My last quilts for this year were these twin Maple Leaf quilts for donation to Margaret’s Hope Chest for a program called A Mother’s Hope.  (I heard about this from Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts.)

I didn’t piece these six-inch maple leaves, they’re from a top I brought home that my mother had pieced.  I knew she’d be glad for it to go to a good cause.  I was just going to add some borders and call it done, but it was already 48″ by 60″.  This drive is looking for really small quilts (36″ x 50″ or so), so I took the top apart in the middle and made it into two quilts.  These each finished at 40″ x 62″.

I quilted between all the blocks first with the walking foot and fine thread, so they have more quilting than might appear.  On one I quilted straight lines through the leaves and feathers through the blank spaces, edge to edge.

On the other, I quilted wavy lines to suggest wind, and then a feather border.

 

My other finish this week is twelve pillowcases (here are six) to donate to Case for Caring (which used to be Conkerr Cancer).

 

This week:  + 0 yards,  – 19 yards
This year: + 108.25 yards,  – 160.5 yards
Net destashed in 2016:  52.25 yards

So, I met my year’s goal, just barely, but I did.  We won’t discuss the vast amounts of fabric that are on order, but I’ll worry about that next year!