Once You Pop You Can't Stop

Happy Friday, quilters! I have more of the block drive potato chip quilts to show.  These first two quilts were assembled by Becky and quilted by Doris. Big thanks to those two ladies!

I love the classic patchwork look of these blocks and Doris did a great job with her quilting, as always.

I'm really fond of this yellow fabric with blue flowers on the backing. I'm pretty certain this is one of the ones my local quilt shop friend gave me when she closed her shop.

Big quilting swirls to complement the blocks. 

These last two quilts were assembled by me and quilted by Linda. I sort the block into semi random piles and then assembly line put them together.

Lovely spiral star panto from Linda. 

My parents garden is going strong now. I've been making vinegar salad with our cucumbers and taking extra strawberries to work (I don't like strawberries, but I'm told they're very good.)

I need to start freezing out excess strawberries to make pies and stuff with. I have also heard that you can freeze tomatoes whole, have any of you ever tried that? What about cherry tomatoes? What to do with all the tomatoes we can't eat is a problem every summer. I dried a bunch last summer, but it barely made a dent. 

I'm off to go pick now. Hope you all are well, and thank you so much to everyone who makes CiL a success!

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1700 so far! The Winter 2026 block drive is live now.  Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. 

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Even More Potato Chips

Happy Friday, quilters! I've got some more finished quilts to show from our big potato chip block drive. This first top was sent in by one of our frequent supporters, Beth T, and then quilted by Linda. 

These next two were assembled by Becky M from block drive blocks and then also quilted by Linda. 

I've been busy sewing this week. Mostly assembling tops from your blocks, but I did sew up a string block top from a box of scraps Rena sent me.

In non-quilty news, I have a new foster cat, a five year old orange boy named Stuart. He is sequestered in my spare room because he doesn't care for other cats. 

Stuart is a people cat. He was obviously very bonded to his human mom and has been struggling since she had to go into a nursing facility. He loves pets, cuddles, and play. Hopefully we can find him a new person soon.  

Thanks to everyone who participated in this block drive, and especially to those helping me finish the quilts!

Stuart looks a lot like my cat Fudge, but Fudge has nose freckles and black whiskers.

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1700 so far! The Winter 2026 block drive is live now.  Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. 

  Linking to Finished or Not Friday

More Potato Chip Quilts

Happy Friday, quilters! I'm back with more quilts from our 2024 Potato Chips block drive. These tops were assembled by Becky and quilted by Kathy G. (I'm at least, like, 90% sure things were quilted by Kathy. Admittedly my storage system did get rearranged and there's a small chance they were done by Doris or Linda. D'oh.)

These are such cozy, quintessential quilts, they are popular with everyone! I took a big load up to the hospitals last week and they were grateful to receive these 

I took the kittens to the local SPCA today for vaccines and wormer. The vet estimated they are 5 months old, which means they were several underweight 4 month olds when I trapped them 

They currently hate me again, but hopefully that's only temporary. Considering they're even older than I thought they've really made great strides in socialization. Potato is fully on board with pets and being held, and little Sage is coming around slowly.

The big cats have come a long way, too. They're not just tolerating the babies, but grooming them and playing with them. Fudge is a fan of having some more energetic playmates than his sister.

If anyone lives within driving distance and would like some kittens, let me know! Thank you to Becky and Kathy, and to everyone who contributed to the block drive. I literally couldn't do it without you.

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1600 so far! The Summer 2025 block drive is live now.  Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. 

  Linking to Finished or Not Friday

First of the Potato Chip Quilts

Happy Friday, Quilters!  The first of the quilts from our potato chips block drive have started to be completed. This quilt top was made by Bonnie and quilted by Linda.

You can see the quilting panto more clearly from the back 

Next top by Edna, quilted by Linda. Things continue to go along well here. I recently to a big delivery of quilts to the two Tyler hospitals. As flu season is starting along with an uptick in covid they are unfortunately busy. 

The cats and I are well. They're really enjoying more catio time as the weather gets less hot. They're spectating my dad working on building a garage.

This last one was made and quilted by Linda herself. I really like how scrappy and cozy they're coming out. These kind of quilts are perfect for men or women and almost everyone likes them.

Linda made her quilt in an autumnal color scheme, perfect for this season. Our local harvest festival is in a couple weeks, the Sweet Potato Festival.  I hope you've got something fun coming up, too!

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1600 so far! The Summer 2025 block drive is live now.  Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. 

  Linking to Finished or Not Friday

2nd Quarter Block Drive

Hello quilters! It's time for the second CiL quilt drive of the year. I know that the previous drive was a little complex, this one will be easier hopefully. 

These two quilts were made by Donna J and dropped off recently and I thought the design would make a perfect CiL block drive. It's a super simple scrap buster, specifically binding scraps if you make yours at 2.5" wide like I do. This block is appropriately called the Potato Chip block, betcha can't make just one!

For a color scheme look for fabrics with a warm, saturated, farm-house kind of vibe similar to the two quilts shown, nothing super bright.  And you'll need some low-volume (not bright white) fabrics for the inner ring.

Cut (12) 2.5"x4.5" pieces from your darker fabrics and (6) 2.5"x4.5" pieces from the low volume fabrics.

Start assembling from the inside as shown.

The block should finish at 12.5" square.

In case you haven't ever participated in a CiL block drive before, the idea in a nutshell is that you can make as many or as few blocks as you like. Contact coveredinlovetx@gmail.com for the mailing address and try to have them in the mail by the end of June. This block drive will run for 3 months, from April-June. All the blocks received will be combined into quilts for families who lose loved ones in east Texas hospitals. 

Thank you to Donna J for the inspiration, and I can't wait to see the blocks you all make!

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