More Quilts for Kids

This is the Whirling I Spy quilt I worked on at the Quilts for Kids scrap quilt workshop.  

I was able to finish the quilt top while I was there.  

After I finished the Modern Pearls quilts I was able to load it on my long arm and quilt it with a simple stipple.  

There was enough backing provided to use as a binding. 

Then I added the label.

This baby quilt was so fast and so much fun to finish that I decided to work on the other six I brought home.  They were all pieced by other volunteers and finished by me.  

Two Spider-Man quilts with different bindings.  (I noticed one was upside down later.)

The backings are a little wonky, but Cheetah approves.  

There was a cute taxi cab quilt with a pieced backing. 

There was a beautiful red and black floral with a red backing.

There was a cute teddy bear sailor quilt with a striped backing.

The last quilt had some cute bear fabric with a pieced backing.

Now they all sit in a pile until I can get them washed and delivered to one of my local quilt shops which is a drop-off location.  I hope to do that very soon.  

I loved working on these quilts and look forward to making more for Quilts for Kids.  

XX,

Jasmine

Quilts for Kids

A couple months ago I found out that there is a Quilts for Kids chapter based in Salt Lake City.  The chapter has only been going for a few years.  I was so excited to discover this because I missed making baby quilts for Primary Children's Hospital. My friend who used to take my quilts there stopped doing it.  

I made arrangements with my family to go to the October scrap quilt workshop.  I didn't want to go there empty handed, so I pulled out this cute pinwheel fabric by Tasha Noel and made a whole cloth quilt the day before.  I quilted it on the Bernina Q24.   

I kept it simple with a loopy line.  

After the quilting was done I trimmed the edges and added a red and white polka dot binding.  

It may be busy but it is super cute.  

Quilts for Kids likes the quilts to be prewashed, so I washed it right away.  I love the crinkle of washed quilts.  

Once I got to the workshop I was able to add a label.

The workshop was at the Quilter's Lodge.  Kits were provided and we worked on a fun I Spy quilt.  

I had not been to the Quilter's Lodge before.  It is about a 30 minute drive from my house.  It is a beautiful retreat center and quilt shop.  

I had never seen so many Aurifil colors in person before.  

Such a pretty rainbow! I was able to buy a light purple thread that had been on my wish list for awhile.  (The last time I tried to order a light purple online I ended up with a medium purple.)  I will share more pictures of the I Spy quilt I worked on in another post.

While I was there Sandy, the chapter leader, asked if I would like to do long arm quilting for them.  I said that I would love to and also brought home six more baby quilts to finish.   I am really excited to be helping Quilts For Kids SLC.  

XX,

Jasmine

Donation Quilts

I made this quilt in 2020 and always planned on donating it somewhere.  But I hadn't given it away yet.  I was browsing on Instagram last month and found a post encouraging people who have lots of quilts in their home to find one to donate to somewhere like a hospice organization. I thought about it and decided I wanted to find a hospice organization to donate it to.  

I was my grandmother's full time caregiver when she was 90 years old.  My oldest son was just a year old when we moved in with her.  I took care of her for 18 months and the last four months of her life she was on hospice.  They gave her a beautiful crocheted afghan which I remember fondly.  I wanted to provide something like that for someone else.  

While I pondered how I could contact a hospice organization I had an "aha moment" which was more like a "well duh moment."  My sister is a home health and hospice nurse!  I asked her if her work would accept donations of quilts.  She talked to her boss and her boss said yes.  While her place of work has been in business for over 25 years, they have only been working with hospice patients for the last three years.  Covid hit shortly after they were getting settled for hospice patients and things have been crazy since then, so my quilts would be the first they received.  

I thought about some quilts I had and decided to also donate another one that had only ever been used folded on the shelf or hanging on the wall.  It is this Springtime Kisses quilt I made in 2013.   

Before giving them to my sister I took some pictures outside.  

That was actually the day my husband added the hooks to the inside of the arbor.  So here is a peek at two ways I can hang  quilts with a rod on the hooks.  

1.  The rod can go over the hooks.  

2.  The hooks can go through the holes in my rod.

Bunny thinks the bench under the arbor is a great place to hide when I am taking pictures.

Just for fun, here is a wide angle picture of where the arbor is in my backyard.

It really adds a nice focal point along the fence.  

It felt so good to donate the two quilts that I decided to go through some other quilts.  These ten quilts are either practically brand new or very gently used.  

I had my husband take them to the United Way drop off for the local Women and Children's crisis center.  They like bed size quilts.  Six of these are bed quilts and four are baby quilts.  I hope they can bring comfort to some struggling families.

I know I am going to keep making quilts, and I haven't missed any of them since giving them away.  Although a jean quilt that is not a rag quilt is on my bucket list now.  

XX,

Jasmine