Hopes and Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS

Last Thursday the Applique Addicts got together for our monthly meeting. Not much show and tell this time.
Susie did bring some beautiful blocks she has been working on.
Last year I donated a quilt for the Hopes and Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS-Lou Gehrigs disease. Quilters Dream Batting is sponsoring this challenge. There are prizes for different categories but I did not send a quilt for that. I just wanted to donate to a worthy cause.

I got a new entry form for this year and I presented the idea of making a group quilt to the ladies of the applique bee.
I chose the block on the left from this book. I made kits for 6 of the ladies who said they would be willing to make a block.
You might remember this photo from a few weeks back...
which became this...

which became this beautiful lap quilt. I put the quilt together and did the machine quilting. I wish I had a passion for machine quilting as much as I do for applique. I still think it turned out pretty well and all the ladies who made blocks like it too. So it will be going in the mail this week even though I would love to keep it. lol

A big thank you to Shelia, Susie, Susan, Patti,(made 2 blocks) Marlene, and Beverly for helping me with this project. You ladies are the best!!!!

I also wanted to share a tip about the book that I got the pattern from. Because the book has patterns on both sides of the page I took the book to a printer and had the spine cut off. I also had them punch holes so that it would go in a three ring binder. Now the page is much easier to trace or put through my copier so that I can use the pattern.

With Passion,

Carrie P.