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!
Quilt Mouse
It’s beautiful 😄
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Great quilt for a great cause. Hubby bought me a head lamp (straps onto my head) for when we are in the car, etc, and I need a bit more light for hand work. I have a couple of OTT lights, for use in the house.
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Love this post! Great job! Can’t wait to see it!
When are you coming? I work on Mon. and Tuesday.
BTW, there is no way I can get AirBnB website stuff finished before retreat…..
I have the perfect white elephant gift in the junk room with tons of boxes. Where, oh where, could it be? Ugh.
Camelia
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Beautiful quilt top! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your finish!
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