Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Plus Upcoming Guatemala Trip

For everyone that entered the quilt raffle- thank you from the bottom of my heart!

We raised $2060 and I was excited that Debby Dodds is in the Humble Quilts group won the Bible quilt! My sister in law really wanted that one....lol 

Your generosity allows these children in Guatemala to have a brighter future! 

Our program offers scholarships for kids to be in school and come to the after school program, where they receive a nutritional meal (sometimes 1 meal a day is all they get), tutoring, love, and support. It gives them a life goal to shoot for something better than working in the garbage dump of Xela. 

The village sits in the mountains at 7600+ feet elevation. The volcano spews intermittently. 

We make home visits and help with groceries when a family situation arises. This particular visit the little boy had broke his leg and the parent could no longer make the long journey to the dump to collect recyclables.

Regardless of the situation, my first mission trip was to Guatemala 14 years  and my heart remains firmly planted there!

Last year I was able to bring warm clothing and some cute knitted hats! (check out that baby!) If you would like to help in someway, either donating jackets, warm clothing, beanie babies, or easy to pack toys, I'd love to partner with you! I will be going back late January. If you'd like to support me financially I'd love that too. Send me an email at humblequilts@gmail.com and let's chat!

The quilts below are winging their way to their new home! Thank you!!

Have a lovely weekend!

 

Quiltfest Northwest

I attended Quiltfest Northwest recently and was so inspired! I'm sharing patriotic quilts from the show. The best way you can show your patriotism is to VOTE! 

My favorite made from old flags! 

Large flags on the back. 

Have a lovely weekend!

 

Les Bleus d' Alsace, Continued

Today I'll share the rest of the quilt...oh yeah! I finished the hand quilting, so it is done!

Here's my backing! When I saw it in my stash I thought it was perfect!

You may be able to see I machine quilted in the ditch between the blocks. My hands don't tolerate too much hand quilting anymore. 

I do simple labels. Ever since I killed my printer printing a fabric label I stick with my own hand writing now.

Large squares and smaller squares I hand stitched on the diagonal. I did use my Hera marker to mark the line. Then I hand stitched on the dark blue/star points.  

 

I wasn't sure it would be enough but I washed it and it looks great!

Thanks for sewing along. I'll put up a linky soon so we can see them all in one place. 

French inspiration!

I haven't talked about Elsa lately. 

She's doing so good!

When we went to France and Germany my daughter, niece and nephews took turns staying at the house. It would be pretty hard on the ole gal to be at the kennels for 2 weeks. She was so relaxed when we got home, it was a great idea. 

It feels like we have found the right combination of meds and glucosamine (we switched to Wuffes and can tell a huge difference!) She goes in her toy bin and comes out with the ball. We throw it a few times and she's happy with that. 

She loves to camp and loves little Zack!

I hope you are having an amazing week. Happy Sewing!

Les Bleus d’Alsace 2026 Quiltalong- Part 3

Here is my Les Bleus d’Alsace! 

The first thing you see is the dark blue, but keep looking and you'll see the stars made from shirtings. 

Unlike most of the other quiltalongs, this one does not have an antique I used for inspiration. Lovely fabrics were the key to making this one enjoyable.

My quilt is bound, but not complete! I'm still hand quilting it.

Here is the layout. I put it together in rows. It's pretty straightforward. It should measure 22.5" square. 

Here is the quilt on my  blue Adirondack style bench! Love it!

I'll be back on Wednesday with my backing, label and how I quilted it. 

Thanks for sewing along!