WIP Work In Progress: Warm Wishes Charity Quilts

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I love the Warm Wishes pattern for making charity quilts for kids.  This center panel is currently on my design wall and it's made with a print of planets and constellations.

I usually finish these Warm Wishes quilts with no border and just binding.  But I think this one will be perfect for an older child, so I plan to add an inner border and an outer border with the same printed fabric to make it larger.  


I took a break from sewing heart quilts and sewed four more flimsies using the Warm Wishes pattern.  Two with a Mickey Mouse print, one with a Dr. Seuss print, and one with ballerina animals.  

This pattern is so fast and easy that I could easily sew one up in a day but it also helps that these were previously cut up into "kits" a few years ago.  I won't be putting borders on these so they are ready for quilting and binding.  I'm not sure when I'll get to that but I'll sew a few more charity-quilt "kits" and then quilt them all at once ... sometime this year😉.

If you'd like to see more quilting goodness and see what others are up to, please visit the following which I'm linking up to:  

Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrication
Monday Making @ Love Laugh Quilt
Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
To-Do Tuesday @ Home Sewn by Us
Stitch Sew & Show @ Life in the Scrapatch

Until next time ... 
Be happy and keep on quilting!

Comments

  1. SherryFebruary 4, 2021 at 5:14 AM

    Great quilts and such an easy pattern. Thanks for sharing the inspiration.

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  2. Rebecca GraceFebruary 4, 2021 at 4:58 PM

    It's great that you have these go-to patterns under your hat that work so well for a variety of fabric prints. Love the solar system fabric print for kids!

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  3. ScrapatchesFebruary 5, 2021 at 7:40 AM

    You have been sew busy. Your warm wishes quilts will make the recipients feel loved. Thank you for linking up and warming my day ... :) Pat

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  4. Home Sewn By UsFebruary 5, 2021 at 4:49 PM

    Hi Rita! What a great batch of charity quilts. I can definitely see that an older child will love the planet and constellations for sure. I have a little two-year-old great-niece that would adore the ballerina animals, too. Thanks so much for linking up this week. ~smile~ Roseanne

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