I recently had an order from my daughter Sarah’s co-worker Alecia. She wanted to surprise her daughter with a quilt for her 16th birthday. I decided the wonky pieced pattern that I had made for Sarah would be perfect for Ashleigh as well. This pattern is very young and contemporary in my opinion. I chose blues, purples and limes for my palette.
The center square is cut slightly on an angle on two sides. Then as each strip is sewn onto the center piece, it too is cut at a slight angle. Ergo, a wonky pieced block.
Here is Ashleigh’s completed quilt!
Hope she loves it. Happy Sweet Sixteen Ashleigh!
My husband Eric bought me a new digital camera for Christmas. Since I like to carry my camera in my pocketbook and did not want the LCD screen to get scratched, I made myself the perfect little gadget bag to protect my camera. The best part of this project is that I only needed to use scrap materials! Here are directions that I used to make a bag that fit my camera snugly.
1. Cut (2) 5 ½” x 3 ¾” pieces of batting, outside fabric and inside fabric.
2. Layer one piece of batting, on piece of the inside fabric right side up and one piece of the outside fabric right side down creating a fabric sandwich. Do the same with the remaining pieces.
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I have come across another wonderful volunteer organization that makes and donates knitted and crocheted afghans to our wounded veterans. Rectangle 6 x 9 asks for donations of just that; acrylic rectangles of 6” x 9” in solid, variegated and neutral colors. Four times a year there is a “put together event” where the rectangles are sorted by color then sewn together to make complete afghans. They are then donated to the following hospitals.
- Washington Veterans Affairs Medical Center « Washington D.C.
- Craig Joint Theatre Hospital « Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan
- Andrews Air Force Base Overnight Facility « Maryland
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center « Washington, D.C.
- Brooke Army Medical Center « Fort Sam Houston, TX
- Eisenhower Army Medical Center « Fort Gordon, GA
- Madigan Army Medical Center « Fort Lewis, WA
- Womack Army Medical Center « Fort Bragg, NC
- Landstuhl Regional Medical Center« Germany
- Bethesda Naval Hospital « Maryland
There are volunteers from all 50 states and D.C. When checking out this site be sure to click on “photos” and see a few of the 2,800 afghans completed then donated by this great organization. There are even directions on how to make the rectangles. The most important thing is to keep the size of each block a consistent 6 X 9.
I made these rectangles in a double crochet. This is just the beginning as I plan to make many more this winter! Please consider contributing to this organization. If you don’t knit or crochet click on their “wish list” and give in one of those ways.
I finally completed the “comfortghan” that I committed to make as a member of American Angels. I had the option of sending it to either the army medical center in Texas or directly to Iraq. The postage is the same for either hospital.
The U.S. address:
US Brooke Army Medical Center
ATTN: Gift Coordinator
Amputee Dept Bldg 3600
3851 Roger Brooke Drive
Ft Sam Houston, TX 78234-6200
The Iraq address:
ATTN: ICW NCOIC
332 EMDOS/ICW
APO AE 09315-9997
I enclosed a thank you note for the recipient thanking him or her for their service and sacrifice with my first name, city and town. This is an extremely worthy cause. It is the least we can do for the honorable men and women that selflessly protect our nation.