Baby quilts

Sue K did it again! She took all the unclaimed fleece after last night's guild meeting (and due to a wonderful response on the part of other guild members, only 4 pieces were left!) and serged the edges to make more preemie blankets. Thanks again, Sue.Joyce C made this cozy flannel baby quilt from a committee kit. She has been working on it at Sew Sassy work nights. If you're thinking about making a Linus quilt, that's a great way to do it. Just show up and we'll provide a kit for you to work on there. Joyce took her kit from start to finish, but you can just work one night and let someone else finish it if you prefer. This quilt looks really cute, Joyce -- thanks so much!
Mary M quilted this strip quilt put together from a Linus kit. (Sorry, I don't know who pieced the top.) Thank you, Mary. It's always wonderful when someone volunteers to take on the quilting!

Preemie blankets with instructions

Thirteen preemie blankets! When Sue K heard that Project Linus needed more preemie blankets, she made 13 the next day. And they are lovely... Thanks, Sue!

The need for preemie blankets is ongoing. Central Illinois goes through about 40-50 each month. Here are directions to make one:
1. Choose fleece that is in kid-friendly patterns (no solids). It's important that the fleece not be predominately green or yellow in color because it's difficult to assess the baby's skin color when they're laying or wrapped in green or yellow. Watch for sales to get fleece at a good price.
2. Take a 1 yard piece of fleece (36" x 55-60" wide) and cut it in half making 2 blankets that are approximately 36" x 30".
3. Serge around the edge. It needs to be smooth, neat serging and the corners can be rounded.

That's all there is to it!

Beautiful backs -- and of course, fronts!

Charlene and Talese both donated wonderfully colorful quilts that have some added interest on the back, too. Charlene made this wonderful star quilt:

And pieced the back with equally colorful fabric.
Talese used a simple pattern with fabrics that any child will love to look at:
And then put a very soft -- and very bright! -- cuddly flannel on the back to make the quilt extra cozy:

Pretty panels

In a recent newsletter of the Central Illinois Project Linus, panel quilts for babies was listed as a current need. They are fast to make and adorable to look at, so you might consider stitching up one of these if you want to make a donation. Judy made this cute bear family quilt:


I don't know who put the border on this donated panel top, but Cheri quilted and bound it. There are lots of bright colors!

Angels and Dachsunds

Thanks to Glennys M and Theresa L, who made these two quilts. They look great!

Glennys made this angelic (excuse the pun) attic windows quilt from a kit made by Debbi D. It's lovely. In addition to stitching in the ditch around the windows, Glennys finished the quilting by making machine tacks. The tacks are star stitches done in variegated thread and it's great on this quilt -- it makes it look like stars around the angels. Click on the photo for a closeup of the tiny stars.

Theresa L made and quilted this kit. If you click on the photo you can see that the squiggles in the yellow are really dachsunds. A dog-loving child will be delighted to get this quilt!