Oh Scrap! : Sew Day Prep

 This last week spun by in a blur!  I know I got a lot accomplished.  We had a board meeting, I met new longarm quilter Phyllis and exchanged some quilt kits, I checked in lots of fabric, kits and blocks, and I finally updated the blog.

But I spent the most time preparing for our upcoming Sew Day on the 10th of September.  

(I will have more information in the upcoming newsletter.)

Whenever we have a local Sew Day, I always go to our scrap stash and see what we have to most of - this time it is Autumn and florals. Our solid stash is overflowing also.  I chose a really easy block that uses both, and I have started all the cutting and kit building. I sorted the fabrics into alike colors and then chose a coordinating solid. A huge thanks to Marci and Karen for helping out by sending some pre-cut parts.  I am not planning for a huge crowd, but I sure don't want to run out!

It felt good to use all these scraps!

Kristin also sent another shipment of quilt kits.  I think there were a total of 25 tops all tied up with the backing and the binding.  There were a great combination of adult and kid quilts!

I had better get quilting!

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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

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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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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

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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.