Orange and Yellow – 016

October 21, 2011 at 8:49 am | Posted in Craftivism, Fundraising, Portland | Leave a comment
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Orange and Yellow - 016

Orange and Yellow has a beautiful color scheme that is joyful and friendly. the blocks were donated, pieced at the Cool Cottons bee way back in may. Sashed and backed with donated yardage and sandwiched with a lofty, warm poly fill batting. It was quilted with a block pattern at Modern Domestic. And finally hand bound.

PMQG & Quilts for Quake Survivors

This quilt was also part of the showcase at the Museum for Contemporary Craft in Portland. It’s the one on the very far left!

Dimensions: 42″ x 43″

If you are interested in purchasing this quilts posted so far. Please go to our Mercy Corps Japan fundraising site and donate $150 (shipping is on us). Through the site you can donate to ANY cause you’d like the money to go to. Just state your preferred cause in the subject line. Mercy Corps will distribute the funds according to your specifications on their back end. Then send an email to quiltsforquakesurvivors@gmail.com with the donation confirmation number and the number of the quilt – in this case 016 – and your shipping address. We will send you a confirmation email and ship the quilt within 48 hours via USPS.

Love,

Susan + Daniela

Orange and Yellow - 016

Denise Delight – 015

October 19, 2011 at 8:27 am | Posted in Craftivism, Fundraising, Portland | Leave a comment
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Denise Delight - 015

This quilt has been donated and pieced by Denise who came to many of our quilting bees. The color and fabric scheme is bold, colorfull and quirky. The quilt was part of a QfQ showcase at the Museum of Contemporary Craft here in Portland. Check out the photo below! The back sheet of this quilt is donated flannel from Bolt.

PMQG & Quilts for Quake Survivors

Denise Delight - 015

Dimensions: 40.5″ x 51.5″

If you are interested in purchasing this quilts posted so far. Please go to our Mercy Corps Japan fundraising site and donate $150 (shipping is on us). Through the site you can donate to ANY cause you’d like the money to go to. Just state your preferred cause in the subject line. Mercy Corps will distribute the funds according to your specifications on their back end. Then send an email to quiltsforquakesurvivors@gmail.com with the donation confirmation number and the number of the quilt – in this case 015 – and your shipping address. We will send you a confirmation email and ship the quilt within 48 hours via USPS.

Love,

Susan + Daniela

Denise Delight - 015

Funky Pinks – 013 – SOLD!

October 14, 2011 at 8:57 am | Posted in Craftivism, Fundraising, Portland | Leave a comment
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Funky pinks - 013

This is such a fun and vibrant quilt! I don’t remember if it was donated in blocks or pieced here at one of the bees. Yet many of the strips look so familiar that I tend to think it was made out of donated strips only! This quilt is one of those where you can almost feel the fun the makers had! Many of us said how exhilarating it is to try to piece blocks out of fabric, print and color combos that we otherwise would have never chosen. And how fun is the outcome!
The back was donated at the Sew On! quilt studio bee. The design is the NW Modern quilt, one of the many projects from Susan’s book Modern Log Cabin Quilting available here at Amazon.

Funky pinks - 013

Dimensions: 32″  x 52″

If you are interested in purchasing this quilts posted so far. Please go to our Mercy Corps Japan fundraising site and donate $150 (shipping is on us). Through the site you can donate to ANY cause you’d like the money to go to. Just state your preferred cause in the subject line. Mercy Corps will distribute the funds according to your specifications on their back end. Then send an email to quiltsforquakesurvivors@gmail.com with the donation confirmation number and the number of the quilt – in this case 013 – and your shipping address. We will send you a confirmation email and ship the quilt within 48 hours via USPS.

Love,

Susan + Daniela

Funky pinks - 013

Wonky Squares – 011 – Sold!

October 10, 2011 at 5:21 pm | Posted in Craftivism, Fundraising, Portland | Leave a comment
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Wonky Squares - 011

This absolutely wonderful quilt designed and donated by Elizabeth Hartman of Oh Franson! is a total stunner. A blog/site that I would always recommend to anybody interested in quilting and patchworking. Her aesthetic is beautiful, her instruction clear and concise and definitely the best resource besides taking a quilting class from her at Modern Domestic when you happen to not live in town. This quilt was also part of her beautiful book Practical Guide to Patchwork available on Amazon.

Because of it’s larger dimension, the unique design and the exquisit stippling (I tried it myself yet need a loooot of practice until I am anywhere near Elizabeth’s skissl), we priced it at $200. No wonder it sold immediately. I myself purchased it – the color scheme beautifully bridges my daughters bedroom colors and it will always be a keepsake, reminding me of QfQ.

There are over 10 more quilts to be posted over the next few weeks! We are posting each M,W,F – so come back and see what’s still available and consider donating to Mercy Corps.

If you are interested in purchasing any of the quilts posted so far. Please go to our Mercy Corps Japan fundraising site and donate $150 or whatever the quilt you love has been priced at (shipping is on us). Through the site you can donate to ANY cause you’d like the money to go to. Just state your preferred cause in the subject line. Mercy Corps will distribute the funds according to your specifications on the back end. Then send an email to quiltsforquakesurvivors@gmail.com with the donation confirmation number and the number of the quilt and your shipping address. We will send you a confirmation email and ship the quilt within 48 hours via USPS.

Love,

Susan + Daniela

Post party delirium
I couldn’t resist to post this pic as well with my daughter sleeping all wrapped up in her blanket.

 

Digit dot – 007 – SOLD!

September 30, 2011 at 8:41 am | Posted in Craftivism, Portland | 1 Comment
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digit dot - 007

This is an absolutely unique quilt with a fresh and innovative color scheme. The quilt top was one of two donated quilt tops by Deb, and it was sandwiched at the Craft Party at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, and backed with donated flannel from Bolt.

digit dot - 007

It was beautifully quilted with a concentric circle design by Lara of Portland Modern Quilt Guild, and finally hand bound.

Dimensions: 55.75″ x 50.25″

If you are interested in purchasing this quilt. Please either go to our Mercy Corps Japan fundraising site or donate $150 (which includes shipping) to any other Mercy Corps cause you want to contribute to. Then send an email to quiltsforquakesurvivors@gmail.com with the donation confirmation number and the number of the quilt (in this case 007) and your shipping address. We will send you a confirmation email and ship the quilt within 48 hours via USPS.

Love,

Susan + Daniela

digit dot - 007

Asian Delight – 006

September 28, 2011 at 8:33 am | Posted in Craftivism, Portland | Leave a comment
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asian delight - 006

Today’s post is all about this beautifully quilted Asian-inspired 20-block quilt. It was pieced with Irene’s beautiful donated blocks at the session at Sew On Studio and backed with donated yardage.

asian delight - 006

The quilting was done professionally on a long arm machine by Nancy Stovall of Just Quilting.

asian delight - 006

Dimensions: 47.75″ x 57.75″

If you are interested in purchasing this quilt. Please either go to our Mercy Corps Japan fundraising site or donate $150 (which includes shipping) to any other Mercy Corps cause you want to contribute to. Then send an email to quiltsforquakesurvivors@gmail.com with the donation confirmation number and the number of the quilt (in this case 006) and your shipping address. We will send you a confirmation email and ship the quilt within 48 hours via USPS.

Love,

Susan + Daniela

asian delight - 006

Caramel and Chocolate – 002

September 19, 2011 at 5:45 pm | Posted in Craftivism, Fundraising, Portland | Leave a comment
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QfQ: Caramel and chocolate - quilt for sale!

Caramel and Chocolate is another beautiful Quilt. The Quilt blocks were donated by Jody (aka ChicaCraft) from Canada who organized quilting bees at her work place. Backing is a chocolate brown flannel, donated by Bolt. It was quilted with brown thread and hand bound by Patty at a quilting bee at Modern Domestic in Portland.

QfQ: Caramel and chocolate - quilt for sale!

If you are interested in purchasing this quilt. Please either go to our Mercy Corps Japan fundraising site or donate $150 (which includes shipping) to any other Mercy Corps cause you want to contribute to.Then send an email to quiltsforquakesurvivors@gmail.com with the donation confirmation number and the number of the quilt (in this case 002) and your shipping address. We will send you a confirmation email and ship the quilt within 48 hours via USPS.

Love,

Susan + Daniela

QfQ: Caramel and chocolate - quilt for sale!

Pretty in Aqua – for sale 001 SOLD

September 15, 2011 at 1:03 am | Posted in Craftivism, Fundraising, Portland | Leave a comment
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The days are getting noticeably shorter and cooler now that we have transitioned into September which feels like the perfect time to start selling the beautiful quilts everybody has created since the Earthquake shook Japan earlier this year.

Even though some quilts are still in the assembly stage, we are ready to get going. We will publish a post every second day to showcase each quilt in depth with further information about its history but also important information about size, diameters and composition, whether it has been pre-washed, what kind of binding technique was used etc. With all the donations we got it’s almost impossible to trace back all the people who have contributed to the piece, but we’d love to link back to you and your site. Just comment or email us with a link if you wish and we’ll update the post with the appropriate information.

First up: Pretty in Aqua!
QfQ: Pretty in aqua - quilt for sale!

This beautiful quilt was sent by us from the lovely Nancy, who in fact donated her first quilt or patchwork attempt ever! And it came out beautiful!!! When I opened her package I could not believe that she had never done this work before! The top sheet consists out of immaculately assembled and color coordinated strips in aqua, pink, brown and a bit of green with aqua sashing. The back sheet is a lovely batiste, in coordinating color that reveals at closer look two facing bunnies! Nancy had even prepared the binding so it was a real breeze and joy to finalize this quilt. This guy is sandwiched with organic cotton batting and has not been pre-washed yet. The quilt lines are straight and occur only on the sashing and borders which leaves the patchwork strips untouched.

Dimensions: 42.5″x48″

QfQ: Pretty in aqua - quilt for sale! QfQ: Pretty in aqua - quilt for sale!

If you are interested in purchasing this quilt. Please either go to our Mercy Corps Japan fundraising site or donate $150 (which includes shipping) to any other Mercy Corps cause you want to contribute to.Then send an email to quiltsforquakesurvivors@gmail.com with the donation confirmation number and your shipping address. We will send you a confirmation email and ship the quilt within 48 hours via USPS.

Love,

Susan + Daniela

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