Getting Puzzled

Last year I made an Autism Quilt for my son's school and this year year we are making two.  One to sell and one to donate again to my sons school.  Above and below are some of the pictures of both of the quilts.  I have finished the top on one and its been basted and I even quilted it half way.

The 2nd quilt all the rows are sewn, but they are not yet sewn together.  This quilt is made from the material Tanya received at Christmas.  It is a line called Pieces of Hope a Riley Blake Design.

Our family has 2 children with Autism so this is a good cause that we support.  Do any of you have children or family that is struggling with Autism?

One last thing we are having a giveaway on our Facebook page.  We are giving away a Dr Seuss Pillow case.  To enter go to our Facebook page and like our Facebook page and share our giveaway post.

Who's There

This is a 39 inch owl quilt of the same fabric that I made a owl rag quilt of. I was going to a comparison on etsy and see how they compared.  I am just getting to listing this quilt, and the rag quilt already sold.  So much for my theory.  I used the same size six inches piece of fabric and did a two inch white sashing around a four patch and used a green flannel on the back . Richard did an echo quilting using white thread. We did a fun striped binding.  I think this one turned out super cute.

            

You can find this quilt now listed in our Etsy Store.

Link a Finish Friday #55

It is now time for Link A Finish Friday.  Today I would like to start with a big thank you to Fat Quarter Shop who has offered to Sponsor our Link A Finish Friday with Prizes.  This month's winner (February) will win a $15 gift certificate to spend at Fat Quarter Shop. 

Please remember to thank our sponsor by visiting their store at http://www.fatquartershop.com/ their blog http://www.fatquartershop.blogspot.com/ and Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FatQuarterShop

Ship Shape - The Way I Sew It

Postage Stamp - My Quilting Addiction

Bee Block - Quilt, Knit, Stitch, Sew, Live - In Colour!

These are 3 of the wonderful quilts linked up last week.  Please share with us what you have done this week.

1) Who likes rules. Toss them out.

2) Add a link to your finish blog or where ever you show off your finishes (Not limited to quilts but I like them the most).
3) Visit a few of the finishes and comment or encourage them on.
4) Monthly random winner picked from all of the months linkups to $15 gift card from Fat Quarter Shop.

Not required but fun to do

1) Follow my blog.
2) Follow the blog of all those that link.
3) Link back to my blog.
4) No finish, go quilt and stop reading the web.

Pillar of Fire using the Helix pattern

I would like to introduce my newest quilt "Pillar of Fire" it was created using my Helix pattern (At least that is what I am going to call it for now).  A few weeks ago I talked about the creation of this quilt in the post
My Orange and Gray Needs a New Name! As such I needed a name.  I loved the suggestions and all of them would have fit great.  I am going to call my pattern Helix. This quilt its definitely a Pillar of Fire.

This quilt has more then 30 colors in it.  The blocks are 2 1/2 inch blocks of many different shades of orange, yellow,  and red.  The back of this quilt was a solid piece of orange fabric I do not remember what it was originally bought for, but it was decided that it was way too bright for it.  But I think it fits this quilt well.

In my post This, That, and the Other Thing I talked about how I was having trouble deciding what binding to use I had bought the orange binding that I ended up using and was wimping out and thinking about something else, any way long story short I got talked into using it and doing a biased binding (which I had never before done, and it will be a while until I do it again).  I sort of suck at reading directions on how to do it and I ended up with a serious mess on my hands with dozens of short pieces all sewn together.  But in the end it looks wonderful.

I quilted this quilt with my quilting of choice, an echo quilt.  Because of the small 2 inch view able blocks and echo's on all sides I ended up doing a lot of quilting on this little quilt and I think it turned out fantastic.

Last of all I want to thank my son James for taking the pictures of the quilt.  I think he gave it a neat look and feel with his pictures.  While I am thanking people, thanks goes to Ella from Throw a wench in the works for the name Helix which I will name my pattern.  Also to Karen from The Recipe Bunny for suggesting the name Pillar of Fire for the quilt. And for giving me the confidence to attempt a biased binding Elizabeth from Such as Sew and Sew and to all others who help and give me suggestions along the way.

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Kids and Quilts

Today I had the joy of seeing another child's joy in quilting begin.  Last week we gave her family a quilt to thank then for all the wonderful kind things they have done for us.  When we were there, she commented that she wanted to learn how to quilt.  So last Saturday we invited her over and let her chose material from out stash to make a quilt.  She picked the wild flowers that Rebecca picked out and to help tone it down some Tanya added some 5 inch solid squares she won some where in blog land.

I started out by cutting up the fabric that she picked into 5 inch blocks to match the solids that Tanya added to our mix.  I had her line up the first 4 rows first, before we started to sew.  The above picture was taken half way though.  The quilt top ended up 9 blocks wide by 12 blocks long.

She was a total natural at the piecing.  I showed her how to pick up and keep track of the blocks she was sewing and then showed her how to keep putting it back together.  I taught her how to chain piece and was impressed with her speed and skill at doing it.  In just 4 or so hours we were able to get the top pieced.

Before she went home with her quilt top, Tanya was kind enough to cut batting and a back out of flannel for her. Together Tanya, my daughter Rebecca and our new quilter were able to baste her quilt.  The plan is that she will tie the quilt with the help of her mother and sisters and when that is done she will bring it back,