Front to the Back!

 Here's the Front that goes with the backing that I posted about last time.

It was constructed from a baggy of left over scraps and a couple of Charm packs that coordinated nicely. 

 I finished the Top just about 2 years ago right on the cusp of the Pandemic.  

The quilt measures 53" x 68"  the size requested by Hospice for their Camp Erin Campers.  Camp Erin is a wonderful Therapy-Camp program for  kids who are living in a family where cancer has effected someone in their family. 

When the Campers are introduced to their Cabins they are invited to pick out a quilt from the Camp stash of quilts and use it while at camp and then take it home.  It has always seemed to me a very special way to give away quilts so I always try to make at least a few quilts for Camp Erin every year.

This quilt was really fun to make because of the row by row structure.  I just matched up all the various scraps of a certain height and sewed them into a rows.  easy peasy!  There was a little filling in here and there but with my crazy stash it was no problem finding fabric to fill in!  teehee

And always room for little bits of fun,  Like triangles marching across a narrow row and these owls peaking out from their triangles!

Oh, the things we do to amuse ourselves....

The Pandemic is mostly what delayed the finish of this quilt.  Camp Erin was cancelled in 2020 and 2021.

Fingers crossed there will be Summer camp for All kids this Summer!

Happy Spring!

take care, cw

Another pieced back and a little embroidery.

 Phew!  The Quilt Show was a Marathon not a Sprint!  It has taken this long to recover!  Like all deadlines everything is set aside in regular life so that Event can Happen.  Then afterwards there's so much catch-up!  Well the show was pretty successful even tho' it was an off year because of covid.  We had to check Vax status and require masks which was fine with me but we had to hire a security guard.  But it was worth it.  Everything ran smoothly and I think most people appreciated that we had safety standards in place.

Unfortunately I was so busy in the Flea Market and other volunteer tasks I never got to take any pix of the Show.  I thought the variety of quilts this year was really excellent.  I hope our web mistress is going to posted pix if she does I'll post a link.

I've hardly sewn this month on account of all the catching up but I did get a top pinned to the quilt frame and decided to piece another back so I've got this in progress...

WOW,  I have a lot of green Flannel scraps!  LOL

My friend Randy (Barrister's Block) is in town .  We get together to sew when she's around.  I usually bring hand work cause I have a hard time talking and operating a sewing machine at the same time.  LOL My poor one track brain!  But I feel like I get a good visit in when I'm simply doing a little hand work.  The past two weeks I've been working on a little blue work embroidery.

I started this project about 10 years ago.  Handwork for car trips etc.  I told Randy if not for our sew days I'd probably never get any of these blocks done!  

I now have 28 blocks !  I want to make it big enough to cover the Top of my Cal. King bed (below the pillow line) so I've got to make at least 5 or so more blocks. And then a border...

Here are some of my favorites...

These first 3 were adapted from the original illustrations from Mother Goose. Rhymes..

"Hey diddle diddle the cat and her Fiddle

the cow jumped over the moon,

The little dog laugh to see such a sight

And the dish ran away with the spoon!"

I made a block for the cat and fiddle but I lost it somewhere, grrrr

But I will make another...

This block was adapted from and illustrated versions of 

A Children's Garden of Verses

I traced this one from a printed fabric that Randy had in her sewing room.

And no redwork / bluework would be complete without JUMBO!

Have a great week!

take care, cw