2018, December Full size, Stacked Coins

 A few years ago, a friend gave me the beginnings of this quilt.  I finished with some of my own fabric and it is now one of my favorites.  I like the way it looks against the gold walls of the bedroom.  I decided to make another of the same pattern of some really rich fabrics I have.  The pattern is called "Stacked Coins" tho usually the sashing between is white to make the coins stand out more.

November 2018 Quilts for charities

I made this newborn sized quilt out of a box of flannel squares I had cut, probably from the same box as the pink quilt in the last post.  This will probably go to a newborn at church.  It turned out so pretty.

 This quilt is from the same box of cut up flannel I had.  It's a little bigger than the first quilt.  It will probably go to the pregnancy center in town.  I don't know who they give them to, probably girls seeking counseling.

I found this charity through one of my quilt magazines.  They send these quilts with doctors who do surgery in third world countries.  They ask for smallish quilts so these are easy to make.  They also ask that we put little or no white in the quilts because in some countries white symbolizes death. Also, of course white is harder to clean.  These quilts are made from my plaid shirting material.

August 2018, baby quilt for a Girl

I've talked before about the huge bucket of flannel I brought home from the Grand Center.  As I was cutting I separated out the baby colors, pink and blue.  I made two quilts out of these pinkish squares with some lavender thrown in.  Notice the back, really cute material for for a baby quilt.  This is the last quilt I'll be making from the huge pile of flannel.  Whew!

August, 2018, Denim quilt, and one from Laura for charity auction

 This top quilt was made from circles cut from old levi's of Vere's.  The circles are sewn together so that a square is made, (notice the denim squares on the quilt back) the curves folded over in front.  There is a square of my plaid fabric inserted, at the denim curve folded over, and sewn down.  The quilt is small, but very heavy, even without any batting at all.  It was so hard to maneuver it under the needle, and I'm afraid the lines sewn aren't very smooth.  But the denim is sewn down, and it will fray a little, which it's supposed to do.

 This quilt was donated and ended up with my friend from guild, Laura Senter.  Laura is know for the charily quilts she is always making.  This one is very old fabric, a lot from the old flour sacks that quilters used.  They used what they had or could find.  The piecing was all by hand.  Laura and her husband stretched it out onto the frames at the Grand Center in Moab.  They have a room just for sewing there.  Laura went over almost every day for hours to do the hand quilting.  I went over many times to help with the quilting, but put in about 2 hours each week.  You can imagine how much quilting it took, each shape "quilted in the ditch". 

Well, I'm sorry to have to say, this is the last of Laura's quilts as she became very sick during those last weeks, and just after she finished it, she died.  I saw her 3 days before, and she had an angelic face, and said she was at peace.  I have the quilt and will show it to the quilt guild, then I can give it to the lady in charge of the auctions.  The quilt will be auctioned off and the money goes to benefit the women's shelter here in Moab.  Thank you, Laura, love and miss you.

Crib size ;;in blue 2018

I had this very pretty fabric for the back, so I used some for the block in front plus lots of the blue I already have.  Blue is usually for boys, but some fabric here is flowery.  I'll just give it to the charity organization and let them do what they want.

2018, five picture albums

I started this project more than 6  years ago.  I went through all my pictures and pulled out the ones that I like the most, that represented a lot of the kid's lives.  I made copies of each picture, one for each book, so that each child got the same book.  I started out with store bought albums, filled it, and went on to fill a 3 ring binder with the rest of the pictures.  I covered the binders with fabric to make them more interesting.  Whew, that was a lot bigger job than I thought but it's done and I really like them.  

2018 Crib Size, with Wonky Kittens

I had this piece of flannel fabric and just couldn't resist making a quilt from it.  The pieced side uses fabric with mostly similar colors.  Do you think a child will be able to sleep with this crazy little cat staring at them?  I hope so. 

Hand pieced, Handquilted, Full size, 2018

My friend Laura, from quilt guild had this quilt top, hand pieced with vintage fabric, set up at the community center in town.  I went over to help hand quilt it, I spent one to every, at least, 20 hours she spent on it.  She finally finished it and it will be auctioned off, the money to go to Seekhaven, the women's center in town. 

Two quilts from flannel made 5 feet square,

Someone gave me an overflowing container of flannel and said the town needed quilts for the emergency vehicles in town.  Give me a challenge!  I've spent more than a month, cutting and sewing and finished these two quilts.  I have 4 more tops that need to be quilted.  In that month I've also finished, finally, the scrapbooks I've made of my children's childhood pictures.  One book for each child.  

Whew!!

 

Twin Size for Jill's little girl. April 2018

Vere is holding up the quilt for me.  This is my latest quilt, for Jill's little girl.  I've made pink flowered quilts for all my grand daughters.  Bruce's girls got "squares", "split 9-Patch".  Val's girl got one called "Tumblers".  This one is a "Square in a Square (in a square).  Lots of squares.  I put in 8 blocks with an embroidered "H" in them, as requested.  The quilter also quilted her whole name somewhere in the middle, it's hard to find in the busy front,  The back is a soft, pink flannel.

Twin sized for "H" and two panels for the town museum

This is the quilt I made for Jill's little girl.  She wanted an "H" on it so I embroidered 8 of them for square centers.  It's not quilted  yet, I'm giving it to the long armer to quilt it for me. 

The quilt guild is challenged each year to make small quilts for display in the town museum.  It's the favorite display, I'm told.  I had this fabric of women sitting on a boardwalk, notice they are shaped like fruit.  I put the stripe fabric around them and wrote names of some of the famous shore points.

This second quilt was a panel I had which I hand quilted.  I call it "Stained Glass".

Quilts for Charities

The fabric store in town focuses on making quilts for charities in town.  She takes fabric people are giving away or manufacturer reps bring her stuff.  She cuts the fabric up into  kits for others to sew.  She says some families come to Moab as tourists, part of the family likes to hike and bike, another part, usually the Mom, comes into the store to sew for the day.  These quilts were part of that.  I quilted the top one and put the binding on.  I also put the binding on the other two after they were quilted.  I call me "The Closer."

Weighted blanket, 2018

I made this "weighted blanket" for a friend with PTSD.  I had never heard of this, so I googled it and found a lot of information and tutorials.  It is a real bear to make.  I struggled with the weight, and making sure the little pellets didn't migrate under the needle as I attempted to sew the seams.  The little pellets in the pockets are  made from plastic, and the quilt can go into the washing machine.  I sewed two lines of thread at the seams to make it stronger.  I was heading for a 16 pound weight, but the whole thing weighs 18 pounds but feels so much heavier when you carry it around.  It actually feels good having it draped over  you as you sit.  At quilt guild they told me these work well for children with autism.