Charity Quilt

This has been a bad allergy week...I thought I was over the worst when I was able to piece the back and then baste the disappearing 9 patch but I was wrong. The weather turned; we had a terrible sand storm followed by strong winds which just blew everything-pollen and sand everywhere-my eyes still haven't recovered! Lots of blogging friends are also suffering all over the world...hope we all feel better soon.

This week I got a call from Lola, the Haifa guild is again collecting charity quilts. They're donating the quilts to the children's ward at Rambam Hospital in Haifa-the largest hospital in north Israel. Lola and I met at the Quinglish last month. They're giving the quilts in two weeks so I decided I better give something I have finished and thought of this cute cow quilt that I finished last year as part of the 2008 New Year's Challenge. Its 40" x 40" so it seems a good size.

'Til the Cows Come Home Quilt

I finished another quilt for the New Year's Eve Challenge. It too has been in the closet for a long time: I know I finished the top before we moved into this house and we're here since 1999.

This quilt is a case of the fabric driving the design-I found the fabric and of course it just said "Cow". The colors came out truest in this picture. Its simply quilted with meander on the cow fabric and everything else just outlined at 1/4". No cable in the border this time, just straight lines.

This is not a diet quilt- everytime I look at it I want to eat ice cream! Now ice cream is on the grocery list :)