Hello everyone, and welcome to the final wrap-up for the Hands2Help Challenge for 2022!

 

 

There are a TON of "thank yous" in this post, but first, let's see how many quilts were donated through this year's Challenge:

 

 

Good golly! That's a lot of quilts and a lot of comfort! Friends, I think we did great! If you haven't filled out the form to count your quilts, you still can, just to get a final number. If you haven't finished up your quilt yet, please count it when you finish it.

 

Many, many quilts ...

 Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Hands2Help Challenge! 

 

 

As we all know, all good things must end, but with quilters, they usually end in a flurry of color, pattern, and fuzzy batting. Which is what today is for-- it's time to show off what you've made throughout the challenge! Link up below and let us all share in the quilty goodness.

Two small things before we start the party-- first, please don't forget to fill out the Count the Quilts form so we can get a final count of the quilts. We have more than 400 ...

 Hello everyone, and welcome to the second part of our quilt parade for Hands2Help!

 

We have more eye candy this week, but just a reminder that next week, May 29, is the final link party for you all to show off your fun donation quilts. We have more than 300 quilts counted already, so I'm expecting some really pretty things to look at next week. 

While we're at it, don't forget to fill out the form so we can get a good count of all the quilts made for our challenge. The form is right HERE and ...

 Hi everyone, and welcome to a parade of pretty H2H quilts from non-bloggers! 

We have some really pretty things to look at today, but first an important update: I have heard from Sarah, and she is doing well and following along with our progress. I'm sure you join me in sending all our best wishes and thoughts her way. This is all of us waving wildly, Sarah, and sending you all the best!

So, now to some quilts! These are in no particular order, and are as they were sent to me, except that I did make some collages ...

 Hi everyone, and welcome back to Hands2Help 2022!

 

Today we are very lucky to have my good friend Preeti as our last guest blogger for 2022. Here is her fun project:

Many of you know Preeti from her blog Sew Preeti Quilts and her new pattern business. For those of you who really enjoy making and donating quilts, Preeti has a new quilt along starting on Memorial Day weekend, just as our challenge is ending. I'll let her tell you the details, but you will enjoy it. For now, hop on over to Preeti's to check out this ...

 Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Hands2Help Comfort Quilt Challenge!

 

 

Today we are lucky to have Cathy from Crazy by Design as our guest blogger. Here is her project:

 

 

Super cute and way easy! You may know Cathy from her really cute blog, and if you don't recognize the name, I know you will recognize the projects. She makes lots of quilts for donation, many of them through Quilts For Kids, and they are always darling. Hop on over to her post, right HERE, and be sure to leave a nice note of thanks on her post!

 Hi everyone, and welcome back to another exciting episode of Hands2Help, the Guest Blogger Edition!

 

Today we are lucky to have Alycia, of Alycia Quilts, as our guest blogger.  Here is a quick look at her project:

Classic and cute! Hop on over to her post, right HERE, to get more fun pictures and a tutorial for this easy project. Be sure to leave her a nice note while you are there!

Okay, a small announcement: I am closing the sign-ups for this year on May 1. This will let me have a good count for ...

 Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Hands2Help Comfort Quilt Challenge! 

 

 

Today is a link party for you to share your progress on your donation quilts. I am really looking forward to seeing everything that you all are creating! Here is how I am doing with my donation quilt:

Yep, it's a finished quilt top! The only thing that I added to the pattern in THIS post was a narrow, 2-inch border to stablize all the edges and to use up the rest of the turquoise fabric. I think it looks great and I'm really happy with it ...

 Hello everyone, and welcome to another exciting episode of the Hands 2 Help Comfort Quilt Challenge!

 

 

I hope everyone is stitching away and making serious progress on their quilts. If not, we have TWO guest bloggers today to help you with some new ideas for simple quilts. You may even be inspired to make another! 

First up is Sandra, from mmmquilts. You may know Sandra from one of her quilt alongs, which always turn out really beautiful original designs and quilts. She has a new one that is just starting, for a quilt called Pop Star. Jump over to her ...

 Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Hands2Help Comfort Quilt Challenge! 

 

 

Thanks so much to everyone who linked up with their easy patterns and block tutorials last week! There were a lot of fun new ideas to try, and I appreciate everyone sharing them. If you haven't checked them out, you can find the linkup right HERE. You can also find all of the past posts conveniently linked at the tab at the top of the page or HERE.

 

Today we are lucky enough to have Wendy from Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life as our first guest blogger ...

 Hello all, and welcome to our first link party for Hands2Help!

 

 

Today's link party is for easy block or quilt patterns that could be used for a fast and easy donation quilts. Link up your own blog post and share with others. True fact: this is my very first link party ever, so please be patient if there are a few glitches.

 

You know how this goes-- please link up here: 

Thanks for coming, everyone! Our next link party will be for you to show off your progress, and that will happen on April 17th. Happy stitching until then!

 Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Hands2Help Challenge for 2022! Happy first day of spring! It's time to get this party started, and I can't think of a better day for it.

 

 

The day is here! It's time to sign up for the Challenge. You can do that by filling out this easy-peasy form. You already know all the answers! Just click below and follow the link:

Yes, you could just make a quilt, but ...

 Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Hands 2 Help Comfort Quilt Challenge for 2022! 

Today's post is about the prizes at the end of the Challenge, but first I want to share these two links about two of our quilt recipients this year:

 

 

First, our friend Bernie has written a post about Mercyful Quilts, which you can read right HERE. Remember to contact me for the address when you are ready to send your quilt. Don't send it to Bernie! She's moving and your quilt may be lost.

Second, HERE is a link to a lovely ...

 Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Hands2Help Comfort Quilt Challenge! If you look at the top of the blog, there is now a page with the Hands 2 Help information, plus links to all the posts (so far) for the Challenge. I'll keep updating it as we go so that all of our information is in an easy-to-find place.

 

 

Today I have another short tutorial for a fast donation quilt that turns out looking really good and would be suitable for a number of different organizations, depending on the colors you choose. This quilt would be a good ...

 Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Hands2Help Comfort Quilt Challenge! 

 

To those of you who are new here, I'm happy to welcome you to the Challenge. You can read all about what this involves, our comfort quilt recipients, and the calendar on the kickoff post right HERE. For those of you who have been here before, thanks for stopping by for today's quilt tutorial! I know a lot of people have already started quilts for the Challenge, and this might be one you would consider as well, especially if you have a lot of scraps to use ...

 Hello everyone, and welcome to the temporary home of the Hands 2 Help Challenge for 2022! For those of you who are here for the first time, double welcome! Today's post is an overview of what the challenge is, how it works, and a calendar for the challenge. Read on for lots more information!

 

 

UPDATE: Roseanne has been kind enough to create an actual button for sharing on blog sidebars. See the bottom of this post to grab the code and add it to share the button. And thanks Roseanne!

 Hi everyone! Today I have a big announcement: the Hands 2 Help Comfort Quilt Challenge is coming to The Academic Quilter!

 

 

 Many of you are very familiar with the Hands 2 Help Challenge from Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict. I'm going to guess that *very* many of you are familiar with it, because last year there were more than 1000 comfort quilts donated. That's a lot of comfort!

This year, Sarah is unable to run the Challenge, so it has found a temporary home here. Not to worry-- most of the Challenge will still be the ...