Scrappy Quilt Top from Block Exchange

Finally, put together my quilt top, from The Monday Night Divas Bee block exchange, in 2017.
 We exchanged blocks for 9 months and ended up with about 120 blocks each. I love a good scrappy quilt.  I will link to the Youtube video that gave us this idea.

One Block

Sewing 2 blocks together.

Four block units.

One row complete.

First 3 rows complete.

Second 3 rows complete.

Top complete.  Finished 60' x 72".

All of the design boards had shop samples on them, so I had to get creative for my picture

Below is a link to the Youtube video that gave us the idea for our block exchange.

https://youtu.be/mEROi6myQ9s

Donation Quilt for Guild Show

West Houston Quilters Guild has a Quilt Show every other year.  I belong to a Bee called "The Monday Night Divas".  Each Bee is expected to contribute a quilt or basket filled with goodies to the Tin Can Raffle.  We decided to take some extra "scrappy" blocks from our exchange and make a quilt.

Here it is without the borders.

Finished with the borders and binding.

I think it was 60" x 75".

Pinned a hanging sleeve on so it could be easily removed.

The fold is intentional.  It accommodates a thick hanging strip without distorting the quilt.

Attached a label, so that winner would have information on creators.

Made a matching pillowcase for transport and to be used with the quilt.

How to make a quick and easy pillowcase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEHFXEtWAUU

Hopefully, the winner will enjoy it for many years to come.

The Donation Quilt is Quilted

The Donation Quilt is back from the longarm quilter.  It is beautiful.  Betty did a wonderful job.  Now I just need to trim it and sew on the binding, which is one of my favorite parts.

Donation to Quilt Show 2019

The Monday Night Divas had a block exchange in 2017.  We made extra blocks to use in a charity quilt and to use in a quilt to donate to the WHQG's 2019 Quilt Show.  This quilt will be our donation to the Show's Tin Can Raffle.

Pieces Cut

On the Design Wall

Center Pieced

Before Trimming

After Trimming

With Borders

Ready for the long arm quilter.

Batik fabric under quilt top is the backing.

DIVA'S BLOCK EXCHANGE CONTINUES

This is my last five months of our Block Exchange.

August Block

September Block

October Block

November Block

December Block

Diva's Block Exchange

I belong to a Quilting Bee called "The Monday Night Divas".  In the past, we have exchanged 2 1/2" strips twice, so we got brave and decided to exchange blocks.
 The block is scrappy.  The only rules are each block must contain a piece of burgundy fabric and no obvious holiday fabrics.
We will exchange April - December.  Each Diva should end up with 99 blocks.  We are turning in extra blocks to be used in a charity quilt for our Quilt Guild.

 Below are the blocks that I turned in.

April Block

May Block

June Block

July Blocks

I finally remembered to take a photo before I turned them in.

Diva Tina suggested this exchange and got her idea from this youtube video.

How to Make a True Scrappy Quilt by SewVeryEasy

West Houston Quilters Guild Show Part 5

I love scrappy quilts,  the next four make me smile.

Charity Quilts

These are the two charity quilts that I made for my Quilt Guild this year.  I made lap quilts for the nursing homes that we adopt each year.  I helped deliver 50 quilts to the memory and assisted living residents of one facility and 100 quilts to assisted living residents in another facility.  We all grab 3 or 4 quilts and walk around the room and allow each person to pick one to keep.  It is like a quilt show for the residents.  If the resident is bed ridden, we go room to room with several quilts to choose from.

This one has golf items on it.  There are more and more men in these facilities.  They like sports, animals, birds and masculine colors sometimes.

I made the center of this quilt from 3 1/2" strips.  I was seeing if I liked the process of the jellyroll quilt before using up one of my precious jellyrolls. 

This quilt was chosen by a man.

I used straight line quilting on this.  I really liked doing the quilting and how it turned out.