A Calendar for The Cure!

I know you all have seen this quilt before but now here is the middle of its story....it will soon be in a calendar that is now for sale and all the proceeds go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Here is a rough draft of the profile that will be included on the month with this quilt...

“Pink Fairy Tales” Created by the Old Red Barn Quilt-Along. When we asked Dana Bolyard if she would make a quilt for Simply Pink, she recruited 53 quilters from around the world to pitch in. The result is an astounding five pink quilts! “Pink Fairy Tales” was pieced by seven of those quilters, and quilted by Dolores Goodson, whose mother and mother-in-law are both survivors! "

The other quilts will be in the calendar too....if you would like one here is the link to the order form. The deadline for the first printing is April 1st...hopefully there will be another printing in case you miss this one.

These lovelies will also be auctioned off in the Fall...I will let everyone know as soon as I hear the details.

We have all been touched by this...please help find a cure.

xo

~d

Pink Fairy Tale for Team Tiara

This is a masterpiece created by a group (Old Red Barn Co. Quilt-Along) created by....Dana!! Our faithful leader was asked by Team Tiara if she could make a quilt for their "Quilts for a Cure" project. Dana put the challenge up to us asking if we could donate squares for her to make a quilt or two...well...those donations swelled to SIX quilts! Dana is one smart lady and after piecing two of the quilts realized that she needed a little help from her new friends and I was one of the lucky people who received a "Quilt-in-a-Box" in the mail. Fifteen awesome squares, batting, backing and fabric for sashing/binding. The squares were joyfully donated by Heidi, Caron, Brittany, Donna, Tracy and Ms Stephens.

I had an odd number of squares to work with so I put one on the back and I also used part of a duvet cover I bought on sale from Urban Outfitters for the backing....I still have enough to make a couple more lap quilts from that duvet!:) Yes, we still have plenty of snow on the ground!

I did some wavy line quilting down the middle and on the sides but didn't want that on the awesome corners so I....I can't believe I did this...but I outline the corner squares! The binding is lovely white dots on black...perfect to frame this quilt.

Some of the donated quilts will be photographed for a Quilt Calendar and in October all of them will be auctioned off on ebay and all the proceeds will go to the Susan G. Komen Cancer Research. Now it is time for me to pack this quilt up and mail it to Texas.

I am honored to have been able to help out and I do so in honor of my mom and mom-in-law who are survivors and my new pal Lynne of Oz who is knocking that crap out of her system right now!! YeeeeHaaaaa!! And thanks to all my fellow quilters at ORBC....you all ROCK!!:)

They think they own our road...I think they are right!:)

~d