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Confessions of a Fabric Addict (Can I get a Whoop! Whoop!)

Thursday, June 27, 2024

Pam's Quilts

Pam has been one of my longarm clients for about 15 years. I think she was close to a beginner quilter when I started working with her. I felt so much gratitude when she stopped by and brought me three quilt tops for Many Hands and Many Hearts.

She has a number of granddaughters who are wild for Tula. So she has a lot of Tula scraps. She made this fun card trick quilts.

Here is the back she also suppled. She is set on using up as much of her fabric as she can.

This quilt measures about 48 x 60".

More Tula scraps are in this fun quilt. It actually measures 48" square but it has the illusion of being rectangular. I had to measure it like 3 times.

Local longarm quilter Cindy finished this one up for me.

More Tula fabric for the back.

If I were to guess, this is something she started at least 10 years ago. It is not what she would be making now. I think this was a UFO that she just made an orphan block quilt from to donate.

A pretty blue fabric for the back. I think this one measures about 40 x 48".

Pam didn't make this quilt top - I did. But I wanted to get it photographed and processed so I can get it put away. Kat had sent me a bunch of 4.5" squares that were all from black/white prints. I had a big bag of solid scraps that were gifted to me by a friend, so I just cut a bunch of those little 1.5" sticks.

Then I just staggered the rows.

A yellow and black print for the back along with a colorful black dot fabric.

This quilt is a nice 60 x 72".

I have a few more finishes to share so there should be another post publishing soon. The finishes are really coming at a nice fast speed now!

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Sunday, June 23, 2024

Oh Scrap! : More String Blocks

I am trying to keep up with the scraps from the RWB Veteran quilts. I decided I had a bit of time so I sewed up a dozen more blocks.

I am trimming these to 10.5" square. I will just make as many as I can!

A few people have included a few string blocks in their packages - here are two that I got from Holly. They will go into the pile and hopefully result in a quilt top soon.

What scrappy projects have you been working on?

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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, June 21, 2024

Two Step Quilt #1

Sorry, I am posting a finish a little late today. My heat pump went out and the temperatures inside my house have been way too hot. It is hard to work much but thankfully I am getting a new system on Tuesday. Then I will be back on track!

I thought I would share the first quilt made using the Two Step blocks. I didn't make this top - Cheryl sent it in already sewn up. All of her blocks have the same pretty leaf print where the 5" square goes.

I used this pretty twig print on the back. I don't always like light backings but with those rich colors on the front, I think this beige print works.

This quilt measures about 48" x 57".

There is still lots of time for you to make some blocks for this block drive. It is easy to sew and you can use up some autumn-colored scraps. I won't need all the blocks until about mid-August. You can read about how to make the blocks and about Many Hands and Many Hearts in this post.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

I will be spending mine sitting in front of the fan.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Big and Little

It is always fun to see what is included in all the packages I receive.

I often get instantly inspired!

Jeanine sent in this lovely rail fence quilt top. I love the pretty corals with those pretty aquas.

I sent it to local quilter Laura and she quilted in some fun twisty quilting.

I had this pretty pink fabric for the backing. It really shows the quilting nicely.

This quilt measures about 48 x 56".

In the package with the quilt top, Jeanine included the leftovers. I knew I had a piece of a solid aqua that was just the right shade. There were not many scraps, but I trimmed them all to the same width and set them into the solid.

I really like how it turned out and one more donation quilt was made.

I just did some straight-line quilting on this one. The backing came from my local "picker" Deana. She finds the best fabrics at yard and estate sales.

This quilt is approximately 40 x 42".

This week I hope to receive some quilts back from some longarm quilters. I also have a stack of finished quilts waiting to be photographed.

We have been busy - I have so much more to share!

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Sunday, June 16, 2024

Oh Scrap! : Scrappy HSTs

Hurray! I finished up the last 12 scrappy purple blocks I needed for my scrap quilt. These blocks measure 6.5" square. Next, I need to make 12 orange blocks to finish up the quilt top. It will be nice to get this one off of my design wall.

Boy, I sure must have whined a lot about having to make bindings. When I got my packages this weekend, the first box I opened had all these lovely, prepared bindings from Jen.

Then I opened the next box and found these scrappy bindings from Anne.

The third package I opened contained all of these. Thanks, Stephanie, for the little smiley face. I was certainly feeling quite giddy at this point!

My dog Arthur always "helps" me open packages because he loves to smell all the contents. But these packages had us dancing around the living room!

(He really doesn't care about bindings but he sure loved all my excitement.)

Thanks so much!

I am starting to sew tops from the current Many Hands and Many Hearts block drive. There is still plenty of time to join in if you want. You can read more about it in this post.

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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, June 14, 2024

Pretty Scrap Quilts

I have been working really hard to work thru the queue of quilt tops I have waiting to be quilted. I was so happy to be delivering 6 out to local longarm quilters over this week.

But I will soon need to redirect and start putting together the Two Step blocks that are starting to arrive. I think I already have enough blocks for two or three quilts!

This lovely quilt top was made by Jean. I think the pattern is called Stunning Stars.

I finished quilting it just in time to make this week's delivery to the hospital.

I had fun quilting it. I just alternated circle and square quilting in the patchwork squares. The quilting really shows up beautifully on the pretty blue backing.

This quilt measures 56 x 64".

My friend Penny made this fun quilt. She recently made a couple children's quilts and combined the scraps and leftovers to make this quilt. I love how it turned out!

This bright yellow fabric on the back will make anyone smile.

This quilt measures about 48 x 54.

This quilt top was made by Linda and her mom Margie. The pattern is called "It's a Charm." I am assuming this one was made with charm squares but I think it would make a great scrap quilt.

A local quilter Linda quilted this one up - it was her first "real" quilt off her longarm. She did a lovely job on it. It is covered with lovely butterflies.

Scraps, leftovers - they all make lovely quilts!

If you want to bust some of your scraps and make a quilt top for Many Hands and Many Hearts, I would gladly supply the backing, get it quilted up and donate it so it can bring comfort.

Thanks and have a great weekend!

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