SARAH RUTH(lessly Handmade) 🌈

There will never be a “right time” to post this, so I’m landing on today. NEW NAME: Too Poor to Count “Too Red to Count” — 2025 (Hurricane Helene remembrance quilt) The Appalachian region was left battered and largely ignored in the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in 2024. When I first saw the fabric for the @windhamfabrics @themqg challenge, and read a little more about @entropyalwayswins , I knew I was finally going to make my remembrance quilt. The tri-state area between East Tennessee, southwest virginia, and western North Carolina are my home, forever and always. Did you know we could fix 100% of the damage caused by HH in NC 5 times over from the taxpayer money sent to Israel? Despite the scale of destruction, federal aid stalled and has continued to stall. I can’t help but wonder if this choice had anything to do with most Appalachian voters being red — an area that couldn’t be “won over” in elections. This is a perception and an opinion, wholly mine, whether it may or may not be true. So while the rest of the country looked away… Appalachians fought. They resisted. Appalachian people did what they always had to do. Like they always do. “In 2024, Appalachian communities devastated by Hurricane Helene were abandoned in plain sight. Aid stalled for Appalachia while billions flowed to Israel—democrats funded war, not red voters’ recovery. I pieced traditional state blocks to embody the enduring Appalachian spirit, rooted in tradition and self-reliance. This quilt honors my Appalachian brothers who were left to weather the aftermath alone. This is a testament to how forgotten Appalachian rebuilds when the country and its leaders look away.” FPP design by me in @affinity , mountain panto longarming by @sunraedesignsllc , hand quilting and embroidery by me. (PS: the thing about being a democrat from a red place…it’s easy to see all the wrong decisions made, from both sides of the isle. Rather than pointing blame (aside from making an observation), Appalachians picked themselves up. They persevered, as always.) #tooredtocount #aurifilartisan #quiltconreject #fppdesigns #windhamfabrics

Assault from fathers’ friends, husbands, teachers, uncles, intimate partners, coworkers—men who said if you loved me, men who cornered, coerced, groomed, stalked, controlled. We carried shame, guilt, silence, pregnancies, threats, guns, and eyes that never looked away. Some assaults were hidden, others dismissed, all left scars that reshaped trust, safety, and love. This quilt weaves what was stolen into something unbreakable. It is grief and defiance. Survival made visible. We are Unforgotten. #unforgotten #unforgottenquilt #sexualassault #sexualassaultawareness #sasurvivor @spikethespook @heidiwallmeier @shannonlookenott @suchaprettyfabric @deesewsselvage @cut.sew.make @mysticsansewn @hannah_banana_quilts @honeyfibers @heart.patches @june.lum2020 @momwendysthreads @carolann427 @bethanycecere @thorvaldquilts @espquilts @patchwork.potato @loveheart_quilts Custom Longarming: @co.op_creative

If you’re seeing this before May 17, 11:59 pm CT, there is still time to buy your last raffle tickets to benefit @trevorproject . Share, share, share!!!! Behind every number you just read is a real young person. Someone who felt alone. Someone who needed support. Someone who deserved to be heard. Right now, LGBTQ+ youth are facing overwhelming challenges…but we also know something incredibly important: 💛 Support saves lives 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ That’s why organizations like The Trevor Project exist. They provide 24/7 crisis support to young people in their hardest moments. And it’s why we came together to do something small, tangible, and full of care. Over 200 quilters across the globe worked together to make 14 bed-sized quilts to raffle off to support life-saving crisis interventions. Every $5.50 raffle ticket helps ensure that when a young person reaches out, someone is there to answer. If you’ve ever wanted to make a difference, sharing this fundraiser by tagging a friend in the comments and spreading the word is a good way to do it. Each new person who finds out about this fundraiser and buys a raffle ticket brings in more money for life-saving supports. #quiltsfortrevorfundraiser #thetrevorproject #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #mentalhealthawareness

The things we do for fundraising 😶 I’m just gonna call a spade a spade here — my husband is really a grouch sometimes 😅🤣 I would say most of the time, but I don’t want him to get heat so I’ll just say he might have been born cranky and has to fight to find general happiness lol. We’ve been together and partners for a long time, and a thing that makes him REALLY grouchy is my mess. I get it! He doesn’t like mess and he doesn’t like stuff. I, on the other hand, like none of my stuff to be touched bc I know exactly where everything is. This corner of our 1,000 sq. Ft. Apartment makes him …….. so….. cranky……… and yeah, I kind of agree 🤪 I wish I was the type of person that was able to store these quilts safe and not in my kids playroom and not just sitting on the floor! When we lived in our old rental house, we kept everything “important” on the guest bed. Now we have half the space 🤪 But would you believe this meager 1,000 sq ft apt in Houston contains a MONEYMAKIN corner of over $40,000?????????? That’s right!!!!! And I really do think by this Sunday, May 17, we can get to $50k!!!! All proceeds from this quilt raffle are going to @trevorproject . I know so many people love TTP…so why not donate this Mental Health Awareness Month WHILE being entered in a chance to win one of these quilts???? Head to my profile or website to see these beautiful quilt photos 😍 they are the best ones yet, FOR REAL! So while this corner may make tom so cranky each fundraiser, it’s always worth it!!!!🥹 #quiltsfortrevor #quiltsfortrevorfundraiser

It’s time to activate your group chats!! We are on Day 10 of 12 of our 2026 Quilts for Trevor Fundraiser, and if you haven’t yet texted your best friends, your group chats, your quilt guild group chats...now is the time! I need you to be that friend who drops our fundraiser link and hypes everyone up! Really, they can’t lose! They are making a donation to life-saving resources for LGBTQ+ youth ALL THE WHILE being entered to win 1 of 14 quilts! Go ahead and send this to all your text messaging channels...everyone! The more people who see this, the more support we can give to TTP. FRIENDS DON’T GATEKEEP GOOD CAUSES. 💅 This fundraiser ends in two days!! Head to ruthlesslyhandmade.com to purchase your raffle tickets. #quiltsfortrevor #quiltsfortrevorfundraiser #thetrevorproject #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #mentalhealthawareness

Your CTA number 4 is to cold call message big accounts!!!! This makes me sick to my stomach every year, but it raises more money for kids so I get over myself and do it!!!! Message me if you want something to directly copy and paste to the big accounts directing them to story share!!!!!! 🚨 This matters!! Raffle ends THIS Sunday May 17!!!! A group of 200+ quilters across the globe came together to create 14 incredible quilts—and they’re raffling them off to support The Trevor Project, which provides 24/7 crisis support to LGBTQ+ youth. 💛 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ young people seriously considered suicide last year 📱 Over 450,000 crisis calls, chats, and texts were answered 🚫 Nearly half who want mental health care aren’t able to get it WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT OUR CHILDREN. WE SHOULD NEVER WANT AN ADOLESCENT TO FEEL ALONE. Quilt raffle tickets are $5.50, and you could win a bed-sized quilt...while donating money to TTP…ITS A WIN-WIN!! Purchase raffle tickets at ruthlesslyhandmade.com. Even if you don’t buy a raffle ticket for a donation, sharing this helps reach more people. #quiltsfortrevor #quiltsfortrevorfundraiser #thetrevorproject #mentalhealthawarenessmonth mentalhealthawareness

Our two bonus quilts 😍 If I haven’t said it directly in this open space yet, these 200 quilters are some of the best people to work with! Several of them have been working with me for years, and they know I tend to vibe with PANIC. It’s who I am! I like to finish things early, and I like to be certain. In control. Orderly. These kind folks have been sending me extra blocks 🥹🥲 bc they know the absolute heartache and stress I feel when people’s blocks get lost in the mail or people’s blocks don’t get sent at all. Sometimes there are enough extra blocks to make two whole extra quilts out of them 🥹🫶🏻 and that makes me happy bc as much as I like to see some extra blocks go on the back as happy little splashes, it’s nice to think about two babies or toddlers having these community quilts!!!!! 🥹🥹🥹🥹 yes I’m partial to babies and toddlers at the moment lol. Anywho, to the several reliable people that have come to learn the ebbs and flows of fundraiser quilts with me and all that entails…and your kindness to relieve some of my stress…THANK YOU!!!!! When I see these two quilts I see the kindness of my online friends 🫶🏻 Baby Broken Dishes: Pieced by: Mindy Collins (mom!) Backing/Binding: @sewfinity @urbandwellstudio Block makers: @woodlilystudioptc @treehousequiltingco Longarming by: @fourthhousequilting Moody Baby: Pieced by: Mindy Collins (mom!) Backing/Binding: @fullmoonfabricco @urbandwellstudio Block makers: @jenmullersman @rocksandsalt @bossladyquilter @quiltpublic @seaglass418 @annajmakes Longarming by: @co.op_creative #quiltsfortrevor #quiltsfortrevorfundraiser

Say hello to the most densely quilted community quilt I’ve ever seen!!!!😍😍😍 When I opened this package from Katie, my jaw dropped!! This quilt is OFFICIALLY an heirloom!!!!! When I cooked it up in my noodle I imagined the perfect little kid bed quilt or a happy guest room bed quilt. Either way, the Annie’s choice block is so traditional and chefs kiss and these colors scream loved-for-a-lifetime 🥹 The first few days of raffle tickets for this beauty were slow-going and I was about to go off 🤣🤣🤣 you want this quilt!!! Trust me!!!! Thank you to @wens_was_here for the sharp quilt math eyes and helping organize 🥹 Pieced by: Mindy Collins (mom!) Backing/Binding: @_by_and_by_ Block makers: @sewsuzukiya @conniecoley @sarahstro.art @overatbricks @bethmakes__ @kelli_maker_stitcher @spikethespook @maggielamphear @ReadRunSew @seaglass418 @nishika726 @thehudsonquilter @heidiwallmeier @urbandwellstudio @fritschinstitches @zoequilts @koalamommily @wens_was_here Longarming by: @katiegarrettquilts #quiltsfortrevor #quiltsfortrevorfundraiser

A lovely courthouse full of HOPE ❤️🫶🏻🥹 Yes, duh, the log cabin block is my favorite, but I love a good courthouse steps twist. These blocks are pretty big and super fun to look at—almost an eye-spell element in themselves 😍 this is a FULL-sized quilt and it could be yours!! Head to my website to buy raffle tickets to win this beauty. And if you don’t win..ya know that’s a bummer!! But all of your money (minus online transaction fees 🫠) goes towards helping LGBTQ+ youth feel less alone. EVERY person should want to help EVERY child feel less alone. 🫶🏻 Thanks for the free pattern, @generationsquiltpatterns ! Pieced by: @ruthlesslyhandmade Backing/Binding: @sewfinity Block makers: @sewspicious @sew.miss.viv @ReadRunSew @wildwoodquilts @annajmakes @alliziscrafty @samshabamm8 @vickilovestosew @tata_evil @northbayquilter @samscreativeside @derifarmquilts @getzmadeco @typebcrafter @somewhatharry @SilverLinedStitches @smilestooloudly @tricialind @lifeofmegananne @wild_sky_quilts @quiltyamiga @katielochner @craftylikewoah @wayfarersquilting @koalamommily wdk1313 @thequiltdr @cheri_creates @saralikestoquilt @nicoleangelinesews Longarming by: @jenna_hall #quiltsfortrevor #quiltsfortrevorfundraiser

Voted “The Favorite” by Quiltstagram* I adore broken dishes. It’s probably my second favorite traditional block. I love it so much bc of the geometric play, but also it looks good in just about any fabric pull!! I think everyone likes this one so much bc it’s the perfect mix of modern AND traditional. And whoever wins this raffle better take a pic of it and send it to me bc I NEED to see where it’s forever home will be 🥹 these little (lovingly nicknamed) SONSABITCHES in the corner of the playroom took forever and a moon to sew up, but it was worth it. Literally almost all the hard things in my life are almost always worth it 🫶🏻🫶🏻 Thanks for the free pattern, @quiltdom ! Pieced by: @ruthlesslyhandmade Backing/Binding: @_by_and_by_ Block makers: @treehousequiltingco @ahvt227 @Woodlilystudioptc @loveheart_quilts @villageboundquilts @hannahlc7 @jules4110 @zoequilts @theresa.b.gray.9 @sewsuzukiya wdk1313 @evilsarah @emilbauer2 @rachelamari @emerald.binding @michflookmakes @fussythimble @bethanycecere @sasquatch.stitches @SilverLinedStitches Longarming by: @stitchlabquilting * — the 400 people willing to click a damn button in my stories when asked to comply 🥲