Mary Lou Shobe

On Dec 5, 2008 Mary Lou died of her injuries. Toto is recovering and will be loved by his family. We will make these quilts and present them to her family.

One of ours could use all the prayers and positive energy you can send her way. Mary Lou Shobe is a member of CRM and a Home Safety Coordinator. It was through a message sent to her regarding Home Safety business that we received this message back from her daughter.

My mom was in a very serious accident Thursday night Nov 15. While walking Toto, her cairn rescue, she was hit by a car. She is in critical condition at Loyola in Chicago with a broken pelvis and shattered left leg. At this point, I am not sure what she was working on or who to contact, but I hacked into her email, and this is the first I saw. I am hoping that you will be able to let anyone she works with know that she is unavailable at this time. Toto was also hit by a car, and has a broken pelvis. It does not require surgery and the vet said with rest it will heal on its own in the next 4-6 weeks. The vet said Toto is fiesty as ever and doing well. Thank you for any help you might give in contacting people.

Post Tribune Article on her accident

We will be making a matching quilt for Toto - by using some of the same blocks coming in for Mary Lou's quilt. Blocks for Toto will need to be sewn, no buttons, paint etc to be eaten. If you want a block to go to the Toto Quilt - or to NOT be on it, please attach a note when you ship it. We will try to honor your request, but Toto's quilt will NOT need 20+ squares (smile).

Color choices: She likes a lot of colors, but natural tones like greens and blues and rose colors are all colors that she has in her house. She's not a real big red person!

 

Quilter  Kararen Jones	Quilter  Karen Ortiz	Quilter  Lisa Stine	Quilter  Maureen Ahern
Quilter  Maureen Ahern	Quilter  Alice Ullman	Quilter  Mary Ullman	Quilter  Marian Brookschmidt
Quilter  Pam Votjas	Quilter  Sandy Tiller	Quilter  Sandy Tiller	Quilter  Gail Zettergren
Quilter  Gail Zettergren	Quilter  Kathy Hunt	Quilter  Kathy Hunt	Quilter  Kathy Hunt
Quilter  Kathy Hunt	Quilter  Kathy Hunt	Quilter  Sue Sunby	Quilter  Sue Sunby
Quilter  Sue Martin	Quilter  Janet Ready	Quilter  Janet Ready	Quilter  Corinne Herron
Quilter  Corinne Herron	Quilter  Danielle Rackstraw	Quilter  Danielle Rackstraw	Quilter  Danielle Rackstraw
Quilter  Susan Mower	Quilter  Deb Williams	Quilter  Deb Williams	Quilter  Cheryl Jacobs
Quilter  Cheryl Jacobs	Quilter  Karen Parrott	Quilter  Karen Parrott	Quilter  Karen Parrott
Quilter  Karen Mohl	Quilter  Pam Norris	Quilter  Pam Norris	Quilter  Pam Norris
Quilter  Pam Norris	Quilter  Becky Ellis	Quilter  Becky Ellis	Quilter  Kitty Kinnavy
Quilter  Kitty Kinnavy	Quilter  Sandra Koster	Quilter  Sandra Koster	Quilter  Sandra Koster

The rules follow:

Finished block size will be 8 inches. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send us borders out to a 9 inch quilt block to allow us to cut them perfectly square and still have room for the seam. You need to be sure your 'design' is in the 8 inch center area of your block.

Blocks can be ANY form of quilting: pieced, applique, fabric dye or paint on a white or ivory background color. Feel free to add embellishments like ribbons or buttons as decorations to give each square a unique look.

This is a HEART quilt so please have a heart on it, BUT you would be surprised at the variety of hearts you can do These blocks can be decorated any way you wish as long as something in it resembles a heart and fits on an 8" square. Every time we do this, we have a wide variety of methods and they all are lovely. Remember your square is one out of many - think of it as one part of a huge and loving hug.

Please use 100% cotton fabric for your square. This way we will all have the same fabric in it. If something on your square is NOT washable, please attach a note to the square. Please sign your square with a permanent pen, then iron the signature with a dry iron. This will permanently set it in place. It is also a good idea to wash the fabric before use so we do not have any shrinkage problems on the completed quilt.

When you are ready to mail us your square, send a note to jules0803 @ gmail.com (remove spaces) and she will email you the shipping address.

The squares are due by DECEMBER 15. We are still lining up the quilter. Please do not wait til the last minute - it would be terrible to wait and not be a part..

Thanks for participating.

If you do not sew, you can still participate... Here are two ways (or email me at corinneh @ aol.com (remove spaces) and I'll talk you thru).

1st method:

Go to a fabric store and get one 'FAT QUARTER' of a white or ivory background fabric (if you don't know what a 'FAT QUARTER' is, ask, and they will be glad to help - ladies in fabric stores LOVE to help)... and a 'FAT QUARTER' of a fabric you like for your heart. You will also need to get some 'WUNDER UNDER' - it is a fabric that has iron on glue on BOTH sides, one side has a paper back. Cut your background fabric into the right size squares per above.

Iron the Wunder Under onto the BACK of the print fabric - LEAVE THE PAPER ATTACHED. Cut a heart shape just like you did in grade school and glue to the backing of the WUNDER UNDER. Cut your print fabric into the heart shape ... Remove the paper and iron it onto the FRONT of your white/ivory fabric. Voila - square is done (I suggest you put a piece of wax paper between the print fabric and your iron so you don't get glue on it... quilter hint). Feel free to add more than one heart if you wish.

2nd method:

Go to a fabric store and get one 'FAT QUARTER' of a background fabric. Get some Fabric paint that is PERMANENT. (Very important tip - make sure it is is permanent paint.) Paint a picture of a heart on your fabric... Please be sure to keep within the center 8 inches of the block

I cannot tell you how moving every square is in person, and how much these quilts mean to their recipients. This is heart felt every step of the way. Any notes sent with the quilt, will be forwarded with it.

Since I'm on the BOD of CPCRN, I guess I need to put a disclaimer in. This is a heart project by Mary Lou's friends for her. It is a hug from all of us. It is NOT CPCRN 'the rescue' giving her a quilt. If you want to be a part of this very personal project... go get some fabric... and be sure to mail the completed block by the due date. In addition, non CPCRN friends and family of Mary Lou are more than welcome to join us in this quilt. As usual, we will be putting the squares online so everyone can see them. Once the quilt is done, we will also post its picture.