Still Making Tops

Health issues (broken hip, arthritis in hands, kidney stone, eye surgery) have kept me somewhat sidelined for the first half of the year, but I've still tried to make tops for my charities when I can. They have been a healing salvation to get me through times when one needs something to forget about pain and the convalescing cycle. And it's great to be a part of a group (St. Anne's Sewdality) when all I have to do is make the quilt tops and the rest is done by others.  Sometimes it take a group to make a quilt. Here's a few I've made so far:

These last two were made using a great tutorial by Jenny Doan.  You can read about it here. Don't have time to make a charity quilt. I invite you to form a group and see how easy it will be.

QOV

Deanna, Fern and I worked on a QOV(Quilt of Valor) quilt Feb 1st during a National Service Day sponsored by The QOV Foundation. There were 29 of us working away to start 15 quilt tops. We were the first done - took about 3 hours.  Deanna made the embroidered blocks , Fern did the lay-out. I measured and cut out the borders, and all three of us sewed.  It will be given to a local wounded soldier.  Measures 62 x 69. Oh and the Natl org called and Deanna won one of the prizes for the day. We've got a second one being assembled now.