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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Finally Some Finishes

Hey, I finally found a bit of time to write up a blog post with some of our finishes. We are all preparing for an ice storm that is supposed to hit tonight. Hopefully it will be a short hindrance and temps warm up quickly. I just hope we don't lose power.

First up is this fun quilt top sent in by Kristin. Did you notice some of the blocks are made with smaller bits? that is a great way to make enough blocks when you are short some. Kristin also sent in this soft blue print for the back. It really shows off Laura's lovely quilting!

Penny dropped off this fun Split 4-Patch quilt top she made. Penny is actually the Board President of Many Hands and Many Hearts. You will probably get to know her more in the near future. I sent this one out to local quilter Terry. She did a great job on the quilting.

Penny also put together this fun sampler quilt top. She has been making quilt tops from her leftovers - she is in a brown phase right now.

Kristin sent in this bright scrappy quilt top. I should make a bunch of these blocks as a leader ender project. It might burn up a few scraps. Kristin also sent us this fun ladybug backing. Local quilter Laura quilted it up and finished off the binding.

The quilts continue to get smaller. Kristin also sent in this fun quilt top and backing. It is just a four patch with a half frame in a solid. These blocks sure make a fun quilt. A fun dog print for the backing!

I am loving this little scrappy quilt top Denice sent in. (At least I hope it was Denice - it didn't have a tag and I am going by memory.) We sewed together some leftover prints for the backing on this one. It is actually getting delivered next week when one of our board members tours one of the organizations we deliver to. They love little quilts like this one so we will be sending a small stack.

That is all I have photographed right now. My car is loaded up with 25 quilts that are supposed to get delivered to the hospital tomorrow, but I think we are going to have to delay that. I barely drive in the rain anymore - let alone ice or snow.

Stay tuned for more finishes soon.

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Sunday, February 9, 2025

Oh Scrap! : More Zipper Blocks

I am sure some of you have been wondering where I have been all week. First, I had a bad cold. Then, there was a Board Meeting that required a bunch of my time both before and after the meeting. I have also added some longarm quilters. That always takes a lot of my time to get them quilt tops and set them up as a volunteer. Time just really seems to fly lately!

I did find some time to sew a few more zipper blocks. This quilt is really struggling to come together. But I am not giving up! Holly says I just need to sash it. That is definitely an option.

I think I now have about 25 blocks. Maybe this week I can find some time to play with them and see what I can come up with. It definitely needs some help!

What scrappy things did you work on this week?

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It is now your turn to share what you are making with scraps. Here are the details for linking up:

This linky party is for any scrappy project - It can be in-process or a finished piece.
You can link up your blog post (not your homepage please) or Instagram photo from the past week that features your use of scraps.
If you are linking to a blog post, I ask that you link back to my blog somewhere in your post. So if you are writing about scraps, just get into the habit of including a link as there will be a linky party available every week!
If you are using Instagram, please use the hashtag #ohscrap.
This is a party so remember to socialize and comment on the posts of others.
Following my blog is not necessary but it sure would be great if you do!

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Sunday, February 2, 2025

Oh Scrap! : Zip It!

I have finished all my donation scrap quilts so I thought it was time to start another one.

We have a shelf in the Many Hands and Many Hearts warehouse (formerly my home office) that holds the larger scrap chunks. I pulled some blues, pinks, greens and purples that I thought might look nice together. Lots of florals and lots of tone on tone.

I thought I would make a zipper block. These blocks measure 8.5 x 10.5"unfinished. My plan is for every block to have blue in it. I also want a floral and a tone on tone in each block. I am hoping this will give each block some contrast.

Here are some blocks I made on Saturday. I wish I had considered the green butterflies as a print versus a tone on tone. Thos blocks are a bit busy and I am disappointed I didn't get the contrast I wanted. I will have to try and work them in, or they might just go in the orphan block pile. Right now, it is a bit early to tell.

My plan is to make approximately 40 blocks and then make my decision whether I want the blocks to run vertically or horizontally. I got this quilt design idea from a quilt Diann at Little Penguin Quilts donated to Many Hands.

It looks a mess right now, but I am hopeful it will be a nice scrappy quilt when I get it done.

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It is now your turn to share what you are making with scraps. Here are the details for linking up:

This linky party is for any scrappy project - It can be in-process or a finished piece.
You can link up your blog post (not your homepage please) or Instagram photo from the past week that features your use of scraps.
If you are linking to a blog post, I ask that you link back to my blog somewhere in your post. So if you are writing about scraps, just get into the habit of including a link as there will be a linky party available every week!
If you are using Instagram, please use the hashtag #ohscrap.
This is a party so remember to socialize and comment on the posts of others.
Following my blog is not necessary but it sure would be great if you do!

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Friday, January 31, 2025

March of the Quilt Finishes

Finally, it appears the quilt pipeline is filled, and lovely finishes are getting completed at a wonderful rate. Here are a few from earlier this week.

We received a LOT of lovely green Jewel Box blocks. We still have hundreds of blocks to work thru and turn into quilts. This is the 13th quilt made from that block drive.

(Sorry about the shadowing on all of these quilts. The sun was just going down and I worried it was going to rain the next day.)

We also finished the Veteran quilt made from a bunch of orphan blocks. We have a bolt of this camouflage print so it was an easy choice for the back of this quilt.

At our next board meeting we are going to discuss adding another organization to our recipient list. We are hoping to add something that serves Veterans. So, I have been pushing a number of RWB quilts into production. It might take a couple months to work all the bugs out but I want to be ready for any combination of quilts the organization requests.

This quilt top was made and donated by Mina.

This lovely quilt was made using the scrappy slab blocks that Marci sends us. I pulled a dark navy to use as the sashing. Local sewing elf Karen sewed this one up for us. I think I have another kit for these slab blocks ready to be sewn. I found a rich emerald green solid we are hoping to use.

I picked up a few quilts from our longarm quilters so I am sure there will be more to share soon. I am so pleased that there is now such a nice variety of quilts being completed and donated. I have so many of you to thanks for that!

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

The First Split 4-Patches

The current block drive is the Split 4_patch in bright colors for kids. We added some to the Happy Blocks we made in our last kids' block drive....

Here is the first quilt!

Don't they look fabulous together?

This quilt has a fun fruit theme. Lots of pink so we just decided to add a pink flannel that Kristin sent for the back. Really looking forward to playing more with these blocks.

This quilt measures 56" x 64".

I admit, we just got this top and backing from Cindy. But I loved it so much, I put it right on my frame and quilted it up. I loved the colors and ended up taking it with me to a local guild meeting. As I sat hand sewing the binding, I knew it would draw quilters in and I could tell them about Many Hands.

Cindy also sent in this fun gold Kaffe Fassett top and backing. I usually only quilt block drive quilts and I send the donated tops out to local quilters. But I sometimes break "the rules" so I can spend a bit of time with some.

This lovely quilt top was sent in by Linda/Margie (a Mother/Daughter team). The pattern may be Cottage Bleu. They sent in quite a few tops long ago and they were held up for a bit. But I now have local quilter Laurie working on their stuff and they are finally getting done. Laurie loved this quilt and finished it off beautifully with a tighter twisted quilting. We also want to thank Karen for the lovely yellow/blue floral backing. (The green butterflies were a scrap from a previous quilt.)

If this quilt looks familiar, you are correct. We received two jelly rolls so we made two similar quilts. Board Member Pam sewed this quilt top together. We had this lovely green batik that Karen sent for the backing. Laura quilted up this one too.

I was expecting to share these quilts last week but it just didn't happen.

Better late than never!

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