Charity Quilting for guild
Charity quilts:
I spent a lot of time in July, August and Sept making charity quilts. We always need more twin size quilts - guild members always donate lots of smaller quilts. I sent 4 tops to Houston after the flooding before I took pictures. Here are pictures of the other quilts I made for a teen-age crisis home:
The color scheme of these quilts was picked from this large grape fabric. Greens and purples. I cut 4" strips from fat quarters and half yards and kept adding fabrics, mainly lights to make all the blocks.
I do like the St. Louis 16 patch - just Google it to find the directions. If you want to be able to match seams easily, follow the directions at Exuberant Color https://exuberantcolor.com/free-resources/ These are all quilted and I made binding. It will be applied by other guild members (thank you, thank you).
An aside about the Bargello Heart quilt from last post - it did sell at auction for around $400. While this made funds for Friends United, I was hoping it would bring a few more $ than that since it is so labor intensive. Next time I will use less feminine colors.
Happy quilting,
Becky in KCMO
I spent a lot of time in July, August and Sept making charity quilts. We always need more twin size quilts - guild members always donate lots of smaller quilts. I sent 4 tops to Houston after the flooding before I took pictures. Here are pictures of the other quilts I made for a teen-age crisis home:
The color scheme of these quilts was picked from this large grape fabric. Greens and purples. I cut 4" strips from fat quarters and half yards and kept adding fabrics, mainly lights to make all the blocks.
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| Made from all the leftover strips and pieces. |
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| This one was started by 4-H students using charm squares left over from last quilt show boutique and many homespuns I cut up trying to whittle down my stack of those. |
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| Can you tell we have a cold air return that sucks on the corner of all the quilts for show and tell?? |
I do like the St. Louis 16 patch - just Google it to find the directions. If you want to be able to match seams easily, follow the directions at Exuberant Color https://exuberantcolor.com/free-resources/ These are all quilted and I made binding. It will be applied by other guild members (thank you, thank you).
An aside about the Bargello Heart quilt from last post - it did sell at auction for around $400. While this made funds for Friends United, I was hoping it would bring a few more $ than that since it is so labor intensive. Next time I will use less feminine colors.
Happy quilting,
Becky in KCMO
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