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

Making Masks for the Family

Harris County mandated that we wear a mask in public, to prevent spread of Covid-19.  My Daughter-in-Law was told to start wearing one at work.  So, after looking at Youtube videos, this is what I came up with. Two pieces of 100% cotton with one piece being backed by iron on Pellon 911FF interfacing. The ties go around the ears.  They are made from cutting 1/2" strips across an old t-shirt. If you pull at each end, it will roll.  We found this to be softer and more comfortable than elastic. I used a bodkin to pull thru sides of masks and tied in an overhand knot.  Each person then made another overhand knot where it was comfortable for them.

My Son loves Halloween.  The top 2 are for him. Mine is bottom left. Bottom right for Daughter-in law.

Mine

Two like this for my Husband

For my Daughter-in-law, she has to wear a red shirt at work.

For my Son

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

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

Wickedly Easy Quilt

This quilt is called the Wickedly Easy Quilt and takes only 6 fat quarters.  I did add a 2  1/2" strip as a border all around to make it 40" x 52".  I belong to the Charity Bee so this quilt will go to a nursing home in December.  This size is perfect for the end of a bed or a wheelchair quilt.

This is a free pattern. You can use more fat quarters and make it bigger.

 https://www.byannie.com/wickedly-easy-quilts

The backing was a perfect match.

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.