Bound to Help

Welcome to Treadlestitches!

I am so lucky!  Like many of you, I belong to a quilt group that really cares about making quilts for people in need.  We work together in all the stages--donating, collecting and storing fabric, designing and cutting out blocks, piecing, quilting, and binding.  This month my "homework" was binding a small stack of quilts.

You might remember the first two quilts.  I showed them here when they were twin-sized tops I had made from my scraps.  Now the lovely ladies have quilted them.  Didn't they do a nice job?

Here's the back, two lengths of older but sturdy fabric.

And here's this one, made from Bonnie Hunter's Scrappy Mountain Majesties pattern.

Again, nice simple quilting, which really makes such a difference.

Isn't this a pretty backing?  It goes so well with the front.

I loved finishing these two especially, since I started them.  They're kind of like "my" quilts, and I like knowing how they turned out.

There were two more to bind that were made by other group members, and it was fun to finish them, too.

Here's a great idea for a scrap quilt--16 small squares surrounded by a narrow border.  The borders alternate between white and bright green.

There are some fun fabrics in here!

Here's the floral back.

The last one is a crib sized quilt (and you know how much I love baby quilts!).

 The back is a doggie print.

Cute fabrics!  This would be an easy way to put them together, and kids would love it.

Speaking of cute ...

yeah, I couldn't resist, I had to pose Baby Buddy on the quilt.  He's seven months old now, and growing every day.  (BTW, his shirt says New to the Crew).

What about the Rainbow Scrap Quilts?  I have been doing a little work on them too.

I know, the color for October is yellow, which is great, but my Shoofly quilt needed brown instead, so I made these blocks.

One of my old favorite fabrics is in here--millennium fabric from the year 2000.

And here's one of my newer favorites--Lady Liberty (aka Columbia) waving the flag.

Now that all the blocks are done, I'm getting them together.

I'm going to quilt them in three separate pieces, and then add the borders.

The pieced Shoofly blocks are set with this paisley fabric.  A couple of years ago I attended a lecture on paisley by fabulous quilt historian, judge, and appraiser Carol Butzke.  That same day I bought this fabric.  I knew I would use it for this quilt back in January when I started making the blocks.

The pears and apples and applesauce are canned now, and we can enjoy them all through the winter.

I'm not looking forward to winter weather, but I'm getting ready for it anyway.  We just have to get through whatever comes, and it's best to be prepared.

It might be time to start knitting some wool socks again.

Take your vitamins, wear your mask, and stay safe!

Thanks for reading,

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

Linking up with:

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday

Angela at So Scrappy 

Cynthia at Oh Scrap