More Youth Quilts

These are more of the quilts that I send to King's Home for foster teens, both male and female.  This has been my charity for the third year.

Downton Abbey Mystery

Love Bug Studios online site is sponsoring a mystery quilt to coincide with the 2015 season of Downton Abbey on PBS.  A new clue is released every Sunday morning at 9 a.m. CST.  A list of 10 fabrics from the Downton Abbey line was introduced in three different colorways to choose from or you could choose your own. They were presented as Team Cora, Team Carson or Team Rose.  I chose Team Cora and I found 6 fabrics in my stash that were "close enough" to Cora's colors and I ordered 4 of the actual Downton fabrics.  Here are my fabrics.  Downton fabrics are top row; fabrics from my stash are on the bottom.

January 4 - Clue 1:  Manor House - We only had to make one of these.  Here's mine:

January 11 - Clue 2:   Lady's Tiara - We had to make 4 of these.

This mystery will continue through the entire season of Downton Abbey.

January 18 - Clue 3:  Sarah's Daring - We had to make 8 of these.

January 25 - Clue 4:  John's Loyalty -  We had to make 16 of these.

February 1 - Clue 5:  Sous Chef Daisy - an 8-1/2" block.  We had to make 16 of these.

February 8 - Clue 6:  Plucky Rosamund - We had to make 12 of these.

February 15 - Final Layout:  Here's my final layout.  We were given three samples and mine is not the same as any one of those, but similar.  It is on my design wall and the bottom row of blocks had to lay on the floor.  At this point it measures 72 x 92.  But I have also added a 6" red outside border all the way around since this picture was taken.

Grand Illusion Mystery

GRAND ILLUSION FINALE!

Bonnie Hunter's 2014 Mystery Quilt from Friday, November 29 through January 1, 2015.  Finished size is 88 x 88.

Sarah Emily's New Room

My granddaughter and I were shopping for shower curtain fabric a few months ago when she saw a new line of fabric, Autumn Woods by Kate & Birdie Paper Company for Moda, that she wanted for her "next" quilt (she gets a new one every year).  We went ahead and purchased it.  She decided a couple of months ago she wanted to re-paint and decorate her room to match that fabric.  She chose a lovely gray that matches the background of the focus fabric for her walls and a darker gray for a couple of pieces of furniture.  I bought the paint for her, she painted her walls and trim and I painted the furniture. Then I got busy on  the quilt, curtains, pillow cases, and throw pillows (she wanted lots of yellow accents).

Peg's Retreat

Pat's daughter, Rhonda, who lives in Virginia, was planning a trip to Huntsville to spend a week with her Mom, and they decided to get together at Peggy's for a sewing weekend.  I had never met Rhonda but had heard lots about her, so I decided to join them.  Peg's sister, Jeanette, also joined us for a little while, as well as our friend Anne. Had a great weekend!  Peggy had embroidered T-shirts for all of us.  We were Quilting Queens of Alabama.  She also had embroidered special names for all of us.  I was "Marsha-Marsha-Marsha," Rhonda was "Help Me Rhonda," Pat was "Trish the Dish," Anne was "Annie, Annie, Bo Bannie," Jeanette was "Net" and Peg was "Peggy Sue."    I headed home on Monday but the others stayed longer.  Below are a few pics from the week.

The Quilting Queens of Alabama:

                               Pat        Peggy       Anne       Jeanette    Rhonda         Marsha

Here are pics of the quilt tops we were working on:

Anne and Jeanette worked on one called The Deserted Highway.

Pat and Rhonda worked on one called Boston Commons:

Peggy had previously made two Boston Commons quilt tops as graduation gifts.  She tried to work on the Deserted Highway quilt but, being the hostess, she had way too many interruptions to finish that one.

I worked on one that I saw in the Keepsake Quilting Catalog.  It came as a kit called The Lady Kit.  I did not order the kit.  I just figured out the measurements from the picture and used my scrappy 2-1/2" strips to make mine.  It is still laid out on my design wall.  Not sewn together yet.

Rhonda also brought a beautiful quilt top for Show and Tell that she said she has been working on for years and is finally almost finished.

String X Quilt

This one is for my daughter, Dana.  She saw a picture of one like it and wanted to "place an order for one like this, please."  It is a Bonnie Hunter free pattern.  I made this one king size and it required 144 of the string-pieced rectangles.  I decided to add a scrappy piano keyboard border of 2-1/2" x 6-1/2" rectangles, which required 192 of those.  But all of the fabric in this quilt top came from my stash. Love it when that happens!

ROLL TIDE ROLL!!

Recent texting conversation with my granddaughter, Sarah Emily................
Her:  If you need a suggestion for another quilt project, I have one!  LOL!
Me:  And what would that be?
Her:  The Alabama chevron lap quilt I sent you a picture of.......I know a nursing student who would love to have it.
Me:  I'm not sure I want to do one like that for just anyone.  Would take a lot of figuring and planning to get all the colors in the right place.
Her:  I meant for me!  LOL!  But I understand.
Me:  It's too late in the day for me to figure out a "hidden meaning" in a text.  But I will give it some thought...you might be worth it.
Her:  You crack me up!

Needless to say, she got her Alabama Crimson Tide chevron lap quilt and was happy with all the fabrics I found in my stash...didn't have to buy a thing!!  She said it was "freakin' AWESOME!!"

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