Mid Week Finishes

 I have a few minutes so I thought I would share a handful more quilts that crossed the finish line.  All of these quilts were made from donated quilt tops.

Carol donated this fun wildlife quilt top.  I love how she used the strips of the little animals that sometime come with panels. I also like how she staggered her animal placements.  We decided to back this quilt with some flannel.  The dark green was sent in by Stephanie and we had a bit of flannel with deer on it that was the perfect size for making the backing wide enough.

This circus themed quilt top was made locally.  Thanks, Chris, for also sending in a matching pieced backing. Chris has been working on using a bunch of fabric that was gifted to her, and we are pleased to be the recipient of her creative quilts.

Fun quilts for older kids are always in demand.  Thanks to Kristin, we have this fun sport themed one ready to donate.  She also sent in this nice flannel backing.  I love these big buffalo prints, but they are usually impossible to line up straight with the quilt top.  But who is going to know when they are cuddled up under it!

We get a lot of quilts made from panels.  This one from Cheryl is super cute.  Again, I really like the staggered placement of the squares around the outer border.  One of the local fabric pickers, Deana, found this cute flannel backing.  We have just been waiting to use it on a dog themed top.

I think Kristin sent in this quilt top and backing.  Or it could have been Deb.  I log in everything with a description and two descriptions match this quilt.  I do know I love the simple layout.  This would be a great pattern for a batik jelly roll.

That is it for now.  I need to get the May newsletter finished so I can send it out Friday. If you don't receive our monthly newsletter and want a copy, just email me and I will get you on the distribution list.

Hope you are having a great week!

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Oh Scrap! : Finishes

 I am writing this post quite a bit ahead of time.  I am taking a quick trip to see my two sisters and an aunt/uncle I haven't seen in many years.  In fact, by the time you read this, I will probably be back.  I'm a bit torn - I am looking forward to seeing everyone, but I am sure going to miss my boi Arthur.  We haven't been apart in over two years!

I am wwaaayyy behind in sharing finishes so I thought I would do that in this post.

Check it out - a finished quilt from our Color Block Star block drive.  I recently had all these blocks sorted by color and local volunteer Sophia sewed up a bunch of quilt tops from them so hopefully these will be going out to longarmers soon to get quilted.  The fun fabric on the back was donated by Kristin.

Speaking of Kristin - she sent us this sweet little flannel top and backing.  I am pretty sure she used up some scraps on this one.  She had sent in a bunch of other larger tops using these fabrics.  I love it when I see someone using every little bit!

Local volunteer Cindy quilted it and my neighbor sewed on the binding for me.

This simple pattern is just HSTs made from bright florals and white fabric.  I love the zigzag effect.  Kristin sent in this quilt top and backing too.  The backing is this really fun batik circles.

I might have already shown you this little finish.  I can't find it on my quilt list and it has already been delivered so I am going by memory.  I think this is another "kit" sent in by Kristin. I know it is all flannel and just a simple patchwork design.  Super easy but super cute!

Those of you who get the Many Hands and Many Hearts newsletter, it is hopefully going out next Friday.  I just couldn't get everything done before I left.

Now it is your turn to link up....

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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.
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We will be announcing a new block the end of May so you have until the end of the month to finish up your batik blocks.  If you want to make some to donate, you can read more about it in this post.

Oh Scrap! : Local Donations

 I did work on a few scrappy projects this week, but I forgot to take any photos.  Mostly, I was doing a bit of a clean-up and I just finished a bunch of partially sewn blocks and binding strips.  I guess we will have to settle for some photos of some quilt tops donated by local volunteers.

Our Board Secretary Karen has been working through some of her batik scraps.  This is one she donated to us.  I love the rich, warm colors.  The backing was sent to us by Stephanie.  I did have to add a bit of an orange scraps.  Local longarm quilter Laura did her magic and finished it up.

Chris has been making a lot of quilt tops for us lately.  I love these little irregular six in blocks that have a novelty print in the center.  I bet this design works through a lot of scraps.  Karen supplied this amazing green print for the back and Cindy quilted it up.  

I rarely make tiny 6" blocks, but they sure are inspiring when I see what others do with them.

Here is what Karen did with her cooler colored batik scraps.  A different Karen donated the green batik we used on the backing and Laura did her magic on this one too. 

 I just love how both of these turned out.

Did you do any scrappy sewing this week?

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• This linky party is for any scrappy project - It can be in-process or a finished piece.
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We received this amazing drop shipment from Marshalls Dry Goods last week and I don't know what generous person sent it.  Anyone claiming it?  It was just what we needed to fill some of our shelves!

Oh Scrap! : Scrappy Finishes

Sounds crazy, but I don't think I even ran my sewing machine all week.  

That hasn't happened for YEARS!

So today, I am just going to share some of the scrappy quilts made by others that have crossed the finish line.  I did sew the bindings on some of these...

I love this quilt!  What a great way to use up a bunch of scraps.  Jean sent this top and the backing.  She even used some larger stash pieces for the back.  We have a new local longarm quilter, Wanda, and this was one of the first quilts she did for us.  

I thought this pattern was a great way to use up some Kaffe Fassett scraps - I have a whole tub full of them! Kathy sent in this quilt top and I might have to copy her design.  In fact, I think she sent in two of these quilt tops.  We had a bright purple minky that was just the right size.  I didn't write down where it came from but I think it might have come from an estate sale.  

Turquoise and coral are such a great combination.  And the yellow works so well in there too.  Elizabeth sent in this quilt top.  She also sent in this adorable flannel house fabric for the backing - worried that it wasn't big enough.  It was a tight fit but I was able to get it done without adding more fabric.

Kristin sent in this quilt top and backing.  I always love these X style designs, but I don't think I have ever made one.  The Kaffe Fassett outer border sure ties all those scraps together.  

Mina sent un another of her boxy rectangle quilt tops.  We love getting these!  Karen sent us an amazing pink and blue daisy print that worked so well with the quilt top.  I then sent it off to Terry to be quilted.  She loves working on Mina's quilts so I send a number of them her way.

Scraps make some of the best donation quilts!

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• 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.
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• If you are using Instagram, please use the hashtag #ohscrap.
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Still working on these fun batik blocks. 

 If you want to make some to donate, you can read more about it in this post.

Oh Scrap! : Sew Day

 Oh My!  How time flies!  The last couple weeks have been a bit of a blur for me.  I can't believe in that whole time I didn't make one blog post.  Thanks to all who checked up on me.  And my apologies to those of you who kept checking for new posts but finding nothing.

We had our sew day event today (Saturday) and I just spent a couple hours putting everything away.  I am exhausted but I wanted to share about the day.

We had a team of folks that showed up to sew some blocks for us.  We supplied them with the cut material, and they chain pieced away.

Karen even drove over an hour to join us.  She donates a lot of blocks, tops and fabric to us.  We were talking and she has been donating blocks from the beginning.  I think that was in 2022!  It is always nice to meet the wonderful person behind the emails.

We purposely chose a block that didn't require pressing until the end.  Here is Karen (our Board Secretary) working one of the pressing stations.

Board Members also squared up all the blocks.  Thanks to Marcia and Bev for doing most of the trimming.  This is Marcia - Bev is hard to catch because she is always moving.  All of the blocks made were pressed and trimmed so they are ready to be made into quilt tops.

How many blocks got made?  We made enough for at least 12 quilts!  I have some design variations for a few of these quilts.  I think there are some RWB panels I might add and a few might get some white flip corners added so we get some secondary designs.  Right now, most will be put on the Veteran shelf and pulled as we need them.  I did set a few stacks next to my sewing machine. As I get time, I can sew them into tops so you can see them.

Now that everything is put away, I can head to bed.  I am truly exhausted.  Thanks for being patient when I get too busy to post here on occasion.  If you shipped us something and you haven't heard from me, sorry about that too.  I am sure we received your package - I just haven't had time to let you know.  

I am hoping this is the week I can get caught up!

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• 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.
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Oh Scrap! : Flannel

 I finally have a scrappy quilt to share with you all.  

I even did all the steps to completion on this one!

I finally completed one of the scrappy flannel quilts I have been cutting all the flannel for.  I have also been sewing together a ton of blocks but this is the first quilt I have completed.

I used all of the soft pink blocks in this one.

I also used flannel on the back.  Kristin sent us this heart flannel a long time ago.  We used the last of it on this sweet quilt.

I am keeping up with cutting current scraps as they get made but I still have Mount Flannel to deal with.  There are a number of quilts hiding in it!

I always love to see the label on these quilts.  This means they are completed and have passed all inspection - they are ready to go out and bring comfort and warmth to someone!

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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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