Oh Scrap! : Flannel Scraps

 Most of this week was spent cleaning up after our Sew Day Fundraiser. It was a challenge, but I was able to find a home for almost everything. We plan on having another Sew Day next spring, but I think we will make blocks for Veterans. I already pulled a big box of patriotic and RWB scraps to start cutting. You can’t be too prepared!

I did find a bit of time to cut and sew up some flannel scraps that all seemed to work together into a nice little quilt top. I think I cut the rectangles at 6 x 8". I wanted a fourth flannel but all we could find was a small piece of dark teal fleece in the trash bin, so we decided to go ahead and use it. 

It feels good to use up all these leftovers!

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Mid-Week Finishes

Apologizing for the shadowed photos.  Janet came over early and I was still in my PJs.  I wanted to spend as little time as possible outside!

Karen sent in this lovely quilt top and backing.  It looked like a simple pattern that uses 2.5" strips.

Another quilt top made with 2.5" strips.  Kristin made this one and sent in a pieced backing fabric.  She just sent in these quilt tops but they have been jumping to the front of the line.  I have been so busy, I haven't had time to sew backings.  Her current shipment has tops that are ready to go right to my longarm frame.  Now that my big event is finished, I hope to get back to prepping some other quilt tops in the queue.

Kristin also sent in this fun comic themed quilt top and backing.  Some kid is going to love this one!

I admit, I am intrigued by this quilt top sent in by Kristi..  The colors and prints all work well together but the pink is the only flannel in the whole quilt top.  It gives the quilt such a wonderful texture.  The whole time I was sewing on the binding, I kept petting the quilt top.

Janet was excited when she saw this quilt top because she could finally use the purple hippo flannel that Kristin sent in.  Janet has been a bit obsessed with it since it arrived.

Penny made this quilt top from some flannel leftovers she had.  I think the flannel for the backing even came out of her stash.  The weather is just starting to cool down here, so all these flannel quilts are going to be in demand soon.

Everyone had a fun time at our recent Fundraising Sew Day....we are already scheduling one for the spring.  I will let you know what block we will be making then as the date nears.  But I am pretty sure they will be for Veterans.

Hope you are having a great week!

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Oh Scrap! : Flannel Scraps

Whew! Yesterday was a good day but it sure cut into my work time last week.  We had our first Sew Day Fundraiser.  Poor planning on my part because I scheduled it the same day as the Civil War game here in Eugene.  Not only was traffic bad, but lots of people stayed home to watch the game.

I did get a fantastic surprise...one of my readers traveled hours to stop by and bring us a huge stack of blocks and some fabric.  She couldn't stay and sew but it made my day that I got to meet her in person!

We are still working through some flannel squares we received over a year ago.  These all flannel quilts are so soft and cuddly.  Kristin sent in the fun pink backing.

Here is another pink flannel quilt from the same box of squares.  In fact, it has the same backing because I quilted them all at once.  It definitely saves some time.

I think this is the last of the pink squares.

We did have a few yellow and blue squares, so Penny put them together in this quilt.  I think there might be one more stack around here somewhere that will be made into a quilt top soon.

Nann donated the backing and local quilter Cindy put it all together.

We cut the squares for this flannel quilt out of a bunch of bigger scraps that are piling up.  They all have kind of a woodland theme.  This quilt top was sewn quite a while ago and I am just getting around to quilting it.

If you have scraps you want to sew up, our block drive this quarter will help you burn through them. We are making these color block stars - you can find instructions for making them here.

Enjoy your week!

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Oh Scrap! : Putting Scraps to Use

I'm here - just a little late this morning.

I taught a class on Saturday and just ran out of time to write my post.

I am pretty much finished cutting all my scrappy chunks into useable sizes.  Now it is time to get things sewn.  Many Hands and Many Hearts will have a craft table at an event in November so we are now busy sewing the items to sell.

Next to my sewing machine I have a nice big stack of cut fabric and some Wrap N Zap batting to turn into Bowl Cozies.  I am using this free pattern to make them.

This is the largest item we are making so any scrap large enough will become a Cozy.  I think we had enough material to make about thirty to sell.

What are you doing with your scraps?

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It was a Busy Week!

I recently shared some of the smaller quilts finished this week.  We also had some larger lap quilts cross the finish line too.

This quilt top has been finished for a while, but it had to wait in the queue until it was needed.  I had sent a fat quarter bundle to Jeanine and she sent me back some quilt tops.  This is one of the RWB ones she did.  The backing fabric came from Kat.

I have a big box filled with old fat quarters that were gifted to me years ago.  I decided to pull some coordinating ones and send them off to Barb - she made this quilt top from them.  I love turquoise and orang together.  I even donated the backing for this ne.  I sent it off to local quilter Laura, who also sewed the binding on for us.

Recognize this block pattern?  This quilt top was made from blocks from our last block drive by Cynthia.  She made the blocks and them sewed them p into this layout.  She used the half red/half blue version of the block.  Isn't this layout amazing?! 

Thanks to Sue, we had this wonderful red fabric for the backing.

Thanks to Marci, we have another quilt made from her scrappy blocks.  We occasionally send a box squished full of scraps and she turns them into these string blocks.  She has about three designs that she makes into different sized blocks.  These are the big 10" blocks.  Dorothy sent in this love rose fabric we put on the back.

The last one to share today is this lovely courthouse steps top sent in by Joni.  The secondary patterns in this one are amazing.  She also sent in this Boundless solid taupe backing.  I have a feeling this was a Craftsy quilt kit.  Sorry it sat in my so long!

The finished quilts keep coming!

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Some Small Finishes

 Happy Blocks and Split 4-Patch Blocks

Some are from block drives, and some were tops received to complete.  

All look amazing!

Marci sent in this quilt top.  I love how she set her blocks in a very unexpected way.  Thanks to Samantha, we had the perfect backing fabric.

This quilt was made from our Happy Block block drive we did a while ago.  I had Janet make a bunch of small quilts that fit on a single width of fabric so I could quilt them all together.  This was one of them.  Someone sent in quite a bit of yardage of this bright yellow fabric - I think we did about 4 or 5 at once.

Here is a Split 4_patch quilt we did at the same time.  I think the blocks are all a farm theme.

This little quilt is a lot of fn.  Someone sent in a bunch of blocks with beetles on them.  We put almost all of them together in one quilt.  I love the colors in this one.

And finally, another Happy Block quilt.  This quilt top was sent in by Jean.  She also sent in the pieced backing.

I am making a big delivery on Tuesday and many of these are all packed up ready to bring comfort to make someone smile!

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Oh Scrap! : Pinwheels

Our September Board Meeting is coming up next week so I did not get much of a chance to play with scraps.

But I did get a few more of my pinwheel blocks finished.  I have 15 blocks finished to date.  I think I am going to make this quilt 60 x 70" (the blocks are 10" square).  So I still have a lot more blocks to go.

I really like the gray and blue color combination!

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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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