Monday, September 12, 2016

Donation Quilt Done

Another donation quilt is finished and I'm still practicing free motion quilting. I don't think it is possible to practice too much. I still don't feel as competent as I did in May but it will come.

I thought a boy might like this quilt with the small squares of baseball fabric in it. 
  
My quilting still leaves a lot to be desired - I was trying to do a stipple with a swirl. Sometimes it worked; may times it didn't.
  
The back is small red squares on white.

This quilt is about 62" by 70". I used Dream Cotton batting and Aurifil thread.


Many of my donation quilts go to a children's hospital or a child abuse center but I try to always have a few on hand in case there is a catastrophe somewhere. Usually I have no idea who the recipients are. The weather is getting cooler and in a few days, I will be giving quilts to 5 children who lost their home to a fire last spring here in my village. I think I have 15 quilts and they will each be able to choose one. I really hope I have at least one quilt that each child will love.

5 comments:

  1. Good for you. This looks great. Swirls take practice....the next time it will be easier.
    Here's a link to my tutorial on swirls, which are my favorite. http://stitchintherapy.blogspot.com/search/label/swirls

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  2. this is wonderful, in fact I cannot imagine how happy any recipient would be to have this..it is certainly a lovely boys quilt

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  3. this is wonderful, in fact I cannot imagine how happy any recipient would be to have this..it is certainly a lovely boys quilt

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  4. What a great quilt! I know those 5 kids will have a hard time picking just one of your quilts (each). You make great, fun quilts.

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