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Raggedy Ann

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Raggedy Ann
May 2023

I made this quilt for this year’s Hands2Help Challenge, hosted by Sarah over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict. During last year’s Hands2Help Challenge, Jocelyn over at Happy Cottage Quilter suffered a shoulder injury and asked if I would finish some baby quilts on her behalf. When she sent the baby quilt tops that I finished into Polka Party 1-4, she also sent a box stuffed full of scrap fabrics and remnant pieces. One of the remnant pieces was some Raggedy Ann and Andy fabric, which I’ve incorporated here.

Raggedy Ann (and Andy) are a fond memory of mine. When I was four years old, my Granny taught me to sew – much to the dismay of my Mom as she was concerned I would be impaled by a sewing needle. When I was around 12 years old, my Granny helped me sew the Raggedy Ann and Andy pictured below. After fifty years, aside from some thinning of the black fabric for their shoes, they’re in pretty good condition!

I will be sending the Raggedy Ann quilt to Little Lambs Foundation based in Utah, who are one of the handful of recipients of this year’s Hands2Help challenge comfort quilts. Little Lambs Foundation provides backpacks full of comfort items for children from newborn to 17 who are transitioning into foster care, emergency shelters, or hospitalization.

Mon-star

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Mon-star (pronounced ‘mon-sta’)
October 2016

I will be linking this to this year’s 100 Quilts for Kids annual charity drive, which Heather over at Quilts in the Queue used to oversee. This year, Heather turned the reins over to Alyson who blogs over at The Hasty Quilter. In checking it out the other day, it looks like we still have a ways to go! In 2015, the quilting community donated 119 quilts, yet this year, there are only about a dozen quilts linked-up so far. Knowing how generous the quilting community is, let’s try to exceed last year’s number! There is still time, as this year’s drive will run through the end of November.

Mon-star is a friendship star quilt pattern. The inspiration for this quanket began with the monsters fabric, shown in the lower right corner – another new fabric that was too cute to resist. I chose the other fabric colors based on the colors in the monsters fabric, and while the colors are all rather saturated, I felt putting focus on the teal-blue star brought the contrast that was needed.

The pronunciation of ‘Mon-sta’ is intended to be based on a North Eastern United States accent. Many years ago, we had the opportunity to travel to Maine, and I Iove the way the locals pronounce Bar Harbor, Maine, as well as lobsters 🙂

This was donated to the County of Ventura, Children & Family Services, for a foster child in October 2016.