Making quilts, Using squares

 When I make a quilt, I save the smallish fabric pieces and cut them into 2" of 2 1/2" squares.  After awhile I have a box full.  I can sew them together like this into 9-patch blocks which are fun and easy to make.  I get stacks and stacks of the blocks.

 After awhile, I have to face it, I have to make the blocks into quilts.  These will go for newborns at church, mostly blue for boys, mostly pink for the girls and a scrappy one I'm making for a friend in  NJ who told me she's worn out the one I made for her 15 years ago.  This is the product of a bunch of the blocks I've made.

Lap size, Single Irish Chain, 2016

I had some two inch squares cut out and in the middle of things I got anxious to sew them together.  I've never done a single Irish chain before.  I really love this pattern, and it's fun and easy to make.  This will go to a Kids in Crisis,

2 Throw Size, for KIC. June, 2016

 These two quilts are resulted from left over blocks from other projects.  The top one was from the quilt I made for Alex Lysenko, a couple of  years ago.  The bottom one was from blocks I made from the 'Marion" fabric, the woman in our guild who passed away, her family gave most of her fabric away.  I made so many blocks like this from her fabric because they're are forgiving and easy to do.  I have almost enough for another boy type quilt.