Flannel Quilt Series Finishes

At the March quilting retreat, K gifted me some flannel to use in donation quilts. One of her friends received this flannel from someone and K thought I would use it. There are 8 pieces, enough for 9 quilts. Eight of the tops are finished. I need additional fabric for the ninth. Three of the eight tops are now quilted and bound! So far, everything I've used is from my stash.

I numbered the quilts for identification and I'm evidently not finishing them in order. 

Flannel #2 (flannel daisies with blue dot cotton) finished at 42" by 50". The size of this quilt was definitely affected by the amount of blue dot fabric that I had.  

I quilted a lazy eight or wishbone, on the blue dot pieces and meandering on the daisy flannel. 

The back is a blue cotton.

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) finished at 43" by 45". I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what to do with this piece - I really didn't want to cut it up. I finally left it as one piece of fabric and just quilted it. 

I used wavy lines, straight lines, lazy eights, and string of loops motifs for the quilting.

The back is turquoise recently leftover backing from another quilt.

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 #7 (blue perfume girl with yellow gold cotton) finished at 43" by 43". I cut this flannel in large squares so I could use all of it. 

The fabric is cute - you can almost smell the perfume. While I was making this, I might have referred to it, lovingly, as Stinky Girl.

The back is pink. You can really see the quilting on the back - the motif is string of loops.

Size:         43" by 43"

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

                 back - Bone #17443

Batting:     Dream Cotton                                           
Quilting:    String of Loops

Most of the flannel quilts are smaller than I usually make due to the fabric available. They will be used for infants so the size will be fine. I love the flannel - it feels and looks so nice and soft!

We'll be doing a little traveling in a few weeks and I might be able to finish a binding or two. There is a pile of quilts needing the binding hand sewn. A few more finishes will put me halfway to that 40 donation quilt goal. Twenty is my normal number of donations for the last few years. I will definitely meet that.