FIRST DAYS OF SUMMER

HEY BLOGGIES,

It has been so long since I posted that I am wondering if anyone will even read this post.  Anyone out there in the blog world??

I wanted to post some of the awesome quilts that our Quilting Ministry Sisters have been creating this year.  Some are already donated, but the vast majority of them are being stored for a Christmas donation.

 All of our fabrics have been donated to us.  We then figure out what goes well with which fabric and which pattern, and then WE SEW.

A lot of these ladies are first time quilters or sewists, so I have been teaching them some basic quilt patterns and then they make the blocks.

 We all learned how to make half square triangles and then put them all together to make one big quilt.

 Then we all chose our favorite baby prints from the donated fabric and did star baby quilts. This one is dinosaurs.

 This one is two different trains patterns used to make this star pattern.

 These were from our first several classes, learning to sew pieces together in straight lines.  I loved the one on the right because it has a great 3-D quality.

This one got a little mixed up when she was sewing the squares together, so instead of a star quilt, it is a scrappy baby quilt. 

Stay tuned and there will be more quilts posted as they get finished.

QUILT TOP COMPLETED

HEY BLOGGIES,

I finished my four patch baby quilt.  WOO HOO - first finish of 2016.  I took some seams apart and added a bright turquoise strip in between the rows.  It needed a POP of color.  I love how it looks now:

 The background solid is actually a light orange.  It is a cloudy grey week so the color isn't showing up correctly in my photos.

I have a soft turquoise polar fleece for the backing. It will be soft and snuggly for a new baby.  Donating this to our local food bank charity.

Thanks for visiting!!

MORE FOUR PATCH QUILT CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS

HEY BLOGGIES,

Today I am putting the sashing around my quilt and then adding the backing.  In the meantime, I have more photos of what I have accomplished so far:

A close up of one of my four patches so you can see the lovely little chevrons in the fabric.

 The solid squares are a light orange, but my camera didn't pick up the correct color.

 Got all the four patches together and now I am sewing the sashing in turquoise today.  Stay tuned for more photos tomorrow or Thursday.

Thanks for stopping by.