Make a Difference!

Today is Make a Difference Day.

Kadence and I will be at the Newgate mall working on quilts for the Childrens Justice Center.

What are you doing to make a difference today?

Join Me on Make a Difference Day!

You can make a difference for abused children.

Saturday is Make a Difference Day, a national day of helping others. 

If you live in the Ogden area, I hope you will consider joining us as we gather at the Newgate Mall to make quilts for the Childrens Justice Center. These quilts are given to children for comfort while they are interviewed and given medical examines, and they are then theirs to keep.  

My local ASG group has been doing this annually for around ten years and  it's become a cause close to my own heart.  Please check out  The Childrens Justice Center website for more information on how they make a difference everyday in the lives of abused children.

Please. If you can, just stop by, it doesn't cost a thing except a few moments of your time.

Looking for yesterdays 31 day post?
here it is: 31 Days to Settle After a Move: Make Family Cards

Round Robin Valentine Block

I'm participating in a Round Robin (kinda like a swap) and this month I had to create a 14 inch block for a Valentine themed quilt. The owner had already supplied the fabrics she wanted incorporated, including the panels. 

(it's a Moda from a couple years back, can't remember the line...)

Now, I am not a quilter. I joined a quilt guild with the intention of learning to quilt.

With that said, I received this with 2 blocks already completed by other participants.

When this thing finally gets all put together I don't want my block to stick out like a sore thumb.

(oh, that's the one Leslie did. isn't that precious? 

and if you have never lived in the south, let me tell you, precious is not a compliment) 

You could probably already tell that this was the block I made.

It's way simple.

And, I totally cheated by using someone else's left over strip of pieced scraps.

Since I'm more of an embellish-er than a piecer I appliqued some hearts on the side and couched the word "love" onto my block. 

Honestly, I am diggin' the ric-rac "love".   

Now I'm wondering what else could I do with some ric-rac word art?