In May, I agreed to make 2 lap quilts for a new Ravelry-based crafting group that donates their projects to the VA Hospital in Palo Alto. The first quilt I finished quickly, having to only buy some off-white fabric and the batting. This 2nd quilt, however, is proving to be quite the challenge. I've never done a Log Cabin Quilt so I thought this would be a good excuse to give it a shot. Well, not only does it take much more work than I had thought, but I didn't have enough red, white, and blue scraps to give it a very scrappy feel. I turned to Ravelry and about a dozen people sent me scraps. Then I cut up most of them into strips and started piecing.
Then I got a job.
So I'm working on finishing the top- I just took my machine out for the first time in over a month- and TODAY I find out about a surprise baby shower for my boss in 2 weeks. Que the crazy quilt design wheels to turn in my head. So I think I'm going to make her a Disappearing 9 Patch (my all-time favorite baby quilt design) and I think I might be able to do it out of the fabric I originally bought for Mike's Baby (see Irish Chain quilt below.)
So, without further adieu, I present my progress with 11 in '11:
Just to update you on my 11 Quilts in '11 goal:
1. Gram's Quilt- DONE
2. Joe's Quilt- DONE
3. Wedding Quilt- DONE
4. Sophia's Quilt- DONE
5. Raj's Baby Quilt- DONE6. Veteren Quilt (Ribbon Star)- DONE
7. Veteren Quilt (Log Cabin)- In progress
8. Project Linus Quilt- DONE
9. Abigails' Quilt- Planning
10. Jason's Parent's Quilt- No idea
11. ???
And pics of my 2 most recent finished quilts-
A Project Linus Quilt (http://www.sjlinus.org/) in a 4-patch pattern:
And this is Veteren's Quilt #1. The pattern is called Ribbon Star:
