Not one...two...but three finishes to share today!
As I work through the donation blocks I have been receiving for Covered in Love, I have been trying to come up with unique layouts for all the quilts. As I get each package of blocks, I write how many blocks are in the envelope. So another challenge I have given myself is to grab enough packages that contain about 37-40 blocks (I need 35 for a quilt) and I have to come up with a layout design using only the blocks that were sent. So far I have been able to make them all work!
This quilt was made from blocks sent from one person. There were a few more in the package but the color combination worked out perfectly to make this horizontal row quilt.
I was able to use some leftover backing from a previous CiL quilt by adding this red orange and purple piece I had in my stash. It worked perfectly!
I am also trying to give each one a different quilting design. So this one was given a blocky spiral in white thread.
This one I used the colors of the blocks to create a (somewhat) balanced pattern.
I admit, this group of blocks had me scratching my head a bit!
Kat had sent some backing for me to use so I put a fun polka dot fabric on this one.
I quilted it with big dahlia flowers.
A few people had emailed me to see if they could make some pink blocks. Having them allowed me to play with 5 colors and use them in a vertical design.
I used another backing from Kat - this one was a pink dotted fabric. For the quilting I made vertical lines with triangles going in different directions.
So that is five quilts completed to date using these blocks. I have one more quilt top completed and enough blocks for two - maybe three - more. If you have blocks to send, please send them off soon. I hope to finish all these up and send them off to Kat in early July.
Thanks so much for all of you who contributed!
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15 comments:
Oh my goodness - you are putting so much time and energy into this project and the results are just beautiful. Such a giving soul.
Those are so great, and it is one of my most favorite scrap patterns you have designed!
These look great! So nice to see all the differences. I love the triangles on a string quilting design.
These are all very pretty - it's great that you challenged yourself not only in settings, but quilting. Great quilts!
You are doing a fantastic job of assembling all of these quilts from the blocks. --Andrea
Whoa! These look fabulous! I love all the quilting designs you're trying out! Especially the flowers and the triangles.
Those are so pretty! What a great challenge - to make each one different. I think I see my dark red blocks, and I love the way you put those blocks together that all had more contrast between the strips!
What great finishes!! I love the fact that you challenge yourself with the quilt layouts. Great quilt for a great cause. Thank you for linking up to TGIFF :)
How generous of you to give so much of your time ....lovely results with each quilt.
I would love to see the look on the recipients faces when they receive their quilt. Those colors are outstanding. You did a great job assembling them and quilting them.
Wow!! You are doing a GREAT job with these CiL blocks!!
You're so creative with all the different layouts! I really like the addition of that bubblegum pink. And the "big dahlia" quilt motif looks fun to stitch :)
WOW! You are a CiL quilt making factory! I love the different settings.
Those colors are amazing together!
Three finishes??? Such a show-off :-D
They all look lovely, like siblings - matching but with their individual personalities.
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