Beth Doll Quilt

Yep, there's another one--this is Beth, named after my daughter and featuring her beloved ladybugs.  Even her little flipflops have ladybugs on them. This quilt was a good stashbuster as I dug into the bug bin.  I made a ladybug quilt for Beth some years ago, and there were plenty of leftovers.

There's just one little doll quilt left to quilt, and then I'll make a Project Linus delivery to the hospital.

Addison Doll Quilt

Here's the latest in the doll quilts.  I'm having so much fun with this!

This little gal is supposed to look like my younger granddaughter, Addison, age 3 1/2 going on 30--she of the big head of curly hair, the obsession with pink, and the love of sunglasses. 

I recently mailed this quilt and the "Avery" quilt to the young daughters of a hospitalized mom.  I showed my granddaughters the pictures of the quilts, and they said that the quilts did look like them.  (Maybe they were humoring me but probably not because they're both in the brutally honest stage!)

There are two more doll quilts in the works!  I can't stop myself.

Colorful Finishes

The pile of quilts is growing as I prepare to give a speech to a local women's group about quilting for charity.  I need lots of show and tell to make the speech more interesting and to make me more comfortable!

This first one is a rarity for me--made on the sewing machine! I got a charm pack and roll of strips from Connecting Threads in their Quilter's Candy prints. I removed a few because I didn't like brown and black with this collection and then made this quilt with the remainders. It took almost every square inch of the fabric.

 

This is one of my favorites of all time!  The fish patterns are from Sindy Rodenmayer at Fat Cat Patterns.  The other animal shapes are taken from the border fabric, which is exceptionally cute and of course, completely unavailable now!

I call this one "Mitten Match".  It has 20 matching pairs.  One pair is actually two left mittens.  I plan to put a label on the back to tell the recipient that it is a matching game.

Back in Action

It felt good to be back at my volunteer job at the hospital today and to deliver a quilt for Project Linus.  The Child Life employee said she had a teenage girl in mind for it already.  She just had surgery and will probably be hospitalized through Christmas.   It's probably already on her bed.  Things just work out!

This quilt top was made totally of scraps.  All I had to buy was the backing.  The levels in my bright fabric bins have really gone down!  Now here's my dilemma--should I work them all the way down making scrap quilts or go shopping to replenish them?