Running Doe Topalong

 Several of my friends have participated in the Running Doe Topalong for a couple of years. In July I succumbed to peer pressure and registered for this round. Basically, you sign up and for six months you receive one patter per month from Running Doe Quilts.  (There is a very small fee). There are monthly and grand prizes selected from those who finish their tops. I thought it would be a great opportunity to beef up my pattern stash, use some of my fabric stash and donate some quilts to my local guilds charities. I wasn't wrong!

Our July pattern(s) were Jasper and Jolene. Here's my quilt top finished...

The fabric was all from my stash, solids of course, and were inspired by a backing fabric that was donated to me by a friend. I will be donating this one to the guild for charity.

August pattern was Phyllis. I thought I might purchase modern Christmas fabric for it to make a throw for our couch. I took my bonus granddaughter (now 11) with me to the quilt shop while I was in Phoenix. She had very different ideas for my quilt! She selected a cute Halloween fabric for the focus fabric and did a fabulous job matching up solids for the accents.

If you double stitch the corners of the half square triangles, this quilt yields 96 bonus HSTs! I decided to use use these and some extra focus fabric to make a baby sized quilt for our newest granddaughter.

I can't wait to bring these quilts to the girls when we visit next month.

September brought the Stargazer pattern. I decided to make this one from blue and yellow scraps from my stash.

As much as I love this one, I will donate it to charity. 

I can't wait to see what the next three months bring! These are great patterns and I'm happy to have them in my stash. Maybe the next one will be perfect for my Christmas throw.