Adorable Baby Quilt

Janeen donated this cute fabric with adorable houses printed on it.

 The main fabric, the one with the 4 larger houses on it, just is not big enough for a baby quilt. Luckily, there was a piece to match. I squared up the main fabric with my rotary cutter and mat and added two rows of the smaller houses to the top and bottom. Square it up again, find some backing that was donated by Ingrid and batting donated by Leisa and this one is ready to be quilted.

Thank You Auntie Ve!

My Auntie Ve sent this to me in the mail last week!

Check out what I purchased with it today at Joann's. 4 king , 1 queen and 1 full sized bats and enough fabric for 2 huge quilts. 

I spent $101.00 and saved $104.00. Way to go! This next weekend will be one for lots of quilting. 

Blue Brick Quilt

Look at this beauty I sewed up in about 5 hours.

This is a popular pattern which you do not need to purchase. You can make it up as you go. First, gather a bunch of fabric scraps that compliment each other. These fabrics were all donated by Ingrid. 

Then determine what size you want to cut your pieces. I chose 8 1/2 X 4. It doesn't take long to cut everything up using a rotary cutter, mat and ruler.

Do not forget to cut some of the pieces in half, you will need them for the ends on every other row. 

Next, start sewing. I chose to make mine 11 full blocks long, which will end up giving me a finished quilt that is roughly 90 inches long. I used my serger because it is really fast. Take care to only cut a tiny bit off the edge when serging. 

Next, iron your strips and then sew the strips together. 

Before you know it, you are done. This turned out to be about 68 X 90. I wanted to keep this quilt a freebe so I pieced a solid blue back together. I will need to purchase batting with money donated by my Auntie Ve and this one is ready to quilt! It will be so cute when finished. 

2 Baby Blankets!

Look what Janeen brought over last night...

Large pieces of flannel that matches each other! Lets make a quick strip quilt. It doesn't matter if the strips are different widths and we will guess on the length.

Now, lay them out in a nice arrangement and sew them together. 

I like to serge them. A serger is faster than a sewing machine.

Now the edges need to be trimmed. Carefully fold the quilt in half two times and trim up the edges with your rotary cutter. 

This made 2 baby quilts! For the backs, I ripped a dark blue twin sheet in half and used batting that was donated by Leisa. These will be so cute when they are finished!

Another Freebie Baby Quilt

Leisa donated a lot of fabric! Here is a quickie I put together using a panel that she donated. I added a small border to make it larger, it is now ready to be quilted. Price..everything was donated.

Thank you Leisa!

Almost Free Quilt for Donation!

This huge piece of fabric was donated by Leisa.

It is definitely big enough to make queen sized quilt. There is an issue though, the fabric needs to be cut in half and sewn down the middle and as you can see there would be a border which would look funny down the middle of the quilt. 

So what to do? You cut the two borders off and sew it together. First, have your smart daughter help you figure how much to cut off each side so the background border between all the blocks are even. 

Looks better already, right? Carefully sew the two together making sure the two sided match up.

Love it already, trim the top and bottom making sure they are straight. If they are not straight, the top will not load on the long arm machine properly.

Leisa also donated a lot of flat sheets. I quickly pieced together a back. Remember, the back needs to be 4-6 inches all the way around for machine quilting purposes.

And....that's it! A free 80X100 quilt for donation. The batting only cost $8, super good deal at Joann's a couple weeks ago. Can't wait to see this one finished. 

Help Needed

Welcome to my blog! I am in the process of a major quilt donation project for the Deseret Industries Bishop Storehouse in Cedar City, Utah. The point to this project is for me to gain experience in quilting on a long arm quilting machine and to help stock up the much needed supply of quilts for the Bishop Storehouse in Cedar City, Utah. In order for this project to exceed expectations, I need your help. Please let me know if you have fabric, batting or a finished quilt to donate or if you would like to help bind, cut fabric or piece tops or bottoms together. With your help, I would love to see the Bishops Storehouse's shelves fill with quilts made by you and me. So, feel free to navigate through my blog to get to know me and this project and follow along to watch how this project unfolds.

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