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Comfort Quilts for Kids #243-#244 Size: 36" x 47" Started 2/1/20 - Finished 7/1/20 Yay!  Two more finished quilts for Quilts For Kids. This pattern is Warm Wishes, which was first introduced by Quiltmaker magazine in 2000 as the quilt for Project Linus Make-a-Blanket Day (you can see all of the free patterns here ).   Click  here   for a free pattern that will show you how to make 4 crib-size Warm Wishes quilts using one queen-size batting.   I bought the Halloween print fabric years ago, and it's from South Sea Imports.  The green print features dogs in costumes, and the purple fabric features bears also in costumes.  I think these prints are stinking cute! The backing is also a Halloween print called Skelanimals from David Textiles.  I found this print last October at M & L Fabrics. They had tons of Halloween fabric, and I stocked up.  Aren't these "skelanimals" adorable? I quilted them o...

It's hard to believe that more than half the year has gone by.  Despite everything going on, time just zipped by, and before I knew it, July was upon us.   I decided it was time to get back to my quilting, and here are my first  two quilt finishes of 2020 -  the start of a new decade of quilting. Comfort Quilt for Kids #241 Size: 36" x 42" Started 2/1/20 - Finished 7/1/20 I posted about these kits from Quilts for Kids here .  And, after all these years, they are FINALLY completed and ready for shipping. Yea!  I have one more kit to do, so that's my next project, and I can't wait to get started on it. Comfort Quilt for Kids #242 Size: 36" x 42" Started 2/1/20 - Finished 7/1/20 Because these quilts will get a lot of use and washing, they need to be well-quilted.  I quilted these on my regular short-arm sewing machine and decided to try my hand at free-motion quilting.  They are not perfect, but they are made with love....