A Finish!

 A Donation Quilt

40 x 60

 In December I received a small box of scraps and some blocks from a friend. There were 21 Quarter Log Cabin blocks that were about 8 inch square unfinished. They all appeared to start with a 3.5 inch aqua square surrounded by 2 inch scraps.  I later found some starter squares were four inches or so so I trimmed them all to 8 inch square usually trimming the starter square to 3.5 inches.  There were also three blocks of that 21 that were missing one side. I added a 2 x 8 inch scrap from my 2 inch scrap bin and made sure those blocks were also 8 inch square with the aqua starter square trimmed to 3.5 inches.  I then made 3 more blocks from my own scraps so I had a total of twenty-four eight inch square blocks.  Then I decided I wanted the blocks to be close to 10 inches because most of the small donation quilts I make measure 40 x 60  and that's easy to do with 10 inch blocks.   That meant I needed to add two more rounds to the blocks.  My 2 inch scrap bin didn't have enough long lengths in it for 2 rounds so I decided to cut what was in there for the outside round.  I went to my scrap chunks and found some aqua pieces and cut those for the first additional round I needed to add. 

I finished this top and four other small ones back on January 17 and it has now been quilted. 

I get by with a little help from my friends. The reminds-me-of-grandma-calico backing fabric came in a box of goodies from a friend in February. The scrappy binding came in a box of goodies from another friend a few weeks ago.  There was a bag of 2.25 inch binding pieces. I normally cut my bindings at 2.5 inches and have never used 2.25 binding. I found that it works better for use on quilts where I sew down the binding by machine which is a requirement for a couple of places I donate quilts. 

This quilt will probably be donated to Wrap-A-Smile, a Rotaplast partner.  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.