If you read my last post, you'll know that I took a break from my January quilting to make some blocks.
These are for Many Hands and Many Hearts. Cynthia at Quilting is more fun than Housework does block drives throughout the year (a new block design every three months). The blocks are used to make quilts for various programs in Oregon. There are several ways to support the program. (You can read more here.)
I have enjoyed donating to block drives over the years because it is a wonderful way to work in community with other quilters--even if we don't know each other. The blocks for the current drive are cool and warm 4-patches surrounded by black with white or white with black prints. You can see the directions here.
I thought I had a lot of black and white prints to choose from, but when I laid them out, some looked too dingy, so I narrowed them down to what you see here.
Picking out the cools and warms was fun but messy!
I was tempted to keep going and make a whole quilt top, but I want to emphasize the community aspect of the quilt while keeping the cost of postage down, so I will send just these. Maybe I'll use the pattern in another donation quilt for closer to home sometime.
Here are my blocks:
I'm linking this to Cynthia's Oh Scrap post on Quilting is more fun than Housework.
Be sure to check out other scrap projects there and get inspired to do some community quilting.
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