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 Dear Readers,

This year, now that I am retired, I joined the Jackson Quilters.  They request that each quilter create one charity quilt a year.  It can be simple, or complex, or a Quilt of Valor.  I know you know I have been trying to get my sewing area a bit more functional by reorganizing and straightening and purging what I will never use.  

Well I found a bag with a stack of 6 inch civil war reproduction prints.  I put it in my purge bin and moved on with my life.  Then one day I was thinking about the charity quilt, and decided to rescue it from the give away bin and use that to make a disappearing 9 patch out of it.  That is a quick super easy pattern and since civil war fabrics are somewhat masculine that would make a quilt for a guy....not the type most donated by quilters.  

I put the top together at a retreat at Quiltville Inn and it was a little smaller than the requested size, so I added a border.  Tried a new, to me,  quilting pattern of Baptist Fan.  It quilts up really fast.  Definitely a plus for a charity quilt.  I really like how it came out.  I wish I had used a slightly lighter color, but over all I am happy with the result.  

Sew on,

Terry