Thursday, May 19, 2022
Thursday, May 12, 2022
More Beauties
Is it hot where you are? Because it's gotten really hot here. Summer has arrived with a bang. Patricia B. sent in these beauties this week!
I really like the fountain pen border on this one. You can see some of Patricia's previous quilts here.
I hope you're all doing well going into the summer and looking forward to fun camping and bbq's and that sort of thing.
I came across a quilty blog recently I want to share with you. Melva did a block series based on letters she found in her grandparents belongings.
This is a link to the introduction and index post with, there are links at the bottom to the block posts. Her grandparents were famers in Colorado who hosted German POWs on their farm during WWII as workers.
Many of the Germans became close to the family and after the war wrote them letters about conditions in post-war Germany which are fascinating. Everything about it is interesting, really.
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These last two quilts are tops by Patricia, quilted by Linda. |
There are 20 letters, along with block patterns if you're interested, and Melva includes extra information and historical details.
If you've got some down time go take a look and read some of the letters!
If you enjoy it, please let me know. And let me know what you think of these beautiful quilts! Isn't this applique awesome? These last two were large tops and I sent them off to Linda and her long arm to be finished.
I got a couple of nice 'thank you' cards from the hospital last week, one from a patient's wife and one from the chaplain's group. Your quilts continue to make a difference and bless East Texans in difficult times!
Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1000 so far! The May/June block drive is live now. Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved.
Linking to Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Finished or Not Friday
Thursday, May 5, 2022
So much variety in your orphan tops and blocks!
Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1000 so far! The May/June block drive is live now. Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved.
Linking to Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Finished or Not Friday
Saturday, April 30, 2022
May/June CiL Block Drive
Hello Quilters! It's the beginning of Summer and time for the May/June CiL Block Drive. We're going to be doing a fun block that I saw around the internet recently, it originated with sushi.farmer on instagram.
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photo by JessicaQuilter |
This is called the "Scrappy Pixel" block and we are making a version inspired by JessicaQuilter with only one color on each side of the midline. This will be one to get into your scrap bins for! The photo above is of 4 blocks put together and I have made a template below to help you with arranging your blocks.
Each block is made from (36) 2.5" squares. Start by laying out 6 dark (basically black) squares down the midline. Then place 2 very light squares into the two empty corners and (2) more low volume (but not quite as light) squares onto the diagonal in each corner. From there sort the scraps of your two chosen colors into three categories based on saturation from dark to pastel. These are arranged with darks nearest the middle and lights close to the corner squares.
You can assemble the blocks by sewing together strips and then columns, or by sewing together nine patches and then joining those. However you like and find convenient is fine.
The finished blocks should measure 12.5" (unfinished).
I can't wait to see all your blocks! I have to admit I'm partial to the drives where you can't tell where one block ends and the next begins.
For anyone new to Covered in Love, we run these block drives every two months and have been since 2015. Anyone can participate and make as few or as many blocks as you like. Email CoveredinLoveTx@gmail.com for the address and get your blocks in the mail by the end of June. Our blocks are combined together into quilts to be given to the families of dying patients in East Texas hospitals to bring comfort in a dark time.
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Wonderful Wendy
Today's post is a celebration of Wendy! A wonderful quilter with a longarm who has been volunteering to finish tops for Covered in Love for a while now.
This purple twist top was made by Kathy B and quilted by Wendy. The two shades of purple work really effectively together.
Wendy also sends in bonus quilts from time to time, like this patriotic quilt with a simple but very effective pattern.
This batik sampler quilt was made by a friend of Wendy's and hitched a ride in a box that was heading this way.
Gorgeous beachy ocean batik colors and ripple pattern quilting. It's almost summer and beach time again!
Julie K sent in this Scrappy Trips top in cool jewel tones and Wendy quilted it with a swirly, loopy design.
This top is called "Beveled Blocks" and also came from Julie K, so I include it here. Since it was smaller I actually quilted this one myself.
Thank you Wendy!
Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1000 so far! During March/April we are supporting the Hands2Help Challenge instead of our normal block drive. Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved.
Linking to Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Finished or Not Friday