I jumped on board with the GE Designs Elvira Quarantine QAL. This used up a lot of my teal scraps. Funny, I am rather sad about it as I liked those scraps, however, they will go to a good home. May is the month Hands2Help comfort quilts get finished and then sent off to their new owners. This quilt and the other 2 that I made will be in the mail early next week.
The teals were plentiful but not really enough to make the size Gudrun Erla designed it at. I was able to work with pieces that were a tad shorter and still get a decent sized quilt. I did decide that I wanted it a bit longer, and was able to add some fabric at the top and bottom of the quilt to make it a better size.
I had been so wanting to use a baptist fan design on a quilt and this one seemed perfect for that.
To finish, I used the flanged binding. I love this technique and really felt that it helped end the quilt; all the blues/teals are great but a stopping point is nice. The tutorial, which I always refer people to, is the one Lorna did at Sew Fresh Quilts. It works like a charm!
The backing is one of the Boundless fabrics from Bluprint (I am not happy with them at the moment – just saying). This is one that I am using for the back of a number of benefit quilts and am very pleased with it. The sun coming through the leaves was perfect this day, almost a reflection of the fabric, so I chose to use it as part of the photo shoot.
I thought I would close with a picture of each of the quilts going to the Hands2Help Charities.
Elvira in Teal
40″ x 60″
Elvira pattern from GE Designs
Baptist Fan E2E Pantograph by Nancy Hacke (Prostitcher)
Quilting thread: Superior SoFine #494, Wonderfil DecoBob Grey (80 wt)
Crayon Quilt 
Split 9 Patch 
Elvira
A big thanks to Sarah, at Confession of a Fabric Addict for all her hard work coordination Hands2Help 2020. She did this in the middle of a move and a pandemic – unbelievable strength, faith and compassion must have powered her through.
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The teals are beautiful in that quilt! The fan quilting is perfect for the quilt too! What size is the quilt? That one is my favorite of the 3 you are sending .
The quilt finished at 40 x 60 roughly. I need to measure and get those stats on the bottom of my page.
Your quilts are all beautiful, but of course the teal one speaks to me the loudest! I know what you mean, we want to use our stash but we get sad when we use the lovelies!!
It is funny how we get so attached to the stash. I have done well letting things go and my purple Centred quilt (coming up) is one of those too… I guess it means if I keep sewing I can get some more?
What a soothing and calming quilt. The Baptist fan motif suits it well and the flange binding is a lovely way to cap it off.
Thank you Yvonne, I was so pleased with it.
Hi Kathleen! Wonderful finish and so many inspirations in this post. I love the pattern and the fabrics you chose. I have also been wanting to find a quilt to use the Baptist fan pattern on – excellent choice. The flanged binding is another perfect choice and another thing on my to-do list. Great job! ~smile~ Roseanne
I like it in the teals. I’m thinking red/white/blue might be a way to go, too.
I think it would be gorgeous in RWB!
Those teals are so pretty; makes me think of the colors of the ocean. That looks like such a fun quilt design!
Thanks, Wendy. It is a fun design and actually quite easy. I just used regular rulers with the 60 degree line too!
Beautiful!!! I have finished with a flanged binding several times and always love the look of it. Just lovely Kathleen!
Thank you, Bernie! Flanged bindings are always fun.
Or complete lunacy! Hugs to you, Kathleen for three beautiful quilts finishes – they will show a lot of love! Thanks for being part of Hands2Help 2020!
I loved doing Elvira and so glad that it is going to Mercyful quilts!
Lovely quilt! So wonderful that you made it for a great charity. Love those fabrics–someone is going to be so happy when they receive this quilt! Thanks for sharing on Wednesday Wait Loss.
I am glad you enjoyed it. It should be at Mercyful Quilts (well the person who collects it) today. It had a little mishap – a fire in the local post office, but I was told that everything was OK – the fire was at the back of the building. I am waiting to hear from Bernie and see that it really was ok!
Kathleen, I somehow missed your Elvira reveal–it’s beautiful! Great solution to add to the top and bottom for a longer length. You’re going to need some more teals now! I like the baptist fan quilting, too!
Oh, Nancy there is so much flying by it is easy to miss. I am so pleased with it and that it is a Mercyful Quilts. It survived a fire in the apartment behind the post office…miraculously the mail was OK.