Louise has been putting her time at home to good use finishing quilts for Covered in Love at quite the rate! For anyone who is unfamiliar, Louise and I have had an arrangement for a while where I ship her UFOs and orphan blocks donated to CiL and she recombines them to make beautiful finished quilts!
She has a real knack for matching different projects and fabrics and I love her FMQ!
These Christmas Geese and coordinating Christmas fabrics came from Priscilla. Holiday themed quilts can be hard to place with the right family, but Christmas quilts have landed in just the right place before.
So many beloved family matriarchs make Christmas such a special time of the year that Christmas memories are tightly connected to that loved one in family members' minds.
This jelly roll race top also came from Priscilla and the blocks down the middle came from Jan. Amazingly, the colors are a perfect match!
For the final three quilts in this post you can read what Louise has to say about them here.
I LOVE this ocean-y blue quilt. The hunters star blocks in the middle are leftover from a CiL block drive a few years ago. The FMQ around the boats is too cool!
This red, white, and blue quilt combined a lot of different people's blocks to make a homey sampler.
Scrappy centers in the middle of these stars.
Lastly, this string quilt with the nine patches in the corners favors red, white, and blue tones and the sashing has fireworks on it.
You probably already know that I love string quilts because of all the different little scraps of fabrics there are to spy!
As always, Louise is one of my quilting heroes! I hope you all had a very happy holiday. I found time for some fabric dyeing experimentation, my first time using sun reactive dyes.
Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 700 so far! The Nov/Dec drive is going on 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
What a great bunch of helpers/finishers you have!! And a nice group of beautiful quilts!! Love your sun dyeing!
ReplyDeleteCheers to Louise !!! What am amazing talent for arranging various blocks. Thanks for sharing these, just the inspiration I need to keep trying to use my orphan blocks.
ReplyDeleteLouise is like having a whole corps of quilting elves. That she does it all while living on a boat makes it even more amazing.
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I'm always amazed at how much Louise gets done, and she has such a generous spirit. Fun to see her highlighted here, since I know she enjoys making these quilts for CIL.
ReplyDeleteLouise is truly an artist at putting together orphan parts to make beautiful quilts!
ReplyDeleteWhat a bunch of lovely quilts to donate. And I love your sun dyeing results!
ReplyDeleteLouise is really a treasure! I always enjoy her posts and love how many quilts she finishes for you. I'm working on some of the current blocks to send in - they're going to make great quilts!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing what Louise can do with a batch of orphan blocks!!!! Very inspiring!!! And the fact that she lives 24/7 on a boat makes it even more amazing. She has her own blog so you can follow her adventures!! https://myquiltodyssey.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteLouise, you are the BEST!!!!!
Your sun dyeing piece is so pretty! I'm a sucker for anything with leaf shapes and motifs. It's the perfect shape :)
ReplyDeleteThank you to all for your kind comments about my quilts!
Louise, you always knows how to make magic in your sewing studio. We have Bonnie Hunter & scraps, Angela Walters & FMQ, & Louise & orphans. There is no end to your talent when it comes to orphans & bits & pieces. Today I'm especially drawn to the jelly roll quilt. I love the colors & how the center blocks really accent the quilt beautifully.
ReplyDeleteKat, your sun died experiment turned out perfect. So glad to hear that CiL & reached over 700 quilts so far. Thank you Kat & all the helpers involved.
I don't have the talent to put various blocks together and come out with a cohesive whole, but I sure admire it in others! What beautiful works of love Louise continues to create. Bless your heart, Louise.
ReplyDeleteLouise did a fabulous job on finishing up all of these quilts!!
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