Keyboard or block? lets us know, we are ready to mail it to her!

She must be so excited - I would be just to see the variety of fabrics!

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I have never made a signature strip or block before how do you make one? What size fabric, and so on.

I think keyboard would work then we could put it on the back. What do you think. 5.5 x 3.5

Karie is suggesting a strip of fabric, 3.5" x 5.5", signed. then Justeena can join the strips and add it to the quilt, back or front.

BTW, Schnookie, cute avatar!

If you do the keyboard... is this the size mention in "white" material.....not sure what is required for this, however what a "neat idea" keep us posted on this. My letter and envelope went out today :)

I'm in. Any white or ? What info? Screen name, real name and location would be good. Located in middle along the 5.5 length? (I'd draw a picture but don't have a scanner :() Let us know and we're on it! I'm excited!

Ok let me know what you think... I say a light or med color fabric 5.5 x 3.5. This way it will still be fun colors. Put your Screen name, Real name and location on it. For those of you that want to.

Thanks Quilt Mom, that is Jimi my 10 year old Airedale, when he was a puppy. I just love my fur baby!

I am in also. I had my package ready to mail but haven't had a car to take it to the post...so I will make one 3.5 x 5.5 and stick it in and get it to the post by Friday. Oh I cannot wait to see what she does with this all...so much fun!

Just to be clear, the key board border when sewn together will be 5" wide, right?

3.5 inches wide 5.5 inches long

That is how I see it...that would be giving her a 1/4 seam allowance all away around.

Ok ladies it was an exciting night last night for Justeena and I. Her Mother came over too so I think we have her on board too. Everyone is so amazing. We have one happy little girl. She wanted me to tell all of you Thank you Thank you Thank you and that is a quote.

She looks so happy :lol: Thanks for the pics

I'm so happy for her. She looks as if she is wonderland with all of the goodies around her. Love to see what the fabrics look like.

This is so fun to follow. Yes, please take a pic of all the fabrics laid out and show us. Then we can see the before and after. You are such a sweetie for doing this and great that her mother is in on it, too. Yea! Quilting!

Look at how cute she is :!: I think it is so wonderful of you to take her under your wing. It looks like quite a few of us sent her fabrics...hooray.

Would love to see more pictures. :-D :-D :-D

Makes me so proud to be a part of such a wonderful group of people willing to step forward and help a young person get started. Keep the pictures coming. I look forward to seeing her progress. I'm sure she will learn more than she expected and with your journey, when she shares with us what she has learned, we too will be learning. Loved seeing how responsive our group was.

She looks thrilled and I am so happy for her - a great response - her stash has begun!

I'm glad she is so excited about learning quilting. As we all know, it's a great outlet for creativity. Hers will soar! Glad we all can help.

Love the blue nailpolish! Looks like quilter's hands already. I look forward to each entry from the summer quilting team.

Oh how exciting! She is truly happy and it makes us so happy to see it! Cannot wait to see what she will do with her new treasures of fabric.

karielt, I did send mine off even though it is running late it went off this morning.

She looks thrilled, you should have know us quilters would come through for her. I hope she enjoyed our stories too.

keep us posted. :) :D :-P

I'm far behind with reading the quilting board because I had guests from abroad for 3 weeks.Do you still need more fabric ? I would love to send some. If yes, please send me a PM with your address.

Hi! I love the pics! What is the answer to the sig blocks? I'm in if you are doing it but I don't know if you are or not. So please end my confusion and is it yes or no?
love this!
lisa
p.s. i also didn't know to put my screen name on my package.

A few people have sent the 3.5 x 5.5 blocks and put their names and city on them. If you would like to that would be great if not I have her cutting out 3.5 x5.5 blocks now to put names and places on them so she knows where all the fabric came from and from who we are doing piano strips on the back.

This is going to be so cute and I like the idea of framing the signature blocks with the appropriate fabric. I will get my siggie in the mail shortly. Thanks for doing this, Karie. I hope you're both having fun doing this summer vacation project. :-D

Was wondering if you received mine yet?

OK, ya got me really crying now! She looks so happy and all those packages! It's like having Christmas in June! I am soooo excited for her and can't wait to see what she comes up with.....Thanks for posting.
Nora

I am so excited for Justeena! She looks like a really sweet girl. These skills will serve her(and others) well her whole life! God bless you for doing it....and you will receive a blessing for it and the joy of watching her develop.

Margie

I would love to send some fabric, but I am new and I don't know what a PM is and where to send it. Help!

BertBarbWink: I just sent you a PM, check you e-mail, you will find a link there.
Linda

Maybe I missed it, but what pattern is Justeena planning on doing for the quilt? plain blocks, nine patch, or ?????? So anxious for the pictures of her journey.

Margie

She is doing a scrappy quilt. We started out with one pattern and because some wonderful ladies send larger pieces we chose another patter with all different size blocks. Right now she is scrapbookings all the stories and cutting out 3.5 x 5.5 blocks to do a piano strip on the back with everyones names on it. Some people sent some and for those that havent their name will still be on a block. I'll keep you posted.

I pm you

This is so exciting, I sure wish we were all in the same city so we could be there to watch and help when needed...oh, the excitement! Such fun and very excited to see what she is doing...by the way Thank you for including us!

I'll bet if we tried, some of the rest of us may find a young girl to sponsor too. I'm guessing there would be plenty of girls who would like to learn how to sew and quilt.

You are so special for doing this.

I was dropped from this thread and have just now tracked it down. Great to see pics of Justeena opening all her envelopes. Must have been very exciting for her and for yourself. Interested to see next installment.

Hi I sent you a pm to get your address etc but haven't hear back? Glad to send some squares etc but need to know where!