Look what's happening here....

The Guitar Quilt top is aaaalllllmoooosttt done!

All I need to do is stitch down the fused applique.

Unless I decide to take 2 of the inner borders off & turn them around the right way.

<sigh>

That's one of the drawbacks of not having some place big enough to be able to see it all before I sewed them on.

Or even notice it after I sewed them on,

before I sewed on the rest of the borders.

For more of the story behind the quilt, check here:

http://zzyzx-and-sue.blogspot.com/2011/02/it-was-beautiful-saturday-morning.html

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Look at all this BEAUTIFUL Moda Sunkissed fabric I won from
1 Choice 4 Quilting!!

And, of course, while I was picking which ones I wanted,

I had to buy something too!

I have absolutely no idea

what they will turn into,

but they were calling my name!

Have a excellent weekend everyone!!!

sue

A fund-raising quilt for the Jason Tennies Memorial Foundation - the beginnings.

And away we goooooo....!!!!

This is my first sketch for the quilt:

Next I used my cool Inktense pencils to make a color sketch.

I actually only did half of it, then scanned it, copied & flipped that half & joined it together so I could fit it all on one page.

The colors don't show up very well in this photo.

Then Sara & I went to Ginger's Quilt Shoppe in Upland, CA & bought the fabrics.

Since I don't have a dryer just now,

Sara took it all home with her & prewashed everything.

Then she sewed together all the Nine-Patch blocks,

and brought them to me.

And I cut them all apart again!

Now it's my turn to start sewing.

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Happy Quilting!

sue

Fund Raising Quilt for Jason Tennies

It was a beautiful Saturday morning in Southern California.  The skies were clear & blue, the temperature in the morning was in the high 60s.
My friends, Dave & Linda Tennies, lost their son Jason last September, due to the rapid onset of mental illness.  He was a bright & creative young man.  He was getting ready to transfer to a 4-year college, was a wonderful musician & had even started his own business teaching guitar. 


On Saturday, February 5th, a tree was planted in his honor, in a park near where he died.  I would guess that over 50 people showed up for the ceremony.  Jason's music was playing while the crane lifted the tree into its prepared location.  When it was in place, Dave talked a bit about mental illness, and that he & Linda were working on a fund raiser:  the Chino Valley Walk for Mental Health in Memory of Jason Tennies.  They have a location & the okays from the city, and are working on getting the local press & politicians involved.  Already the four main mental health associations are involved with the event as well - the first time all four have been involved in the same event, as far as I know.  For more information about the walk, there is a brand new website:  http://www.jasontennies.org/


I told Dave that I would make a quilt for it, and asked what colors Jason liked & he said "purple & green".  Right then I knew that Sara would work with me on it - purple is her favorite color.  ;^)  


I spent several hours on Monday working on a design for the quilt.  I have been wanting to do a Disappearing Nine-Patch for a while, so I decided to incorporate that into the quilt, using those blocks to surround the center which will have an appliqued guitar.  I want to make the D9P blocks with purple, green & a black and white musical notes print. The first planning meeting for the walk was yesterday, and Dave & Linda were very happy with the design.  :^D

After the meeting, Sara & I went to Ginger's Quilt Shoppe in Upland, and found the perfect fabrics.  We'll be starting on it next weekend.  Wish us luck! 


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Don't forget, I have a little giveaway going on until the 17th!  You can find it here.