Another year passing quickly!

 I haven't posted here in almost a year, but I have been busy. My most recent quilt is a reversible wedding quilt, made for my grandson and his bride.  Here are some photos of the quilt in process. 

four fabrics for each side

close up of Bride's side with ivory and  red borders
 and oriental fabrics

Groom's side without borders

Bride's side with borders

Trying to find the right color for Groom's outer border to match
his favored Hawaiian shirt fabric

Lord Scotty approves the choice of blue border

Groom's side with ivory inner border

Finished, folded and with pillowcases
and one throw pillow

Hurricane Quilts

Making quilts for Hurricane victms in North Carolina and Tennessee ... winter is coming!

Red and white flowers on a lilac front, backed with red.

Blue and white elephants on light aqua, backed with dark turquoise.

These two quilts are made of kits, with 2 pieces of fleece measuring 48" x 60". They are quilted with a decorative stitch on the bias.  Instead of closing the edges with a binding strip, I used the overlock stitch on my Bernina. Fleece is very easy to take shortcuts like that. 

FYI, I bought six of these precut quilt kits at Joann's fabric. They were priced at $11 each, but were on sale for $5. My fellow quilters at the senior center are working on some of these as well. The challenge though is getting the quilts down to the southern states. Post office estimates $12 per quilt to mail them individually. I'll check at UPS tomorrow to see if they have a better price.

A Quilt for a Book: The Little Ghost Who was a Quilt

I am working on a birthday quilt that will be given with a picture book. You can see a video of the book at YouTube: The Little Ghost Who was a Quilt

Pretty Kitty has given her initlal approval of the beginning of the quilt. Stay tuned to watch the quilt grow!

Wheel chair quilts

 It has been my pleasure these recent months to work on wheelchair quilts for men and women who worked hard all their lives. I just finished this for one  fellow. who is in a nursing home. I'm working now on one for a woman. Here's his

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Half-way to Spring

See the 2024 quilt journal page for  more current projects

 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day/

 I've spent this day of public service working on quilts ... one for a nursing home donation, and some for the Fire and Police departments. And also a scrappy dust cover for a friend's vintage sewing machine.

Back to Public Service comfort quilts!