Six Quilt Ideas Using Fabric Scraps to make Linus Quilts

Victorian Dolls Quilt for Linus

These pictures do not do this quilt justice.  The dolls are beautiful and will make a little girl happy. This quilt was donated to The Linus Group.

Butterflies on back

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

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.

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.

Premmie Quilts for Charity

I am a little behind on my charity work, so I whipped up these three premmie quilts.  The quilts have to be 25" square and have Christmas fabric on one side and flannel on the other.

 I made one blue and two red.  The bottom shows the flannel side.

Charity Quilt Finish

The Quilt Guild likes each member to turn in a  minimum of two charity quilts each year.  They use our birthday month as a memory trigger.  This is my second one for 2013.  The binding was not quite finished in 2013.  Now to get started on my two for 2014. 

 

Measures:  37" x 53"

 

I used blue and brown to make it appealing to the males.  We forget that even though the women out number the men in nursing homes, about 9 to 1, they are there.

This is the back.  My friend, Carol, shared her bolt of fabric with the Bee for QOV or charity quilts. 
I helped pass out quilts at two nursing home and the men sometimes hesitate to pick out a quilt.   When the nurses pointed out the animals or fish or birds, the men became more interested and accepted one of our quilts.

2013 Charity Finishes

A nursing home quilt finished for my quilt guild.  This one is geared toward the Ladies.

Christmas Stockings finished.  The quilting bee, that I belong to, turned in over a hundred stockings in 2013.

Two Linus Quilts

Here are the two Linus quilts, I will show at Quilt Guild Meeting tomorrow night.  The Bee that I belong to is showing  charity quilts as a group.  This will be our first appearance as a group.  We are six members strong.  WOO HOO!!!

Happy Valentine's Day

May your Heart be filled with the Love of those You hold near and dear.  Take every opportunity to tell your family and friends that they are loved.  Hugs, kisses and smiles are FREE.  Receive and give, all that You can.

This is a charity quilt that I made last year.

The heart pattern is free and can be found at http://quilting.about.com/od/quiltpatternsprojects/ss/heart_quilt.htm

I used the heart block in each corner (4) of the disappearing nine patch block.

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