charity blocks

Look at what we've done! Eleven quilt tops and 140 loose blocks are heading to Germany today.

Thank you New Zealand and Australian quilters. (Full sized photos at the end of this post.)

Two months ago I decided to make a few blue and yellow blocks for Ukrainian refugee quilts. I never imagined it would grow to this. We've made 360 blocks in total. I received blocks from:

Tauranga Patchwork and Quilters

Capital Quilters

Howick Quilting Friends (both groups)

Glenys in Auckland (the kiwi blocks)

Marina in Feilding

Jeanette in Australia

Vivienne in Napier

Mary in Ashburton

Sue ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 2 years, 6 months ago. under charity blocks , charity quilts , piece for peace , quilts for ukraine , ukraine , ukrainian quilts , ukrainian refugee quilts

So much has happened since I first wrote about the quilts for Ukrainian refugee children a few weeks ago. (You can read that post here.)

from Glenys in Auckland

My first 20 blocks turned into a quilt top

I got carried away and made 20 blocks before I even knew what I was doing! I could see on Instagram that Claudia @pfeilclaudia in Germany was receiving blocks from around the world every day, so I decided to turn my first 20 blocks into a quilt top to speed up the process when it gets to Germany. I asked Claudia for ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 2 years, 8 months ago. under charity blocks , charity quilts , piece for peace , quilts for ukraine , ukraine , ukrainian quilts , ukrainian refugee quilts

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