Charity Sewing: The Pepper Quilt

I finished stitching my 4th quilt top yesterday. This is another double/queen size top. I think the design is splendid. Very graphic! At St. George's, we do our quilts assembly line style. So I didn't pick the fabrics for this, but did do the sewing.


Last week I got to help Pat with layout. We managed to get two figured out before the end of the session. One of the leaders liked the way we worked together — both in the way we related to each other and the fabric combinations we came up with — so at tomorrow's regular meeting, I may get to do more layout with Pat.

Here are close-up images of the four fabrics used in this quilt top.


Very graphic when used together!



I really like the looks of this quilt ... but I'm glad I don't need to find a place to use it in my own home. Not exactly my color pallet!



We've been working overtime to try and get a lot of quilts done. As of Monday at 3pm, we have 61 large quilts and 11 lap quilts completed. We hope to finish up about six more tomorrow.

All of these will go to our local food bank and be distributed with the Thanksgiving baskets. Unfortunately, the food bank needs about 120 quilts and we are the only local church group donating this year. That's why we're pushing so hard to get as many done as possible. The Food Bank will pick up the quilts tomorrow afternoon.

I love being a part of this kind of giving. It wasn't so long ago when I was on the receiving end of this kind of generosity.

(OK, maybe it was ... it was 20 years ago when I was homeless and in desperate need) .