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Come Aboard is the 17th quilt pattern Quiltmaker has published in support of Project Linus, an organization that provides hand-made blankets for seriously ill or traumatized children.

Quilting

Scrappy Bricks is one of Linus’ favorite patterns! It’s fun, easy, fast and a great way to use up a variety of scraps. You’ll often find it at Linus Work Days, pre-cut and ready to stitch. ***Free Printable PDF Pattern*** © The Linus Connection, personal and non-profit use only Baby Quilt: Layout for a Teen Quilt 10 rows – 40” x 40” 45 – 8 ½” x 4 ½” bricks 10 – 4 ½” x 4 ½” squares Small/Middle Quilt: 11 rows – 40” x 44” 50 – 8 ½” x 4 ½” bricks 10 – 4 ½” x 4 ½” squares Middle Quilt: 12 rows – 40” x 48” 54 – 8 ½” x 4 ½” bricks 12 – 4 ½” x 4 ½” squares Teen Quilt: 13 rows – 40” x 52” 59 – 8 ½” x 4 ½” bricks 12 – 4 ½” x 4 ½” squares Sewing Instructions: Using 1/4” seam, sew bricks together in alternating rows. Row A: Bricks Row B: Square, Bricks, Square Sample Row A: Sample Row B: Borders are optional. Tip: Lay out your bricks before sewing to get a pleasing arrangement. Alternate Layout: Bricks with \

Crafts – Fleece

Kara from Petals to Picots has asked fellow crafters and crocheters to help her crochet for a cause. The goal is (was!) to reach 50 blanket commitments for Project Linus by April 30th, 2012. Project Linus is a wonderful organization that collects handmade blankets and distributes them to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or …

Quilts

Our NNL quilting group decided to make baby quilts for Project Linus for our next project. (We are waiting for our quilt of valour to be machine quilted.) When I found out we could make rag quilts and that Fran and Janice both wanted to learn how, I decided I would teach them and make a tutorial to publish here on my blog. I first started making rag quilts several years before I retired. My friend Ruth brought me a picture of a rag quilt kit in a catalog and asked me if we could make one. I had never seen a rag quilt before, but it looked simple enough in the picture. Well, I decided to do a search and found a site where a woman described how to make one. After reading the woman’s directions, I told Ruth we could make them easier. Instead of using batting and cutting it a half inch smaller than the size of the square, we were going to just use flannel and cut it the same size. We would also use cotton for the top fabric but flannel for the backing. Another important thing we would do is wash the material before cutting. Well, this worked out great and that is how we continued to make them. The other change we made was closely clippin
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Crochet

Great handmade Project Linus Baby Blanket is a great gift to a kid. At Mycrochetpattern you can find easy to understand tutorial on how to crochet this beautiful blanket, techniques used, necessary thread and hooks and video guide for this crochet pattern. We even made a research to find the best deals of high quality […]

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