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.