Charity Quilts

 I did take time, over the summer, to make a couple quilts to donate.  One of the gals in my quilt group inspired us all to swap 5" X 5" squares of fabric and make quilts with the variety.  As it turned out, I had a couple of charm packs that my dear friend, Teresa, had given me.  I swapped some of those and used the rest in one of the two quilts I made with five-inch squares.  In August I went to my long-arm quilter's house.  She just happens to have an antique manure spreader in her rear driveway.  She helped me get it on there for a photo.  It turned out pretty good.  

This is the one with the "Woof Woof Meow" fabrics in it.  I know Teresa would be happy that I am donating what I made, with her fabric gift.

Driving back from farm country, I spotted this corrugated make-shift gate, next to a barn, that was next to the road.  I pulled over and pinned up my quilt and shot it, and I was away again in two shakes of a lamb's tail.  But then I decided I liked the one my husband took of it in my quilt room. This is the other donation quilt.  I put a bold floral on the right border, just because I like being wildly eclectic.  I think someone will love this quilt.  Both donation quilts are the same size.  You can click on the photo, and it will enlarge, so you can see the details better.

Finishing Up My Radiance Star Quilt Top

I modified the borders on this quilt, from the pattern.  I put corner tulips on the outer border to cause the eye to bounce back to the central pattern on the quilt top.  I cut some extra 6 inch square blocks and made them into 5.5 inch half-square triangles and some 5.5 inch square corner blocks.

Adding these corners to my border, reduced the number of 5.5 inch WOF border pieces by two.  That is hard to believe, so I believe the instructions had me cut at least one too many.  

This is my completed quilt top.  Now, I need to make the back, which can frequently be a point of procrastination for me.  I am determined to not hold up getting this one competed, so tomorrow I work on the backing.  

What's On The Design Wall in September?

My "Blues Medallion" quilt earned a first-place ribbon at the Western Idaho Fair.  I finished my scrappy log cabin quilt top, and I put it on top of my "to-be-finished" pile.  I plan on quilting it myself on my home machine.  Then I got out my pattern (yes, I actually bought a pattern), and read the instructions.  It is called Radiance, by Material Girl Quilts.  The cutting instructions are good, but you cannot just make four of the center bits and four of the outer bits, without thinking seriously about which directions to press the seams.  A note to that affect would greatly enhance the experience of the quilter.  This quilt does go together rapidly as long as you pay attention to how you press the seams, so they match-up with the center flying geese segments.

I think I can have it done by tomorrow night.  I am going to add border corner treatments to my quilt top.  The border is just plain white in the pattern.   So, go sew something and then share it with someone!