Members complete quilt for Leukemia & Lymphoma raffle

Have you heard about the quilt that Andrea Diamond and other members of the Charity Chics neighborhood group have been making for this year's Leukemia & Lymphoma Society fundraiser?  Well here it is!!  It's completely quilted and the binding attached....and we are so excited!   

This pattern is called  "Mariner's Star" designed by Judy Neimeyer.

Closeup block details.

                                               Quilting detail...........

The quilt will be on display at the April 14 Walk over the Hudson fundraiser http://www.cfhvny.org/page10005463.cfm

Raffle tickets for the quilt can be purchased directly from Andrea Diamond,  Cathy Anderson atThe Quilt Basket in Hopewell Jct,  Diana Louie at The Village Fabric Shoppe in Red Hook, or Style Fabrics in Kingston.

For more information regarding the local 2012 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society activities taking place between March 8 and May 13, 2012, please see  http://wch.mwoy.llsevent.org/melodymordock

Upcoming meetings for the Sewphisticuts: (subject to change based on members' availability)

March 13:  how to sew a sewing tools organizer

April 11:  fabric painting and stamping
May 9:  coat-hanger sachet

June 13:  annual sewing room tour (Maura's house this year) and pot-luck dinner

July 11:  blanket project for community service

For our February meeting at Hobby Lobby, members were asked to bring along sewing tools that they found indispensable along with items that weren't originally meant to be sewing tools!  This group proved to be as creative in their "re-purposing" as they are with fibers, from using hardware store washers as pattern weights to office supply store index tabs as stick-on seam guides on a sewing machine.  Tiny scissors and seam rippers of several sorts seemed to be the most popular favorite item of the group;  does that mean we all do a lot of reverse-sewing?

3Q2011 Charity Chics projects delivered



Have you ever wondered what the Charity Chics have been up to?  Well here are some photos and a rundown of the some of the items delivered between Oct 1 and Dec 15, 2011.  Many of you have assisted in this productivity by sewing chemo caps and pillows on your own at home.  Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone for their efforts!!  The total numbers are as follows:

240 chemo caps for local chemo patients,  140 pillows for surgical patients in local hospitals and over 12 quilts to local family shelters for mothers and children.

Baby quilt with frog appliques.                                     Pinwheel childs quilt

                                 boy's sports quilt                               Crayon Box design by Bonnie Hunter - twin size

Scrappy blocks & piano keys - twin                                           Scrappy blocks

Each of these oversized/reversible tote bags contains a twin size quilt and was delivered to the shelter for each of the mothers.