Out of my Crayola box!

   

When I first saw this weeks Project Quilting theme, I was blank.  I didn’t know what to do.  As I scanned my sewing cabinet I realized I didn’t have very much bold fabric. I found an ombré Batik and pulled it out.  But it just wasn’t giving me the feeling that it was right.  Suddenly I remembered another Ombré fabric I bought last year.  Due to the way it was folded, you could tell what it was! Bingo!! Hard to believe the entire quilt is made of just 2 different fabrics. .

     I then pulled a 2 yard piece of black material out.  I wasn’t sure if a plan yet, but had a few ideas. I cut the fabric into 8.5 inch blocks.  Then I used the 4 at a time HST method.  Squared them up into 5.5 inch blocks.

As usual I googled several social media platforms for inspirations and found this stick on tile idea.  I separated the colors into yellow, green, aqua, blue and purple. There were some in between pieces that worked well for the middles.   I changed the star up in the centers bit and worked my way around from yellow to purple!

     I then quilted it using black thread.  You can barely see the swirls, but I finallly feel I perfected the pointy swirls with this quilt.  I didn’t like the plain colors so I tried to do just a bump in each.  I totally don’t like it, but it was a learning experience.

Bound it in the leftover black and my last challenge is done!! Measuring out at 50x60z. All of my Project Quilting quilts this season are full size!

    This weeks challenge is right up my alley.  People always ask me what I do with all my quilts.  They look funny when I say, “I give them all away”.  I do, I rarely keep anything, when I decide to keep something, someone usually says something that leads me to give it to them.

     This challenge of “Give It Away”, is the meaning behind the name of my blog.  Quilts and handmade blankets have always made me feel better.  I spent a bit of my life in Foster Care and It makes me feel good to make something and give it away.  The mix of the 2 developed the name Fostering Others.  I keep myself out of depression and honestly destress by crafting! So this theme fits my crafting life!

     My coworkers wife had a major cardiac event about 2 weeks ago.  She needs something to pick up her spirts.  So I went in my sewing room and knew what fabric would be perfect.  I know she loves her dogs!! A few months ago I bought some sale batik fabric from one of my favorite fabric stores with dogs and paw prints imprinted all over the fabric.

     I knew I wouldn’t have much sewing time this week, so I decided to do a big block quilt.  Just 2 colors of fabric to make a dramatic impact.   I made 12 churn dash blocks that were 18 inches each.  I originally planned 16 and decided that the quilt may be to big for hospital use.