March 7, 2022 Sunflower Quilts in Honor of Ukraine

Today my thoughts are about Ukraine and what I can do to help the people who have fled and the ones who have stayed to fight for their country as Russia attacks them. It is unimaginable what they are going through. The people who were able to flee left with very little clothing and left everything they own behind. They fled for their lives. The Russian troops have shown little, if any, mercy. Any of us could be in their shoes fleeing for safety and freedom if we were living there.

I am working on ideas to help in whatever way I can, and it involves quilting. I want to enlist those who can sew to help me make lap quilts to send to refugees because they need blankets to sleep with and stay warm. The same goes for any refugee. Yesterday I designed a quilt using a Timeless Treasures sunflower panel and coordinating fabrics. Today I ordered the fabrics! I also reached out to Kari of Quilting Renditions about designing a simple yet elegant patchwork pattern and told her what I would like in such a pattern designed for my mission for Ukraine. I would like a pattern made specifically for my project. I want it to be easy to master for quilters of all skill levels. The patterns and quilt kits will be available for sale on this website. I will make the quilt and offer it for sale on my website with 20% of the sale going to Ukrainian relief aid. I also want to make a quilt as a drawing or auction to raise funds for Ukrainian relief. I hope to enlist the support of my church and the church where I am organist. I am excited and energized to be working on this quilt creation! Hopefully the quilt kits and quilts will generate a lot of funds for my mission to help the Ukrainians.

Watch my website for the new pattern, quilt kit, and the quilt that I will publish for sale when my ideas come to fruition. I will also publish a post on Facebook when I have them ready! Please feel free to add your comments to my blog. I look forward to reading them!

I have added a new block on the Donate page for customers to read about our fundraising to help Ukrainian refugees. Please consider making a monetary donation to support our efforts to help our Ukrainian brothers and sisters in their time of crisis and need. We sincerely appreciate everyone for reading this blog and supporting our mission.

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