string block drive 20

Rounding up the Strays from Kat & Cat Quilts

Happy weekend friends, I hope everyone is doing well! I had a very relaxing 2 weeks off and now I'm back to the hospital grind. School has started again and I have a new group of anxious future nurses to warp *ahem* I mean teach.

Pam recently took on my stash of leftover string blocks from the past 5 years of January drives. This quilt is made of the 12.5" blocks. There are several different designs, but they still go together really well.

These leftover string blocks from a pre-2019 string block drive were assembled and quilted by ...

added by Kat 3 years, 2 months ago. under pam quilts , priscilla's tops , split nine 19 , string block drive 20

Strings 2020 Wrap Up from Kat & Cat Quilts

Yes, just short of a year from it's kick off the 2020 string block drive is wrapping up. Thanks to the many of you who participated in this drive, like Beth T. who made the top above and Kathy C. who quilted it!

I love the gingerbread man backing this quilt! The rest of these were assembled by a combination of Pam M. and me and quilted by me.

The seven quilts here plus those previously posted bring us to a total of 23 out of an expected 24 from this drive. There is still one out in the ...

added by Kat 3 years, 10 months ago. under 20 , block drive finish , covered in love , finish , kathy quilts , string block drive 20

Strings and Reflection from Kat & Cat Quilts

Another week and another batch of string quilts! These six were quilted by me, but some of them were pieced by Pam. She helped out by piecing two great big boxes of blocks I sent her into 8 tops and sending them back. Great big thanks to Pam, she did a lovely job of piecing and pressing nice flat seams!

Also obviously thanks to those who sent in cool backing fabrics for these quilts. Patients and families love to look at the backs and often connect to them.

There have been quite a few of these string quilts so far ...

added by Kat 4 years ago. under 20 , block drive finish , covered in love , finish , string block drive 20

String Things from Kat & Cat Quilts

Welcome to round 2 of Jan/Feb's string quilts! Long-time volunteer Holly assembled and quilted the first quilt, which has some really lovely colors in it. She quilted intersecting lines that sort of looks like stars.

These next two quilts were assembled and quilted by Linda D. I'm excited to show you more of her quilting if the future!

Of course none of these quilts would be here without the many people who sent in blocks during the January/February drive...

...And those who have sent in binding and backings! Thank you! A recent delivery to the hospital ...

added by Kat 4 years ago. under covered in love , johanna's tops , string block drive 20

Fresh String Quilts Up! from Kat & Cat Quilts

It's still July, technically, and we've got some of Jan/Feb's string quilts done! These are always a super popular block drive so it's a marathon to get them all turned into quilts.

Assembled and quilted by Holly

Covered in Love is blessed by the problem of too many blocks! Long-time supporter has Holly jumped in to help with assembly and quilting and she put together the one above.

This year's block design was an experiment and we are experimenting with different layouts as they come together. You can see the design Tammy S. did ...

added by Kat 4 years, 3 months ago. under block drive finish , covered in love , string block drive 20 , tammy quilts

A little reminder... from Kat & Cat Quilts

Jan/Feb string blocks quilt sent in by Tammy S

I got a nice reminder of why we do what we do a last week in the form of an email from a recipient's family member. She graciously gave me permission to share part of her letter with you.

A.'s mom received a very sudden and unexpected cancer diagnosis and died just 11 days after getting the news, 9 of those days spent in the hospital under lockdown with only one family member able to visit.

Village quilt sent in by Mina

A. sent me a kind email ...

added by Kat 4 years, 5 months ago. under block drive finish , covered in love , mina's tops , string block drive 20

2020 String Block Drive for Covered in Love from Kat & Cat Quilts

Hello faithful Covered in Love sewers! It's January and time for the 5th annual CiL String Block Drive. The first 3 years we did a traditional string blocks like these, then last year did a quarter log cabin variant. This year I have another variation on a string block to mix it up a little bit.

In 2018 we had a bumper crop of quilts!

If you're unfamiliar with the details of how these blocks drives work scroll all the way to the bottom of the post. Or visit this page for the details of Covered in Love ...

added by Kat 4 years, 10 months ago. under block drive , covered in love , string block drive 20

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