Little ones finding homes.

 I have a large and sometimes unruly

 pile of flimsies of all sizes .

They have been sorted out a few times

 during our current stay home and sew time.

 I find I have a lot without designated homes!!

 So when my sister called and

 wondered if I had a few small quilts ,

 I knew the answer! 

 Get sewing! 

So , I sent her pictures of the options. 

A few of these small treasures 

appeared in scrap bags

that I have been gifted. 

 A few are fun projects

 that were made 

but never quilted. 

Some just seemed 

to end up in the pile . 

Inspired by the need, 

I dug into the store

 room and found some 

cozy backs that were purchased as 

throws at the local bargain store. 

The first one I chose to complete ,

 is a little snuggly, pink square.

 I thought this one would make a nice comfort

quilt for a little girl.

I backed it with a white ,

 warm and fuzzy back  with no batting.

Straight line quilting and it was ready to go. 

Since I had some white cuddly backing left, 

I tackled the purple mini next.

 

This, I recall, was a sample

demonstrating adding to 

a crazy patch square.

 It sewed up very nicely into 

a little baby cuddle blanket. 

I was really getting on a roll on

 a very cold and windy winter day!

The next day I was still so inspired by my 

accomplishment on the 2 minis that

I tackled the top that was hourglasses. 

Upon a closer look, 

there are friend ship stars

 at the top of the piece!

 Maybe the maker thought

they weren't bright enough,

 but they really compliment the quilt. 

I found a very nice red print , and 

used it for the border and the binding. 

The quilting was great fun on this one!

Zig zagging across the top

was a blast!

 And the stars really pop!

I found a beautiful 

blue flannel for the back .

The red border fabric

 held out and I had just 

enough left to piece 

the binding together to finish it!

Not much left for

 the scrap bag on this one!

That quilt took a few days, 

what with washing the backing, 

quilting to a great series,

 ( Yes I re-watched my geeky Mandalorian).

I chose a lattice block top for my next ,

" sister needs" item.

This block is one of my "go tos".

 I love the constant variety. 

It is such an interesting look every time!

It was designed by Ann Weber and showed

 up in an old MaCall's Quilting 2007.

I keep an ongoing " block box " 

of these parts on the shelf. 

Again I zig zagged thru 

the center lattice and 

it quilted up fast and fun.

 It got the remainder of a

soft , cream flannel for the back. 

 I had to piece in some

 flannel layer cake bits to get the size.

 

While digging in the bins for 

flannel, I found this lovely panel!

So , I use the major portion of the

cream flannel piece for this little charmer.

I really enjoyed the process 

of choosing what to accent with quilting. 

So much fun with 

a poufy 5 oz. poly batting!

Still pretty inspired and

 the weather still in the sub 20s 

( that is minus 20 degree Celsius here in Canada),

I got one more ready to go. 

This little top was hidden in a 

bag of scraps 

someone ( a Quilting Buddy) 

dropped off for me.

It got a cuddly flannel back

and quilted up like a dream. 

Then of course I had to ship all of these!

 I folded them to the size of my box. 

Then I hauled out a kitchen bag and

 the vacuum! 

                        

They shrunk down gloriously!

All 6 fit in an 10" x 12" x 8" box!

Big save on shipping!  

The weather channel says we are 

in for a cold stretch 

and I still have more tops needing homes.

Cant wait for my next productive

" sister needs quilts" 

sewing marathon!

( Not sure what to do with the purple and orange one!)

Stay safe and sew on!!!