The Motherload

AFTER:

24 boxes arrived in the mail today. The mail carrier expressed some curiosity over the number of packages my parent's have been receiving :)...so my dad gave her a copy of the newspaper article describing the Hope Squared Project and suggested she read it when she had a few minutes. We'll see what she says tomorrow.
In total there were 42 quilts added to the lot today...400 still looks a far way off but I have faith that God knows exactly how many we need to serve the children!


BEFORE:

Wait a Minute Mr. Postman

Come rain, snow, or sleet the United States Postal Service (and FedEx, UPS, and Canada Post!) are delivering quilts every hour of the day!! Our total now is up to 225-and I don't think that number will stay for very long. Oh how beautiful these quilts are. We are completely humbled by the generosity of the quilters of the world. Some of you are spending close to $20 to send these quilts and fabric to us....add that to the cost of the quilts and the time spent constructing them--wow! Will we ever be able to say thanks enough?


 
 
 
 

A Class Act

Last week I was able to dust off my pointer, find my long-lost teacher voice and make a little visit to my daughter's class to share the story of Margaret's Hope Chest and enlist their help to design 2 quilts for the Hope Squared project. Man, were they excited....thankfully, we were able to channel all of that excitement into 91 nine-patch blocks (with 2 inch squares). We talked about some big concepts like the color wheel, complimentary colors, and monochromatic blocks. Well, I think they learned something because just look at their first quilt, WOW! Mom will have to find about 10 extra hours in the next few days to finish the second one!







 

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With Love....

So far we have received a queen-sized bed full of quilts or for those number people out there-137
quilts made with love and care!!


 


 
Speaking of love, look what a lovely little quilt I received from Uraguay today!

Two Questions

1. What does a quilter do on Halloween evening??
 

She quilts her creepiest, crawliest, scariest quilt for Hope Squared!
 


2. What does a quilter do with her one extra hour tonight???
 
She catches up on quilting projects!

Labels

 
Look what came in the mail today?? I love Spoonflower and I love these labels-they will be a great addition to all of our Hope Squared quilts. A quilt arrived from Scotland today and it only took 6 days to get here-wow!