A Musical Quilt

 

 

This quilt contains a whole symphony orchestra! 

A bundle of musical fabrics was sewn together to a charity quilt. 

This is my first charity quilt for the year 2026, and number 116 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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Meadowland Quilt

My latest quilt is this colorful Meadowland Quilt that was finished late November, but not blogged before now. The pattern is great to show off wonderful fabrics, I used twelve different ones plus a white background fabric with a subtle yellow design.

 

 I free-motion quilted it with a meander design using Aurifil Dove thread. Finished size is 48" x 64".

 

I found two fabric pieces in my stash which were pieced into an interesting backing. Maybe this would be more popular than the front? A striped binding in red and white was added as the icing on the cake.

This is my fourth charity quilt for the year 2025, and number 115 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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Summer Scrap Bash Quilt

 My scrap bins are constantly overflowing, and this year I joined the Summer Scrap Bash 2025 to see if i could reduce them. I decided to cut scraps into 1.5" to make a scrappy log cabin quilt.

I dug through my scrap bins to find suitable scraps for kids since this quilt was going to be donated to the children's ward at my local hospital. There are novelty fabrics, different animals, cars and tractors, and lots of other interesting fabrics in the log cabins.

The placement of the 8.5" blocks (unfinished) are totally random, I only aimed for a very colorful quilt that will be suiltable for both boys and girls. 48 blocks ended up with the finished size of 48" x 64". 
 

A donated duvet cover made a perfect quilt back. The quilting ws done with the walking foot in a simple crosshatch design, using variegated Aurifil thread #3817 .

Photo session was done on a windy day with my apple tree in the background. 

This is my third charity quilt for the year 2025, and number 114 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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The latest charity quilt

 

I totally forgot to blog about my latest charity quilt that I made in March, but better late than never, so here it is:

This quilt was designed by @ladybugsew and the pattern was published in @quiltemagasinet .

The size is 39" x 54", great for a young child. I like the design very much, and I had the perfect fabric line in my stash to make it;  Birchtreelane by Connecting Threads.

It is quilted by myself with the walking foot.

This is my second charity quilt for the year 2025, and number 113 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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New Colorwash Quilt

 

My third colorwashquilt was a joy to make, I love the process! A great way to use scraps, using Terry Rowland's tutorial, @trowstudios.

The very colorful baby quilt is even more fun when looking at the backing, consistingn of seven different pieces of The Very Hungry Caterpillar fabric, seven pieces for this one.

Finished size 39" x 45". 

This is my first charity quilt for the year 2025, and number 112 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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Last Quilt in 2024

 

My last quilt finish for 2024 is this cute one with tiny cars in a checkerboard design. I added a blue border which completed the quilt to a 39" square size, perfect for a small child.

A quilt finished in December must be photographed in the snow! A scrappy binding gives a nice touch to the quilt.

The backing is a fun and colorful clown print. The quilt is freemotion quilted by myself on my domestic sewing machine .

This is my sixth charity quilt for the year 2024, and number 111 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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Christmas Quilt for Charity

  

It is late November, the snow has arrived and Christmas is right around the corner. I used a FQ from Riley Blake to make this winter themed patchwork quilt.The finished size is 43" x 56". Quilting is done with the walking foot.

 

The backing is filled with tiny, colorful Christmas trees. I haven't made many Christmas quilts before, but this time I felt like using a festive bundle from my stash for a charity quilt. It will hopefully brighten up the days for a sick child in the hospital during the dark days of Advent.

This is my fifth charity quilt for the year 2024, and number 110 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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Colorwash Quilt for charity

 

It is always fun to make a colorwash quilt from scraps and leftovers. I'm using the technique presented by Terry Rowland from @trowstudios . The different colored blocks glides into each other almost seamlessy.
 

 The small quilt on display on a park table.

 

The backing is a print of super cute puppies. This one will be popular with a small child.

This is my fourth charity quilt for the year 2024, and number 109 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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Jelly Roll Race Quilt for Charity

 

This quilt started as a demo for my quilt guild of how to make a Jelly Roll Race quilt. I didn't use a jelly roll, but cut 2.5" strips from my stash in an attempt to reduce my stash. Random yellom fabric squares/rectangles were added in between the strips.

The backing is a duvet cover I had in my stash. As you can see in the next photo this inspired the quilting design I used.

It may be a little difficult to see, but I upscaled the design from the backing print for the FMQ on the quilt.

Finished size of the quilt is 53" x 64", quilted by myself. Binding is a dark brown solid.

This is my third charity quilt for the year 2024, and number 108 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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Traditional Patchwork Quilt for Charity

 

 

 This year's first charity quilt is a traditional patchwork quilt. It consists mostly of donated fabrics. It's quilted with a wavy crosshatch design.

The backing is pieced from a cute Debbie Mumm paper doll panel. Finished size is 42" x 54".

This is my first charity quilt for the year 2024, and number 106 all time for the children's ward at the hospital. 

 

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Caterpillar Kawandi

 A lady in my quilt guild had made a "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" quilt for one of her children a few years ago, and she ended up with quite an amount of remnants. Her kids have grown up and are not interested in caterpillars anymore, so she gave the fabrics to me for making a charity quilt to the hospital. 

The character from the well known book by Eric Carle is cherished by children worldwide.

There were a lot of fabrics in the collection with caterpillars, different types of food with holes, cutouts of holes, bright stripes, and stars. I gathered lots of novelty fabrics with animals and birds and other prints that a small child would recognize. I decided to make a Kawandi quilt, because that is the softest  and most cuddly quilt for a little kid.

I had a piece of grey gingham flannel that decided the size of the quilt.

 

Making a Kawandi quilt is the most relaxing and rewarding process I know. You start arranging the fabric from the outside working your way towards the middle. Everything is hand sewn with big stitches, I used a soft crochet thread for the hand quilting.

The quilt is so soft and cuddly! The finished size is approximately 38" x 40", perfect for a baby/small child.

This is my eleventh charity quilt for the year 2023, and number 103 all time for the children's ward at the hospital. 

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Golden Savannah

 On my latest quilt guild meeting I managed to get three quilt panels for free, and I knew they would be perfect for a charity quilt. Giraffes and zebras are walking on the Savannah in Africa.

Below is a detailed picture of two of the panels.

I had an idea of the quilt design ready very fast, and when a lady in my quilt guild donated this backing fabric it was 100% clear.

 

This is the resulting quilt. I kept the width of the panels, because you don't always need to cut up fabric into small pieces to make a quilt.

The warm yellow of the backing is represented in the solid yellow strips which divides the panels from the warm fall foliage. 

The black strip and the leafy border frames the quilt in a nice way.

I named the quilt Golden Savannah, where the zebras and giraffes are running wild.

Straight line quilting with the walking foot made a nice an quick finish. The binding was constructed from odd 2.5" strips of matching colors.

The finished quilt is approximately 32" x 40", a good looking, golden baby quilt.

 

This is my tenth charity quilt for the year 2023, and number 102 all time for the children's ward at the hospital. 

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Mini Plaid-ish Quilt

 When Erica of Kitchen Table Quilting announced the Mini Plaid-ish QAL I just had to join. In 2020 I made the original Plaid-ish quilt (an adjusted size) in red tones .

This time I chose a more colorful scheme.

 Outdoor pictures are always the best, and the uprooted tree is a trusted quilt holder. Finished quilt is 50" x 64".

 

A colorful quilt in contrast with a fairy tale tree. This tree is still alive, even though there's not much soil underneath.

 I pieced the backing from three different fabrics. The elephant/monkey piece is very fitting since the quilt will be donated as a charity quilt to the children's ward at my local hospital.

 Look at all those gorgeous colors! The binding is also scrappy.

 

 In making a plaid-ish quilt it is very important to sort the fabrics by value, light, medium and dark. The best way to check this is to take black/white pictures, because sometimes bright colors may have a pretty light value, if you compare the two last pictures.

This is my ninth charity quilt for the year 2023, and number 101 all time for the children's ward at the hospital. 

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Number 100

 I started quilting in 2001 and made my first charity quilt in spring of 2012. My quilt guild is donating quilts to the children's ward at my local hospital, to long-term ill kids. My very first charity quilt is shown here: Walk in the Woods.

During all these years I have kept count on how many quilts I have donated to the hospital, and lately I was getting close to a round number. Here it is: My charity quilt number one hundred to the children's ward at the hospital!

 The quilt is a patchwork of 4.5" square blocks with garden motifs and various domestic and wild animals. I dug up up lots of interesting fabrics and there's a lot to discover in this quilt. 

Finished size of the quilt is 44" x 52". 

It is always great to take pictures of quilts in natural light. Lately we have had very cold weather down to -13.4 °C ( 8 °F) at night, and just barely over freezing point during the warmest part of the day. This has led to a sparkling blue sky, bright sun and gorgeous weather to take a walk in, just remember to stay out of shaded areas.

 

The backing fabric is a blue solid that I bought at Ikea some time ago. It's a shame that they seem to discontinue selling fabric :( 

The quilting was done by myself using the walking foot, with dark green thread in a crosshatch design. Binding is a soft flannel in blue and purple.
 

 Here's a detailed picture of the blocks and quilting. There are lots of details in the blocks.

 

 This was a very fun quilt to make. I've come a long way since my first charity quilt was made 11 years ago. This quilt took three days from start to finish. Chain piecing blocks is a great technique!

I enjoy making these charity quilts, and it gives me a great feeling that they give comfort to children during difficult times. I will not stop making charity quilts, but I will probably take a few months break from them to focus on other projects.

This is my eighth charity quilt for the year 2023, and number 100 all time for the children's ward at the hospital. 

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Harry Potter Quilt

 

 At my guild meeting some weeks ago one of our members gave away some Harry Potter fabric. This was perfect for a charity quilt. I paired it with a book fabric I had, a Jen Kingwell fabric in three different color combinations and some other fabrics that would suit a boy.

I had the quilt professionally quilted by a new longarmer in town, she did a great job!

 

 The backing fabric is full of old-fashioned fountain pen tips, to go with the book theme of the quilt.

 Finished quilt size is 42" x 54".

Here's a detailed picture of the quilting. The star pattern is perfect for the quilt.

I also gathered my leftover binding pieces and made a scrappy binding, which makes the quilt more interesting.

This is my seventh charity quilt for the year 2023, and number 99 all time for the children's ward at the hospital. 

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