Lil Bear Hugs 26--4 ,26-5 & 26-6

 It was definitely time to whip up some more lil bear hug quilts to wrap around  stuffies for giving to children.  This project was started last year by Mary of MaryQuilts.com.  A few of us thought it a great project and continuing it for a long term mission.

Following along with the RSC color of the month in aqua, I used yesterday to sew and quilt 2 lil bear hug quilts.  Several years ago I used RSC to make a collection of Scrap Snap blocks offered by Quiltsforthemaking.blogspot.com .  This was in 2020.  The collection got stored in a box along with several other blocks, all of which I'm now calling a parts dept.

when aqua was called, I pulled out those aqua snap blocks and orange snap blocks for an accent.  I used them to make 9 patch centers and added assorted borders cut from the scrap bins.  They both finished at 21 x 24 inches and will be used to wrap up stuffies for children.

Lil Bear Hug # 4 was made with potato chip units I had cut over time from scraps.  I need to do mots more scrap cutting!  Always behind as they gather up so quickly..

Lil Bear Hug # 5 and backing

Lil Bear Hug # 6 with backing

Lil Bear Hug #4 with backing

I'm joining all these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

         Saturday -  Quilting Patchwork Appliqué

    SoScrappy

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

Wishing you a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Heartstrings Donations: Val # 5 & Lil BH # 2

 This first little baby quilt is a donation thru Heartstrings Group;  the top donated by Valerie of Maine and the backing from a quilter friend in Illinois.  I quilted with straight lines and binding to finish at 36 x 36.  It will go to The Hope Center which is a local organization supporting new-to-be mothers.

This lil bear hug quilt # 02 is  the result of a mission began last year also by the Heartstrings Group.  We make lil quilts to wrap up a stuffed critter to donate to organizations supporting children in need or times of crisis.  I am a bit behind my goal for this year, but hope to get caught up. Last year there were alot of little tops sent to a few of us by members to finish and donate for them.

On behalf of RSC color for March,  I made this one in reds. I started out making 4 patches from 3-1/2 inch leftover squares.  The back is also red with thin white hearts. This turned out 22 inches square.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                                                  Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Green Bricks Bear Hug 26-03

 I've been on the run every day this week with only stolen time in the sewing room.  Since I haven't accomplished anything from the green scrap bin this month, I grabbed partial jelly strips and made some rail fence blocks.  I sewed them into pinwheels and had enough for a very large 26 inch little bear hug quilt # 03. I won't get it finished today BUT I am determined to finish it this week.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                                                  Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Lil Bear Hug 26-01

The lil bear hug mission continues this year, initiated by Mary of Heartstrings aka Little Quilt Project – HeartStrings Quilt Project.

 While continuing to work out of the blue scrap bin, I found some sets of potato chip shapes sewn into pairs.  I stitched them together for the center, then added leftover pieces to bring it to size - 19-1/2 by 21-1/2.   I did walking foot quilting in a diagonal grid using Omni mint green thread in the top and bobbin.  The backing and binding is also from scrap pieces.

I have been giving attention to several WIPs this week but needed to treat myself to a real finish, so the lil bear hug project is now started for another new year.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

More Bear Hug Quilts

 I've just finished up the final batch of  lil bear hug tops donated from several quilter friends of Heartstrings Group.  I paired them with batt, backing & binding and got to quilt them up and donate to wonderful charities in my area.  I've used walking foot and free motion quilting with Omni and Glide threads. This is a long term mission for me.  You can learn about the program over at Heartstrings.

                                                                                        

   

Puppy Print - I couldn'd find the name of who donated the top

Lil Churn Dash donated by Kathy Nyman

These next two tops donated by Bonnie Adler

The last two tops donated by Cindy Weber

I've also been working on some autumn decorations and larger quilts 4 kids and I've got a lovely batch of donated baby size quilt tops I need to pair up with batt & backings for more mission work.

In the meantime, I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Lil Bear Hug Quilts

 Another busy week on my schedule meant I could only finish 3 lil bear hug quilts.   I also concentrated on the Tossed Leaves autumn panel, adding several borders and now I am in the early stages of doing all the free motion quilting on it.

Back to the Lil Bear Hugs ............

This first top was donated by Karen O'Neil.  I used a puppy print fleece on the back and quilted it with a diagonal crosshatch.

These next two lil quilt tops were made by Bonnie Adler. The first one I used a fleece print on the back and had a leftover matching purple piece for the binding. I quilted this one with a double line cf diagonal crosshatch.

The binding and purple backing was also donated for this top.  I quilted it in an allover spiral circle

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Dawn Qui & Kong plus One Bear Hug

 I could not resist this donkey panel and immediately ordered it and quilted it up so I could hang on the wall.  It makes me smile every time.  I added a border strip top and bottom, mainly so I would have a hidden seam line to sew on the hanging sleeve by machine.  It has a bit of a wave on the sides.  Not sure what I did to make it hang like that.  It finished at 35 x 44.

I just wanted quilting to show but not the thread, so I used Superior Threads  gray Microquilter 100 wt. on top.   My Janome QP 18 loved it. Why did I come up with such a strange name?   The only thing that came to mind was Donkey Kong and I needed 2 names, so I guess they are Qui (pronounced  'key'  in french) and kong.  Good think I live in the city limits as I just love those little miniature donkeys but havent a clue how to care for them.

I also restored a neighbor's 35 year old baby quilt so they could use it for first granddaughter in family.  It originally belonged to the mother of the new to arrive baby and she kept it all these years.  I won't display a photo of it but it was taken apart, replaced with 80/20 batting, new binding and a bridging stitch over the seams to reinforce the tender old fabrics.  the back is/was a flannel.

Finally this week, I used a serpentine stitch with a buttery yellow Omni thread on this 24 inch bear hug quilt.  The pale yellow thread blends in all the colors so well.  The top was donated by Kathy Nyman.  I put a darling plaid on the back and a red binding, reminiscent of the 1930's feel.  This will be donated to one of our local community service departments ( police,fire, childrens services) .

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

More Lil Quilt Project

 Yep, still enjoying working thru these donated tops that were generously given on behalf of Heartstrings Lil Quilt Project.  I don't forsee getting tired of quilting up these little gifts of love.

I have 3 baby quilt finishes to share this week from tops donated for this mission.  They were all free motion quilted using Glide or Omni threads and finish at 36 " square.  They will be donated to local service depts for families in need.

This first one was made by Kathy N.  I added a couple borders to make it a nice baby quilt size.  

These next 2 quilt tops were donated by Cindy W. of Indiana.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Strip Tango Q4K and a Lil Quilt Project

 I finished a quilt4kids project that was started very early this year.  The pattern is a free project offered by Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation.  The pattern is  HERE .

My Strip Tango finished at 46 x 54.  I gathered up some fat quarters and it worked up very quickly. I used a silver Glide thread and free motion quilted curvvy strings with loops and occastional stars tossed in.  It seems impossible to see the quilting with all these prints.  

I use an 80/20 batting for everything now.  The back is a fun fleece which complimented the top so nicely.  Photo was taken indoors so the true colors are not quite this dark.  I'm gifting this quilt to a good neighbor who is having her first granddaughter this November.

The  Lil Quilt Project this week is a top donated by Cindy W. of Indiana.  I've gotten so many tops to finish into quilts and I run out of steam coming up with individual names for the projects.  I'm calling this one Scrappy Red Bricks.

I quilted it with diagonal straight lines going in both directions; connecting all the corner points. I used an Omni burgandy thread in the top and gray Bottom Line in the bobbin.  The bottom corner is flipped so you can see the backing. It finished at 30 x 40 and will be donated to our community programs as a baby quilt.

I was a bit of a slacker in the sewing room this week.  I spent more time in EQ trying to come up with wonderful borders for some special quilt centers I want to get finished.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Bear Hug Mission con't

 Mary Johnson, who initiated this project calls it the Little Quilt Project.  I should have stayed with that because some are little quilts to be wrapped around a stuffie and some are small baby or car seat quilts.  You can read about Mary's project  HERE .  This outreach has been very welcomed in my communities.

This week I have finished 4 little quilts. It helped me move the stack along by pairing all the remaining donated tops with batt and backings all ready to quilt on.

These first two quilts are I Spy type toppers donated by our Teresa G.   I quilted one with an orange peel grid which seems to be my favorite at this moment for quilting on smallish squares.  I quilted the other with straight lines going in several directions.  This little lion looks like he was attacked by a bobcat.

This sweet quilt top was donated by Kathy Nyman.  I quilted it with alternating lines in several directions.

This topper is baby size at 35 x 35.  It was donated by Cindy Weber.  If it's a block style with borders, I can't seem to keep it simple and so I fmq different designs in areas.  I was a bit rusty on the final border but I dont think a baby will mind.  I used a ruler for the straight lines.

Here is the back,  a colorful print because the colors went perfectly with the top.  I'm fussy that way.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

More Lil Bear Hug Quilts

 I'm joyfully involved in the Bear Hug Project initiated by Mary Johnson of Heartstrings.  You can read about it  HERE  .  I've spent some time catching up with some of my larger projects and now I'm back to getting more lil bear hug quilts finished and donated.

These 2 lil quilt tops were made by Teresa G.  I quilted and bound them.  One is quilted with diagonal crosshatch and the other is quilted with orange peel design which seems to be my favorite at this time for quilting sets of squares.   The backing is from a stripe I had in the stash and the colors matched perfectly.

the back......

My next set of  lil bear hugs #'s 19 & 20;  these started as orphan test blocks and have been hanging around for several years.  I added some strips to bring them up to size

the backs are from pieces of fleece

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

More Baby Quilts -

This post is a continuation of the Lil Bear Quilts Mission started by Mary Johnson.  You can read more about Mary's contributions here on her blog  HeartStrings Quilt Project

These are 2 more tops made by other quilters and sent to me for finishing and donating.  These tops were so sweet, I felt the urge to add borders and make them baby quilt/ car seat / stroller  size.

This first lil quilt was a 16-patch made and donated by Karen O'.  Lovely colors of aqua and orange prints.

I dug in the stash to find a perfect aqua fabric for the border and some black with tiny white dots for a separating border, bringing this lil quilt to 33 inches square.  I also had a perfect gray print for the backing and black & white plaid for binding.  I free motion quilted diagonal crossing orange peels with an arc ruler and silver Omni thread.  Yes, I had a delightful time with this one.  Thank you, Karen, O'.

This lil quilt top was donated by N. Lindsey. It was so cute, I just had to enlarge this one also.  I added an orange inner border and this black swirly print for the outer border. I free motion quilted it allover with overlapping circles to mimic the border print, a solid black for the binding and silver Omni thread.  It finishes 34 x 32.  Also, thank you, N. Lindsey.

Again, I had an appropriate backing ........ Gotta love having a stash

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.