Warm Quilts for Winter

Happy Holidays everyone! It's finally gotten properly cold here and it's so nice to wear hats and hoodies and sweats!

Patricia's quilts are on display today. She sent in a big box with all these treasures recently. This very large quilt with the overlapping boxes is my favorite. I like how they look kind of 3D like pyramids. 

This very cozy quilt with homespun fabrics is my next favorite.   On the closeup you can how there is topstitching along the edges of the blocks. I'm not sure if Patricia did that or if this was actually a solid piece of cheater fabric but I love it either way. 

Next up, a really pretty breast cancer memorial quilt. We'll hang on to it for the perfect patient, or possibly an opportunity with the local chapter of Susan G. Komen.

My doc and I got Thanksgiving off this year, so we'll be working over Christmas.  I'll be off on the day since I don't work weekends, but we're working the week before and 2 weeks after. 

We seem to be going into another little mini Covid surge here, census in the hospital is up, so everyone be cautious with your holiday travel. Many of our patients are on their 3rd and 4th go around and the elderly just get so worn down by it that they're vulnerable to everything. 

The center of this quilt is actually cheater cloth, for sure, and I love how the simple color scheme works. 

Due to the work schedule I'm not getting to do my usual holiday travel to see family, so I'm going to try to work in some trips in the spring. I haven't been to Santa Fe in a year! Too long. 

This red and white quilt is last up today. Perfectly simple and striking!

...and the perfect quilting panto to match. 

Fudge and Sundae have been appreciating their heating pad on these cold nights. They are disgustingly cute sometimes. 

Covered in Love is currently taking a break from our usual block drive. If you are looking for something to do in the meanwhile check out this post for information about a block drive to benefit a new and very similar organization to CiL!

Linking to Finished or Not Friday

Applique, Oh My!

Can I just say, I am not an applique-er. It's time consuming and tedious and it's just not my thing. Which is why I am so impressed with these quilts from Patricia B! 

First up is this homey and cozy applique sampler quilt with HST sashing.  

I'm sorry I wan MIA for two weeks of Friday posts.  I was working and I had run out of pre-scheduled posts. 

I need to take some pictures of quilts during this break and I'll get some more posts ready. 

I love this combination of applique and piecing the Patricia does in her quilts.  I think it makes them look very traditional and cozy.

Last up, this sweet little 25 patch quilt. I'll be making another delivery to the hospital soon and I'm sure these quilts will find the perfect homes. 

The cats are just as adorable and hilarious as ever, but I'm afraid I've been rather falling down on taking photos of them. I need to make more of an effort so that I can share them with their adoring fans!

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1000 so far! The May/June block drive is live 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

More Beauties

Is it hot where you are? Because it's gotten really hot here. Summer has arrived with a bang. Patricia B. sent in these beauties this week! 

I really like the fountain pen border on this one. You can see some of Patricia's previous quilts here. 

I hope you're all doing well going into the summer and looking forward to fun camping and bbq's and that sort of thing.

I came across a quilty blog recently I want to share with you.  Melva did a block series based on letters she found in her grandparents belongings.  

This is a link to the introduction and index post with, there are links at the bottom to the block posts. Her grandparents were famers in Colorado who hosted German POWs on their farm during WWII as workers. 

Many of the Germans became close to the family and after the war wrote them letters about conditions in post-war Germany which are fascinating. Everything about it is interesting, really. 

These last two quilts are tops by Patricia, quilted by Linda.

There are 20 letters, along with block patterns if you're interested, and Melva includes extra information and historical details. 

If you've got some down time go take a look and read some of the letters! 

If you enjoy it, please let me know.  And let me know what you think of these beautiful quilts! Isn't this applique awesome?  These last two were large tops and I sent them off to Linda and her long arm to be finished. 

I got a couple of nice 'thank you' cards from the hospital last week, one from a patient's wife and one from the chaplain's group. Your quilts continue to make a difference and bless East Texans in difficult times!

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1000 so far! The May/June block drive is live 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

Some Really Fine Patchwork

Some really beautiful quilts came in a little while back from Patricia B.  This stunner with the riotous jewel tones looks like the "Gypsy Wife" -now "Wanderer's Wife"- pattern by Jen Kingwell. (I'd be remiss if I didn't post a link here about why 'g*psy is a slur' and we should refer to the Roma people by their proper name. I had a Romani college friend who I learned from.)

Linguistic choices of the pattern name aside, this quilt is HUGE and it's soooo beautiful! The quilting is hard to see because it's all stitch-in-the-ditch, but it gives tons of texture.

This little star quilt is a contrast to the first one, with flannel and homespun plaids. 

I really like the rich color palette. 

One more small-ish quilt, a nice little feminine patchwork. You might notice the new photo background in these pictures. At long last the porch has been reassembled and reunited with my house! I am sore but very happy and it's a perfect place to take pictures. 

Last but maybe best of all is this HUGE batik quilt with tiny, detailed piecing.  This is the "Omigosh!"quilt pattern by Sue Garman.

The small squares are 1/2" finished.  You can see my hand in the picture below for reference.  I can't even imagine how long making a quilt like this must have taken. 

I don't have an email address for Patricia so I wasn't able to send her a Thank You email.  So, Thank You Patricia! So glad you found CiL and decided to join in. 

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 900 so far! The January/February drive is running 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