{"id":44783,"date":"2019-12-30T07:17:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T14:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=44783"},"modified":"2019-12-21T20:04:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T03:04:31","slug":"2019-all-donation-quilts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/2019-all-donation-quilts\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 All Donation Quilts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I feel like posting all of my donation quilts really makes me see that I have accomplished something good in the world. When I feel down, I can go and look at them. I made 14 donation tops <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/all-2018-donation-quilts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last year<\/a>. You have seen them all throughout the year, but it is nice to have them all in one place.<\/p>\n<p>Total: 13 donation quilts<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44722\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44722\" style=\"width: 207px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190106_1236085534753410188817941.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190106_1236085534753410188817941-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ends n.7 Donation Quilt\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190106_1236085534753410188817941-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190106_1236085534753410188817941-768x1113.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190106_1236085534753410188817941-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190106_1236085534753410188817941-1200x1738.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 85vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ends n.7 Donation Quilt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is Ends n.7. I made it from two half yards of burgundy (with visible pink undertones) fabric and the ends of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/finished-triple-star\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Triple Star<\/a> quilt. Finished January 2019.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-44783 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/green-strips-donation-top\/wp-1547687824040894922746550583277-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/wp-1547687824040894922746550583277-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Green Strips donation top\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-44850\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-44850'>\n\t\t\t\tGreen Strips donation top\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/green-strips-donation-top\/wp-15476921738821749009100886130900-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/wp-15476921738821749009100886130900-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Green Strips donation back\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-44851\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-44851'>\n\t\t\t\tGreen Strips donation back\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Green Strips donation quilt is made from a yard of Kona Cream and 19 blocks that I made from strips found in my scrap bin. This was inspired by Alison. Finished January 2019.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-44783 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/finished-green-thing-top-back\/wp-15492444165301722267026457045774-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wp-15492444165301722267026457045774-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Green Thing donation top\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-45023\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-45023'>\n\t\t\t\tGreen Thing donation top\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/finished-green-thing-top-back\/wp-15501234069693932102674183440762-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wp-15501234069693932102674183440762-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Green Thing donation back\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-45124\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-45124'>\n\t\t\t\tGreen Thing donation back\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Green Thing donation top was finished in February. I used leftover pieces from the Green Strips donation top and a lot of scraps from my green scrap drawer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purple Strips Quilt<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-44783 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/purple-strips-finished\/wp-15531387709563672517845672169304-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wp-15531387709563672517845672169304-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Purple Strips donation top\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-45490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wp-15531387709563672517845672169304-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wp-15531387709563672517845672169304-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wp-15531387709563672517845672169304-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wp-15531387709563672517845672169304-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wp-15531387709563672517845672169304-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-45490'>\n\t\t\t\tPurple Strips donation top\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This may be the second in the series of strip quilts. We&#8217;ll have to see if I do anymore. I have more scraps, so it is a possibility. Tim suggested the grey as the background and I think it works well.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-44783 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/purple-improv-top-finished\/20190402_080038_wm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190402_080038_wm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Finished: Improv Donation Top\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-45565\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-45565'>\n\t\t\t\tFinished: Improv Donation Top\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/really-finished-purple-improv\/img_20190404_163242_7778305818133304252531-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_20190404_163242_7778305818133304252531-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Purple Improv Donation Back\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-45588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_20190404_163242_7778305818133304252531-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_20190404_163242_7778305818133304252531-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_20190404_163242_7778305818133304252531-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_20190404_163242_7778305818133304252531-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_20190404_163242_7778305818133304252531-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-45588'>\n\t\t\t\tPurple Improv Donation Back\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>As I did with the Green scraps, I made an Improv donation quilt with purple scraps to further clear out that bin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45665\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15550417608824251096126704381154.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15550417608824251096126704381154-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"Ends n.8 - Bonnie &amp; Camille\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15550417608824251096126704381154-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15550417608824251096126704381154-768x691.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15550417608824251096126704381154-1024x921.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15550417608824251096126704381154-1200x1079.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ends n.8 &#8211; Bonnie &amp; Camille<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ends n.8 (Bonnie &amp; Camille). I made this from the edges of the back of the Stepping Stones n.2 quilt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spiky 16 Patch n.3<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-44783 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/spiky-16-patch-star-n-3\/wp-1552883055201455616142039641400-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wp-1552883055201455616142039641400-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Spiky Star donation quilt n.3\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-45440\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-45440'>\n\t\t\t\tSpiky Star donation quilt n.3\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/spiky-16-patch-star-n-3\/wp-15528829589092600185124738720333-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wp-15528829589092600185124738720333-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Spiky Star donation quilt n.3 -back\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-45439\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-45439'>\n\t\t\t\tSpiky Star donation quilt n.3 -back\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I made these blocks in 2018, but just got around to put them together in March. Frankly, they were in the way on my design wall and I needed the space.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45750\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45750\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15558750700645588062836022656495.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15558750700645588062836022656495-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Red Strip Donation Top- Finished\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15558750700645588062836022656495-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15558750700645588062836022656495-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15558750700645588062836022656495-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15558750700645588062836022656495-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15558750700645588062836022656495-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Strip Donation Top- Finished<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My first Red Strip Donation top was delivered to Tim so he could quilt it and enter it as a triptych with the purple and green versions. He dealt with the backing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46900\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190803_175456_wm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46900\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190803_175456_wm-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Red Strip (Chunk) Donation Quilt\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190803_175456_wm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190803_175456_wm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190803_175456_wm-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190803_175456_wm-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190803_175456_wm-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Strip (Chunk) Donation Quilt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This started out as a second Red Strip Donation Top, but as I didn&#8217;t have enough strips, it became the Red Chunk Donation Top. This is the second quilt I finished from the scraps in my red scrap drawer. You can obviously see that I did use some yardage.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46842\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190728_155112_wm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46842\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190728_155112_wm-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"Orange Strip Donation Top: finished\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190728_155112_wm-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190728_155112_wm-768x783.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190728_155112_wm-1004x1024.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190728_155112_wm-1200x1224.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 85vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orange Strip Donation Top: finished<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have as many orange scraps as I have other colors, but I have enough. It is surprising how little fabric it really takes to make a quilt. I wonder what the least amount of fabric one can use to make a quilt &#8211; not a mug rug, but real sized quilts that can cover humans? The orange strip quilt came out really well and I am pleased with it. I definitely have an orange that I like. The consistency worked well to pull the whole piece together.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47085\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190825_131851_wm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-47085\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190825_131851_wm-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Orange &amp; Green Donation Top\" width=\"265\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190825_131851_wm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190825_131851_wm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190825_131851_wm-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190825_131851_wm-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190825_131851_wm-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 85vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orange &amp; Green Donation Top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47097\" style=\"width: 272px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190826_210835_wm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-47097\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190826_210835_wm-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"Orange &amp; Green Donation Back\" width=\"272\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190826_210835_wm-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190826_210835_wm-768x680.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190826_210835_wm-1024x907.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190826_210835_wm-1200x1063.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 85vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orange &amp; Green Donation Back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I used up the green plain blocks I cut for the background of another quilt and then didn&#8217;t use. They were laying on my sewing table bugging me and I wanted them out of my hair. I was in orange mode, so I cut some plain orange blocks and made a quick donation top.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47182\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190908_154058_wm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47182\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190908_154058_wm-280x300.jpg\" alt=\"Orange Improv Donation Top - almost finished\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190908_154058_wm-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190908_154058_wm-768x824.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190908_154058_wm-955x1024.jpg 955w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190908_154058_wm-1200x1287.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 85vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orange Improv Donation Top &#8211; almost finished<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I finished the Orange Improv donation top and back for Tim to quilt.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47842\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191115_194623_wm-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47842\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191115_194623_wm-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"White Strip Donation Top: finished\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191115_194623_wm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191115_194623_wm-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191115_194623_wm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191115_194623_wm-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191115_194623_wm-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191115_194623_wm-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191115_194623_wm-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White Strip Donation Top: finished<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I finished the white strip donation quilt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I feel like posting all of my donation quilts really makes me see that I have accomplished something good in the world. When I feel down, I can go and look at them. I made 14 donation tops last year. You have seen them all throughout the year, but it is nice to have them &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/2019-all-donation-quilts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2019 All Donation Quilts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[477],"tags":[355,339],"class_list":["post-44783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-477","tag-doing-good","tag-roundup"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}