Airplane Quilt
 

I am a private pilot, and I belong to a woman pilot organization called the 99s. Our local chapter has made this airplane quilt to raffle off. We have several quilters in our chapter, and this is the third quilt we have made with this airplane block pattern. Another member and I planned it out and shopped for the fabrics. We cut block kits and quite a few of our members made a block or two. Then the two of us assembled the top and made the 4 corner pp stars. We have a longarm quilter in our group too, she quilted it. It's queen size, 86"W x 100"L.

It is called "Fly the Oregon Skies". The border fabric has vintage airline motifs, and the grey sky background could be Oregon, LOL. The border was the inspiration for the airplane colors. It is my favorite of the 3 we have done. The only thing we wish we had chosen different is the prop fabric, it's silver Fairy Frost and it does not show up against the grey sky background.

The proceeds from the raffle will enable our chapter to support the 99s mission of promoting women in aviation and reaching out to young people to introduce them to the field of aviation and potential career opportunities in this field.

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Great quilt and a great bonding for the group! Bet you do well in the raffle!

Very cool quilt! Should bring in lots of $$$

nicely done

Oh wow, so cool. I love the striped planes so much. I like them all but those are my favorites. And those cornerstones in the border are just so perfect. Your background fabric looks like clouds, so cool.

I love the quilt. You could buy a fabric marker and color in the props to make them some more. Just an idea. Beautiful job.

that is just too cute

Well done, it is a perfect quilt for your fundraiser. Good Luck with the raffle

Good luck with fundraiser...this quilt is perfect ...and nice work too;)

A great quilt for your fundraiser! Neat that members contributed in the making of it too.

Really cute quilt!!!!

I love the plane quilts! Wonderful.

Wonderful and unusual. I really like it! Good luck on the raffle

Beautiful quilt from a wonderful group.

Nice .....

Great job!

Perfect quilt for the occasion and hope you do well at the auction.

Great looking quilt! I'm sure you'll do well in the raffle.

Looks great!

Amazing quilt for an amazing vision of future women!!!!

I too use to fly with 500 hours logged. My father was a commercial pilot. I also was a member of the 99s down here in Southern California. When my father died, I loss the fun that I had always found in flying. Such a great experience !! What a great quilt. Good luck with the auction !!

Some little boy is going to love this! Smiles!!

Or a little girl...who may grow up to be a pilot, too!

Such a wonderful quilt with a great story. I hope you raise a lot of money to allow you to continue to have a positive impact on your community.

Love your quilt! I designed an airplane quilt a few years ago for our museum raffle! My husband is a pilot too. And he is very active in EAA and CAP. We need more young men and women in aviation! Congrats to you and your accomplishments! My hat is off to you! I am not that confident to learn esp. At this point in my life.

Sandy

This is adorable!!!