Stash Busting for a Good Cause

{A Picture Heavy Post}

20 quilt tops and backs ready to be basted.

I am so happy to share with you a proud mama moment.  :)  Cheetah is now a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of America and is working on his Eagle Scout Project.  What is so special to me is the fact that he wanted to make quilts for other children because he knows how much a handmade quilt means to him.  He has chosen to donate 20 crib quilts to our local Project Linus.

I have had so much fun going through my older stash and putting together these quilt tops and backs which I will be donating to his Eagle Scout Project.  Some of these are from scraps and some from yardage.  I estimate there is about 70 yards of fabric represented here (hence the stash busting in my title.)

I figure that people could have donated 1.5 yard pieces to make a quilt like this...

Or I could donate a 1.5 yard quilt top (or 20).  It was cheaper donating the quilt tops because I already had the fabric and this allowed me to use it up for a good cause.  It didn't make a dent in my stash.  It took a chunk out of my stash! ;)

All quilt tops are made with 80 five inch cut squares and a three inch cut border.  They all finish at 41.5 x 50.5 inches.  You can click on any picture to see it bigger.

Flannel Pastels 1

Flannel Pastels 2

Pastel Scraps 1

Pastel Scraps 2

Eye Spy Matching {My Favorite}

Pretty Christmas 1

Pretty Christmas 2

Purple, Green, and Blue

Button Button

Country Solids

Pink Scraps

Blue Scraps

Flannel Trains {Monkey's Favorite}

Primary Rainbow

Blue and Green {Panda's Favorite}

Pink, Purple, and Blue Batiks

Scrappy Batiks 1

Scrappy Batiks 2

Teal Brights 1

Teal Brights 2 {Cheetah's Favorite}

I will be posting a tutorial later this week showing how I pieced the quilts in diagonal rows (the tube method).  But I wonder, which one is your favorite?  Do you like the scrappy or the planned quilts best?

 A big part of the Eagle Scout Project is showing leadership skills.  Cheetah now has lots of organizing to do in order to get these finished.  It is up to him to set up times and get volunteers to prepare the quilts for tying.  Then he will set up times to get all these quilts tied.  I will help with whatever he asks, but my part is finished.

XX,
Jasmine

P.S.  I will be linking up with some of the fun parties on my sidebar.  Check them out for lots of fun quilty inspiration.