Color Block Star Quilts

I think it is about time I share a few quilts we made from a block drive.

Once a block drive ends, all of the blocks go out to be sorted so they are easier to manage.  Trying to put together a quilt from a pile of a couple thousand blocks is nearly impossible.  We wait about a month after the end of a drive and we have two young girls that love to sort them into colors, etc.

While the girls sorted some blocks, their mom Sophia put some of the blocks together into tops for us.  If you send us green and yellow, it is definitely going to be made into an Oregon Duck quilt.  Marcia did a great job quilting stars on it for us.  Thanks to Cindy, we had a vibrant yellow fabric for the back.

We received a lot of amazing pastel blocks.  I think the girls picked out these for their mom to put together a top with.  Marcia also quilted this one and donated the white fabric backing. 

This quilt was also made from a block drive.  Only it was a really old one from Kat over at Covered in Love. If you aren't already following her, you should be.  They just posted a bunch of quilts made from some Orphan Blocks.  They are pretty amazing!  Kat was my inspiration for starting Many Hands and Many Hearts.

Denice sent in a big stack of quilt tops and this one was in there.  Jean sent in the fun blue circles we used on the back.  And Wanda took it from there and quilted it.  

Have a great week!  The smoke from our wildfires finally moved on but the heat is still here.

Someone send us some rain!

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Oh Scrap! : Finishes

 Here I am!  So sorry for missing the last two Oh Scrap Sundays.  I will be sharing soon some news and you will all get to see what we have been up to here at Many hands and Many Hearts.  

I did have some scrappy blocks to share with you but I decided to share some of the MANY photos of finishes quilts I have on my phone.  All of these quilts have already been delivered months ago.

Linda sent in this quilt top.  It is such a lovely shade of coral.  She also sent in this pieced backing.  I quilted it with big cabbage roses - I knew it would show up a lot on the back.  

I think Bonnie sent in this fun scrappy string quilt top.  I love the illusion this block makes.  It is a pattern that I have not made myself but it is one the list!  Local quilter Marcia finished this one up for us.

This top was made by a local volunteer.  Chris always does fun stuff with small kid fabric scraps.  We just had to put this purple hippo flannel that Kristin sent us on the back

Chris also sent in this quilt top.  We don't usually make quilts from Sport team fabric, but we do allow the U of O Ducks and OSU Beavers.  This flannel backing also came from Kristin.

I don't think you can get more vibrant than this rainbow quilt top Pat sent in.  She even sent in this vibrant backing for it.  It is a real stunner!

I lost track of who sent this quilt top in.  My system has evolved over time and some of these older quilts got lost in the shuffle.  I wasn't going to share it but it is too good not to.  But I do know that Nann sent in the fabric on the back.  It is one of the vintage pieces she gave us a while back.

That is it for today.  I am hoping I won't be missing anymore Sundays for a bit.  

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There is still time to make some blocks for our current drive - it runs through the end of August.

You can read more about it and find the instructions in this post.

Finishes for Kids

 Sorry, it has been so long since my last post.  I think I even missed an Oh Scrap! along the way.  I have just been so busy, I have to pick and choose what I have time for.

I have a bit of time this evening so I thought I would share a few kid quilts that went out way back in March. (Yes, I am that far behind in sharing finishes!)

We have been working through a number of these strip quilts.  This top and backing were sent in by Laurie I believe.  It has the cutest little safari animals on it.  It was sent out to local quilter Cindy to finish it up.  Cindy does most of our small quilts for us.  

I thought Kristin sent in this flannel quilt top with backing.  But I can't find it on my list.  There are cute little trucks on the front and even cuter ones on the back.  

We sent this lovely little batik quilt out as a kid's quilt.  It is made from batik fabrics.  I thought it was a really fun little design.  I am not sure who sent this one in.  I do know that local longarm quilter Sherry did the quilting.  She is a new quilter for us!

Sharon sent us this little bright and colorful fish quilt.  We were able to sew up a few leftovers pieces for the backing.  It is such a simple design but sure make a cute quilt.  Cindy quilted some fun little loops on the quilt.

Cindy quilted up this little quilt too.  It is another little top that Sharon sent us.  This one is all tiny pink little kittens.  We put a fun pink heart flannel on the back.

You might think this one is a horizontally pieced strip quilt but you would be wrong.  It is actually just a fun cat panel that gives the illusion of stripes.  This is another quilt top sent in by Sharon and quilted by Cindy.  I love this blue backing.  I think it took quite a few seams to sew this one together.  We just had a bunch of leftovers to use up.  We gotta use every bit!

Sorry if I got some of the donors wrong.  My note taking back them wasn't as detailed as it is now and I was driven by confidence that I would remember who sent in what.  My brain is now so mushy, I can barely remember what I had for breakfast.

I have some time before I have to prepare for our board meeting so maybe I can get a few more finish posts ready to go.  I would love to get caught up on our photos.  As it stands right now, I think I have well over 100 ready to share!

Hope you are enjoying your summer!

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