All I did this week was create scraps!
I had high hopes that I would find some time this week to sew some of my scraps.
But that is not what happened.
Sue sent me this lovely purple floral fabric I used for the inset triangles.
All I did this week was create scraps!
I had high hopes that I would find some time this week to sew some of my scraps.
But that is not what happened.
A few posts back, I was saying that I was going to be one Veteran quilt short for the next hospital delivery. Well, Wilma to the rescue!
Wilma had emailed me to ask if I could use some string blocks, Last week I received 30 string blocks that she had made in RWB. It didn't take me long to sew them up and get them made into a quilt.
Sometimes quilts happen very quickly!
While I wait for some of the new block drive packages to arrive, I have been working on finishing up the quilts from the log cabin drive.
I have lots to share today!
It is hard to believe that March is almost here. That means it is time to get started on the next Compassion Quilt block drive!
We are going to repeat some blocks we did last year. I had a lot of fun making the quilts and I think many of you enjoyed making the blocks. For the next three months, we will be making these blocks for our Veterans - so the color scheme will be red, white and blue.
Rather than write a whole new post, I am just going to cut and paste the instructions from last year ...
read moreToday, I have a little bit of everything to share with you.
Let's go biggest to smallest quilt.
I just have one quilt to share with you today. I had a few more finished but I just didn’t have the time today to get them photographed.
I needed one more Veteran quilt for a hospital delivery next week. We finally delivered all the ones made during the last Veteran Block drive. For a quick finish, I grabbed a charm pack that Karen sent and added some sashing and some 9 patches from some donated solid fabric. I really liked how this one turned out.
I don’t usually add borders, but I felt this quilt needed one ...
read moreI am starting to see more log cabin blocks arriving in the mail. Once I open the packages, I stack them into their appropriate color stack. Once I have enough blocks in a stack, I make a top. This drive is so much easier than the Happy Blocks drive!