Puzzle Quilt

 This is a puzzle quilt that was for the Autism Gala at Jared's school.

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It is the third one we have donated.  The fabric for the top was leftover from other projects or from stash, with the exception of two fat quarters.  This was pretty close to a first for us, since we tend to rush to the store for everything.  Both Richard and I pieced the top.  Richard did quilt it as usual.

He did straight line quilting, but echo quilted along each of the puzzle pieces. 

We took some pictures over the weekend, experimenting with the black backdrop.  We are trying to decide what color does best for pictures. Does the black look better, or the white we took a few weeks ago?  I know there are wrinkles, we should have ironed it. 

 Of course Julia thought we should get some of her too.

Maybe non moving objects are easier to photograph.

We can never seem to get all 4 kids to smile or look in the same direction.

The Last Piece of Hope

Today I am showing off The Last Piece of Hope or at least the last from us.  Last Christmas I bought Tanya Pieces of Hope a Riley Blake fabric line to show hope for those that have or want to support the Autism Cause.  My 2 boys both have Aspergers Syndrome (high functioning autism).  We made 2 lap quilts you can see them Here and Here but we had a little fabric left over and so Tanya made us a baby quilt.

I think maybe I pieced it, but Tanya quilted it and bound it.  I think this is her 3rd to quilt and 2nd to bind.  She told me it looked so ugly afterwords that she could not sell it or give it away and we are stuck with it.  It is not perfect, but it is not as bad as she makes it sound like.

There are some puckers in the back, but hey I can live with it.  Any way I love it and I am proud of Tanya.  As I tell her its practice, practice, practice to get better at quilting.

In other news this is one of the quilts laying around that is almost, but not quite done.  Back in March I finished This quilt for Rebecca for her last year's Christmas present.  It was a larger twin size quilt (while large in my standards of lap and bay quilts) any way when I got done with Rebecca's quilt I had a bunch of left over blocks some were exactly like the one's in Rebecca's quilt, others were made out of leftover material (like that top left bock in 4 different pieces).  Any way this is a decent crib size quilt and it will be for Julia as she shares the bedroom Rebecca is in and they can have matching quilts (once she is big enough for a quilt in the bed).

Getting Puzzled

Last year I made an Autism Quilt for my son's school and this year year we are making two.  One to sell and one to donate again to my sons school.  Above and below are some of the pictures of both of the quilts.  I have finished the top on one and its been basted and I even quilted it half way.

The 2nd quilt all the rows are sewn, but they are not yet sewn together.  This quilt is made from the material Tanya received at Christmas.  It is a line called Pieces of Hope a Riley Blake Design.

Our family has 2 children with Autism so this is a good cause that we support.  Do any of you have children or family that is struggling with Autism?

One last thing we are having a giveaway on our Facebook page.  We are giving away a Dr Seuss Pillow case.  To enter go to our Facebook page and like our Facebook page and share our giveaway post.