Community Quilts from Chris

Chris is a newer finisher to the bunch and I’m just thrilled that she joined us and is already cranking out finished quilts.  I just love adding new finishers and I always have tops here just waiting for anyone who volunteers.  I just got a message from someone with 22 quilt tops and they are looking for someone to finish them.  It’s a great problem to have…so I have to ask, is anyone wanting to finish some quilt tops??

Chris writes:
“Here are three quilts I recently finished. I’m pretty sure they’re all from the Cresco Ladies. I provided the backs, batting and binding, and quilted all of them on my old Bernina.

The first I named “Monkey in the Middle.” It features an adorable embroidered monkey swinging from a branch.
The many borders… make the quilt 45 x 45. I quilted it with a simple crosshatch and finished it with a poison green binding that I think goes well with it.

The next quilt has fussy-cut monkeys (I sense a theme with these quilts!), kitties, and frogs. I had fun with this one and free-motioned some hearts using a variegated rose thread. The backing has Holly Hobby-type girls on it, and I finished it with a rose-colored binding. I’m sure some little girl will be very happy cuddling up with this quilt, which finished at 40×48.

The last quilt I named Harry Potter, for obvious reasons. I thought about free-motion quilting some Harry Potter-themed designs, but in the end, decided to keep things simple and used a double diamond pattern.

The backing was a piece of fabric I found that had dark and darker greens, with metallic gold over it all. It looks like a night sky, except in green. I’m pretty happy with how it coordinated with the top. This quilt finished at 40×45.

All three quilts are going to Hope Cottage, a local women’s and children’s shelter. Thanks for letting me provide some cute warm quilts for the kiddos there! ”

Chris these turned out fabulous.  Thanks so much for volunteering.  Kudos to you for doing these on your domestic machine.  I was never very good at doing that but you’ve made these look fabulous.  Many thanks to Chris and of course the Cresco Ladies for making the tops.  WHOOT!!

Before I close I have a request from quilt finisher Cathy Morrill.

Cathy writes:
“I am a donation quilter…I have many tops, thanks to Cresco guild, to finish.  I would appreciate any spare batting and backing anyone could send my way.  I will be put to good use.  Happy quilting everyone🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️”

Here is her email …    morrillcathy@yahoo.com
If you have backing or batting to spare, your donations would be much appreciated.