Giving Feels So Good - Charity Quilts

Last October I told you about a Charity my quilt group donated 15 quilts to. You can read about it here.  We decided to wait until we had another 15 quilts ready before we headed back to the home to donate them.

Earlier this week, my mom and I drove over with the 15 quilts that were finally ready and we were welcomed with opened arms. 

Again, we had some orphan blocks, and we used some of our scraps and some fabrics from our stash to make these lap quilts for the young moms at the home. They get to use them while they stay there and then bring them with them when they leave.  

sampler quilt made from Betty's orphan blocks

Big Block quilt

Perky Patches

Nine Patch

 We work on these quilts at our weekly get-together, and at our retreats. We plan some of them together but each of us sews individually.  Alice quilts them and Pat did the binding on most of these. Each has a label that says: " Stitched for you with love 2017".

Brick Quilt - inspired by Crazy Mom Quilts

Big Block quilt

Framed squares

 There are 15 beds at the home so we brought 15 quilts. Each girl will get the chance to go pick her own quilt.

Brick quilt - inspired by Crazy Mom Quilts

Framed squares

Big Block quilt

Big Block quilt

 My mom and I left the home with big smiles on our faces and we had so many ideas for more quilts. We were itching to come home and make more!

Big Block quilt

Piece of Cake 2 - pattern by Thimbleblossoms

HSTs in Flannel

 We've already got some ready to be quilted and have some fabric picked out to make a few more! It definitely feels so so good to give! :)

Gabrielle's T-shirt Quilt

A few months ago, I received a phone call from Gabrielle's mom asking if I could make a t-shirt quilt. Gabrielle had saved all of her t-shirts and jerseys from when she played competitive volleyball back in high school and she now wanted to have them made into a quilt.

When I met with Gabrielle, I was a little surprised at how many shirts she actually had. She wanted as many of the shirts as possible in the quilt. So that was my challenge, using as many of the shirts as I could but keeping the size of the quilt reasonable because she wanted to be able to use it.

Gabrielle's T-Shirt Quilt

It was a little like putting a puzzle together. I had fun figuring it out.

close-up of Gabrielle's T-Shirt Quilt

I used a fusible interfacing on the back of each t-shirt to make it easier to piece it. I used a cotton backing and Hobbs 80/20 batting. I quilted Ribbon Swirls on it because the pattern kind of reminded me of Volley balls and it gave nice texture to the quilt.

close-up of Gabrielle's T-Shirt Quilt

I used the same cotton fabric for the binding as I did for the backing. I think the black fabric framed the quilt nicely.

Label

It was a nice surprise when I called her to tell her that the quilt was ready and I found out that it was her birthday. She came to pick it up the very same day.

Gabrielle's T-Shirt Quilt

I'm happy to know Gabrielle will be able to wrap herself up in wonderful memories!

Gabrielle's T-Shirt Quilt