Please Pray For These Families

Exactly one year ago today, the radio communication went silent for the lone survivor of the Granite Mountain Hot Shot team and his 19 team mates perished.

Today, some of the families will gather in Prescott to honor those men and listen to the bell ring 19 times. Others may gather quietly alone in Yarnell at the site.

Many families will gather together quietly away from the media, the prying eyes and remember the good things about their loved ones.

Please today, while you are enjoying your families, take a minute or two of silent prayer to remember these 19 and their families and say a special prayer for the one that remained on earth!

http://news.yahoo.com/community-recalls-19-firefighters-died-fire-073159156.html 

 

 

Wonderful Visit

Normally my Sundays are nothing to write about, maybe a quilt, maybe not, but today, I was so blessed to meet the amazing mom of Billy Warneke, one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died last June 30th in Yarnell.

Billy's mom is visiting his sister Victoria along with her husband and they are heading out to Idaho in a few days for a race her sons are participating in to honor Billy.

Both sons, David and Fred are in the United States military and they are all gathering up in the northwest to lend support.  How cool is that?

Kathie, her husband and her beautiful daughter Victoria came and visited and we sat at my dining table and talked about the efforts they are doing to get their foundation up and running and get word out.

I know you are all so amazing that you will share it with others you know, on your blogs, etc..http://whwmf.com/

I felt very honored to receive a patch from Kathie with the logo and name of the William Howard Warneke Memorial Foundation and the #19 so none of us forget there were 19 that lost their lives.

The foundation wants to help hotshot teams have better equipment and gear.  I discovered today, that most of the gear these men and women use and carry with them, they have to cover out of their own pockets...$500 for a pair of boots can put a damper on a young persons budget.

Other equipment they use are handed down and used from other firefighters and I really believe these wildland fire fighters deserve the best equipment for the job they perform.

So, in memory of those 19 who lost their lives on June 30, 2013, I would like to ask you, if you feel so lead, to head over to http://whwmf.com and donate a little something if you can to help them reach out to others.

If you can't, please remember to at least leave your porch light on June 30th all night in remembrance of those brave 19 and their families.

 

Todays Beauties

This one in the mail today from Lynn A. of VT

These five were brought into a local quilt shop by someone they did not know, asked if they were still collecting for us and dropped them off. 

They are beautiful!

Another Thank You

This one came in this morning from Prince Georges County where one of their dispatchers is really struggling with health and other issues.

I wanted to share the card with all of you who make this happen!

 

353 and Counting, Thanks to All of You!

At this time, we have now delivered 353 quilts and 72 fleece blankets to the families, volunteers and first responders from the tragic Oso landslide. 

With an abundance of baby quilts, we were also able to donate a box to Quilts of Compassion when the tornadoes in the mid-west hit to help them deliver to the families who lost all.

I want to let you know that each and everyone of you have helped to continue this mission to help those in need. If you could only blog or instagram, FB post or Tweet about what we were doing, YOU Helped!

If you just sent me a thank you note to let me know what we were doing touched your heart, YOU Helped!

If you sent one quilt or ten, YOU Helped!

I want to say thank you to all of those that have reached out and if I miss anyone, I am truly sorry, it isn't my intention, but sometimes names are missed but I can tell you, your love and warmth were welcomed!

Sandy and Quilters Point of View, AZ
K. Aho, Minnesota          Allison A., WA
Martingale Press, WA
Town Square Fabric and Yarn, Burien, WA  
Elizabeth B., GA
Debbie B., Newport Beach
Lyndall B., Oregon
Sue Brown (Magpie Sue)  
Cathy B., MT
Busy Bee Quilters, TX
Claire C., United Kingdom
Linda C., CA                      Barbara F., MD
Gayle C., OR                      Maureen, G., NJ
Kathy C., WA                     Kathie, G., WA
Beverly C., WA                  Griffith, J., WA
Terri, C.,CA                        Carrie H., CA
Nancy C., CA                      Elaine H., WA
Teri D., WA                        Cynthia, H., KS
Christina D., OR                 Judith H., CA
Victoria Purkey, WA           Deborah H., SD
Evelyn E., MT                    Eva H. WA
Jan F., WA                          Holmes, N., MA
Etta F., NJ                           Hooser, J., SD
Tomme F., OR                    Hurst, R., TX
Grace Quilters, AZ             Holly Grace Designs, KY
Inami, M., NV                   Klouda, S., AZ
Keefer, J. CA                     Koyanik, N., VA
Kueser, C. KS                    Lauback, C., NY
Kviteseid Lutheran Church, MN
Lee, B (long arm services volunteered)
Lewis, Marilyn, CA (I can't thank her and her group enough for their support all year around)
Faith Quilters of Our Lady of Loretto Parish, CO
McClain, J. WA                 Marshall, M., WA
Marvin, S., MO                  Matthiesen, J., WA
Merrick, M., WA               Miller, P., MO
Moore, L., CA                   Vanessa, N., IN
Oberhelman, M., IA          Pate, C. TN
Pipitone, S., IL
PSTC, CA 
Peterson, Christi from Breaking Skagit 
Grimes, Janice and Quilts of Compassion 
Quilters Anonymous, WA 
Quilters Junction Quilt Shop, WA
Quiram-Schinske, WA
Ray. L., IL
Rayburn Crafters, TX
Renicker, Roxanne,TX
Richmond Beach Lutheran Church, WA
Saia, J., IL
Sanders, K., CA                   Smith, M. MI
Sellmann, Brooke
Shaw, J. WA                         South Sound Quilters, WA
Shields, K., OR                    Snider, K. OH
Peery, S., OR                        Stancl, K., CA
Sisters Fabric Shop, WA 
Smith, Lisa (Arlington Hub for Oso Families)
Spletzer, B., MI (Another one of our year round supporters)
Szafranski, D., NY               Weis, P., IA
Thomas, M., Wa                   Weyers, M., WA
Toulouse, P., NV                   Williams, J., WA
Trammell, J., MT
Skagit Valley YMCA (They were amazing at setting up a collection point for us, thank you to Mary and Jennifer for all they did and continue to do!)
United Methodist Church, Darrington WA & Pastor Sandy for taking in the quilts we brought for the Darrington families.
Wackerman, Louise
Wagnon, J., CO
Des Moines United Methodist Church, WA

Watersedge United Methodist Church, OH
Weathers, Lynn, CO
Gathering Fabric Quilt Shop, WA

**None of these quilters or supporters that have shops or blogs, did this for recognition, they did this because their hearts are huge and filled with compassion. So please, if you have a moment, stop by one or two and thank them for all they do for Layers of Hope - Quilting 911.

Blessings to all of you!

  

Another Beautiful Quilt

I would love to say it has been a hectic week and seriously, it has, the grands finished school for the summer this week, we had a horrible dropping of the ball at grandson's school which had hubby and I just devastated, but we stood our ground and at least showed him how much we love him and believe in him and next year he is doing home schooling with me!

In trying to diagnose my medical situation, my neurologist took me off all my medications and I have been battling more severe tremors, pain so bad at times it brings me to tears, twitches in my arms are more frequent and yesterday, my legs gave out on me four times.

Ahhhh, but there are some wonderful silver linings in this week, such as having the mail carrier deliver this beautiful and fun quilt from Brooke over at Silly Mama Quilts.  It is so fresh and cool looking it just reminds me of watermelon and grapefruit on a hot summer day, refreshing.

If you get a chance, please go over to the Silly Mama Quilts site and see what great work and design that Brooke does, she is amazing and always so generous to Layers of Hope - Quilting 911 and tell her you came via Layers of Hope.

This one came in from Colorado, another generous quilter who just keeps blessing us beyond blessings.

An almost finish for me, which hasn't been easy the past few months.  I started this one and made it with bandana's that someone had sent to me, however, it wouldn't fit in my machine to quilt since I don't own a long arm, so I drew out a quilting pattern and hand quilting every stitch in this over the past month.

 I do love the bright colors and funkiness of this one and it would make for a great extra long twin bed quilt or just anything one would want. You can see there are 2 more squares scrunched up at the bottom of the quilt!

 In these 2, I just tried to capture the hand quilting I did so you could see it.  I do believe at one time my own fingers were pin cushions.  But the quilting is done and now I hope to be able to bind it!

 I can't stop moving, I must keep going and next week I will be busy with girls to band practice for our local parade, one to the Orthodontist to have her impressions done, then to the dentist for cleaning and whatever else she needs.

I just thank God for all of you who keep me inspired everyday!



 

Good-Bye Zibbet

I have had a Zibbet shop since I believe it opened and I have had fabrics, quilts and a few other things listed and sold a total of three items.

While I gave quick feedback for the buyers, I never got feedback from them and I think when you are selling things, that feedback is important to those looking to purchase from your shop.

I even became a premium member to help with sales, but after almost a year of paying $9.95 a month, I had to search my heart and determine it was not profitable or smart to do so any longer, so I have closed down the Layers of Hope - Quilting 911 Zibbet store.

I still have my Etsy store open, not much in it lately, but I hope to add more when things settle down around here. I have only had one sale on Etsy, but I got great feedback from the buyer and I don't pay $9.95 a month.