Villa Rosa Red Rose Quilt

I made my mother a quilt from some pretty fabrics and last week I came across the scraps left over from it. There were some really pretty pieces left. After I sorted the pieces I chose a pattern that would accommodate the sizes of the scraps. The Villa Rosa pattern, Red Rose was a perfect fit. 

I put the quilt top together on one of my basement quilters days. We meet the second Saturday of every month in the basement of a church. My quilt group may not have a very original name, but it certainly is a fitting one - haha!  The leader of the group is a member of the church and so are a few of the quilters but most of us are not. The group is considered a community service offered by the church and they ask for nothing in return. 

I finished the quilt top in just a few hours while at our sew day. Once I got it home and put it on the longarmer and I immediately got a little extra help. I think my kitties like using the longarmer as a hammock.

Some of the ladies in the quilt group who belong to the church donate their finished quilts to the church. They give a quilt to all the babies baptized there and they also give them to their shut-ins. I thought this might be a good one for a shut-in so I donated it to the church. It feels good to give a little back to them since they allow us to get together at their facility.

I used as much of the leftover scraps to make the backing in the hopes there would be no more left. I'm doing my best to use up the good stuff I have in my stash. And it was nice to use this up in a good way.