A YEAR OF GIVING & OUR NEWSLETTER DEBUT

We are debuting our new World of Charity Stitching Newsletter with a giveaway the first week in January.  You can sign up to receive the newsletter in the left hand column.  This first newsletter will also introduce our theme for 2012 which is A Year of Giving.  We hope you'll join us.

LOVE QUILTS USA

Be sure to click on the tab above titled "Charities" and read about Love Quilts, another stitching group bringing smiles to the faces of ill children.  At World of Charity Stitching, we believe it is important to work together with the other charity groups.  The more items we make, the more smiles we create!

Do You Crochet or Knit!

If you crochet or knit, Afghans for Angels, California Chapter could use your help.  Please click on the "Charities" tab above for more information.

Peggy Won A Giveaway!

Peggy, co-owner of WOCS,  won a fabulous giveaway - some beautiful hand-dyed fabric by Jackie White of Jackie's Art Quilts.  You can visit her Etsy Shop to see all her fabulous hand-dyed fabrics.  Peggy sent this fabric over to our quilter Bonnie who is going to use it in our Birds and Crosses quilt for a lady with MS who lives at the nursing home we support.  Here at WOCS, we all enter fabric giveaways as it helps so much to win quilting fabric!

A Wonderful Fabric Donation

We received a wonderful donation of fabric from Jan Schillo today.  30 fat quarters of beautiful vintage style fabrics.  I have wrapped them on comic book backboards so I can place them on a shelf and be able to easily choose the right color.  This will help us make so many quilts, totes, and more to donate to adults and children in 2012.  Thank you Jan!

Tote Bags Are Ready For Favor House

The 30 tote bags are now ready to be delivered to Favor House and Ronald McDonald House.  Most will go to Favor House, a domestic violence shelter for the kids who may not have a wonderful Christmas.  Each bag is filled to the brim with goodies such as stuffed animals and more.  Thanks you ladies for all your hard work and donations of items for the bags.  So many smiles!!!!

We Have A Winner!

Congratulations to Nancy Sue who has won the $50 gift certificate to The Fat Quarter Shop!  An email has been sent to you.  Thank you to everyone who entered.  Please keep checking back with us as we will be having more giveaways soon.

Welcome To The Blog Hop Party! (Dec. 10 -17)

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!

Hello fellow hoppers!  And welcome to World  of Charity Stitching.  We are a group of ladies who make quilts, totes, walker bags, wheelchair bags, pillows and more from cross stitch squares.  The ladies pick a theme to stitch from our database and when finished, they send it in and we make quilts and more for nursing homes, domestic violence shelter, and Ronald McDonald House.

This is one of the Garden quilts which have been quilted by Bonnie and her quilting machine, Nellie Belle.  This quilt and 11 others will be deliver to Century Care Center with tote bags and more. Two quilts have already been delivered this month to Ronald McDonald House and two have already been given to Favor House for Christmas.  Favor House, a domestic violence shelter, will receive filled tote bags for all the children too.


We decided to join the Blog Hop Party first because it's just too much fun!  Secondly, we wanted to introduce ourselves to future sponsors, stitchers, sew-ers and quilters who might be interested in donating their time, talent and supplies to bring smiles to the faces of children and adults.

So beginning Saturday, December 10, here's what we would like to give away.  A $50 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop donated by the Fat Quarter Shop.  Who doesn't love the Fat Quarter Shop!  These ladies have to be the most generous online fabric store especially when it comes to giveaways.  Fat quarters, jelly rolls, layer cakes and more - you can spend the whole day just browsing through all the wonderful pre-cut fabric.  And the patterns - I want them all!

Here's how to win.  Remember, do not enter until Saturday, December 10 or it will not count.

2 MANDATORY ENTRIES:

Visit the Fat Quarter Shop and sign up for their newsletter, come back here and leave a comment below that you did.

Visit our Flickr Photo Stream and check out some of the quilts and other items we have made.  Come back and leave a comment below as to what you liked best.

ADDITIONAL ENTRIES:


1.  'Like' us on our Facebook Page and leave a comment below that you did.
2.  'Follow' our World of Charity Stitching Blog and leave a comment below that you did.

If you like to cross stitch, sew, and/or quilt, we would love to have you join World of Charity Stitching at our Yahoo Group but that will NOT give you another entry for the giveaway. We are always in need of more cross stitchers, sewists, & quilters but please only sign up if you can donate your time and talent to us. Thanks!

AND DON'T FORGET TO VISIT THE OTHER BLOGS IN THIS HOP.   JUST CLICK ON THE BUTTON BELOW.

A big thank you to the Quilting Gallery for sponsoring this hop!

 

WARM QUILTS AND SMILING FACES!

Twelve warm quilts equals twelve smiling faces!  This is part of our Christmas delivery to Century Care Center.  Bonnie (and Nellie Belle) worked feverishly to get these quilted in time for delivery.  A HUGE THANK YOU  to all of the ladies who stitched the beautiful cross stitch pieces, to the ladies who sewed together the quilt tops and to Bonnie & her wonderful quilting machine (Nellie) for quilting each one.  Warms your heart just to look at their beauty and see what all of you have accomplished for those in the nursing home.  This will be a very special Christmas.

THANK YOU EVERYONE!

The holidays are fast approaching and we are in the home stretch to finish our gifts for Favor House, Ronald McDonald House, and Century Care Center. The fun has already begun however. Two quilts were delivered to Favor House and two more to Ronald McDonald House along with two pillows. Twelve therapy pillows brought smiles to the faces of seniors at Century Care.

Finishes during November include: 25 bookmarks, 18 quilt/other squares, 2 totes, 4 quilts yet to be delivered, 1 quilt top, 2 wheelchair bags, and 6 other items. Several members have contributed many gift items to help fill the tote bags made for Favor House and Century Care too. Seven new members joined us this month.

We have five quilts ready to be delivered. Eleven more are still in progress and we expect to have at least 6 of these finished in time for December delivery. The remaining five, in various stages of completion, will probably be finalized next year.

GIVEAWAY TIME!

We have a new sponsor and a giveaway.  Judy and Vicki at Quilting Lodge have given us a beautiful Moda Jelly Roll to give away.  Which Moda Jelly Roll is it????  Click on the "Giveaways" tab above to find out and to enter.  Hurry!  Giveaway only runs for one week!

ON THE COUNTDOWN! - Part 2

Bonnie just sent over some sneak peaks of the quilts she and Nellie Belle have finished quilting.  Here are two different views of the finished quilts so far.  She is still working on the ones in the post below this one.  Be sure to look at the beautiful cross stitch squares.  Six finished and how many more to go????  We all love you Bonnie!

ON THE COUNTDOWN!

We're on the countdown to delivering the Christmas gifts to Century Care Center and Favor House.  Bonnie and Nellie Belle are busy quilting and finishing the beautiful quilts.  Some of the ladies beautiful cross stitch pieces are peeking out from the quilts still to be quilted.

Now on Nellie Belle is the 4 Seasons Bird quilt which is going to Century Care Center.  We also have lots of gift filled tote bags for the children at Favor House and the residents of Century Care. 

Thank you Bonnie for working so hard to get all the quilts finished!  And give Nellie Belle a kiss for us!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing everyone a very special and happy Thanksgiving.  We are thankful for each of you and the support you give to World of Charity Stitching.  We couldn't bring the smiles we do to so many faces without your help. 

We Have A Winner!

Congratulations to Sallie (#25) who is the winner of the 6 Pine Mountain Design kits.  Here's what she said:
"I'd give some of these to my DD for her to make. She is learning to do needlework. Thanks for the giveaway!".  Thanks to everyone for entering.  We'll have another giveaway soon!  Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Two Quilts Delivered to Ronald McDonald House

Two wonderful quilts and a pillow were delivered to Ronald McDonald House yesterday.  Thank you ladies for all your beautiful stitching and love for the kids.

LAST DAY TO ENTER HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY

Today is the last day to enter our Holiday Giveaway.  You could win 6 Pine Mountain Designs mini pillow cross stitch kits.  Winner will be chosen tomorrow morning!  Just click the "Giveaways" tab above and be sure to check out our new tabs for "Charities" and see all our photos of the wonderful items the ladies have made by clicking on the "Photos" tab.

Happy Holidays Giveaway

World of Charity Stitching and Crazy Annie's Stitchin decided to join together for the Holidays.  We are each donating 3 Pine Mountain Designs cross stitch kits for this giveaway.  One lucky person will win all 6 kits.  So enter to win by clicking on the "Giveaways" tab above.  Hope you win!

We Have A Winner!

Congratulations to "Binks" #31 who won the 4 Gingercake patterns.  Here's what she said:

"Binks said... 31 - I love the art caddy. its so cute and handy. you can tote anything around in that and it'll look adorable. i love to be organized so its perfect."  Virginia of Gingercake will be contacting you soon.

OUR NEWEST GIVEAWAY FROM GINGERCAKE!

I hope you love to sew because you have the chance to choose 4 of your favorite patterns from Gingercake.  Click on the "Giveaways" tab above and you're on your way to winning.

WOW! WHAT A MONTH!

Here's what the ladies of WOCS accomplished in October.  9 therapy pillows delivered to Century Care. Members finished 6 quilt tops, 11 pillows, 1 tote, 8 bookmarks, 1 drawstring bag, 1 eyeglass case, an astounding 39 squares for quilts, and 7 stitched pieces for other uses. Seventeen quilts are currently in various stages of completion. Eleven new members joined us.

Some Designs for Our Snowglobe Quilt

The pieces for our Snowglobe quilt are starting to arrive in my mailbox.  First, I again have to say a big THANK YOU to Vee of Veeandco Designs for donating these patterns to us.  You are the very best Vee and you will help us bring some very big smiles to those who need them so much.  Please visit Vee's website and take a look at all her wonderful patterns.  She has great Christmas ones!  Thank you to all the ladies who have stitched and are in the process of stitching the other pieces.  This is going to be a fun quilt to make and donate.

We Have A Winner!

Congratulations to Carla G - #38!  Mr Random Number Generator says you have won the $25 gift certificate to Crazy Annie's Stitchin.   This is what Carla said she would like to have from Crazy Annie's Stitchin:

"I would get some mint lugana x-stitch fabric, some really cute snowman x-stitch pattern and let my boys each pick a pattern too! Thanks for a chance to win! :)"

A BIG thank you to everyone who entered and to those who decided to stitch with us.  We couldn't bring the smiles to so many faces without your help!

Crazy Annie's Stitchin Has Added New Charts!

Annie from Crazy Annie's Stitchin has added some wonderful new cross stitch patterns to her store.  Many are OOP so get them while you can.  Remember to enter our giveaway for a $25 gift certificate to her store.  Just click on the "Giveaways" tab at the top of this page. 

Crazy Annie's Stitchin & Stuff Giveaway Has Started!

We're having another giveaway.  Our sponsor is Annie from Crazy Annie's Stitchin & Stuff.  She not only has some awesome deals on cross stitch, scrapbooking, primitive stitch, beading and more, but has donated a $25 gift certificate for this giveaway.  She also has a special discount running right now in her store so be sure to check it out.  If you'd like to win a $25 gift certificate to her store, click the "Giveaways" tab above and you are on your way!  Happy shopping everyone!

Two Very Cute New Snowglobe Designs Finished

Thank you Marion for the Halloween Snowglobe and Pam for the Bathtime Snowglobe. They are both just too cute!  If you'd like the patterns for the Snowglobes, be sure to visit VeeandCo Cross Stitch Designs.  She has some patterns that you will definitely want to stitch.

Sweet Treats Quilt Top is Yummy!

Another quilt top is on it's way to Nellie Belle to be quilted.  Someone is going to love this quilt with all the wonderful sweet treats on it.  Thank you to all the ladies who stitched and to Bonnie who will be the quilter.

Snowglobe Quilt

Christine just sent her second Snowglobe piece for our Snowglobe quilt.  Vee of VeeandCo Cross Stitch Designs donated all the patterns for our quilt.  Please visit her website and check out all her fun patterns.  Thank you Christine.  It's awesome!

Our Newest Quilt Top is Ready for Nellie Belle

Thank you to all the ladies who stitched these cute squares and to Bonnie for assembling the quilt top.  Next stop is Nellie Belle, our quilting machine!  A lady at Century Care Center is going to love these teapots and teacups. 

Thank you Allison!

Allison is the 15 year old granddaughter of Peggy, the co-owner of WOCS and she made this beautiful drawstring bag in her sewing class at school.  She wanted to donate it to Favor House, a domestic abuse center that WOCS gives to.  Her Gma Peggy added the cute Koala bear.  Thank you Allison.  Make more for us!

We're Making a Clown Quilt

We're stitching squares for a clown quilt for a child to be given to Ronald McDonald House.  If you'd like to join in, head over to our Yahoo group and sign up.  We'd love to have your help.  With enough squares, we can make more than one child smile!

WE HAVE WINNERS!

The two winners from our giveaway of two $25 gift certificates to VeeandCo Cross Stitch Designs are:

Cheryl Greenleaf & Carla G.

I have emailed both of you.  I wonder what patterns they will pick.  The snowglobes?  Halloween?  Christmas?  So many wonderful designs to make you smile!  Be sure to visit Vee's website at VeeandCo.

We're Making a Snowglobe Quilt!

Thanks to the generosity of Vee of VeeandCo Cross Stitch Designs, we are making a Snowglobe Quilt and our first finished square is here.  Christine did such a beautiful job on this very cute design.  If you haven't seen Vee's designs, especially her snowglobes, then head on over to her site.  And remember, World of Charity Stitching is giving away two $25 gift certificates sponsored by VeeandCo. Click here and you're on your way.  Winner will be announced on Oct. 8.

New Giveaway Starts Now!

It's time for a cross stitch giveaway and Vee from VeeandCo has donated TWO $25 gift certificates.  Want to enter?  Click here and you're on your way.

New Giveaway Starts on Monday!

Be sure to check back on Monday for our new giveaway.  You're going to love it!

4 Finished Quilt Tops Ready for Nellie Belle!

For those of you who don't know, Nellie Belle is Bonnie's quilting machine.  Four quilt tops have been finished this week.  We are getting everything ready for Christmas delivery!  Lots more to do and we thank you ladies for making all of this possible with your cross stitching skills.

And The Winners Are -

We have two winners for the $50 gift certificates from The Fat Quarter Shop from our giveaway.

A BIG thank you to everyone who entered.  The winners are according to Mr. Random Number Generator:

#200 - Linda of  Flourishing Palms Blog (she has some great tutorials) and Stitchin' Mission Blog
#  91 - Donna of Serenity In Stamping.  Donna has just finished her first
quilt.

Congratulations ladies and have fun choosing your fabrics.  I have emailed both of you for your mailing addresses.

We have another giveaway starting on September 26 so be sure to come back and visit.  Here's another hint as to what the prize will be. 

2 Quilts Delivered to Ronald McDonald House

Remember the awesome Silly Cow squares?  We were able to deliver 2 Silly Cow quilts to Ronald McDonald House today!  There will be 2 very happy kids!  Thank you Peggy for the delivery and to all the ladies who stitched the squares, and to Elizabeth for assembling the quilts!  When we all work together, beautiful things happen!

Last Week For Our Giveaway

This is the last week for our Fat Quarter Shop Giveaway of two $50 gift certificates.  You could buy all your beautiful Fall fabric!  Visit our Giveaways page and enter now.

We have another awesome giveaway starting on September 26.  Here's a clue for you!

IT'S GIVEAWAY TIME!

The Fat Quarter Shop has generously donated two $50 gift certificates for our giveaway.  Click here to enter.  You will have 5 ways to enter and 5 chances to win.  Good luck everyone!

LOTS OF NEW HAPPENINGS!

Welcome to the 'new' WOCS Blog.  We have so much going on that we had to enlarge.  We've added two new slideshows - Time for Tea and the Farm Quilt.  And look at these beautiful totes that Bonnie stitched.  We have some very exciting things coming up so please check in often or sign up for email notifications in the bar on the left side.  And come stitch with us!

While you're signing up for the email on the left column, we'd really appreciate it if you would add our button to your blog or website.  Just copy the html and post it onto your blog.  Thanks!