Friday, April 18, 2025

Patriotic Comfort



Hello, friends! Louise here once again to share some Covered in Love quilts made with your orphan blocks, scraps, and other donations. Today's batch feature red, white and blue and patriotic themed pieces. These are always popular with families and fun to make.


This first piece is a classic orphan block quilt, with a sneaky twist. Did you notice that the columns are slightly offset from each other, top to bottom? That's because the blocks are not all the same size. They are all close to 12.5" but some are 12", 11.75" etc. I grouped like sizes together and shifted the columns to fool the eye. Remember: if you have a block or two that don't fit your quilt, they might just be the perfect addition to a CiL orphan piece!


This fun quilt was donated as a group of very similar windmill blocks. I really like how it is hard to tell where one ends and another begins! 


The blocks were very well made and all the same size, so it was simple to sew them together and add a white border. Even the binding of patriotic dark blue fabrics was pre-sewn for me. Easy peasy!


The backing features some neat Texas flag fabric.


The last quilt of the day has a cool eagle panel as the center of a giant log cabin block. Someone donated strips of super soft plaid flannels in reds, blues, creams and golds. I put the darker red/blue pieces on two sides and the cream/golds on the other.


Eagles are such beautiful birds, aren't they? I love when Kat sends me donated panels like this.


Here's a closeup of that same patriotic binding: blue batik stars. Very appropriate to finish off this quilt.

Many thanks to everyone who sends in donations to Covered in Love. You help us do the important work of comforting families, and we couldn't do it without you!


 

2 comments:

  1. Louise, you are a genius at putting things together. Thank you for always helping out.

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  2. Nicely done, Louise! It's always a pleasure to see a CiL post from you.

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