A Little Warmth

I've been quilting today. Then, on the knittyboard, I read a question about quilts. So I thought today was as good as any to post some quilt pictures (I had meant to start doing that in February, when Sew, Mama, Sew! was celebrating quilt month. I know I've said this before, but that is such a great site -- sharing all kinds of wonderful ideas.)

So here are two I made for an charity auction last summer:

This is a raggedy quilt, made with flannels for the top, and minkee (the softest fabric I have ever touched) for the bottom. I ended up making another one of these the next week for a friend who had gotten to the auction too late to bid. These quilts are so easy -- the only difficult thing is all the little snips in the seams that allow for the fraying.
This one is made up of cotton squares in a cowboy theme, with a navy minkee border, then a cotton bandanna-print border, and backed with a really cute flannel with horseshoes and the like embroidered in black. I machine quilted this one, and turned up the backing for the edge.
Since I started knitting, I just don't quilt as much, and when I do, it's easy projects like these. The one I am working on today, however, is much more intense. Story to follow . . .
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