Bow Tie Rainbow/You Are Loved

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 Somehow I got carried away making Bow Tie blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge this year.  Maybe it was because they are so fast and easy to make, or because I had so many cute scraps I wanted to include.  At any rate, it got out of hand, and now I'm putting the blocks together into quilts.  Last week I showed you my little pink Bow Tie quilt all finished.  This one is just a top.

Like most of the kid quilts I'm making, this one will be donated to the Children's Advocacy Center in Milwaukee.  The organizer accepts tops as well as finished quilts, and they have a real need for bigger quilts.  I am happy to make the larger tops, but they are hard for me to quilt on my domestic machine, so I donate them as tops, like this one. 

The blocks finish at 8 in. square, and the quilt comes out to 54 in. x 70 in.  It's a smaller twin size.  There are 8 rows, each with one color of blocks.  So you can see why I call it a Bow Tie Rainbow.

So what about "You Are Loved"?  Take a close look at the border above.  The words "you are loved" appear over and over in the print.  I'm not sure where I got this fabric, probably from a used fabric sale, and I never knew what to do with it until now.  It seems like a good message for a quilt donated to a child in foster care.

More Bow Tie quilts are coming!  Watch this space!

In other news, I finally got around to binding this quilt.  It started as a not-quite-complete kit I picked up at a guild meeting.  I finished the top all the way back in June, and turned it in to our charity committee. 

It was quilted right away by the Fabulous Joy.  Didn't she do a great job?  She has done at least 80 donation quilts this year.  That's right, 80!!!

I agreed to do the binding, using the same blue solid as the sashing.  I have to admit I procrastinated a bit, plus I was out of town for a funeral and then to visit my wonderful Mom.  Yesterday, I finally pulled up my socks and got to work on it.  It's all done now (hurray!).  The guilt is gone, and the quilt can be given to someone who needs it.

I forgot to post this from Halloween!  The pirate captain is my youngest daughter, and her kids (that I call Buddy and Little Guy) are the Pokemon characters.  They had a wonderful time trick or treating.

Have a wonderful week, everyone! 

 

Thanks for reading,

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

Linking up with these lovely bloggers:

Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday

Angela at So Scrappy

Cynthia at Oh Scrap