The More They Sew, The Behinder I Get

With everyone around me busy chipping in for Quilts for Survivors these days it's been tough to keep up with sharing their work, so today we'll do a bit more of that.

First up, this beautiful flimsy made by Linda. The colours are just perfect for autumn and she is hoping that with it's muted tones and checks that it will be gifted to one of the male survivors who submit a request.

We had a bit of a sewing bee a couple of weeks ago so I was able to help her with it. All of the blocks were ready to press, we just had to get organized and assemble the rows. By the end of the day it was a fait accompli. So cozy.

The blocks finish up at just a little over 6" square so it's a winner when you want to highlight beautiful fabrics like she has used. 

I recognized several from Thimbleberries but she pulled in lots of variety.

This is also a terrific pattern for a charity quilt because it comes together so quickly. Linda enjoyed hand stitching the corners over the summer and then we pieced the rest of it by machine. I love how those corners so easily translate into a diagonal pattern. 

And then Jane pulled out this beauty that she had made several years ago and wondered aloud if we could make it into two smaller quilts. Not the best pic because I was shooting into the windows, but it does give you a sense of the flimsy as a whole. It's a large quilt, larger than she needs, so she was prepared to give it a new life. Such a wonderful idea!

Many of the prints in it are from Mary Engelbreight - lots of red and black and yellow - and she added in several funky additions.

You can spend a lot of time getting lost just exploring all of the different colour combinations. Those tiny cherries are so Mary.

A simple block where the colour combos make it interesting.

The piano key borders are equally funky.

So we ripped it in two, removed some of the borders and she went home to rework it in time for our deadline later this month. 

These quilts will be welcome additions to the pile and I know that all of those bright colours will cheer a couple of folks up when they show up in their mail....M