Red and Yellow Cheerios Finished

It's a finish!

Cheerios

40 x 40

I made Cheerios from scraps in 2024 and part of 2025 as one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) projects. In late 2025 I sorted the blocks into 3 piles for comfort quilts - 2 small ones and one larger one. I assembled this top back in November 2025. 

I quilted it on my sewing machine with horizontal and vertical lines.

The back and binding.

And sew on...

A little quilting marathon is going on here in March . Soon I will have boxes of comfort quilts to send off to two of my favorite charities that provide quilts for kids  - Wrap-A-Smile  (WAS)  and      Quilts Beyond Borders.  (QBB).

Wrap-A-Smile (WAS) partners with Rotaplast International.

 Rotaplast International, Inc. is committed to helping children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring, and other deformities.

Quilts Beyond Border (QBB) quilts go to many different initiatives both foreign and domestic...foster care, refugees, Indian reservations, orphanages, women's recovery centers...you will just have to go read the QBB blog because I can't remember them all.

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It's been a stressful few days here. John has been ill and has a swollen gland. Got him into the doc and then waited all day for the antibiotic. Drove 1/2 hr into pharmacy when it was almost dark and I hate to drive in the dark.   Well, actually, I hate to drive. Period. Plus his G-tube fell out this week and since we always keep one on hand and the surgeon showed me how to replace it that's what I did. I think this is the third time I've had to do that and it's not quite as stressful as the first time; however, I'm really not nurse material. 

But it has also been a few days full of packages of bits and pieces of this and that from Katie Z and Wanda D.   Oh joy!

And the last few days we have received some much needed rain but we could use more. 

 

A Sweet Little Bouquet of Flowers

 

It's a finish!

A Sweet Bouquet

40 x 48

I was given the beautiful applique blocks by a nice lady who just loves to applique. I alternated them with 9.5 inch squares to make a top back in November 2025.

I've only made a few quilts with applique and I hand quilted those. I wasn't sure if I should quilt over the top of applique so I just pretended they were beautiful pieced blocks. I didn't want my quilting to ruin or overpower the blocks. I practiced four petal flowers on the quilt I blogged about yesterday so I would be a little better at it for this quilt. I had a variegated cotton thread called Wildflowers in all the colors of this quilt so I decided it was meant to be. 

The yellow binding added some sunshine and there's more flowers on the back. Now it is ready to comfort a sweet little one.

And sew on...

A little quilting marathon is going on here in March . Soon I will have boxes of comfort quilts to send off to two of my favorite charities that provide quilts for kids  - Wrap-A-Smile  (WAS)  and      Quilts Beyond Borders.  (QBB).

Wrap-A-Smile (WAS) partners with Rotaplast International.

 Rotaplast International, Inc. is committed to helping children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring, and other deformities.

Quilts Beyond Border (QBB) quilts go to many different initiatives both foreign and domestic...foster care, refugees, Indian reservations, orphanages, women's recovery centers...you will just have to go read the QBB blog because I can't remember them all.

Orphan Natalie Finish

It's a finish!

Orphan Natalie

36 x 48

I made the top and several other orphan block tops back in November 2025.

Only one block in this quilt was made by me. The others were given to me. 

I quilted it on my sewing machine with four petaled flowers.

The backing and binding. 

And sew on...

Monday Musings at Brenda's Songbird Designs

A little quilting marathon is going on here in March . Soon I will have boxes of comfort quilts to send off to two of my favorite charities that provide quilts for kids  - Wrap-A-Smile  (WAS)  and      Quilts Beyond Borders.  (QBB).

Wrap-A-Smile (WAS) partners with Rotaplast International.

 Rotaplast International, Inc. is committed to helping children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring, and other deformities.

Quilts Beyond Border (QBB) quilts go to many different initiatives both foreign and domestic...foster care, refugees, Indian reservations, orphanages, women's recovery centers...you will just have to go read the QBB blog because I can't remember them all.

Elephants On Parade Finish

 

It's a finish!

Elephants on Parade

42 x 60

This is one of five row quilts I made last year following the Stay At Home Round Robin (SAHRR) 2025 prompts for rows.  This is the first of those five tops to be finished. 

For the center row I used a big elephant print someone gave me. Since it was mostly black and white I decided to make the rest of the quilt with black and white scraps.

I quilted it with swirls on my sewing machine. 

I think the backing with momma and baby elephant came from the same person who gave me the elephant print I used on the front. 

And sew on...

Oh Scrap! at Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

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A little quilting marathon is going on here in March . Soon I will have boxes of comfort quilts to send off to two of my favorite charities that provide quilts for kids  - Wrap-A-Smile  (WAS)  and      Quilts Beyond Borders.  (QBB).

Wrap-A-Smile (WAS) partners with Rotaplast International.

 Rotaplast International, Inc. is committed to helping children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring, and other deformities.

Quilts Beyond Border (QBB) quilts go to many different initiatives both foreign and domestic...foster care, refugees, Indian reservations, orphanages, women's recovery centers...you will just have to go read the QBB blog because I can't remember them all.

 

Red Scraps

Courthouse Steps

8 inch

Made with 2 inch width scraps

Streak of Lightning

9 inch blocks

Made with 2 inch squares and 2 x 3.5 rectangles

A and B blocks

Top Row - A different Streak of Lightning

6 inch

Made with 2 inch squares. "Streak" in black on white fabrics.

Bottom Row - Puss in the Corner Variation

6 inch

Made with 2 inch squares and 2 x 3.5 rectangles.

Buckeye Beauty

6 inch

Made with 2 inch squares and 3.5 inch HSTs.

Red is the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) color for March.

This week I mostly worked with the red scraps in the 2 inch width bin. The Buckeye Beauty blocks that needed some red HSTs took me into the 3.5 inch width scrap bin for red scraps. So now I will work on reducing the 3.5 inch width red scraps. Stay tuned...

And sew on...

RSC ScrapHappy Saturday

 

8 Patch Finish

 

It's a finish!

8 Patch

40 x 56

This is another Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) quilt. I made blocks in 2025 in the RSC color of the month with scraps long enough in the 2.5 and/or 4.5 inch width scrap bins 

I quilted it on my sewing machine with horizontal and vertical lines. 

The backing and binding.

And sew on...

Finished Or Not Finished Friday at Alycia Quilts

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A little quilting marathon is going on here in March . Soon I will have boxes of comfort quilts to send off to two of my favorite charities that provide quilts for kids  - Wrap-A-Smile  (WAS)  and      Quilts Beyond Borders.  (QBB).

Wrap-A-Smile (WAS) partners with Rotaplast International.

 Rotaplast International, Inc. is committed to helping children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring, and other deformities.

Quilts Beyond Border (QBB) quilts go to many different initiatives both foreign and domestic...foster care, refugees, Indian reservations, orphanages, women's recovery centers...you will just have to go read the QBB blog because I can't remember them all.

Crossroads Finish

It's a finish!

Crossroads

42 x 63

Since 2024 I have been making blocks from 3.5 and 4.5 inch width scraps as one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) projects. All have brown sashings with red centers.

In September 2025 I assembled one of two tops. This is a child sized comfort quilt made from the blocks. The other will be larger. For this one I used mostly the novelties, geometrics and bright colors.

I quilted it with horizontal and vertical lines. 

The back.

And sew on...

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A little quilting marathon is going on here in March . Soon I will have boxes of comfort quilts to send off to two of my favorite charities that provide quilts for kids  - Wrap-A-Smile  (WAS)  and      Quilts Beyond Borders.  (QBB).

Wrap-A-Smile (WAS) partners with Rotaplast International.

 Rotaplast International, Inc. is committed to helping children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring, and other deformities.

Quilts Beyond Border (QBB) quilts go to many different initiatives...foster care, refugees, Indian reservations, orphanages, women's recovery centers...you will just have to go read the QBB blog because I can't remember them all.