IT'S FINISHED!!!!

Yesterday I was able to take the day off work and be at my parent's house. Aunt Carol, Uncle Tim, Emily and Hunter all came to visit. For those of you who don't know my Aunt Carol is the founder of Global Health Training. We were able to go together to the Graber's Quilting Shop which is the shop that belongs to the mennonite family that is doing all the quilting. When we got to the shop they had the most wonderful news. The quilt was almost finished!!!! I had been expecting to pick it up in a few weeks and Aunt Carol and I both were just astounded and praising of our loving Jesus for getting the quilt done on the very day we got to come to see it together. What a blessing and wonderful confirmation that the Lord has plans for this quilt. It just makes me that much happier for the lucky winner!! As you can see from the pictures the girls finished the last of the binding while we waited. It was fun watching them work and you can see from the pictures that the detailing of their work is wonderful!! I will be coming in October to Phoenix to a fund raiser for Global Health Training so that the quilt can be viewed so let you friends know so that they can come see it!!





I love the detailing on the quilt. My mom helped me pick out the design for the quilting and so her skill and expertise was so helpful. Thank you Mom!!!!

More Pictures!!!

I Am So Excited!!!

I spent the weekend at my parent's house with the kids. We had so much fun with "Grammy" & "Poppy" and my niece Savannah!! Mom and I were able to get to the quilters and see the progress. The top has been completed and we chose the patterns for the quilt work!! They will begin quilting this week!!! Aunt Carol is coming to visit and I am excited to show her the quilt and to be able to share a little bit of the process with the person who I am so blessed to able to support in her missions work!!! So enjoy the pictures and don't forget to share it with your friends and to post it on facebook!!

Love you all!!

Jamie

Getting Nearer

I am sorry to everyone who so faithfully supports me by following my blog. I had a very crazy & hectic 6 weeks!!! Thank you for your faithful support and please continue to share my blog with your friends and families!! Tickets have been purchased by people I don't even know myself and this just encourages me and gives me such Joy to see that the Lord is blessing this!!! I have added a picture of the diagram that the quilting group made of the design of the quilt so be sure to scroll down and see it!! The picture in this post is of the fabrics that are being used in the quilt and a sneak peak of the progress too!!! I will keep you updated on the progress of the quilt but please be sure to keep spreading the news so we can bring a big blessing to Global Health Training!!

Jamie

All The Pieces Are Done!!

I cannot believe that I am finished with all the pieces. I want to thank everyone who got me to this point!! I also want to thank everyone who already have bought tickets and helped me on the way to doing something great for Global Health Training. Don't forget that one picture is missing until my Mom gets me the picture for August's Piece. I will post it as soon as I can for you.
I am already anticipating the top being pieced together so you can all get a good idea of what the quilt will look like. I would love it if when you read this if you would take a few minutes to either email the link to some of your friends or to post it on Facebook or Myspace!!!

Love Jamie

EXCITING NEWS!!

I spent this last weekend with my parents and got to start the next big step with the quilt. My mom and I went to a local Menonite quilting store to see about having the pieces quilted. It was such a fun time with my mom! She knows her stuff about quilting and I found myself just nodding along while she and Mrs. Graber worked out exactly how much fabric was needed for the piece work, the sashing, the edging. All things I really know nothing about!! Glad mom was there to help out. We picked out three beautiful fabrics to go into the quilt. A beautiful light green color, a rich dark green, and a simple ivory pattern. We discussed the design of the quilt and Mrs. Graber even drew a sketch to outline the idea of the quilt!!!

I left eleven of the twelve pieces with Mrs. Graber so her quilting group could begin piecing together the top of the quilt. Like a nut I forgot to take a picture of the piece for August and so it will be early next week before I can post it for you. I will also be finishing up piece number twelve and mailing it to my Mom this week so she can take it to Mrs. Graber. I will also have my Mom try to take a picture of the sketch of the design so you can get an idea of what it will be like. The finished Quilt should be about 60 inches by 80 inches so it will be a pretty good size.

The women of the Summersville Menonite Church will be hand quilting the quilt and my Mom and I were able to see some of there work and it is just exquisite. We asked them to put a patch on the back so there is some record of it being quilted by the Menonites. I will be posting some more pictures soon. Mom will go and taqke a picture as soon as the top has been assembled and I can't wait to share more with you!!

Please take note of my previous post in regards to the date of the raffle. I had to adjust it so that the quilters would have time to finish before the raffle.

Just a Little Bit Longer!!!

I hate to do it but I will have to extend the raffle date until November 30th!! I have started the quilting process and the quilting group will need more time then I originally anticipated so the date will have to be moved!! I PROMISE it will be worth the wait! If you have already purchased a ticket and need more info please feel free to email me at fourbeardens@hotmail.com.