Status Report and Eye Candy

As some of you may know, I originally was pretty much asking the ladies on the quilting.about.com forum for 12.5" blocks and "maybe some tops" for the Taylor Bridge Fire Quilts project. Oh my goodness!! To date I've received 18 finished quilts and 20+ quilt tops, one of which I quilted and finished. I have several others set aside to try to work on personally.

I thought it would be fun to see how some of the 12.5" blocks were going to look laid out. I put all of the houses up I'd received so far, and a portion of the other blocks. It looks like with sashing and borders I'll be able to make 2 quilt tops, maybe even 3!

You guys have truly overwhelmed me with your generosity and skills, and I'm so happy to be able to pass these works of art onto the folks who need a little something special to call their own after losing their homes to this terrible fire.

A huge thank you to all who are participating, and those still finishing items to send along!!!

-Misha

Orphans, Tops and more from Lynne

Yesterday I posted 2 finished quilts by Lynne, but she sent far more to me than that!! Above you'll see 3 cute house blocks she sent me for my sampler quilt(s). I need to put all the houses together on the wall this weekend and play with a layout!!

Next are the four scrappy tops she sent. I need to ask her if they have actual names...for now I've given them descriptive titles (see the caption bar beneath each one).

16 Patch 44 x 62" top by Lynne

Amish 9 Patch 38 x 46" top by Lynne

Brown stripe 60x60" top by Lynne

Khaki Scrappy 52x61" top by Lynne

Below are the orphans and some raw edge hearts Lynne sent me as well. These will all look great in some quilts. Thank you for your generosity, Lynne!

 

And last but not least, here's some yardage she sent for backings. These will definitely help out!

Lynne Outdid Herself!!!

Stacked Stripes (I think that's right) 48 x 56"

Here are two awesome finished quilts from Lynne!! I got home much later than planned tonight and really wanted to share these with you now. Tomorrow I hope to get some photos taken of the tops she sent, plus orphans, plus any other packages I may have forgotten to document. I still have one at the post office that I couldn't pick up in time, but I'm going to see if I can get it redelivered up here tomorrow or Saturday (that's Bridgette's for those who are curious) :)

Pinwheels and Stars 48 x 61"

Helen May's House and Bear Paw

I love the Bear Paw block. And of course I love the house! I'm hooked on all the different house blocks...if you followed me on Pinterest you'd see I have an entire board chock full of pictures of quilted houses!

I have a tiny WIP in solids that I need to get back to one of these days...I think the blocks finish around 6 or 6.5 (yes, it's been THAT long). Oh, but enough about ME...

Got these cuties in the mail today from Helen May who just relocated back to WA! Welcome back, HM!

I also received Brenda's House Blocks (they multiplied on the long trip from Canada, there are 5 now, eh!) and a HEAVY box from Lynne that is going to take some time to catalog, but I will say she sent 2 finished quilts, 4 tops, and some orphans and other items. Something to look forward to!

I stopped by my parents' house today and spray basted two quilts on their patio table...my Jewel Box top and Cindy's Framed 4 Patch (to which I added a button print border).

Now I'm ready to quilt on Friday!!!