Friday, September 2, 2022

Pieces from Priscilla

Hello, friends! Louise here to share some beautiful quilts pieced by Priscilla and finished by me. Priscilla is a generous donor, sending in many coordinated blocks and tops. Let's dive in!



This first quilt was donated as a small top, featuring rail fence blocks interspersed with nine patches and friendship stars. All it needed was a small border, so I added a navy blue animal print. Red flannel backing and simple stippling keep it soft and snuggly.


Next we have a vibrant star block quilt, also completely scrappy. Priscilla has a great eye for value so these stars have excellent contrast! There were plenty of blocks to just set them together with no alternate block or sashing. I think of these as stars, but my husband saw the negative space. Do you see light diamonds or dark stars? 


Don't you love a good string quilt? Priscilla made all these blocks and I added a couple borders to bring it up to size. 


I love how any color coordinates with truly scrappy blocks like these, and chose bright  blue to make the little butterflies pop. 



Priscilla sent us a note saying she had received a large amount of fabric from a friend, and would be sewing up some of that for Covered in Love. This pretty blue and cream star top is an example. Such a classic color combination! It was a no-brainer for me to add two coordinating borders to make a nice size quilt. 


And finally, we have this bright drunkards path, also made from her friend's stash fabrics. Priscilla stitched the quarter circle blocks, and I decided on the layout. 


These happy fabrics inspired me to do fancier quilting, so I stitched feather wreaths in the circles, just for fun. Many thanks to Priscilla for being such a generous and consistent donor to Covered in Love!

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1000 so far! The September/October block drive is live now.  Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. 

13 comments:

  1. What a beautiful collection of quilts for your good cause. I especially like the diamonds and stars.

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  2. Wonderful work, Priscilla and Louise!

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  3. Beautiful! Great job ladies. On the star quilt, I first saw the dark stars but after reading your comment, I looked again and saw the light diamonds. How fun!

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  4. Good work Priscilla and Louise! My fav is the first one but they are all fabulous. I do love scrappy quilts and these all look so comforting too. I would wrap up in any of them. And I saw the Stars on the Star quilt first.

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  5. Great work! Thanks Priscilla and Louise. All are gorgeous but the drunkards path is my favorite.

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  6. Woweeee - these are gorgeous quilts. What a gorgeous sense of color. Great team work !

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  7. Great colors and great teamwork. After being directed now I ONLY see the light diamonds, funny how the brain works!

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  8. Such a tremendous and beautiful collections of quilts, congratulations to both yourself and Priscilla on the good work for a very good cause.

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  9. I love the collaboration of quilt work on these beauties. Thank you Louise & Priscilla on the many, many hours you both spend on helping Covered in Love with these beautiful comfort quilts for families who need love & support. My favorite of the day is the blue & beige star quilt. All these will be loved & deeply appreciated.

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  10. So beautiful. Love the scrappiness and the quilting.

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