Brasilidade 2

 The 2025  International Quilt Festival is happening this October weekend in Houston, Texas. Among the most amazing displays of this art form are some quilts from Brazil. This one specially touches my heart. This scene is part of my young self history.

Christmas quilt

 And, I am on my way to make a Christmas Quilt. Pattern by Gail Pan. I am adding original blocks and deleting some blocks from the pattern.

Quilt of Valor blocks

I belong to a very active Bee and Guild. 

2026 will be the Golden Jubilee for the Quilt Guild of the Greater Houston. As part of the celebration, the guild has a goal to make and give 50 quilts to Quilts of Valor with the goal to also honor about 25 women that has served this country. 

My Bee is planning on making 1 or 2 quilts for this event. We each are making 4- 12 inches star blocks. It can be 4 6 inches block in place of 1 12 inches. But the goal is to have enough blocks. We are using the red/white/blue color scheme and the start is of our choice.

Those are the 4 ones I have made. I am sure these quilts will be wonderful. I am part of a talented group and we are very dedicated to quilting for others. 

SHP quilt 1

Quilt donated to Sleep In Heavenly piece. It is 60 inches by 72 inches long. Photo taken before the Guild Show and Tell.  

Guild Saturday sewing

This lap size quilt was made from a kit provided by the QGGH guild for a charity quilt day in July. It was a lot of fun to get together and sew with guild friends. I added the 2 borders to make the quilt larger. It was quilted on a Bernina 780 embroidery hoop using a Amelie Scott design. Photo taken at the guild meeting when I delivered the quilt.

Fabric Post cards

 I have made these post cards size mini quilts using batiks scraps.

The free handed cut pieces were glued to the back ground, using a school glue stick, just enough to hold them in place while I quilted the pieces to the background.

 I did not use any stabilizer or did any sewing around the pieces themselves. It was something I wanted to try and see how it would work with the batiks. 

I used a very narrow zig zag stitch around the border of the card. 

It is very fulfilling to make them. I think I need to make more soon. 

Quilt for the Sleep In Heavenly Peace

This quilt was made by the CPBee for the Sleep in Heavenly Peace Bee. It is a beautiful scrap quilt that will make a youngster feel warm inside and out. 

Both Bees are part of the Quilt Guild of the Greater Houston. 

The Saint John the Divine Church is sponsoring the construction of 50 beds and the SHP Bee will make the 50 quilts with a help from other generous groups and guild members pitching in to get to 50 sooner,

The beds and quilts will be donated in 2026.