a big bag of

quilts - 16 of them to be precise, have been emptied out of it's content at the local hospital, in the children's ward last friday. The preschool teacher tells us these quilts for their kids are very much appreciated. The kids and teens each get to pick their own quilt to keep. Out of the 16 quilt they received this friday, 4 have found their new owners already. Hopefully the quilts will get a lot of use, and their owners will have some comfort using them...

This stack of colorful goodness were a joint effort from my quilt group: Byquilterne. Well done, ladies!

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check!

yellow check!

red check!

Both quilts have 8" squares in a checkerboard layout, tied on polyester batting: quilters dream poly (thick and soft) and hobbs thermore (thin and soft). At 40" * 48" they conveniently fit a 1.5 yrd backing. They will both be comforting a child in hospital care - a great program supported by my  guild. Love this simple layout. Great way to show the larger prints, and play with different combinations of color.

I wish they will get a lot of use...

2011 quilts for kids

2011 quilts for kids, originally uploaded by quilt it.

I have made more smaller size quilts this year than earlier years:

two of these were started before 2011, the others have been made in one go, from start to finish...

Hope to keep making more quilts for kids and babies next year

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lions and tigers, oh my...

Just a quick post to show the finished quilt from 2 weeks ago. Lions and tigers... is 36" * 52" with a solid green back and Quilters Dream Select batting. It was fun playing with the different widths of the bars, using precut squares and more from stash.

The more I worked on it, the more I came to love that lion print by Amy Schimler. Too cute! I like this recipe (not pattern) and plan to use it again on a later opportunity.

Wish you all a lovely week!