Small Quilts

Happy Friday, quilters! This week I've got some small quilts to show. We don't give out many of these, but they will either be wheelchair lap quilts or used for our small number of NICU babies. Kathy S made this top and I quilted it.

These next two kiddy quilts came from Mina.

Mina has been such a huge supporter over the years. This quilt with the little strawberries is just too cute.

This yellow and purple quilt was actually already basted. I'm afraid I lost track of where it came from, so if you recognize it please speak up.

This little quilt has a beautiful applique panel in the center. It's just lovely and would make a great wall hanging.

Unfortunately I have once again lost track of where it came from. I believe the central panel was by itself and I sent it to Louise and she put the borders on. 

Thank you everyone! 

  Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1600 so far! The Jan-March 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 Friday, Quilters! This week I've got some finished quilts to show. These arrived all ready for a label and gifting.

This medium sized applique quilt came from Ann. It has a hanging sleeve in case the recipient chooses to use it that way.

Our hospitals continue to tell me how much our quilts are appreciated by their patients and families.

I don't care for applique, so this is really impressive to me. She did a beautiful job quilting, too.

This bright quilt is team Karen. Top by Karen N, quilted by Karen M. Hopefully it will find it's way too someone with a personality to match the energetic fabrics.

I took this photo to show off the cool quilting. Thank you Karen's!

   

Lastly, Verena sent in this nice scrappy 25-patch. Thank you, ladies! Hope everyone is doing well and keeping warm. I think Texas is almost done with winter.

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

 Linking to Finished or Not Friday

Linda's Quilts

Happy Friday, quilters! It's still cold here so fortunately I have plenty of warm quilts.  All of these came finished from volunteer long-arm quilter Linda. 

First up are these colorwash pinwheels. Such an interesting choice to use a bold print for the background instead of a neutral! It would never occur to me to do that, but it works great. 

Next up, a scrappy weave quilt in one of my favorite color combos: blue and white. 

Don't be surprised if you see this in a block drive soon, it's a very simple but effective design. 

And lastly, this controlled-scrappy quilt with the crazy-quilt blocks in the border. 

I really like how the pinwheels are just sprinkled in. Thank you, Linda! You're the best! 

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

 Linking to Finished or Not Friday

Brrrr!

   

Happy Friday, quilters! I hope you're all staying warm! We've been having a cold snap here in Texas. The kitties and I are taking advantage of heating pads and electric blankets to stay cozy.  

The two quilts in today's post were tops sent in by Donna. Volunteer Pam did the quilting on this large Scrappy Trips quilt with vintage fabrics.

This smaller top of Donna's I quilted on my machine. I like the winter-y fabrics and it will make a good wheelchair lap quilt. 

Thanks to Donna and Pam! Don't miss out on the CiL block drive going on now, links below.

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

 Linking to Finished or Not Friday

Ginny & Linda

Happy Friday, quilters! I hope you are warm and your New Year is off to a good start.  

These quilts were all tops made and sent in by Ginny and quilted by Linda, starting with this patriotic/military quilt. Linda quilted it with stars and it has the perfect backing and binding. Patriotic quilts are always some of our most appreciated.

Next up a pretty pinwheel quilt. Looks like a jelly roll pattern, lovely batik fabrics. I really like how she used the corner trimmings to make the HSTs in the corners.

Linda did some loopy feathers to complement the fabrics and design.

I had the perfect batiks donated a while back to make the backing and binding from.

This pattern is called 'Heart Rhythms' I believe. I love the color palette in the fabrics. 

And Linda chose the perfect feathery spiral to quilt it. Thank you, ladies!

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

 Linking to Finished or Not Friday

Three Years Later {Tall 9 Block Drive Wrap Up}

Happy Friday, Quilters, and Happy New Year! At long, long last the Sept 2021 Fall Tall Nines block drive has wrapped up. Only 3.3 years after it launched. This was a HUGE block drive and these blocks have been my nemesis. Every time I thought they were all quilted up I would find more.

These first two quilts were made from donated blocks by Cynthia with Many Hands Many Hearts. She chose a nice fall-ish panto with leaves and pumpkins for the first one.

This second one, also quilted by Cynthia, has straight lines. I am always a fan of geometric quilting. 

These last three tops were all made by Donna and quilted by Sundance. 

I've enjoyed working with Sundance Quilting this past year to help finish CiL quilts and I do recommend them if y'all are looking for an affordable commercial longarmer. They've been wonderful to work with.

This drive produced almost 50 quilts, which is CiL's largest drive ever by a large margin. 

Obviously it's wonderful to be so supported and be able to bless so many grieving families with quilts, but it did make me quite overwhelmed with the task of getting them all assembled and quilted. 

Many thanks to the dozen or so folks who helped to get these done over the past three years. They're beautiful quilts and if I were going to choose a block drive to go over the top there couldn't have been a better one. 

The new block drive for Jan-March 2025 has just started, you can find the link at the very bottom of this page, if you want to join in!

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in this block drive, nearly 100 of you! I can't wait to see what we make in 2025.

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

 Linking to Finished or Not Friday