Oct 04 18

Using Up Orphan Blocks

I’ve been clearing out all kinds of stuff from my sewing room and I have many orphan blocks from old projects.  Over the past few months, I’ve participated in a few charity sewing events and was surprised by just how gratifying it was to use my skills to help someone else.  I started wondering if maybe I had enough orphan blocks to make a couple charity quilts, and yesterday I started piecing some together:

…and then there were 4:

…and then there was a whole quilt:

This quilt is now basted together and ready for some free motion quilting!  I love all these colors together so this will be a total pleasure to quilt…more to follow!

 

One Comment

  1. QuiltShopGal Says:

    Beautiful. I’m sure it will bring great comfort to whomever is lucky enough to receive it. You are so generous.