Sparkle
March 8, 2013 § 15 Comments
The sun is sparkling today and Sparkle No. 1 quilt is done. Sparkle No. 2 quilt is pinned and ready for quilting.
Let me back up. Last November I joined a charity sewing group on Flickr called Do.Good.Stitches. There are many sub-groups within the larger group and I joined the Faith group. There are ten ladies who sew blocks every month while one person organizes, collects & assembles that month’s blocks. Our charity that we are donating quilts to is Restore Innocence, an organization that rescues girls from human trafficking. This is a tragic issue that is finally getting more exposure & help through organizations like Restore Innocence.
January was my month to organize and assemble. These are the blocks that I asked everyone to make. We used the Sparkle tutorial to make the blocks. And with each of us making 2 blocks I had enough to make two quilts. This is the first one. The second one is pinned and ready for quilting. I was inspired by Amanda’s honeycomb quilting but used a slightly different stitch. It’s stitch number 19 on my Janome 7700. It’s more curvy than zig zaggy. I love the ripply effect after washing! I’m definitely going to use this stitch again for more quilting. I just love it. The finished size of the quilt is approximately 60″ x 69″.
Links to the Sparkle tutorial:
Cutting
Sewing
Flickr group
I’m linking up to Amanda’s Finish It Up Friday over at Crazy Mom Quilts
I like what you did with Stitch #19! I need to remember that. How adorable!
Yes! Loving the sunlight today! Woo hoo!
What an awesome post and a beautiful quilt. I too am so glad that issue is getting some support. I know it will be treasured.
Gorgeous. Love the beauty shots!
Great quilts love the colors. Your choice of groups to make quilts for is wonderful. Thanks for sharing!
Oh this is lovely!! I’ve almost got all my blocks back for Faith’s February quilt!
Beautiful quilt!
wonderful quilting , love the quilt. What a great cause, good for you using your talents to donate your time and a quilt or two to
congrats on a great finish
Kathie
This Sparkle quilt truly does sparkle! The wavy stitching is fabulous, too
) Hooray on a wonderful finish!! The layout you are using works so nicely with these blocks.
As soon as I saw this fun wavy stitching start to crop up in people’s pictures I looked at my machine to see if I could do it. I do have a Janome (which I love!), but it’s a more basic model so only a very few extra stitch patterns. It’s a great machine, though, and has worked wonderfully for me.
What an awesome charity, and an awesome quilt. I love the vertical sashing, and the texture of the quilting.
You did such a good job. Do you think you can give me a little rundown on how to put your quilts through the sewing machine ??Is there a method? I have been quilting by hand since 1984 so I have never been intrested in machine till now. Its taking too long to make my quilts. Izzy
Fabulous quilt: I love the colours and think the quilting is wonderful.
Great quilt and I love the quilting!
OH!! I love it. It’s going to be SUCH a blessing to one of the girls. SUCH a blessing.
And No. 2 will be, too! 
Thanks, Anita!
it’s a beautiful quilt, Anita! I just sat down and tried stitch 19 on my machine. it’s lovely! that was what I was going for in the first place!
thanks for the info. and thanks for linking up to finish it up Friday!
Very pretty, Anita! Your quilting compliments it beautifully! This hint of bright pink really adds a sparkle to the quilt.