October 2018 OMG Finish

Linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal October Finish Linkup. Follow the link to see what others completed this month.

I kept my One Monthly Goal simple again this month.

• Finish Hand Stitching a binding on a Queen Topper Quilt.

And I DID IT!  I usually machine stitch the binding on most of my quilts, but this one needed hand stitching.  It is 80″ x 88″ so that is 336 inches of hand stitching.  I worked on it on Thursdays at my Hand Stitching Group, and finished it at home watching TV.

2018-10-31-Raffle Quilt for Survivor’s Retreat at Spirit Wind Ministries

My eyes are getting older, and I need lots of light, especially stitching on dark blue fabric with dark gray thread.  My DH came up with a solution.  He let me borrows his LED clip on light.  He clipped it to the back cushion of my recliner and pointed the light right where I needed it over my left shoulder. I will be finishing stitching on the label tonight.

2018-10-31 Adding the label to the Raffle Quilt

I will share more later, but this quilt will be Raffled in support of Spirit Wind Ministries in Floyd, VA.  One of their events is a Christmas “Survivor Retreat,” a special retreat for families who have suffered the loss of a military member.  This is a three-day retreat in December with no cost to the Widows & Children of Fallen members of the military.  All donations are Tax Deductible.  If you want to help support this ministry, make checks out to Spirit Wind Survivor Retreat & mail to Rev. Jim & Paula McClure, 1074 Beaver Creek Rd, Floyd, VA, 24091.

Need to take pictures of other projects I completed or worked on during October.  Hope you got some stitching done!

 

Happy Stitching & Moving!

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