Well it's Thanksgiving (Oops!! I wrote this and then forgot to post it.) and what better way to be thankful than to pick out someone that needs a little extra love and give it to them! After all this is the season of giving so why not sew up a "charity" quilt or two to give to the local nursing home, or whatever other worthy cause you want to support. Maybe you can donate a quilt to be auctioned to provide money for a charity you would like to support.
The local quilt guild got together and decided to sew up some lap quilts for the local nursing home and have them to give for Christmas. Christmas fabric was donated and the fabric was cut to 3" strips the width of the fabric available. Now some of the strips were the usual 44-45" and some were 12" and everything in between. Next the strips were subcut to varying lenghts. Anywhere from 6" to 18" and everywhere in between and then were sewn end to end to make a very long strip. Next these long strips were cut into lengths of approximately 60" and then they were sewn together side by side.
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The huge variety of prints really go together to make a beautiful
Christmasy throw! |
For this particular project we sewed the strips together until they were about 41" in width making the top about 41" x 60". No borders were added and the quilts were quilted using a simple meandering pattern which is fast and easy. The binding is added and they are ready to go to their new home.
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It never fails to amaze me that it really doesn't matter what color
the fabric is if the theme is constant. |
During this time of "Thanksgiving" stop and think about all the things you are thankful for and how blessed you are and then think about those you aren't as fortunate. Even when time is short, this is a very quick and easy project and can be loads of fun when you get together with a few of your buddies and you all toss in some fabric scraps. You can't imagine how much these throws mean to people in the nursing home who have no family nearby to visit during the holiday season. Think about sharing your love during this season!
Love ya!
