I wanted to share some pictures of a quilt that I made for a friend.  She is going through her chemo after finishing Radiation treatment for some tumors in her brain.  This a quilt that I made from Jo's Country Junction pattern.   I just love Jo Kramer.  She is the best at scraps quilts.  I named the quilt "Stay Positive".

 

 I have some friends that are going onto the Missions Field full time later this year.   This is the quilt I made for them.  Henry cat # 3 is helping me.

 

 

Here is a sweet cute baby quilt that I made for a friend who moved away.  She just had her second baby, a little boy.  This is absolutely my most favorite Baby Quilt that I have ever made.    Sukie cat # 2 is helping.  It's from Maple Cottage Designs.  It's called "Illuminate".  I loved the pattern so much that I bought the same charm pack to make it.

 

 

 

 

 

 Thought I would share some pictures of some donation quilts that I have made.  Sometimes I piece a top and then send it off to some fantastic people that finish it up and donate it.  Sometimes I finish a quilt and donate here to Sumter Pregnancy Center.

 

Here are some quilt tops that I sent away:

 I send these two tops to Kat & Cat Quilts, for Covered in Love.

I send these to Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun than Housework:

 

Here are some quilts that I finished up myself and took to the Pregnancy Center:

 

  I really do take the worst pictures.  I get so impatient that I just throw the quilt on the floor in the foyer and take the pictures.   The last quilt is my favorite 3 yard quilt pattern for a donation quilt.  It is fabric of Sleeping Beauty and so cute!

 

 Small Kitty quilt that I finished up.

Trying to break free from Quilting inertia.   I've lost my sewing mojo a bit.   I finished 10 quilts in 2024 for the local pregnancy center.   I'm so happy that I met that goal.  But every since the Holidays ended.   I just haven't felt up to sewing.   I sewed the kitty back in October.   But I was able to quilt it and get it on the wall before Valentine's Day. 

 I am happy to show my Rainbow scrap finishes for 2024. 

Here they are:

I made three quilt tops.   You can see Henry helping me take pictures in the first picture!   I talked to my girls and I decided which tops to donate and which ones to keep.   I decided to keep the Easy Breezy/ Star Blocks top.   The Hollow Nine Patch was lots of fun to sew, but I can't keep them all!   The third quilt is a small potato chip block called a Box Block.   They are all so colorful.  

I have been diligently sewing many baby quilts to donate to my local Pregnancy Center this summer.     I have almost met my goal of ten quilts.   I have two more to go.   Sewing the quilts has always been my favorite part, so quilting  eight baby quilts with some straight quilting has really improved my quilting skills.   I am feeling much more confident to quilt my own quilts.   My Free Motion Quilting Skills still need much improvement.

Here are a few pictures of some the quilts I made and donated:    The two color blue and green baby quilt was one of my favorites:

 I finished one quilt from my Rainbow Scrap Challenge Quilt Blocks for 2023.  I made a scrappy Bear Paw Quilt.

 

 

 

I got so excited that I have already made a hanging sleeve and it is now in the living room on the wall.   Forgive my terrible picture, I have an old phone with a not so great camera.

I decided to limited the amount of blocks I make for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge for 2024, so I won't get overwhelmed.  So I only work on three different blocks this year.

I have been doing some Christmas sewing.

Diann from Little Penguin Quilts posted a Christmas project that she completed.  A JOY banner.

https://littlepenguinquilts.blogspot.com/2023/11/midweek-update_21.html

 

I really liked it and decided to make it myself.  I decided to turn the letters horizontally instead of vertically.   I made two different sizes for gifts.  I also decided to just use the method to not have to bind the little quilts.

I think I may need to make one for myself!! I think I like the smallest one the best.

 

 

 Just wanted to post the quilts that I and my daughter entered in the Sumter County Fair.    My daughter Brenna won Best in Show for Youth!

She was so proud and excited!

I entered my Scaredy Cat Quilt (Halloween Quilt) and a Christmas Quilt

I got a third place ribbon on the Scaredy Cat Quilt!

I have completed two Christmas Quilts to go on their beds for Daughter # 2 and Daughter # 3.  I am still working on the firstborn's quilt.  I had a mixed up with ordering the wrong border fabric and now I am still waiting to get the correct fabric and December is two days away!  ARGH

I also wanted to mentioned that Cynthia from Quilting is more fun than Housework mentioned two of my charity quilts on her blog.

https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-compassion-quilt-parade.html

A Look Back...

I wanted to post a few pictures from the 2022 Sumter County Fair.  I entered a quilt in the Fair and so did my youngest daughter, Brenna.   Brenna won Best in Show for Youth Quilts. 

 

 

I entered the Halloween Hoopla Quilt that I made.  I didn't win a ribbon.  The 2023 Sumter County Fair is coming up in October and we plan on entering more quilts.

The Summer is winding down and though I have been sewing, there aren't many pictures to share.    I have been sewing charity quilt tops and forgot to take pictures before I sent them out.   I decided that this year I would sew Christmas quilts for all the girls.   I have finished two so far and am waiting on getting them back from my long arm quilter, Joanne, and I will start piecing Kieran's Christmas quilt this month.

Kieran, my oldest daughter and I collaborated on making a quilt for her good friend Liz.   Liz loves all things green, so Kieran and I picked out the pattern and the fabric.   Then Kieran started her Occupational Therapy Program at South University and I had to take over the sewing and finished it up.   It is Bonnie Hunter's Pineapple Blossom pattern.   Here is a terrible picture - Somehow it was the only picture I got of it before it left to go to it's new owner:

The Sumter County Fair is coming up in October and youngest daughter, Brenna is working on getting her quilt finished.   I have finished piecing my Halloween quilt and now I am just waiting to get it back from my good friend who is quilting it.

Rachelle sent me a picture of it all loaded up.  :)