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Thursday, April 20, 2023

Finishing touches featuring Priscilla and Stephanie


Hello, friends! Louise here to share some lovely quilts that were donated as nearly finished tops and only required a little bit of extra sewing on my part. First up is this gorgeous sampler made by Stephanie.


The top was languishing in her UFO pile. So many fun blocks, several new to me! Check out this trapunto butterfly with metallic gold blanket stitching. You can see the pretty, shimmery pale blue background she used, too. I think it is Fairy Frost?


I love the colors in this quilt, and was thrilled to find this backing fabric donated by Christine. Doesn't it match perfectly? Christine sent it in with another project I'm still working on, and there was plenty of extra. Quilters are so generous!


Priscilla donated this bright log cabin block center made with dot-themed batiks. It was a little too small and needed a few borders to bring it up to size.


Several months after I received the center, Chris' polka dot squares showed up. I added the first border, but it was still not large enough. I set it aside, waiting for just the right fabric for another border. Imagine my delight when a bunch of presewn strips of the matching dotted batiks showed up over a year later! Good things come to those who wait.


Priscilla also stitched up these Easy Breezy blocks, a Bonnie Hunter leader/ender project. After I sewed them into a top, I decided they didn't need any borders. Thanks to the depth of Priscilla's fabric stash, the richness of the colors makes this piece shine in just this simple layout.


This quilt needed just a little more effort, but what a pleasure to work with Priscilla's friendship star blocks. They are made with partial seams to let the square centers float. I thought the bold floral for the borders was a nice counterpoint. 


Finally, this quilt started life as a pile of big, donated, precut triangles in two fabric patterns and solid orange. A little head-scratching and a handful of seams later, this giant exploding star was born. Gotta love a big block, it goes together fast!


I quilted it with casual Baptist fans using orange thread. It's bright and happy, for sure! Many thanks to everyone who has donated tops, blocks, projects and fabrics to Covered in Love.

7 comments:

  1. Louise our boating friend? It's good to hear from you and to know you are still quilting away!! You always do such a nice job on putting these together.

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  2. Louise, great job as usual with bits and pieces.

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  3. such a great job on the finishing of the quilts!

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  4. Oh Louise, you have the master's touch when it comes to finishing uncompleted quilts & orphan blocks. No one would ever know that all of the quilts/blocks you finish were made by many other people. You truly have the gift when it comes to quilt completions. A special thanks to Christine & Priscilla for their donations & a giant HUG to you for making those magical finishes.

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  5. Such beautiful quilts! Love all of them and especially the exploding star. I love big block quilts.

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  6. What a lovely bunch of quilts completed!

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