Monday, February 20, 2012

Quilt for a Cause

Every March, for the past few years, Paige and Jesse have attended a cancer fundraiser, hosted by a friend's family.  This year the fundraiser has special meaning.  Part of the fundraiser is a dinner and another part auction.  I decided to make a quilt to donate for the auction and just finished binding it today. 

I used a pattern from Oh, Fransson and a fat quarter pack from my friend's quilt shop.

Here is my quilt, my only change from the pattern was to add a border, wanted to make it a bit bigger.
wanted a flat view but didn't want to lay the quilt on the ground

back - using some leftover quilt blocks and polka dot fabric.

a better view of the quilt
You will be seeing a few more quilts on the blog, on Wednesday evenings I have a sewing night at my friend's quilt shop.  There is 3 to 8 of us each night (depending on schedules and weather) and we sew, chat, shop and eat.  It is quite fun, so Wednesday nights is my quilting night.

5 comments:

  1. Beautiful quilt!

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  2. Love the quilt. Is that bias sewn down the middle of the block or a piece of fabric sewn between? It will be a wonderful piece for them to auction.

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  3. Love the quilt and hope it brings in lots of $$$. I really like how the quilting mimics the blocks themselves. It's beautiful and should appeal to men and women. Good luck!

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  4. I love this quilt and wish I could be there to bid (and win it) and support this great cause. I think about the special meaning for your family almost daily.

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  5. What a beautiful quilt for the fundraiser! I think it's wonderful you have a quilting night to look forward to each week. I have been meeting with a couple of girlfriends every Tuesday night to play games while our boys are at youth group. I love the camaaradarie on those nights.

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