Six Quilt Ideas Using Fabric Scraps to make Linus Quilts

Five Quilt Ideas Using Fabric Scraps - Nursing Home Lap Quilts

Dr. Seuss Quilt and Pillowcase

This is a flip and sew Dr. Seuss quilt.  It was fun and easy to make.   Each strip was cut the width of fabric, around 40".  Which means your quilt finishes about 40" wide. You can cut each strip the same size or vary the sizes, such as 2 1/2", 3 1/2", 4 1/2" and 5 1/2'. (example: 40" x 2 1/2")

 It just had to have a pillowcase to match.  Here is a tutorial by Crafty Gemini if you need it.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAomYjHzUQk

Cat and Dog Quilt

I used a Quilt for Kids pattern to make this Cat and Dog Quilt.  

http://media.rainpos.com/5148/a_four_patch_quilt.pdf

The back is paws and fish bones.   Too cute.  

Quilts for Kids is a wonderful group.  Please consider making and donating a quilt to this organization.

http://www.quiltsforkids.org/   They have free quilt patterns under How to Help.

Nursing Home Quilt

I belong to a Bee called The Comfort Quilters.  We donate nursing home quilts to as many as 3 or 4 different Homes a year.  Each member receives a quilt at Christmas time.  The ladies in this group are quilting machines.  They make an enormous amount of quilts a year.

This is one of mine for this year.  

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

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

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

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.

Baby Doll Quilt

I had just enough of these fabrics left over to make a baby quilt, so this was my project for the Divas' July Sew-In.

Quilt That I Won For Amanda

The minute I saw this quilt in the Tin Can Raffle at the Tri-County Quilt Show, I knew it had my daughter's name written all over it.  I was right because I won it for her.  She loves it.

I made her a black and white quilt for her high school graduation in 1997, and it has been loved to death for the last 21 years.  It was definitely time for a replacement.

The group that made it, name it "The Moon Quilt".

Love the quilting.

The backing is Grey, tone on tone, Roses.

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