Scrappy Centre

This is (or will be) another Linus top, eventually - some scrappy blocks put together in alternating direction, which will eventually get a border around it.  This coming week I am back to work (and am literally at work part of the time), so there won't be as much sewing, but hopefully I'll be able to get back to it quite soon!

Another Linus Top

This one has some Aladdin or Arabian Nights style fabric for the border - once again, I got the border fabric from the Project Linus coordinator's Linus stash, specifically for bordering donation quilts. 

Top with Stripy Border

Here's another little top for Project Linus, with a cool stripey border. 

Another Linus Quilt Top

Here's another one - this is a mix of scrappy blocks and single-fabric blocks, with a border of the same fabric that's in the blocks. This was a fabric given to me ages ago by the Project Linus coordinator to use in tops and borders. 

Another Project Linus Quilt Donation

Here's another one where I added a border so that I could donate a top to Project Linus. I still have quite a bit stash of scrappy block sets and small tops (which need borders) to make into donation quilt tops, so you'll see a lot of this in the coming weeks.

A few more blocks together

And some more from the same block set as yesterday - again, these will have a border around them in the fullness of time and become a top for Project Linus.

A few blocks together

Using up some blocks from a stack I had around - these will be the centre of a top for Project Linus, which eventually I will add some borders to. For now, it goes in that pile...

Project Linus Top

So, although I've been through quite a long period of not being able to make a lot of time for sewing, I still have a stash of tops and blocks waiting to be made up to go to Project Linus UK. I contacted my local rep to make sure she's still happy to take unquilted tops (she is), so while I'm at home with a bit of time for sewing, I'll add back some Linus tops into my mix of sewing activities. Here's one where the top was together apart from the border before; I've added a border.

Linus Quilt

So, my friend who is a longarm quilter (the lovely Lana at Bewitching Stitching) was having some trouble with her machine's splangebracket* and after it was replaced, wanted to test it out on something which didn't matter too much, if there were still problems (rather than a customer quilt).  So I pulled out a small, not very interesting, Project Linus top for her to experiment on. Luckily, it was working fine, so now I have a small quilted PL quilt to add binding to and donate. 

*or some part I don't remember the name of.

Bordered blocks

So, the scrap blocks that I made the other day, I have now bordered using various tonal fabrics in shades of red, pink, purple, yellow and orange. There are 30 blocks, enough for two smallish Linus quilts.  Next step is to get them put together, but that will no doubt have to wait...

A few scrappy log cabins

Although most of my time this holiday week has been spent hanging around doing very little, I did finally take some time one day to make up a few blocks, using strips from my strip bag (and a few from the scrap basket). I've just gone with a generic light/dark block, rather than any colour theme (though there's a lot of navy and black in there). They'll do, I'm sure. There are 12 blocks (12" blocks) so it will make a small quilt top, which is all I need...

Slightly bigger scrappy top

...and I put this one together as well - a few more blocks to it, but basically the same as yesterday's. Again, it will need a border, but that's a concern for another time.

Little scrappy top

Spent some time today putting together some scrappy blocks into a top. No border yet, but it's going in the pile...

Pink Panther Top

I like this one a lot - The subdued neutral blocks in the centre work well with the Pink Panther themed border. I think it will appeal to an older child - might even get earmarked for Teenage Cancer Trust instead of Project Linus.

String 1 & String 2 (and String 3)

These are three smaller string tops - like the larger one I showed the other day. These, however, will get borders on them in the fullness of time. 

Little Red Riding Hood - with hearts

These blocks were made from a charm pack with Little Red Riding Hood themed fabric; the border is pink and yellow hearts.

Large String Top

I had a lot of string blocks - it's what I make when my string bag gets too full (usually). So I decided to put some together into a top. This one, at 6x6 blocks (the blocks are about 8"), doesn't really need a border, so it will go off to Linus without one. Some smaller tops, in progress, will eventually get borders.

Little top with Green Border

This one is quite a small top, but will suit a smaller child. These were some rather random blocks I had hanging out; sometimes it's quite challenging to use them!

Blue Roman Stripes with Number Border

This one has been sitting waiting for a border for a while, but after pairing up all those waiting tops the other day, I decided it was time to stitch some of those borders on. Here, I've used a border print with lots of numbers in it - it went well with the interior quilt top.

Scrappy blocks with Egyptian print

Here are those blocks, assembled into a top. I'll now put them in the pile for bordering, though it may be a while before I find something suitable.