Nursing Home Quilt and Preemie Blankets

Another Nursing Home Quilt finish and two more Preemie Blankets for the Children's Hospital.
My Quilt Guild asks that each member contribute a minimum of two quilts a year to be used in a nursing home, hospital or disaster relief.  Since I joined the Charity Bee, I have been much better about meeting and exceeding that goal. Sewing with other like-minded quilters is always fun.

Nursing Home Quilt

Rail Fence Pattern

Made with Charm Pack of 40 pcs. and cream colored background.

Sew 2 charms together and add a 5" x 9 1/2" of background to make a block.

Finishes 36" x 45"

Flannel Preemie Quilts

Flannel Rag Quilt for Linus Quilts

A flannel Rag Quilt that I finished yesterday.  It will be donated to Linus Quilts through the WHQG. I am a member of the Charity Bee and we are trying to use up all of the flannel in storage. I added the plane and kitty flannel from my stash.

Front

Back

Blood Donation T-Shirt Rag Quilt

I decided to use my Blood Donation T-Shirt Collection to make a rag quilt.  I need to make four T-Shirt Quilts from a collection of expensive shirts that my Husband brings from his travels.  So, I plan to get comfortable cutting up my free t-shirts first.  This quilt will be 56" x 70" and I want to quilt it myself so I will make it rag style.

I cut each shirt into a 15-inch square.

This is my favorite.

Here are the 25 t-shirts all cut into squares.

I cut the usable backs and plain white t-shirts to use as the back of the quilt.

These are 15" flannel squares to use as batting.

I will keep you updated on my progress.

A Rag Quilt for Aunt Letha

Aunt Letha is my only living Aunt on my Mother's side.  She is my DM's younger sibling by seven years.  I had not seen her in years and was going to be near her small town for a weekend.  We arranged to get together for a visit at her home.  During our conversation, we noted that we are only ten years apart.  For those of you doing the math, yes, my DM married at 15 and had me at 17.  Unfortunately, she passed away at the age of 53. 

My Aunt had five children of her own and always had a house full of dogs and cats.  She gave me a baby poodle in 1976, which I named Ledet.  Ledet was my perfect fur baby for ten years.  

Anyway, this occasion called for a quilt.  I made my first Rag Quilt as a gift for my DA.

I used two layers of soft flannel with a cotton batting in between.  It went together quickly and washed beautifully.