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.

More Tumbler Die Fun

I decided to cut up all my 1930's fabrics into the tumbler shape. I am not even sure why I bought these but they have not been used much.

Once again, these quilts went together super fast and I figured out the border sizes for future ones. This will bust all that stash and produce about 4 - 6 more quilts for the children at our local hospital.

I tried the teardrop free motion quilt pattern on these and really like that. I spaced the shapes far enough apart that the quilt will be soft and not quilted into a board.

Scrappy Tumbler

I received the Accuquilt Tumbler die and decided to work on busting some scraps and cut up fat quarters. I cut them very quickly with my accuquilt which I totally love. I used the pattern that came with the die.

I think the next one I will make will have borders. They have you quilt it and then trim off the odd shapes on the sides. I just like the way a border finishes a quilt.

I have a bunch of small pieces of 1930's kid type fabrics all cut and ready to go on a few small quilts for our hospital. These are so much fun and so quick to put together.

This quilt will be donated to our local Hospice through my guild. I did a leafy vine for the quilting. The teardrop and scallop takes a long time and alot of thread.

Wicked Easy Quilts

One of my favorite patterns and very easy is called Wicked Easy. Here is the website where you can find this pattern. I have changed the border as I did not like the way the pattern was written. Sometimes I did not have enough fabric when cutting out the project for the scrappy border. I just add some fabirc of mine.

http://www.byannie.com/

The large one is made out of a box full of fat quarters I received at our guild Christmas Party. It was a lovely gift and turned into a beautiful quilt. This will go into my stash of finished quilts for just the right charity or gift. It is just a matter of time.

The 2 small ones will go to our local hospital for the children. They were fun to make and a good way to whittle down some stash.

This is a new quilting pattern learned from a guild friend. Thanks Kathie---I love this. It is a teardrop with scallops. I get lost in it and boxed in sometimes but just keep on going.

Next In The Parade

Here are 2 more quilts from the donated blocks from Thousand Of Bolts. I decided to add some top and bottom fabric after making the first one. Slow and steady wins the race.

Lots Of Donations In This Quilt

I think that the more hands that go into charity quilts, the more love is shared. This quilt is a perfect example of this.

The blocks come from the fabric selling site Thousands Of Bolts. They used to sell those high end basket liners. They sent me a BIG box full of these. I was really a stumped how to use them. The first job was to square them up to uniform and usable sizes for quilts. That alone was a big job. Next was to figure out how to get them into tops. I tried a couple of different ways and got many tops sewed.

This is the first one totally finished. The backing is from a member of my guild-Pax River Quilters. The blocks from Thousands of Bolts. The border I think I bought but that may have been a donation also. The binding is from a friend named Dee who sent me a large amount of patriotic fabric. This was a little stiff for a quilt but fabulous for binding. My friend Shelia brought her Accuquilt and the die for 2 1/2. We cut a huge amount at our library sewing day.

And last but not least, my dear friend Polly sent me a lovely fabric that I put on the top and bottom to get it a little longer. I still have more of that and it will be used for this on many more tops.

This quilt will ultimately end up Andrews for our wounded military returned home.

Old Towne Stitchery Block of the Month

Our brand new quilt shop----As of last year---gave out one block each month. At the end of the year the finished quilts would be displayed in the shop. You had to use their fabric and the blocks were 6 inches.

I decided to use a line of fabric that would be suitable for a Quilt for our wounded military. I needed it to be larger so just made the blocks 12 inches instead. Most of them for very easy but for some odd reason, I had trouble with the bowtie pattern.

But the quilt is finished and ready for the display in the shop. I used up every bit of fabric in the scrappy border.