Charity Quilts

I made up a few crazy quilts, using up a lot of scraps. I found some leftover pieces from one of the first quilts, I made. I put them together to make the middle of a small quilt. Some of the Crazy Quilts are quite bright and crazy mixed up colors. I hope children like them.

The next two quilts, I used leftover 2 -1/2" squares  from my Cathedral Window Quilts. One was done all by hand, including, the border,  but machine stitched the binding. I just thought I would try one, as it was something to do while watching TV, or take while traveling. I actually enjoyed it. It is a nap size quilt, and I am keeping it as it is the first one I tried.

Then with the rest of the squares, I put them together by machine. It makes a good baby size,or child's quilt. It will probably go to Linus Quilts

Crazy Quilts

Every once in a while, I decide to work on some crazy quilts, hoping to use up some of my scraps and leftovers. I decided to make a douple of fairly large  twin size quilts. I need them to cover an extra long twin size bed. I back these on a 13 inch square. I think it makes it stronger and a little warmer. The typical crazy quilt is about 100" x 51", and the other one is about 51 x 88.

Pin Wheel Quilts

I finally put together several tops I had finished. I guess I have to be in the right mood to layer them together.I finished two pin wheel quilts,  using different colors for each pin wheel. I really like the pin wheel pattern, especialy the one that  the pinwheels are standing free from the backing. I am keeping the first one for myself.It is about 70" x 52". The next one I am going to give to a friend.It is about  100" x 70".

Linus Quilts

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Linus quilts

I finally finished  a few small quilt tops that have been waiting to be put together. It helps me use up all the odds and ends of  small pieces of material left over from other quilts.

Linus Quilts

Spromgtime Mosaic Pinwheel

I saw this pattern on About.com and decided to try it. The pattern plainly gave directions for an 8 inch block, and a 24 inch block, but for some reason, in my mind I thought , I was cutting out a 12 inch block.  I was going to use 12, 12 inch blocks, so I thought.  Imagine my surprise when I started putting it together. A 24 inch block is a bigggg block. I ended up making two  twin size quilts of  six blocks each, plus layers between blocks and a couple of borders. The quilts really worked up quickly.

Ships at Sea

I have made the Ships at Sea before, but, recently two nieces , each had a boy, and  a cousin of mine,had a grandson. Most boys probably like boats. I figured this would be the quickest. Each quilt is just a little  different, by different color of boat, borders, and backing. I delivered one to my cousin today, and will mail another soon. The third one, I am waiting for a new address. Her husband is returning from Afghanastan, and is moving to where he will be stationed.

Linus Quilts

I finally got working on a few Linus Quilts. Just using any material,. that a  child would be interested in and adding a few borders