If you’ve followed my blog for awhile you know that I make a couple of quilts for charity each year. I just finished a quilt for a group that I am part of called do. Good Stitches which is organized by Rachel at Stitched in Color. There are several groups and each group is made up of 10-12 quilters that stitch blocks and/or assemble and finish the quilt. I am a quilter at this time which means that I am also responsible for coming up with the design and colors for that month.
For my month, I decided to use the Square Pegs pattern available at Moda Bake Shop. I asked the stitchers in my group to use their scraps and make blocks in melon colors. Think watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew. And boy did they deliver. It’s so bright and fun. And will be a great quilt for the women that benefit from the makeovers done by Enchanted Makeovers, the charity it is going to.
I quilted it with organic stacked half-moon shapes. The blocks are 13″ square. And because I asked our stitchers to make it scrappy, I had to refigure the instructions for assembly, but it was an easy pattern to figure out.
It snowed this past weekend and the snow made the perfect background for this bright quilt. It was 8 degrees when we were outside taking the pictures. Just a little cold so I didn’t take many pictures, but thankfully I didn’t need to. Today, 5 days later, it’s 70 degrees. Gotta love NC weather!
Linking up with Finish it Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts and Can I Get a Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
Very cute quilt! Love the vibrant colors!
That is so beautiful. Amazing how just the instruction ‘melon colors’ and the very different interpretations of all the quilters still make a beautiful, coherent quilt!
It is isn’t it. I wasn’t sure about some of the blocks when I received them, but they all work well together in the end.
A fine finish. Congrats!!
That turned out SO nice! I’m sure the recipient will be thrilled. And what a great cause!
It’s a lovely quilt and I especially like that you got pictures while there was snow!
Thank you! I love the snowy pictures. Thankfully the snow is what allowed me to stay home from work and get it finished. So it really was perfect timing in more ways than one. 😉