THE TOTAL COUNT IS 134 QUILT

All the quilts are in now and everyone is overjoyed at the amount that have been made.

The star quilt I donated has been quilted with bats, black thread was used on the front and orange on the back.

It looks great and I am so glad it will find a new home, if it had stayed with me I have no idea when it would have been finished.

This is not the final total

but so far my local quilt shop has collected 91 quilts.

All fabric, thread, batting, and time have been donated by lots of us quilters who live in the local area of Papakura, Auckland.

The cut off day is Saturday 28th March, so by next week we should know the total number of quilts that have been made and on there way to new homes over in Austraila.

See what you can do with a LOT of pins !!!!!

Most the seams are pinned together,so I can see how my BOM is going to look when it is all put together.

I had a little bit of time on my hands so I thought I wouls play with my blocks.

Me thinks this is going to be one very 'bright' quilt whwn it is done.

Well I have managed to finish my BOM part 3, for me the ironing of the blocks took longer than the sewing.

I still need to cut of all the dog ears but that will be done when I sew them all together at the end.

Now just how long do I have till the next part comes out?

Oh well, I have still got Hannah's quilt to keep me going.

The lastest update for the 'Fire quilts for Oz' is now 74 and still counting.

FIRE QUILTS UPDATE.

I went into my local quilt shop today and have found out we are up to 70 quilts finished, with another 15-20 being finished off. All will be packed up and sent of to Oz at the end of the month.

Here is the golden quilt kit I made up for the local quilt shop.
I did not get photos of the 3 kids quilts I made up, but the shop now says we are up to 55 quilts for fire victums over in Oz.
I'm sure all the quilts will be love by the people who will recive them.

I have been busy cutting and sewing my BOM for 'Burning the midnight oil'. I have been chain piecing it so I'm about halfway through it all.
Will post a pic when I have got them done.

News from my local quilt shop, says that so far, they have 42 quilts finished and are still counting. A lot still need to be finished off, as in bindings sewn down or lables added.
The shop is hopping to have about 70 quilts befor the 28th which is the deadline.

Today I went down to my local quilt shop, where they are having a 'quiltin bee' to try and get quilts finished for the fire victums over in Oz. I was unable to help this weekend as my MS is having a field day with my body, but it was great to see some of the quilts I had given or made for the fire quilts finished or having the bindings being put on.
I was told yesterday, the 14th, there were 38 people there helping out in one way or another, with another 12-15 people there today, the 15th, helping out.
All the quilts have to be finished and packed up befor the end of this month, when I know the total I will post it here.

I have taken 2 baby quilt tops and a kids quilt top back to my LQS, they are in need of borders, but that will be done at the weekend when the shop has a 'quiltin'. I did not get any photos of the quilt tops tho, but will try and take some at the weekend.

As promised, here is the photo of the last quilt I have just made. I had nothing to do with the colours or fabrics used, I just sewed them together.

As soon as I get the pic onto my computer, I will add the next quilt top I have done for the 'Quilts for Oz'.
This one is all shades of brown/baige in large rectangles, with a small border of narrow rectangles.

This quilt has now been quilted and will soon be on it's way to Oz. This photo does not show the quilting as I have yet to get a photo of it quilted, but the person who quilted it for us did a very good job. Just by looking at the quilt she could tell what had happened to it, and found a small bit of invisible thread that was the reason why it had shrank.

Well after lots of playing and moving of sqs, I got to the point where I could sew them together into this lovely top, once I have returned it back to the quilt shop, it will go of to someone else who will quilt it for us, and then it will be off to Oz for the fire victums.