Oh Scrap! : Floral Scraps

 It seems we are always finishing up quilt tops that were donated by others, but we do still work on other things.  Today I am sharing what we sewed on our last big sew day.  We cut up a number of our big floral scraps and added two 1.5" strips to the sides and made these simple quilts.

Once all the florals were cut into 6.5" x 8.5" rectangles, we grouped them by color and then added in the solid strips for the volunteers to sew on.  I love how this luscious purple one turned out.  We used florals that all had black backgrounds.  On the back we used a stiped fabric Nann sent us.  It is actually a really dark navy but it looks great on this quilts.

This quilt designs will be one of our "regulars".  Any floral scraps that we come across that are large enough, we will be precutting to this 6.5" x 8.5" size.  So, you will probably see a number of quilts like this in future years.  We will make smaller sizes like this one and then a large lap for some of our recipients.

Sorry I have been missing so many Oh Scrap Sundays.  Life has decided to challenge me lately.  Not only did I catch a bad variant of covid that kept me down for weeks, but my adorable Arthur ended up in the ER with back disc issues.  It is called IVDD.  Luckily, it is just a bad flare-up, so he is supposed be in a crate 100% with no running, jumping or playing.  Yeah, it is not going very well.  He is a cheeky boy and is requiring a lot of attention and cuddles.  All we wants is to zoom around and for me to wrestle with him.  He did go back to the vet and has been signed off on a bit more activity.  

Like many of us, he didn't like that he has to go on a diet so there is not so much weight on his short little legs and vertebrae.  He is a beefy bully breed!

Hopefully life quits getting in the way of my quilting soon!

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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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The current block drive will be coming to an end soon.  I have decided to call these Friendship Bracelet blocks.  Thanks, Deanna, for suggesting the name. This drive runs until the end of November so there is lots of time to join in.  You can read more about it in this post.

Finally, I am back!

 Sorry I have not been very active on here lately.  There are so many other things I have to get done each day and I don't always have the energy or desire to write a post.  

I draw the line at working past 9pm.  Sorry...

We have had this quilt top for a couple years.  It needed some love and there was no one wanting to give it.  The center had some matching issues and the thin border that was on it was cut way too short so it didn't lay flat.  Board Member Marcia finally took it home and look at it now!  She appliqued a circle on the center which hid any issue.  Then she reworked the border and added a wide purple one.  Marcia also quilted and bound this one up for us.  Susan sent us the huge cut of yummy purple that we were able to use on the border, backing and the binding.

This one was definitely worth the wait.

Here is a quilt made from the scrappy squares that Marci makes for us from our scraps.  Charlene sewed the blocks into a quilt top and Terry quilted it up.  I think Nann donated this backing fabric.  One of the great things about these scrappy quilts are we can use backing fabrics that are sometimes hard to place on other quilts.

How fun is this scrappy house quilt.  Mina sent us this quilt top, and we used a soft blue striped fabric sent in by Samantha for the back.  Terry quilted it with big flowers.

Dusty sent us this sweet rail fence quilt all finished up!  We love that!!  All I had to do was sew on a label and get it delivered.  It was sent to a kid's organization last month.

We try and focus on kid quilts starting in late summer.  Laurie sent us this flannel top with a flannel backing to be quilted up.  It also went out last month to bring warmth and comfort to a child.

We lost the tag to this one, but I think Charlene gave us the quilt top.  If that is the case, then Holly sent in the extra wide backing fabric and Terry quilted these fantastic flowers on it.

Did you know that at any time, we may have as many as 60 quilts out with volunteers?  Processes are always evolving to match the growth we are seeing.  So, a misplaced tag every once in a while can happen.  I do have a master logbook but I have to try and remember what description I used for each quilt.  Sometimes the same description is used on many!

Have a great weekend!

(Covid left me with a lot of brain fog so if something doesn't make sense - sorry in advance!)

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The new block drive has been released.  I have decided to call these Friendship Bracelet blocks.  Thanks, Deanna, for suggesting the name. This drive runs until the end of November so there is lots of time to join in.  You can read more about it in this post.

Oh Scrap! : Day 6

 I am on day 6 of a nasty Covid infection and it is the first day I think I am finally feeling a bit better.  Things like doing a load of laundry or cooking dinner exhaust me but I am able to at least get them done.  That is an improvement.

Thankfully, I already have some photos of some finishes ready to go for this post.

Kristin sent us this fun cowboy themed quilt top and pieced backing.  I think she made it from some leftovers because we have seen a lot of the fabrics in previous quilts.  This will be a great quilt for a young man.

This one is an oldie!  Nann sent the quilt top to us without the border at least a year ago.  I wanted to add a border to make it a bit larger so we waited for just the right fabric.  It took a while, but we finally received a fun brown and teal print that would work.  I think Nann sent in the fabric for the backing too.  The blue is more of a teal color - it is really a pretty quilt.

Karen sent in this scrappy quilt top.  On the back, we used a number of blue fabrics that were also sent in by Nann.  Others were leftover pieces from previous quilts.  We always try to use everything we receive!  A big thanks to Wanda for quilting it up for us. 

 

Elana sent in this sweet little dog themed quilt top.  It also needed to be a bit larger, so Chris took it home and added a doggie border to it. Then it was sent off to Cindy for quilting.

I lost track of who made this quilt top.  It might have been Nann.  And I think Terry supplied the backing.  We didn't have a good red backing for it but I thought this green was a nice surprise.  This was another one quilted by Wanda.

Well, I am losing steam so I think I will end this here.  I owe a lot of people who have donated items receipts - please be patient.  I hope to get to them soon!

Hope you all are having a great weekend!

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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! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

 Follow Me on Bloglovin'                 Follow Me on Feedly

The new block drive has been released.  I have decided to call these Friendship Bracelet blocks.  Thanks, Deanna, for suggesting the name. This drive runs until the end of November so there is lots of time to join in.  You can read more about it in this post.