Panels And Charms

I just love those charm packs and bought one at my local quilt shop a few months ago. I decided to add some of my fabric to it and make a child's quilt for the local hospital. It is fun but I thought it was a little short. I looked through my panels and found a cute one to go across the top.

I have found it so much easier to find cute little girl fabric. But I have decided that I need to make a few little boy quilts. I am tired of military quilts after putting together so many of those donated blocks.

I love my newly purged sewing room and intend to keep it that way. I have a system to deal with scraps now. I have some nice containers and will toss the smaller ones in there. Once it is filled, it will go with me to my guild meeting to be auctioned off to members. I save the larger ones in precut sizes I know I will use.

My Favorite Colors

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When I discovered quilt shop fabric I fell in LOVE with blue and yellow. I collected quite a bit and enjoyed it sitting on my shelf.

I decided to make a quilt to auction off at our guild yard sale and auction next month. I chose on an easy pattern that would show off with lovely fabric. I did not want to cut it into a million little pieces.

I used The Wicked Easy Quilt pattern I found on the internet. I love this so much it is going to be hard to give away. The goods news if I have enough fabric for at least 2 more.

This is close to the size of a twin bed. I would make a lovely over sized lap quilt.

Fun With Pillow Panels

I was given a generous donation of fabric from a friend in my guild. There are lots of those pillow panels in it. I made these 2 quilts from them and really love the one with the teddy bears in the center. It is fairly quick to make and lots of fun.

The one with the cat was using part of 2 charm packs. I love those little pre cuts but have a hard time using them. They just look cute sitting on a shelf in my sewing room.

These will go to our local hospital for the children.

Charm Pack Fun

I have quite a few charm packs and decided that is my next category of fabric to use. This quilt is made from 2 of them from Moda Cause something or other. It was a little dark so I chose a red inner border. I chose a blue that would complement the charms. On the back is a lovely Moda fabric that has been sitting on my shelf for way too long. I forgot to take a picture of that but it is a big print called Chocolate.

This will go to our local Hospice. I did my meander leaf design for the quilting because it is fast and easy.

I have about 12 or more packs left and some are quite bright. They go together really quickly and are a fun mindless project. I have some cute pillow type panels that I will try to incorporate with them for quilts for children. I am math challenged but after I get a row done I can figure out how to get in the pillow panel for a center medallion type.

I did a good purge of some fabric, rulers and other quilt supplies for a charity quilt group north of me. I ended up with 2 big boxes and will prolly have another by the time they get picked up. Since I got my Accucut I do not need so many different rulers.

Jellyroll Fun

I had another jellyroll sitting on my shelf and was able to get 2 quilts out of this one. It is not my favorite fabric line but makes a nice quilt for a giveaway. The larger one will go to our local Hospice and the smaller one for the pediatric ward at the hospital.

I was able to use the last on my Laurel Burch cat fabric from a long time ago to brighten up the child's one a bit. It was sort of small so I just added some borders. I LOVE being able to sort of design quilts to get them to the size I want.

This is the E. Burns Twice As Nice pattern which I just love. There is a little left over trimmings that could go into another quilt even smaller.

I just returned from a fabulously successful shopping trip to Joannes. They have my VERY favorite sale. You get 50 per cent off the already reduced fabric. I go for the $3 a yard fabric for quilt backs. I have gotten some really nice fabric at this sale as feel it first and will not buy unless it is a nice quality. This was lots of cute kids prints and as always hard to find boys stuff.

Accuquilt Small Tumbler

One of my guild friends made a quilt with the small accuquilt tumblers. I loved it and ordered it online through Amazon with a really good price.

I picked scraps that were pastel in nature---pretty much. Once I sewed the top together it just seems a little short. I went through my panels and found this cute one. I put one on top and one of bottom but then it was too long and narrow. I removed the bottom one and it is just perfect.

I love the teardrop quilting pattern but it is time consuming and uses ALOT of thread. This time I went slow and made the sections much farther apart. This is really nice for charity quilts and gives me lots of practice.

This will go to a child in our local hospital.

Another Sliced Bread

I still had lots of strips left over from the honeybun and made another quilt in the pattern. I had to add some of my stash fabric to get an even number.

I decided it was too short and put in a top and bottom extra border. I hate the way they look when just slapped on so have come up with this way to add one. This ice cream fabric line was purchased at Joannes for a fabulous price. I LOVE the sales of the discounted fabric when they have you take off 50 per cent. I got 3 good sized pieces for $1.50 a yard.

Sliced Bread Quilt

I ran across this free pattern and decided to try it out using a Moda Honeybun I had sitting in my stash. I have enough for another one and really enjoyed making this quilt. I used yardage for the border and last row on each block. Here is the free pattern. I tweaked it a little to allow some squaring up on each block.

http://www.wilmingtonprints.com/PImages/Pdf_121.pdf

This will go to our local hospital for the children.

Six Fat Quarters

I discovered a new to me free pattern online. It is made with 6 fat quarters and then some fabric for borders. I have had fun making a bunch of charity quilts in this pattern. Unfortunately I cannot find this pattern again on the internet. Thank goodness I saved a copy for myself.

Chocolate Lollipop Quilt

A dear friend is the mother of the talented fabric designer Anna Marie Horner. This is one of her earlier fabric lines. I saw it in Whittles online store for a fabulous price and bought the fat quarter pack and a couple of half yard cuts.

This is the Wicked Easy free online pattern. Anna Marie is spearheading an initiative
to make quilts for the victims of the Nashville floods. this will go to that cause.