Megan is six years old and was recently diagnosed with Leukemia. She lives in Boston, MA and I heard about her through Amanda.
This blanket was put together by Carole (blogless) just for Megan and sent off. A huge thanks to both Amanda and Carole.
I know your thoughts and prayers are with Megan.
Grace is seven years old today. She continues to be in remission and is thriving.
Happy Birthday Sweetie!
Here is a photo of Simone and her blanket. I have it on good authority (her mom) that she really loves it, although that does seem pretty obvious!
Unfortunately I am unable to get photos of all the kids and their blankets. Given the nature of their illnesses and the varying prognosis I feel strongly that I will not pester or harass anyone to give me photos of their child and blanket.
The most important thing for me is to simply get the kids their blankies. They have so much going on that photos seem trivial. I thank Ashley and her parents for their willingness to share, as I thank my brother, sister-in-law and Grace for their generosity in sharing Grace's story and photos.
I remain committed to the project and hope to have more updates/photos and blankets to share soon.
Grace and her blanket. I think she really likes it!
I am back - sort of. I have to be very careful with my energy but Warming Grace is always on my mind and so close to my heart. I wanted to share with you these three lovely beauties (Justin's, Simone's and Grace's blankies from left to right).
This is my Mom and Dad (Jim and Jackie) holding Grace's blanket. Grace is their grand-daughter and I think they are quite pleased and proud to have this honour. Grace's blanket was pieced and edged by my best buddy Carole, who did an outstanding job! The blanket is just so gorgeous in person and oh so soft. There is a square in the blanket that has been knit by Briana who is just 9 years old - Briana, you get a huge shout out and a big thank you from me!
Carole did this fabulous ruffled edge on the blanket which is very girly (Grace will so appreciate that). Carole has been a godsend for me. While I have been MIA this summer she has taken on the task of collecting the squares I get, assigning sewers and working on more blankets herself. I cannot say how much this means to me. Thank you is so very inadequate however THANK YOU CAROLE!
Simone's blanket is above. Simone's blanket was sewn and edged by Ann. Actually Ann did not sew the blanket together; she knit all the squares together. She also knit the edging in this really fabulous manner (I have to get the details because the final result is so lovely looking). I do promise to post some closeups so that you can see the details. The softness is unbelievable. Thank you so much Ann!
Justin's blanket was sewn together by a bunch of us at our sewing party way back when. Julia from Village Yarns sewed the panels together and began the edging which Dale finished. The result is wonderful and truly a collaborative effort. Thank you to everyone who helped with this blankie. Again this blankie is so soft and squishy perfect for a little boy!
Of course my biggest thanks goes out to all of you who have knit squares, are planning to knit squares and who have sent so much positive energy, thoughts and prayers this way. I can attest to the special energy the blankets have - they are absolutely wonderful and vibrate the love that has gone into them.
My goal is still to complete twenty blankets (Carole has finished another one which I will post soon I promise - there is a three year old named Hannah who will be the lucky recipient of this blanket - more on that as well). i promise to make sure the posts are regular and you are kept up to date.
Please keep sending the squares and the positive vibes; this is truly a special project!
This is the whole blankie - sorry about the upper edges; didn't want to lay it on the ground and I think the outside light is the best for viewing.
This is another view of the top half of the blanket.
This is the bottom half of the blanket.
Another view of the blanket full scale. Pardon the squeezed and stretched out edges; perhaps this is the first kid test (Ed's finesse was not available - he left for work early this morning and the weather was too perfect not to get out there and take these). Nick, who wanted to know why his face couldn't be part of the picture since he was modelling the blanket (I did try to tell him he was 'showing' the blanket, not modelling it - not a huge distinction for photo hogging children I guess) wanted you all to know that the "perfectly mowed lawn" is his doing.
Thanks to everyone who responded to the call for Justin's blue squares (if you don't see it here you will see it in another blanket soon!). This blankie is beautiful, soft and it smells really good!
Please keep them coming! We have three finished (I don't have Simone's but I should be receiving it soon), two more being sewn together by Jean-Anne, another being sewn together by Carole and more squares waiting. My goal is TWENTY blankets so please keep sending squares when you can. Thank you again!
3. I am still getting draw prizes - woohoo!
I am donating a skein of the lovely and elusive Vespers sock yarn.
Noelle generously donated some Lorna's Laces sock yarn. I must say these Albequerque S 'n B'rs are incredible - you girls are stupendous! Thank you Noelle!
I have other draw prizes whose pictures I cannot load on. I will display them as soon as the problem is rectified.
4. I spoke with my brother about the status of our three kiddies - Jamie says Grace, Simone and Justin are all doing well with no significant changes for the worse - excellent news.
Note: I have been having problems downloading photos for about the past week; hence no posts. Blogger is not letting me put up photos and when I can only one or two. I am rectifying this problem by moving my blogs - I will keep you posted as to when and where. I do apologize for not being able to put up more photos.
I am crossing my fingers that this will post properly as Blogger is finally letting me load more pictures of the sewing party.
Hard at work are Ann (front right), my primo buddy Carole (center) and Debbie (top left).
These women took to the task and how.
This is the frontside of Gracie's blanket.
When I talked to Carole yesterday all the panels had been sewn up and she was finishing the edging. Which means almost done!
These blankets are looking so good and there is so much good energy in these. Carole said that sewing up Gracie's made her feel so good.
This is the front side of Simone's blanket. I don't have an update but I am sure Ann is well on her way. Ann, who is working at getting her Master Knitting Certificate, will certainly be doing a fantabulous job on putting together Simone's blanket.
I will be thrilled if this makes it way onto the net; pink power will blast it's way through Blogger boo-hoo-ness!
We had plenty of eats. Carole brought fruit salad, cookies, muffins, cheese, crackers and ju-jubes. The woman knows how to provide. Jean-Anne brought a fabulous broccoli salad and coleslaw. They were fantastic! Julia provided lemonade and mineral water. I brought some yummy stewed chicken made by Ed. Carol sent scones via Ann because she couldn't make it (and understands the value of carbs and sugar for hard working knitters!).
We made excellent progress and were able to sew together the panels for Justin and Grace's blankets, leaving just the panels.
At the end of the day Ann left with Simone's blanket to sew together (from sewing together the squares to sewing the panels to edging the blanket), Carole left with Gracie's blanket (to sew together the panels and edge the blanket), Julia left with Justin's blanket (to sew together the panels and edge the blanket) and Jean-Anne left with squares for two blankets to put together (sewing together the squares, the panels and do the edging).
Julia took the rest of the squares and sorted and divided them into coordinated piles for more sewing up. This girl is a dynamo - d-y-n-a-m-o!!! We have enough squares for at least 3 more blankets with more squares arriving daily.
Please don't fret if your square is not up there. All the squares will be used to make blankets - no square will go unused or unloved; they will all make some child warmer!
I am so humbled by their generosity and enthusiasm.
THANK YOU ANN, CAROLE, DAWN, DEBBY, JEAN-ANNE AND JULIA!!!
I am totally excited by the prospect that I will probably be able to send Justin's blanket out by the middle of next week.
I will post pictures of the completed blankets as soon as they are done. We are so close to having our first few!!!
By Monday night Julia had Justin's blanket sewn together and was working on the edging. Things are starting to take shape!
I do apologize for the total lack of photo content. I have pictures which Blogger is not letting me download ***!!@@##***- must be the heat (LOL). I will attempt to edit with photos when I am able or just publish another post but I had to get this up!
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