More Linus kits returned!

To make the best use of our donated fabrics -- and of course of everyone's time and talents -- the Linus committee puts together kits that guild members take home to work on. That means that any one quilt may be worked on by several people: someone who chooses the pattern and cuts the quilt, someone (or several someones) who pieces the top, and then a quilter and sometimes a separate binder. I don't always find out the names of everyone who worked on the quilt, but everyone involved deserves a big thank you!

Talese S quilted and bound this child's rail fence quilt. If you click on the quilt to enlarge the photo, you can see the cute Raggedy Ann fabric.

Stephanie Mumm put together this bright panda Easy Squares kit. If you click the photo you'll get a better view of the panda bears in the white squares and admire her fun and creative quilting design!

Unfortunately I don't have the name of the person who turned in this nine-patch panel kit. It's beautifully finished -- please let me know if you made it!
Thank you, thank you!

Balloon Nine Patch

Judy G quilted this one for Linus. She outlined the balloons with free motion quilting and anchored the seams with stitch in the ditch, then tacked the rest.

Judy has a fast and easy way to tack a quilt. She's written out directions that we will post soon, along with links to other methods of tacking. Quilting doesn't have to take forever -- it just has to hold the quilt together!

The Doggie on the Blanket

Isn't this just the cutest doggie?

We have a lot of donated fabric that isn't what you would normally consider "kid friendly." What to do with it? Debbi came up with the idea to make nine patches and then machine applique a dog or a cat on top -- suddenly you have a quilt any child would love! Donna made this very cute one.

Fish & Balloons Nine Patch Panels

One popular quilt kit uses a central panel surrounded by nine patch blocks. Marilyn made this fish one, and we were lucky enough to have some fabric that looked like ocean waves to put on the back.


Here's another nine patch made with a panel of hot air balloons.