Hi All you Fabulous folks

who have come to find out more info on donating quilts!

We’ve added a FLICKR page to help keep track of all the quilts.

please pop over to

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1721157@N24/

and add you photos when you’ve sent!

If you’ve sent in the past, please add your pictures there as well!

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT!!!

Victoria & Pat

Back in April we made the local news after our Second Distribution day.

About 100 of your gorgeous quilts were handed out that day.

Your names were read out loud, pictures were taken and tears were shed, (Happy tears!) and quite a lot of HUGS were being shared.  I thank you so much for your generous donations!

Donated quilts to provide warmth for homeless families

(04/04/11) THE BRONX - Quilters from all over the U.S. and Canada are donating handmade blankets to a Bronx homeless shelter.

The quilts will be given to 50 families at one of BASICS/Promesa Systems’ residences for the homeless. The houses provide transitional support for the homeless, housing for low-income families and specialized treatment.

The families say the quilts are cheery and will be a welcome addition in their homes.

Hello Everyone!

Happy Fall!

We have hit our 100 mark!

Right now we are planning a

Quilt Distribution Day for November 11th!

All the lovely quilts you have sent in, are about to find homes with the families!

The NYC fall weather is changing, and getting chilly at night, Imagine

how nice it will be for the BASICS families

to snuggle under one of  you home made quilts!

Keep the quilts coming!

The more we get the more families will be staying warm this winter!

If you have pictures of your quilts that you have sent, please send them to Victoria.

We have 102 Quilts!

42 people have donated to give 102 quilts!~

YOU are all amazing!!!

I sure do hope you know how much you are appreciated!

Norece Embody!

You are number 30!

Congratulations!

You won the $100 Quilting service from

Cottage Garden Quilts!

Please help keep spreading the word!  We have 98 more quilts to go before we raffle off the sewing machine!

Are you in a Quilt guild?

Spread the word!

Blog?

Post away!

Thank you all for all your help!

Hello all you Fabulous quilters!

We’ve reached 77 quilts!!

Keep them coming, I know someone would like to take home that sewing machine!

Sept 2nd, BASICS PROMESA will be having there

Breakfast fundraiser at the New York Botanical Gardens

and 20 of the House Block Quilts that I have put together with many

of your help, will be auctioned off to raise funds for the program.

And sometime in the FALL, there will be a Distribution Day of all the quilts

YOU ALL HAVE DONATED that will go direct to the familes!

How fun will that be!

OK,

so at 75 quilts we have another raffle!

33 people have sent in 77 Quilts!!!

# 8 is Kathleen Roundtree

Wins the PURL soho book and fat quarters

and # 23 is Linda Moore

Wins the Vintage feedsacks and Pink Chalk Patterns!

Congrats!

Please keep spreading the word!

You are all so Appreciated!

$50 gift certificate drawing

Twenty five people donated to give us

51 quilts!

You guys are fabulous!

Above you will see two numbers drawn by random number generator,

showing each winner of a

$50 gift certificates!

Two were generously donated  by Kathy of Pink Chalk Fabrics.

So, who are 12 and 20?

12 is Lisa Mathis

and 20 is Ronit Stahl

Congratulations ladies!

Here’s a latest blurb published about our project.

Click the article to see it larger.

Next raffle is when we reach

75 QUILTS

2 raffles

ONE raffle for a
gift package from PURL SOHO(worth $75)
includes Last Minute patchwo4k Quilted Gifts and 6 half yards of fabric!

And one raffle for:

6 Vintage Feedsacks along with
a package of 4 Patterns from
PINK CHALK FABRICS

Keep those quilts coming!!

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Thank you so much everyone for your generous contributions.

I am so touched by your desires to help out!

I am very happy to say that, we are nearing out First raffle, at 50 quilts!

We will be raffling off

2- $50

gift certificates to

PINK CHALK FABRICS!

How awesome is that!

Keep those quilts coming!  As long as you donate,

your name will constantly be added to each drawing,

Which means more chances to win……

We need just 4 more quilts to pull two names! 

GOOD LUCK!

Victoria

Quilts are starting to roll in!  Please stop  by the PHOTOS page,

and also our FRIENDS page to see the names as the quilts come in!

Janome Memory Craft MC200E 5×5″ Hoop Embroidery Machine

Need a New Sewing Machine?

You can win this one!

The More you give to BASICS, the Bigger the prize!

To start it off,
the very first 25 People
who send in a quilt for donation
will Receive

a $10 Gift certificate to PINK CHALK FABRICS

and one of these people, through a raffle, will also win a gift of
5 Vintage Feedsacks.

When we reach 50 quilts

we will do a raffle for:
two $50 gift certificates
from PINK CHALK FABRICS

at 75 QUILTS

2 raffles

ONE raffle for a
gift package from PURL SOHO(worth $75)
includes Last Minute patchwo4k Quilted Gifts and 6 half yards of fabric!

And one raffle for:

6 Vintage Feedsacks along with
a package of 4 Patterns from
PINK CHALK FABRICS

at 100 QUILTS:

A $100 gift certificate
for long arm services from

COTTAGE GARDEN QUILTS

At 200 Quilts:

The Janome Memory Craft MC200E 5×5″ Hoop Embroidery Machine!

All it takes is a donation of one quilt.

Got a Quilt that needs a home?

Donate it.

Your quilt donation will not only provide families they serve
with physical warmth,
but the warmth of knowing that we care.

http://bumblebeansbasics.com

Please visit the “QUILT INFO” tab for more information on sending your donation.

WELCOME!

So glad you’re here!

I want to thank everyone who helped with the first phase of this project by sending me the House blocks for the  the  fundraiser quilts! In  total I received 501 blocks, and plenty of materials to make approximately 60-70 quilts!  That is a staggering number for myself to make!

Thank you’s to Amy from acommonplacelife.com on the website, to some of our first sponsors to donate prizes for you all from Pink Chalk Fabrics, Purl Soho, and Cottage Garden Quilts, to fabulous people like Barbara Amorin, who sent me many completed tops and is also donating something  I think many of you quilters will enjoy, Feed sacks!

Now I need your help.

So if you have a quilt top, that just doesn’t excite you anymore, finish it off, and send it on it’s way!

These quilts can be of any pattern, design, or colors.

We need all different sizes. from Wee baby blankets, to toddler, twin, queen, whatever you size you have.

Please keep 100% cotton.

They can be a homemade quilt you’ve had and it’s gently loved, but needs a new home.

Clean and embellishment free.  (no choking hazards)

They do not need to be house block quilts, (from the last project)

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There will be prizes, and raffles… so the more quilts we receive, the more prizes I can give away!

To start it off, the first 25 people who send in a completed quilt, will receive a $10 gift certificate to PINK CHALK FABRICS!

Cool right?

The plan is, as we start getting more and more quilts, and we reach numeric goals, such as 25, 50 , 75, 100,

we’ll add the names to the hat, for another raffle.

COTTAGE GARDEN QUILTS

Prizes will be patterns, gift certificates, fabric, books, vintage fabrics, long arm services, and more!

Please feel free to email me images of your donated quilts that we can add to our photos page.

So go ahead.

Start sending those quilts.

I promise they are going to a good home.

Sincerely,

Victoria Findlay Wolfe

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