I am so happy to have finished this quilt I was working on at retreat last month. This is the last time you will see it!! This pretty purple was from a free pattern from Material Girlfriends. They publish one pattern a month for free, but you have to download it during that month. This one is called 3 yard Bravo.
I couldn't finish the piecing while at retreat because I didn't cut enough for the last star block. So earlier this week I finished the star and added the three borders. The quilting happened the very next day. Looking digging through my stash I found the perfect backing, a lavender minky type of fabric that was given to me by a friend. I had not worked with this type of fabric before, it shed and I didn't like that. However, the final result is pretty luxurious!!
Next up was a potato chip quilt that my grandson helped me make the blocks. We cut 2.5"x4.5" bricks in neutrals and darks using the die from the 8" AccuQuilt cube. This gave us a 12" finished block.
The backing is a pretty fall leaves flannel that the same friend gave me. I just needed to add a navy flannel to make it big enough. All of these quilts are meandered in order to get them done. I finished this one off with a navy solid binding.
The final one I will share today is this child size one using Cynthia's Two bits pattern. I pieced this one quite some time ago and was waiting it's turn in line to be quilted.
I found a very soft tiny corduroy that was also given to me. It was almost the right size. And as luck would have it I had all these strips sewn together into the right size to add to it. The corduroy was a very light pink but it really looks washed out here.
These three quilts will be donation quilts that I will send home with my DIL when they come for Thanksgiving. She hands them off to her church group who distributes to those who need a quilty hug. And I feel great being able to help. I have a few more to finish and share with you soon.
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