Project Linus Quilt

Usually I am a selfish crafter.  I make things only for me (and occasionally for my mom).  But I'm making this for someone I'll never even meet.

At the quilt show last weekend, we wandered into the Moda Bake Shop booth.  The lady there gave each of us a bundle of twenty 2.5 x 5" rectangles.  In another booth I saw a charm pack (forty-two 5 x 5" squares) of the same fabric.  Coordination!  I bought the charm pack, not knowing what I'd do with my new little stash of fabric.

A while later we stumbled upon the Project Linus display.  This is a volunteer group that makes and gives blankets to children in hospitals or crisis situations, wherever they are needed.  I knew what I would do with the fabric!  It is children's fabric with dots, owls, numbers, and cars (the collection is called Ten Little Things) and it would make a great Project Linus quilt.

So I took a few evenings this week and made a quilt top.  (The sewing machine and stuff were still out from making my violet quilt top.)  The main part of the quilt is the charm pack I bought.  The blue border is leftover from the inside of the tote bag I made for Carol a couple years ago.  The patchwork border is 36 of the 40 rectangles the Moda lady gave us.  The outer green border is fabric I bought at Joann's specifically for this project.  I think this is pretty cute!

I'm going to (hopefully) finish this over Thanksgiving with a little help from my mom.  Rather than hand or machine quilting, I will tie the three layers together with yarn.  I have coordinating yarn, left over from my flock of bluebirds.   I'm really excited to finish and donate this quilt!