Hurricane Sandy Quilts

 As so often happens when we hear of a storm or disaster, we want to help. Many years ago when Katrina hit New Orleans, my friends and I began quilting up a storm and actually made several quilts in one week to send to those without. Sweet Home Quilt Co. in Conyers, GA sent out a notice last week that they were collecting quilts and blankets from our area to mail to Bumblebeans Basics in New York. I took the above quilts last Friday to their shop and am working on another. See below:

Next Door Neighbor

My "Next Door Neighbor" quilt is complete, binding and all. It was on my UFO list - one of my older projects.

Here is a close-up where you can see the quilting a little also. Paisley Flower is the quilting design, but it blends in mostly with this quilt.

And, always, the back. This backing reminds me of the first time I did "backart". I made a quilt for my sister (when I hand-quilted even) and we had taken a class from Roberta Horton at Houston International Festival. She had showed us pieced-backs and so I tried it. Think I put three fabrics, similar to this. I was really stepping out of the box then in the late 80s. I really like interesting backs of quilts, even if it's just pieced as opposed to using something you don't like. Just adds something special to the quilt!