Keith Schwanz

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Quilting

2022 Q2 report on charity quilting

We’re halfway through 2022 and here’s a report for the board of directors (that’s you) on the charity quilting of Judi and Keith. To date in 2022, we’ve completed 90 charity quilts, 56 for Project […]

Jul, 02

Estate Sale Burro

Okay, so this just happened. Last week Judi saw an ad for an estate sale of a master quilter — teacher, author, international judge. Judi had to peek and came home with yardage for about […]

Apr, 13

2022 Q1 report on charity quilting

In the first three months of 2022, on average, Judi and I completed two charity quilts every three days — 61 total. That included a dozen twin-size quilts for Catholic Charities (CC). About 800 Afghan […]

Apr, 01

2021 report on charity quilting

Facebook recently reminded me of what I posted in December 2017. Four years ago, I sounded quite impressed that we had completed 88 charity quilts. The combination of retirement and stay-at-home COVID has altered the […]

Jan, 01

Two-a-day

Four weeks ago, Judi and I answered the call for 7,000 quilts from the Kansas City chapter of Project Linus. No, we did not commit to make thousands, but we did announce that we would […]

Nov, 05

Noggin Boy

Oh, she says, I forgot to mention that I received an email from the Kansas City chapter of Project Linus. They need 7,000 quilts in the next four weeks. We’re going to do this! Wait, […]

Oct, 09

Q3 report on charity quilting

Judi and I decided to do Christmas in July when we realized that we had three 16x22x11-inch totes and two 16x22x6-inch totes filled with Christmas fabric–most of it received as donations. Well, July stretched into […]

Sep, 09

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