The flannel quilts are finished!

You may remember that at the March quilting retreat, Krista gave me some flannel for donation quilts. (A friend gave her the flannel for me.) There were eight pieces—enough for nine quilts. I paired them with cottons from my stash and eventually bought a few blender fabrics to go with them.

Flannel #1 (blue with white sports) is 50" square. The blue cotton fabric is from my stash as is the backing.

I quilted this with spirals. It's one of the things I have trouble quilting so I thought I'd get some practice. I also put four-leaf clovers in the corners where the square joined. 

The back is blue cloud print. This quilt is very soft and cuddly.

Size:          50" by 50"

Thread:     Glide 50-wt, top - Bone #17443

                 back - Steel Blue #38201

Batting:     Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:    Spirals and 4-leaf clovers

Flannel #2 (flannel daisies with blue dot cotton) was finished a while ago and can be read about here.

Size:         42" by 50"

Thread:    Glide 50-wt, top - Bone #17443

                 back - Battleship #10430

Batting:     Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:    Meander and Lazy Eights

Flannel #3 (pink, purple, and teal) was finished a while ago and can be read about here.

Size:         43" by 45"

Thread:    Glide 50-wt, top - Lt Turquoise #32975

Batting:     Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:    Lazy eights, string of loops, wavy lines, straight lines

Flannel #4 (green giraffes with white dot and green) began with a large piece of fabric. I didn't want a quilt with just one fabric used for both the front and back, so I made two quilts. I decided the print was quite cute, so I just added two borders to it - white with green dots and green. 

The green back is monochromatic. The borders and the backing are from my stash.

Size:          41" by 41"

Thread:     Glide 50-wt, Lt Grey #17543

Batting:     Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:    Loop de loop

Flannel #5 (green giraffes with yellow and green) is 42" by 46". Again I decided to not cut the cute fabric and just add borders. This quilt is just a little larger than #4. 

I bought the yellow border fabric and the backing, a green with blue dots.

Size:          42" by 46"

Thread:     Glide 50-wt, Linen #10WG1

Batting:     Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:    Meander

Flannel #6 (blue flower bricks with yellow) is 46" by 49". The yellow fabric from my stash dictated the size of this quilt. I used all of it. 

I've been wanting to quilt a figure 8 that overlapped rows - it worked great here where I could imagine a grid. The figure 8 is really enlarged and looks more like a loop de loop.

The backing, yellow with flowers, was purchased. I had enough of the blue binding fabric (from my stash) to use for part of the back. 

Here is a closer look at the back.

Size:          46" by 49"

Thread:     Glide 50-wt, Lemon Ice #80607

Batting:     Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:    Overlapping Figure Eight

Flannel #7  (blue perfume girl with yellow gold cotton) finished a while ago and can be read about here.

Size:         43" by 43"

Thread:    Glide 50-wt, top - Baby Blue #30290

                 back - Bone #17443

Batting:     Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:    String of Loops

Flannel #8 (pink flowers with yellow) is a 44" square. The yellow sashing is from my stash as is the binding. I didn't have enough of the sashing yellow for the binding, but I found another yellow in my stash.

I wasn't sure how I wanted to quilt this quilt but decided on daisies since there were daisies in the top. 

I bought the pink print for the back of this quilt and connected the pieces with the leftover yellow from #5 quilt.

Size:          44" by 44"

Thread:     Glide 50-wt, Lemon Ice #80607

Batting:     Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:    Big Daisies

Flannel #9 (rail fence blue/pink/purple) is 48" by 60".  I used a 3-yard pattern that used 9" by 12" blocks. The strips in the two blocks needed are different widths - the strips in one direction are 1" narrower than the strips in the other direction. I bought all the coordinating fabrics to go with this flannel piece including the blue for the backing.

Size:         54" by 60"

Thread:    Glide 50-wt, top - Bone #17443

                 back - Baby Blue #30290

Batting:     Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:    Loopy Spirals

I have a small pile of quilts to bind (4), a large pile to quilt(12), and a few in progress(13). It's almost like an assembly line some days but I love it. I said I had 24 donation quilts done last time but it was only 23 donation quilts. Now the correct number of finished donation quilts is 29! I love that I am moving fabric out of my stash. (Most, if not all of the fabrics I bought will be used  with little left over.) 

Donation quilts and one for us

I saw a picture of a quilt with red and white stars a while back that I wanted to try to make. I remember red stars and white stars somehow mixed together. This quilt is my attempt at recreating something like I remember. Red and White Stars uses scrappy reds with Bella Solid white.

my final draft

The quilting is string of loops which really shows especially on the white fabric. 

I didn't have enough red fabric for a back without piecing. This blue fabric with white dots was in my stash. I love unexpected backs so it was perfect.

Although I love this quilt, I'm planning to donate it. 

Size:         49" by 60"

Thread:     Glide 50-wt, top Battleship #10430

                                      back Navy #32965

Batting:    Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:   String of loops

I finished another Simply Squares Quilt, Simply Squares - Teal Squares with Big Dots on White. I love that I'm using fabric scraps, the way these quilts are turning out and that they are easy to make. I think they'll be great for a child of any age.

This is another donation quilt.

I quilted this with a meander motif.

The back is a turquoise fabric from my stash. It matches the light turquoise in the fabric squares on the front of the quilt.

Size:        56" by 64"

Thread:    Glide 50-wt, Lt Turquoise #32975

Batting:    Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:   Meander

Blue and White Bricks was a fun quilt to make. I love working with different shades of blue. This scrap quilt has blues from left-over bindings as well as scraps from my blue bin/drawer. I used 3.5" X 6.5" blocks of blue and 3.5" X 3.5" blocks of white.

When I decided to quilt this with a horizontal pattern, leaves on a string, 

Leaves on a string with wavy lines

I kind of forgot I don't quilt leaves very well. The leaf here isn't too bad; it might be the best one. And now, I've had more practice.

At least you don't really see each leaf since it's an overall pattern..

The back is a red fabric that I bought awhile back from MSQC. It's kind of unexpected.

This quilt is larger than most donation quilts for the Children's Hospital - it is 63" by 63". It should be a nice size for a teenager.

Size:        63" by 63"

Thread:    Glide 50-wt, top - Battleship #10430

                                     back - Ruby #70189

Batting:    Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:   Leaves on a string and wavy lines

The last quilt today is Sunny Rainbow, a Table Topper of the Month (June) by Riley Blake. This quilt will stay with us. 

I quilted the center medallion with ruler work. 

The background is done with a large meander,

and the small hexagons have free-handed daisies.

The back is a fabric from my stash. The color matched amazingly well. 

Size:        36" by 36"

Thread:    Glide 50-wt, Battleship #10430

Batting:    Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:   Ruler work on the center, meander in the background and free-hand daisies in the small hexagons.

I've been working with the fabric that I bought on our trip - quilting quilts (since I now have backs) and kitting quilts using the blenders with fabric in my stash. It's time I stop blogging for a while and quilt!

The 2026 Finished Donation Quilt Count is now 24.

Grandson's Graduation Quilt

Grandson Colter just graduated from high school. When I asked if he wanted a quilt, he answered with "It's tradition!". His color choice was red with some blue but not really patriotic. 

I looked at various patterns and finally settled on My Guy by Modern Quilt Studio. I had to make some changes to get the size I wanted. I finally kept the block size because changing that ratio, changed the look of the quilt. I added to both the width and the length and dropped the border.

After finding red fabric that I liked, I hunted and hunted for blues. I think I bought 7 or 8 quarter yards. After laying thing out, I put 6 of the blues in my stash - they just didn't work. Then it hit me, I had been shopping in the wrong place. It only took me minutes to find the right blues when I shopped my stash! I wanted at least 9 different blues and I ended up with 14 or more.

The quilt is two different blocks. The red block and the block with three strips - 2 blues, red, and 2 blues.

It took a number of days to decide on the quilting. I felt it definitely needed something geometric with straight lines. I decided to do two diamonds in each block with a horizontal line through the diamonds to connect the design and the blocks so I didn't have to break thread. When I drew the design for four blocks, I realized I had a secondary design which was also a diamond where the blocks joined. So I decided to add the red diamonds in the picture below to make the quilting an all-over pattern. I quilted across the quilt using rulers.

I had a backing in my mind from a small company but it is no longer printed. I found and ordered this blue backing with some red from Missouri Star Quilt Company and really like the way it looks with the front.

I love making quilts and I always hope the recipient can feel that love. When the quilt is for someone special to me, I always add a little extra love.

Size:         63" by 88" (7 blocks wide, 22 rows long)

Thread:    Glide 50-wt, top - Ruby #70187

                 back - Navy #32965

Batting:     Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:    Ruler Work

Congratulations

on your 

High School Graduation 

Colter!