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. 

Potato Chips Blocks

 This is a new quilt top I am making to donate to Sleep In Heavenly Peace.

 I have made  30 - 12 inches blocks  and I am very close to the total blocks needed to complete the top.

It is a scrappy quilt made with donated fabrics cut into 2.5 inches by 4.5 inches rectangles. It is called a potato chips block because it is impossible to make only one. 

BOM 2025

                                                                                Moving on with the Quilt Show BOM, I am making these blocks simplified. 

BOM 2025 so far

Just trying to figure out a different applique block for this quilt using a bird in place of the flowers designed by the pattern designer. 

May 2025 BOM baskets

The month of May assignment for The Quilt Show BOM is completed. I made all 20 baskets. Now I need to work on the February blocks. The 6 ones shown here are part of it. I have cut all pieces and now I have to finish to hand applique them to the background and finally trim to size.