A Week Of Features!!!

So far this week has been amazing ... 3 of my pieces have been featured on 3 fabulous blogs:

Chef's Hat & Apron

at Round To It and Threading My Way

and my Selvedge Block

 

at Freemotion By The River

A very big thank you to Jill, Pam and Connie for featuring me - ladies you have made my week :D

And then this morning my daughter, Flicky was featured in an article in The Huffington Post, speaking about the upcoming movie release Girl Rising.

Here's the article:
The Global Search for Education: Girls by C M Rubin 

The movie, narrated by 9 actresses including Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Cate Blanchett, looks at the lives of 9 young girls living in 9 countries and explores how we can change the world by providing an education to all girls everywhere, a cause that Flicky strongly supports and believes in.

You may recall that I mentioned in a post last week that Flicky works with and raises funds for the WISER charity - here's a recap of that post:

My final bit of news is to share this photo of an Eli Manning signed no 10 NY Giants' jersey.  Manning, Quarterback for the NY Giants and MVP at the 2007 & 2011 season NFL Superbowl finals, donated this jersey to Flicky to help her raise funds for her Dwight School charity WISER.  In her own words Flicky raises funds to "provide education and safety for girls in Muhuru Bay, Kenya, because those girls are usually married by 14, pregnant by 15, and if they survive childbirth they will sell themselves to the sex trade to provide for their family".  Flicky included the jersey in a successful fund raising raffle at Dwight School earlier in January.

I'm so proud of Flicky and the work she's doing.

You can see the official trailer for the movie Girl Rising here on YouTube.

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Quilt Twins And Other News

Way, way back, in fact all the way back to 7 October last year (wow that feels like soooo long ago!) I shared this applique block with you on my post Another Week In Manhattan

Finally I can share the full story with you.

At my Manhattan LQS staff and friends made 'animal' blocks to put together two quilts for my friend and LQS tutor, Karen on the birth of her twins, Georgia and Weston (I blogged about their birth back on 25 September).

Here's some photos of the finished quilts that Karen posted on facebook last week - spot my cow right there on Georgia's quilt :)

Karen says she's blown away by the quilts, which are awesome and especially as she knows exactly what's involved in a handmade gift  and that makes them even more special - isn't that so true?  

 

Weston and Georgia were 5 months old this week and Karen posted this gorgeous photo of them having fun on their quilt - and there it is - Weston is 'hugging' my cow - that pic makes me so happy (don't you just love his 'THUG' top?!!!).

Aren't they both just amazing with the best smiles?  

A couple of weeks ago Flicky had a day off school so we got to spend the afternoon playing with these two treasures.  Check out this photo of Weston loving his ladies (don't look at me and Flicky - there was a snow storm that day and we'd gone out dressed for that, not for a photo shoot, and my other excuse is that it's a phone photo!)

Some other hot news from Manhattan is that Victoria Findlay Wolfe, President of my NYC Metro Mod Quilt Guild has taken the 'Best In Show' award at QuiltCon, Austin, Texas this week.

I've 'borrowed' this winning image from Victoria's blog, hopefully she won't mind but why not pop over there and take a look around for yourselves?

And, as a side note, Craftsy are offering free access to their videos of 9 lessons/lectures from QuiltCon 2013

which includes:

Welcome to QuiltCon 2013!

Angela Walters: Machine Quilting for the Modern Quilt

Heather Jones: Everyday Inspiration in Modern Quilts

Lectures 4/5/6/7/8

and the Awards Ceremony

My final bit of news is to share this photo of my son, Joe, with an Eli Manning signed no 10 NY Giants' jersey.  Manning, Quarterback for the NY Giants and MVP at the 2007 & 2011 season NFL Superbowl finals, donated this jersey to Flicky to help her raise funds for her Dwight School charity WISER.  In her own words Flicky raises funds to "provide education and safety for girls in Muhuru Bay, Kenya, because those girls are usually married by 14, pregnant by 15, and if they survive childbirth they will sell themselves to the sex trade to provide for their family".  Flicky included the jersey in a successful fund raising raffle at Dwight School earlier in January.