Essentially Loved Quilts

06/09/2026

QUILTS For KIDS Sew Day

Is Saturday, June 13th from 9-4
At the LDS Church on McAlister

We’ll be piecing and binding quilts for Homeless Teens in the La Grande School District.

This is a COMMUNITY Event, not affiliated with any one group or organization, so ALL are encouraged to come and sew 🧵. 😃

We need all hands on deck to fulfill the Christmas “order” for these quilts to be given to LG High School students who are “home insecure”.

Please consider join gaining us for the Sew Day, but if you can’t and would still like to help we’d love quilting cottons fabric or batting donations.

Thank you!! 🙏🏻
💜 Tracy

06/07/2026

😃 If you’re a local I’d LOVE your help!! 🤗

There is astounding number of homeless kids in the LG school district 🥺, so my friend is working to get quilts made for all the high schoolers by Christmas and we need your help!!

She is hosting a Sew 🧵 Day on Saturday, June 13th from 9-4pm. Although it will be hosted at the LDS church on McAlister it’s a community day and not affiliated with the church specifically.

Lunch will be a potluck, so please bring a dish to share and sewing things. 😅 As this is a donation event please also bring your fabric for your quilt top, I don’t know how much donation fabric there will be available.

Quilts need to be 60-70”w x 80-90”l …large throw to twin quilt sizes.

If you have any questions please let me know. 😃 And thank you so much for your support. 😍

PS. If you can’t make it, but would still like to help you are welcome to send fabric, twin size batting, and/or backing fabric. Thank you!! 🙏🏻

05/29/2026

My view as I finish up these French knots 🪡.
Onto the S next and the baby heart 💜 to finish.

What’s under your needle these days??

05/29/2026

Whew 😅! Playing catch up on cleaning and weighing eggs. If you’re on my list, I’ll reach out shortly 🤪.

05/29/2026

05/29/2026

Wait!! That’s not normal???

🤣

05/28/2026

The things we do for our plants when BIG hail is threatening… we’ll see if a tornado 🌪️ touches down or carries off my towers. 😅😆

05/02/2026

🤩 The deck garden finish. 🥳
Here’s to hoping all is well and everyone is happy 🤞🏻… I’ll find out in a few days as well as a couple weeks. I’m VERY much looking forward to all the pretty flowers 💐.

Bare root strawberries 🍓 are no joke 😅. I ordered 24 from they sent an extra as a just in case 🤩. I soaked them a bit last night, separated them, gave the a haircut ✂️ before planting, then watered the schnockers out of them 🚿 to make sure the roots were all awake and encourage growth.
I’m excited to have strawberries 🍓 on my deck later this summer 🥳 and so are the boys 😄. Everbearing strawberries need to focus on roots for two months, so I’ll be pinching off flowers until July 1st, so hopefully by August first we’ll have our first berries 🤞🏻.

05/01/2026

It’s not pretty, but it’s a start.
These three GreenStalks “baskets” plus one more will be strawberries 🍓.

Then on to planting the flowers 💐 and veg 🥬.

And no, my finger tips and nails never come clean during this part 😆, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. 🤪

04/24/2026

Today (Fri, Apr 24th)
From 9-4 at the Anderson Perry Annex

Probably my favorite day of the month 🥰.