New Block Drive!

 Yes, I know it's well overdue, but at long last I have a new block drive for Covered in Love.  I really like this block and Claudia did a great tutorial on her blog. 

Visit Claudia's blog to find the fabric requirements and the link to the tutorial. This makes a 12" finished (12.5" unfinished) block. You'll need 4 different fabrics, but not very much of each one, so it should make a good scrap buster, too. 

Our color scheme for this block drive is warm colors and light neutrals. So that means reds, oranges, yellows, and pinks, plus any off white or white neutrals you want to add. See the color wheel below for an example of warm colors.

This block drive is open to anyone who wants to participate. The blocks will be assembled into quilts for families who lose a loved one in East Texas hospitals. You can make as few or as many blocks as you want. I don't know exactly how long this drive will run, but probably through April or June. If you need the mailing address please email me at CoveredinLoveTx@gmail.com.

Happy Sewing!

Orphan Quilts

Happy weekend! This post is full of quilts that either came in without a now or return address ...or possibly I misplaced my label along the way. If you see one you recognize please let me know! 

This beautiful jelly roll race was sent in as a top and quilted up by Linda. I love the design with the navy blocks and the fabric line is really pretty.

Next, this wild animal top was sent in along with backing and quilted by me.

And finally there's this little applique wall hanging. I thought about taking the binding off and using it for the center of a quilt, but decided instead to send it to a NICU for an isolette cover. 

Things are going well here. The little grey girl kitten has had a major breakthrough and decided that I'm pretty alright. 

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1600 so far! The Summer 2025 block drive is live now.  Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. 

  Linking to Finished or Not Friday

More Potato Chip Quilts

Happy Friday, quilters! I'm back with more quilts from our 2024 Potato Chips block drive. These tops were assembled by Becky and quilted by Kathy G. (I'm at least, like, 90% sure things were quilted by Kathy. Admittedly my storage system did get rearranged and there's a small chance they were done by Doris or Linda. D'oh.)

These are such cozy, quintessential quilts, they are popular with everyone! I took a big load up to the hospitals last week and they were grateful to receive these 

I took the kittens to the local SPCA today for vaccines and wormer. The vet estimated they are 5 months old, which means they were several underweight 4 month olds when I trapped them 

They currently hate me again, but hopefully that's only temporary. Considering they're even older than I thought they've really made great strides in socialization. Potato is fully on board with pets and being held, and little Sage is coming around slowly.

The big cats have come a long way, too. They're not just tolerating the babies, but grooming them and playing with them. Fudge is a fan of having some more energetic playmates than his sister.

If anyone lives within driving distance and would like some kittens, let me know! Thank you to Becky and Kathy, and to everyone who contributed to the block drive. I literally couldn't do it without you.

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1600 so far! The Summer 2025 block drive is live now.  Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. 

  Linking to Finished or Not Friday

Finished Quilts

Happy New Year, Quilters! I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas. Today's post is full of quilts that were sent in already finished, Hooray! This one came from loooong time CiL supporter Mina.

We did have at least one quilt handed out on Christmas Day, so special thoughts for that family. Thanks to all of you who make it possible to give people some comfort on one of the worst days of their lives. 

These next 2 quilts came from Tina C, she sends in a couple every month or so. We had a lovely Christmas with family in Mississippi. It's been very warm here (high near 80, lows in the 60s) so we had shorts and t-shirts and plenty of time outside. 

A friend up the street checked on the kitties for me while I was gone and everyone did well. I have had the kittens for 2.5 weeks now. It only took a few days for them to be tame enough to handle without losing an eye.

Introducing them to my big kitties turned out to be a big step forward. They're instantly more confident when around the big cats. Weirdly, they are dopplegangers of my Fudge and Sundae: an orange tabby boy and a dilute tortie girl.  

They both seem to enjoy being held and petted, but they won't willingly come toward me and still run when I move toward them. I am now carrying cat treats in my pocket so I can reward them anytime they come toward me or allow me to approach them. 

I'm fairly certain they are old enough for spay/neuter and they are filling out nicely. At the end of this week I will be able to see about scheduling them with the local animal charity group. 

This quilt came from Mary and I'm sorry about the terrible color balance! The background is actually white. It has a very cute focal fabric with fairy tale scenes.

Thanks to Mary, Mina, and Tina! Happy New Year everyone!

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1600 so far! The Summer 2025 block drive is live now.  Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. 

  Linking to Finished or Not Friday

Dee and Christy

Happy Friday, quilters! And Merry Christmas! I hope this post finds you warm and cozy and well ahead on your shopping and gift wrapping.

This week I have a few quilts to show you that were pieced by Christy, who does the amazing shirtings tops, and then quilted by Dee. I had found some backing fabric with a musical theme, so Dee used a panto to match.

I apologize for how flat and gray the photos of this quilt came out. I have no idea what happened to the light. I promise it's just as pretty as the other one. These masculine red white and blue quilts are always a huge hit.

Things have been busy here. We unexpectedly found two kittens living in our barn last Wednesday. They were very hungry, which made them easy to trap. They're and 4 months old but severely underweight (1.1lb and 2.5lb) and completely feral.

I've been trying to fatten them up and socialize them (guess which one is easier.) They have learned to tolerate me and I can now handle them both safely, but they still don't actually like humans at all. 

They are in LOVE with my big cats. Unfortunately, Sundae and Fudge were raised by humans and have no cat-manners at all. It is slow, but I'm hoping that fudge at least can learn to be friendly with the babies.

I am planning to keep them until they can be spayed/neutered (they are old enough now but too unhealthy) and then find them a home. They probably won't ever be lap cats, but they could be good mousers and farm cats.

Sage (grey tortie girl) and Sweet Potato (orange tabby boy)

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1600 so far! The Summer 2025 block drive is live now.  Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. 

  Linking to Finished or Not Friday

Beth's Quilts

Happy Friday, quilters! This week's quilts all came in finished from Beth H. Thanks so much to her for the generous support!

I loved the quilting on this first quilt, but my favorite in the set is this brown and blue one, below.

It does funny things to your eyes. Beth says it was a mystery quilt. I think the curved quilting panto really adds to all the very straight pricing.

And lastly, a beautiful, vibrant, harvest quilt made of sampler blocks. With a corresponding leafy quilting panto.

Thank you to Beth and everyone who continues to support Covered in Love. I'll be making another big delivery to the hospital as soon as I can get decent weather to take some photos..

I hope you are getting your Christmas shopping done!

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1600 so far! The Summer 2025 block drive is live now.  Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. 

  Linking to Finished or Not Friday

Doris and Becky

Happy Friday, quilters! I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving and ate lots of turkey and pie. 

This week's quilts are tops made by Becky and quilted by Doris. Thanks so much to those ladies for their fabulous work.

It's been cold and wet here lately, winter has made itself known. The kitties are missing their porch time. Fudge will go outside for a few minutes and then come back in to warm up. 

I tried to have him wear his sweater the other day when it was particularly cold, but he pouted and refused to move (he did look very handsome, though).

On the day I flew to Santa Fe it was still pretty warm. The kitties woke me up at 6am with a gift, a freshly dead bird in my bed! With lots of loose feathers.

I'll spare you the picture. Fudge was very proud of himself and loudly protested as I took the bird back outside. 

After vacuuming the feathers out of my bed I did get a couple more hours of sleep. This is actually the first dead bird they've brought in. Usually they're only stunned and wake up to fly around my house causing chaos.

I wish they wouldn't catch birds, but I console myself that in order to be caught the birds have to squeeze their way into my screened in porch.

They look so innocent

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1600 so far! The Summer 2025 block drive is live now.  Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. 

  Linking to Finished or Not Friday