Week 7

This top was donated from the quilt shop on St. Simons Island, Georgia. The colors are even prettier than in the picture!

40" X 40"

Week 6

This quilt top was donated with the quilting already started. I finished up the quilting using a free-motion wave pattern.

48" X 39"

Week 5

Ocassionally, on super busy weeks, I will be doing a panel. By cutting off the damaged part of this donated panel, I have a quick, cute quilt.

25" X 39"

Week 4

This quilt is made out of an old quilt that I had plus the addition of the 2 rows of star blocks.

54" X 90"

Week 3

I made this quilt with donated fabric and chenelle. I used flannel instead of batting because the chenelle is so heavy. The four panels were already cut to this size which account for the odd shape of this quilt. The colors work nicely together but don't photograph very well.

33" X 60"

Leigh's Elephant Bag

I made this for Leigh out of fabric she had left over from a project. The embroidered "JOY" on the inside of the bag was 35,307 stitches.

The bag is about 15" square and the strap is about a 40" drop.

Week 2

The Week 2 quilt is two donated tops that someone used for free motion quilting practice. I finished quilting the piece and bound it with extra binding that I had on hand. The fabric says "2000 - Happy New Millennium" and is covered in M&M characters.

53" X 43"

Miss Debbie's Quilt

I finished Miss Debbie's long overdue quilt earlier this week. I used fabric out of 2 Moda jelly rolls and something I already had for the back. I quilted the interior on the diagonal and the outer border using a twig meander pattern. I really like how the inner burgundy flap border and the binding frame the quilt.

57" X 57"

Week 1

The Week 1 quilt is complete! I pulled out one of my free-motion practice quilts and finished it.  The quilt top fabric is donated blocks that I put together and my mom gave me the fabric I put on the back.

47" X 37"

2010/2011 Donation Quilt Challenge

9/9/2010 UPDATE: I have gone back to work part-time and am going to have to extend my challenge into next year.  I will make 52 donation quilt projects - it's just going to take a little longer than I had hope.

Julee

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Welcome to my Challenge! My goal is to make 52 donation quilts this year - one per week - that will be given away to those in need. I have been making quilts for almost 40 years and involved with making donation quilts for over a decade. Taking on this personal challenge has been on my heart for a long time.

Looking around my sewing room right now I probably have enough fabric for more than 52 quilts! These will be simple quilts ranging in size from baby (36" X 36") to youth (42" X 60".) I will also be making Joseph Quilts - bat-less quilts for the homeless - out of decorator weight fabric.

I'm going to try and use up all my novelty fabric and as well as the pieces I just don't like anymore. I plan to clean out the orphan block box. I have a number of UFO's (un-finished objects) that will give me a headstart for a few weeks. The only things I may need to purchase will be another roll of batting and thread.

I have been teaching quilting for many years and have written several patterns and a beginner quilting book. I'll probably use my patterns to start, but will certainly venture out into new patterns as the year goes by.
I hope this schedule will work for me: Sunday - plan, Monday - cut, Tuesday - piece, Wednesday - quilt, Thursday - bind.

Please join me on this quilting adventure - I can't wait to see where this leads - - -

Julee