts that have arrived at Wrap’em Headquarters.  Allie discovered a stuffed toy in the pocket of this quilt that was made by Terri.  Both Ethan and Allie gave the toy and the quilt lots of hugs of approval!