I attend a monthly Block of the Month club at a local quilt shop, Quilts Etc. Each year in December they do a quilt drive. I had plans to make a cute girl quilt -- in fact, I even finished the top. But then I got the details of the quilt drive -- they are for Primary Children's hospital and they really needed boy quilts. They said that even some of the boys have to choose from quilts with flowers! :) Being the mother of 3 very boyish boys, I decided I'd better make a boy quilt to donate.
I had some strips of fabric left over from this quilt I made for my brother. I knew I needed a pattern that had plenty of background fabric because I didn't have a whole lot of the scraps. I added in a few other fabrics, cut them into 6-inch squares, and used the Falling Charms pattern from Missouri Star Quilt company. It is the 3rd time I've used this pattern. It is a quick one!
I am still working on improving my stitch length when I free motion quilt. So I stuck to my familiar loopy quilting.
I actually really like the bright green back. It is all from my stash. I enjoyed making this quilt all from fabric I already had. I also remembered that for past quilt drives, boy quilts were particularly needed. I think I will try and plan on it for next time. Perhaps Boy Quilts will become my specialty.
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