Quilting for the Ranch

I volunteer with a group called Humble Hands at my church. We quilt, sew, crochet and knit items for people who need them.
Our latest project is quilts for the Edgewood Childrens Ranch in Orlando, Florida.
http://edgewoodranch.org
The ranch is a safe place for children to stay while their parents clean up their lives.
It is not an orphanage.
We decided to make twin sized quilts for the kids for Christmas gifts. When the children finally get to go home, they will be able to take their quilts with them.
Most of the materials for our projects is donated.
This time we were awarded a grant from a local quilting guild.
The ladies of the group have been piecing the quilt tops. And I have been running the long-arm quilting machine. The machine was donated to us by Dack.

Gail went with race car fabric for her quilt. And I found a flame pattern to quilt.
I did this free hand on the machine. There is a video of me running the machine in the next post.

The photos show Sandy and Gail trimming the edge of her quilt. I took a close up of the quilt and the blue backing.

The final photo is of Molly and her grand-daughters with her quilt. She chose a fish print fabric and I quilted a wave pattern.

Long-arm Quilter

More cute bird photos. Can you stand it?!

Once again, for your entertainment, my bird Sami.

When she is relaxing, she need to have something right in front of her.

I think she feels more secure this way.

I'll be sitting with her on my lap. And I'll be holding a coffee cup too. And she has to be right next to it. At first, I thought she was doing this to stay warm. But she likes her boxes too.