BOM June 2013

Twenty T’s

Final BOM

This month’s BOM is from  Quilters’ Cache and is called Twenty T’s.

VERY IMPORTANT instead of the TOT white that we have been using, we are to use a solid black, where the pattern calls for a solid beige, and a TOT black where the pattern calls for a TOT beige.

(TOT = tone on tone)

Have fun!

 

BOM May

“Squares within Squares” & “Rolling Pinwheels”

APRIL GUILD MEETING

Our program coordinator sent a reminder

**April is Silent Auction Month.

Jill says

“please sort through your stash, books, magazines and various other items such as jams & jellies, baked goodies and plants (that might be a bit of a stretch this year – too cold) .

 

 

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More on Humbug Bags

Our Bag Challenge`s recipients sent us the following information which I am passing along, so that we all know who we are helping.

 

(snip) I have spoken to the nurses and if the baby bag is large enough, one or two of the following items could be placed in the baby bag.  This would be a handy travel kit of baby items for the mom.

 

small unscented vaseline

baby face cloth

baby bib

1-2 baby diapers (size up from newborns)

baby socks (white-good for either sex)

sippy cup

baby board book

Penaten cream

 

Items to avoid are baby powder and baby oil.

 

Keystone covers Bruce and Grey Counties with a variety of programs.  Please provide our website to your group, www.keystonebrucegrey.org 

 

This bag would be distributed to the moms in our Healthy Beginnings program, which is a Prenatal Nutrition program. They are young, pregnant moms who have extra stressors in their lives such as finance, life skills, etc.  The nurse-led program teaches the pregnant mom prenatal and postnatal skills, plus they learn proper nutrition while they are pregnant and after baby is born.  They can stay in this program until their babies are 6 months of age.  The goal of the program is to have a healthy baby with a good birth weight.

 

We run groups throughout Bruce and Grey Counties, with the largest groups in Owen Sound and Hanover.  The Owen Sound group has an average of 15 moms (plus some partners) at each group.  When their babies are born, they rarely receive baby gifts and these bags would be a wonderful gift to present to the baby and mom.   At any given time, there are 30-35 moms in the program.

 

On a yearly average, we serve 60-75 moms in this program, throughout Bruce and Grey Counties.

(There was a question as to whether we could provide them quilts) 

The baby quilts would also be a treasured gift.  At Christmas, we often try to give the families in the program at that point, some kind of gift.

 

 

Thank you for your interest in our program.

 

April 18th Guild Auction Item

Community Quilts was given this lovely quilt top, and permission of the donor to use as we see fit. As our coffers are bare we offer this for auction, the funds raised will purchase backs and batting. The top is approx. 104 X 84 inches, Opening bid $40.00

It has Lulu`s approval.

Rising Star and Castle in the Air Block

Two more BOM quilt blocks. Using the letters ‘I’ and ‘D’ the Rising Star and Castle in the Air blocks use the colours daffodil, denim and Indigo.

Rising Star BOM Block

The four colours used for this block all had to begin with the letter ‘D’. They are damson, desert sand, doe and dove.

Castle in the Air

The colours in this example are called Denim and Dandelion. How is the block building going for you this month? Have you had difficulties, finding colours that begin with your names initial? Nick names are not allowed…but you knew that.

Lindie Bag

As promised here is the link, I used  for the small tote bag pictured in the previous post.  Click on the words Lindie Bag, above.