Saturday, April 8, 2017

Canada's Big Quilt Bee

Hi everyone, 

I've finally finish the quilt top that I made for Canada's Big Quilt Bee. They are collecting 1000 quilts to donate to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. It will be given to a sick child that is at one of the Sick Kids hospitals in Canada. 

They had wanted slab block quilts. But you know me, I can't just follow instructions. Lol!  

Lorna from  Sew Fresh Quilts had come to our guild and given a trunk show. Well, I bought six of her patterns. I pulled these out and chose three blocks that I thought would work well. 

As you can see they are super cute. The beaver, the bird and the raccoon are all patterns by Sew Fresh Quilts. 

Then I wanted to add the bounding bunny block by Sally Trude from the blog, The objects of design. This is also such a cute block.  

I had to cut one of my slab blocks to make space for the beaver block. But I think the quilt top turned out super cute. 

I need to make a backing for it now and quilt it. 

I hope you like it!

11 comments:

The Cozy Quilter said...

Lorna came to our guild too! Her quilts are very fun and I love the way you added her blocks to your slabs for a quilt for a child at a Ronald McDonald house! Great job! This quilt will make someone's day!

Cathy said...

Super cute is right!
You put some fun blocks together...good thing you don't know how to follow instructions!

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

I love how that turned out, Ariane! The animals are perfect for a Canada quilt, and the little bits of maple leaf fabric are fun to see here and there!

gayle said...

This is such a fun quilt! It's sure to make a child smile. Love your choice of animal blocks!

Jenny said...

Those gorgeous animals really add an extra ooomph to the quilt - congratulations. Some lucky child is sure to be enthralled with it as they recover in hospital

a good yarn said...

I don't think the child receiving this quilt will mind that there aren't any stars. The fun blocks you've made into such a delightful quilt will be much loved by the child who receives it.

Cynthia Brunz Designs said...

All those animals in there are adorable. Great job! Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!

Anita said...

This is awesome! I haven't brought myself to start because I do not enjoy sewing slab blocks but something like this would be fun! You did a fantastic job!

Magpie Sue said...

I sense a kindred spirit here. I don't always follow directions either! (In fact, hardly ever.) I absolutely love this quilt top you're building, and some child will love it even more.

Laura said...

I love this quilt! Lorna's patterns are lots of fun!

Andree G. Faubert said...

Hi Ariane, good for you for not following the instructions! Your quilt is really nice. Lorna's patterns are great to work with.
Thanks for linking up to Celebrate - Fêtons 150!