Quilt It with Love

Author: Mary Balagna
Publisher: Union Square & Company
ISBN: 9781454702948
Category : Children's quilts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
When a child is seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need, Project Linus comes to the rescue with a lovingly handmade blanket or afghan. Quilt It with Love tells the story of this organization, sharing stories from recipients and donors and showcasing over 20 fabulous projects that even beginners can make.

American Patchwork

Author: Sonja Hakala
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9781429996839
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
For those who enjoyed the honesty and insight of How to Make an American Quilt, this is a moving collection of personal stories that highlight the laughter, sadness, friendships, frustrations, and triumphs shared by the more than 21 million people across the country who call themselves quilters. These touching tales from sixty-seven contributors nationwide form a patchwork of their own in the words of each individual's unique narrative. From the quilt that reunited a family divided by war and an ocean to the twenty-two foot banner that accompanied a dying woman on her last journey, American Patchwork is sure to capture the hearts of quilters and quilt lovers everywhere. Wonderfully varied, instructive, nostalgic, amusing, and often poignantly written, this gem of a book will be treasured for years to come.

The Giving Quilt

Author: Jennifer Chiaverini
Publisher: Dutton
ISBN: 0142180246
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

Book Description
When the creative residents of Elm Creek gather the week after Thanksgiving to work on quilts for Project Linus, they respond to Sylvia's provocative questions to alleviate respective personal challenges and learn helpful lessons about the strength of human connections.

Makers with a Cause

Author: Gina Seymour
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 189

Book Description
This quick-start guide explains how to use inquiry to promote civic engagement in the school library makerspace and provides ready-to-use ideas for hands-on service projects. By creating for their community in the school library makerspace, young people not only develop academic and cognitive skills but also learn to value building a culture of caring. Award-winning author Gina Seymour discusses her initiative to empower students to take an active role in making a difference and outlines how to implement similar programs in any school library setting. The book may be used in school libraries in conjunction with a service learning model to extend the learning that takes place in classrooms and to make youth feel a valuable part of their community. Numerous service project ideas are presented, from simple, low-cost, no-tech, craft-based ideas to high-tech projects including 3-D models, and while the book focuses on youth in middle school and high school, many projects may also be used in elementary school. Detailed project instructions include tips for making programs inclusive for all youth, and money-saving tips to promote sustainability.

Quilts from the Heart

Author: Karin Renaud
Publisher: That Patchwork Place
ISBN: 9781564776495
Category : Children's quilts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Quilting and generosity go hand in hand, and this book shows quilters how to share their creativity with friends, family, and those in need. It includes various projects, combined with ideas for giving.

Working for Peanuts: The Project Linus Story

Author: Karen Loucks Rinedollar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615498294
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
Project Linus seemingly started overnight when Karen Loucks spotted a Parade magazine article entitled, "Joy to the World." From those words and images, a grassroots movement was born. In Working for Peanuts, you'll hear the incredible tale of how a small-town Colorado woman set out to offer love and security, through the gifting of handmade security blankets, beginning in her own backyard of Denver. Within just a few short months, Project Linus received national attention and an incredible journey was embarked upon. Hundreds of chapters formed, thousands of volunteers, aka Blanketeers, assisted and millions of children were comforted around the world. Project Linus has been featured on "Oprah," "The Today Show," "NBC Nightly News with Bryan Williams," "Simply Quilts," "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" and highlighted in Parade, People, Family Circle, Reader's Digest and many more magazines, newspapers and television shows.

Making a World of Difference One Quilt at a Time

Author: Ruth McHaney Danner
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1608683451
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
Quilts exemplify precious things: comfort through the warmth they provide; community, since they are often created by groups; and love, given the time and effort they require. With this in mind, legions of kindhearted quilters all over the world choose to donate their labors of love to people in need. Ruth McHaney Danner has gathered fifty-four heartwarming stories of quilters who make their compassion tangible one stitch, square, and quilt at a time. Each story introduces a quilter or group of quilters, ranging from a blind woman in Texas to preschoolers in Australia. Their gifts have the power to make recipients feel cherished and supported, even though they may never meet face-to-face. These wonderfully inspiring stories show that every quilter who has ever wondered, “But what can I do?” can do something to reach out and help others.

Debbie Mumm's I Care with Quilts

Author: Debbie Mumm
Publisher: Leisure Arts
ISBN: 160140915X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
This book by artist and designer Debbie Mumm focuses on quilts and projects that communicate a message of caring through their design, color choices or concepts. Whether it's to support a cause or charity that's near and dear, an ailing loved one, or a friend who needs a little extra TLC, the 25 fast and fabulous projects in this book tell a story of love and caring.

The Quilter's Catalog

Author: Meg Cox
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761138815
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 628

Book Description
The Bee-all and End-all: The complete quilter's companion and essential resource, jam-packed with information, supplies, expert interviews, techniques, community, and inspiration. All the tools of the trade: rotary cutters, sewing machines, longarms, anddesign software; fabulous fabrics and where to find them; and if you're just starting out, everything that belongs in a quilting basket. The online world made manageable with a guide to the most useful blogs, websites, e-mail lists, free patterns, and podcasts. National and regional shows, guilds, and the best retreats and quilt museums. Batting parties, tutorials on fabric dying, and a breezy history of the quilt boom. Profiles of twenty top teachers-including television's Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson, Esterita Austin and her award-winning landscape quilts, and Ruth B. McDowell, known for her bravura technique. This is a book to help every quilter deepen and grow-keep it as close by as your stash of fat quarters -Cover.

Quilt of Joy

Author: Mary Tatem
Publisher: Revell
ISBN: 1441214313
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
Quilters understand with every stitch how God can make even scraps wonderfully new and striking with a little time, imagination, and love. In these touching books, Mary Tatem pieces together spiritual insights and stories of quilters into devotionals that feature some of the most beloved and recognizable quilt patterns in America. Readers will discover the historical background of each pattern and be enchanted by the spiritual reflections on joy, faith, creativity, gratitude, patience, hope, and more. Encouragement, inspiration, and celebration--as well as some great stories--await readers as they discover that, in God's design, even the smallest scraps or most frayed fragments can be fashioned into something new, complete, comfort-giving, and beautiful.