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.
