Orphan Layla
36 x 48
For this one I used orphan blocks with red, blue and yellow. All blocks came to me from other folks
I combined four six inch Snowball blocks to make a 12 inch block. The Stars on yellow background started out as 6 inch Happy Blocks (framed squares). I used them as centers for Sawtooth Stars.
I quilted it with swirls of yellow on my sewing machine.
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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Finished a book! Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln by Janis Cooke Newman. Historical fiction about First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. I found it interesting reading and did some follow up research Googling of Mary. As one Goodreads reviewer wrote: "To sum it up, the woman had a healthy sexual appetite, loved to shop, travel with her husband, and speak her mind. If that means insanity, majority of women in United States today belong in the looney bin." 😊
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Oh joy! I received a box of scraps and orphans from Nann and a box of scraps and fabric pieces from Barbara yesterday. You know I use my little ruler to measure width of each scrap so I can use them to their best advantage. Oh, what a good time I had going through everything. Oh, the makes I can make! I am thankful for scraps that keep me sewing.
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Species tulips.
Slowly some things are starting to sprout up here and there. It is surprising to see any flowers with this weird Spring weather. One day it is in the 70s and the next it is in the 20s like this morning at 21 degrees.
4 comments:
Hi from sunny South Africa. Love all the scrappy quilts.
Good morning lovely Layla :-) Cathy as well!
One more quilty hug to be given. I like Layla. Interesting backing print. At first glance, I thought it was sewing machine print but nope. Just an illusion. P.S. I belong in the looney bin too, Lollll. ;^)
our weather has been up and down a lot too one day 80 the next day 50. Love the quilt someone will be happy with it for sure
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