When tragedy struck the city of Dallas, the Dallas Modern Quilt Guild sent out a request for heart blocks and quilts similar to the ones being made for the Pulse victims in Orlando, Florida. At first, I was just going to make a few blocks, but then I began cutting out the blue heart blocks with the pattern created by Allison of Cluck Cluck Sew. It was sew easy, I kept going. With the help of my quilty friend, Anna Addington, we made 42 heart blocks for a 60 x 70 quilt. I pieced them together, quilted them, and added binding and a label. So this is our #quiltsforpeace quilt to be given to the police officers families. For the first time, I got out my machine embroidery manual and workbook and made a quilt label using the embroidery hoop. Why I haven’t been doing this all these years, I’ll never know. It turned out great!
I received this adorable Preppy the Whale mini quilt yesterday, all the way from Zurich, Switzerland! It was made by the ultra-talented @spiritedchild2014, Andrea Tomlinson, who crafts “handmade unique children’s colouring activities and accessories.” Her website is 
Close-ups of the extras and quilting on the mini. I love seahorses, so the zipper pouch makes me sew happy! The cute little embroidered tag has Heather Ross’s Mendocino mermaids on the back. Those little candle flipflops are adorable! I’m going to try the chenille needles with my pearl cotton for big-stitch quilting. I’ve been using crewel needles but have been unhappy with them. The chenille needles are shorter, so I think will work better.