NT Quilt Family - A Call for Help!!

#QuiltsForVegas

On Sunday, October 1, 2017, a gunman shot and killed 58 people and injured nearly 500 other concert goers outside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The shooting is said to be the deadliest in modern American history. Investigations are still underway to uncover the reasons behind this senseless crime.

How does this affect the NT Quilt Family??

The Las Vegas Modern Quilt Guild has issued a call for quilts:

We have been struggling to put together words for what has happened in Las Vegas and have decided to put together quilts!

#quiltsforvegas

There have been a ton of people reaching out asking how they can help so we have put together a quilt drive for #quiltsforvegas.  We are requesting completed quilts, quilt tops, blocks, binding, backing, batting and monetary donations (or anything else you can think of!) to our efforts.  Monetary donations will cover shipping, fabric, thread and other quilt costs; any leftover donations will be donated to the GoFundMe that has already been set up.

Here is the notice that I sent out to my quilt bee(s) on Monday, October 9th:

Hello, Nimble Thimbles quilt family!

We did it for Orlando. Shall we quilt for Vegas, too?

I saw it HERE:

https://www.katiemaequilts.com/blog/2017/10/9/boms-away-quiltsforvegas

The details can be found at MQG Vegas:

https://lasvegasmqg.wordpress.com/quiltsforvegas/

They are asking for Grayscale blocks from Cluck Cluck Sew in happy colors with white done in any arrangement:

http://cluckclucksew.com/2015/09/grayscale-quilt-block-tutorial.html

They request that ONE Heart block (like we made for Pulse) be added somewhere on the quilt using the 10” size.

http://cluckclucksew.com/2015/01/making-heart-blocks-in-multiple-sizes.html

I’m going to invite the NT Nights group and CCLQ members to participate, as well. The DEADLINE for block contributions needs to be the Tuesday, October 24th NT Nights meeting at the Hillsborough Library, 6:30 - 8:00 PM. That will give a couple weeks for finishing before the mailing deadline. SOONER is even BETTER!!

Who’s on board? We will need block makers, quilt assemblers, quilters, binders, and labelers. Please consider what YOU can do to help.

Thanks!

Joy

I am pleased to report that the responses started rolling in within minutes.  Bee mates are volunteering to make blocks, assemble, and bind quilts.  Since our group is made of three parts, I hope to send three quilts to comfort victims, first responders to, and others affected by this terrible event.

The volunteerism didn't stop there!  One of our members drew up a design for our quilts...

... And another donated a beautiful Jelly Roll to the cause:

Members even sacrificed a portion of our recent Sew Day at the SECU Family House to work on the project:

Thank you, Quilters!  Your care and concern will bring SEW much comfort to the people who were affected by the Las Vegas shootings.

Here are our completed quilt tops...

One:

And two:

Quilted #quiltforvegas light:

Quilted #quiltforvegas bright:

I'm pleased to present the completed quilts...

Well, I would have been, if they hadn't been mailed out without having finished photos taken to document each of them!!  :o((

Thank you, again, to members of the Nimble Thimbles and Cherry Creek Lane Quilt Bees!  Look out Las Vegas Modern Quilt Guild, these two North Carolina quilts are on their way to you.  We hope they will bring some comfort.

When times get tough...
The tough get quilting!!!