Mid Week Finishes

I am so used to sharing quilt tops made by others, I was pleasantly surprised that I am sharing a quilt top I made months ago.

It looks like I sewed up this quilt top in July of 2024.  It has just been sitting in a stack of tops waiting to rise to the surface. I had forgotten how much I really liked this quilt.

I used a fun blue polka dot fabric sent in by Holly for the backing.

Mina sent in anther quilt top using this awesome box pattern.  Every time I see one get finished; I want to make one myself.  Karen sent in this flannel blue "sketch" fabric for the back.  I was even able to use a bright blue and white striped binding I have been trying to use for months.  

Both were perfect for this quilt!

This lovely quilt top was sent in by a mother/daughter team - Linda and Margie.  It was made using a Jolly Bar.  We used a taupe backing fabric sent in by Mina.  And then local quilter Laura did her magic on the quilting.  The swirls and heart pattern look amazing on the quilt.

We received the "blocks" for this quilt from Kristin in the form of a kit.  All we had to do was sew them into a quilt top.  Local volunteer Karen was happy to help out and get that done.  Not sure who sent in these backing fabrics, but they were the closest we had to match the 30's prints on the front.  A big thanks to Laura for quilting it and sewing on the binding.

Currently, we are back to working on adult quilts because the last hospital delivery wiped out all the stock.  Luckily, thanks to so many of you, we have a nice stock of finished quilt tops so we can fill the void pretty quickly.

I currently have ten quilt tops all ready to go out with their backings and battings to some longarm quilters starting next weekend.  Plus, I should have some time this week to quilt up a few myself.  With so many volunteers, it doesn't take long to build up a stash.

I am so grateful for all the help!

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Oh Scrap! : Rows Complete

 This week, I had to spend a lot of time putting together kits for longarm quilters. It is a slow process because it usually means I have to prepare a backing too. But I made sure I found some time to advance my scrap quilt project.

I was able to get all the rows sewn on my scrappy HSTs quilt. Now I just need to press all the seams before I can sew the rows together. I am really happy with how this is turning out and am very motivated to finish it.

Maybe I will have a completed quilt top to share next week!

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Oh Scrap! : Assembly Begins

I spent most of the week assembling quilt tops and sewing backings for flimsies for Many Hands and Many Hearts.  Now I have a nice queue built up to go on a longarm.

 

Really the only scrap quilting I did this week was to start to sew the blocks together on my scrappy HST quilt.  So far I just have the bottom two rows completed.  Hopefully next week I will be able to complete the top.

I have had a new distraction this weekend.  Meet Estelle.  Arthur and I went to meet her Friday and Saturday she came to our house for an extended sleep over.  So far things are going good but they both love to wrestle so separation happens often right now!

I hope they become the best of friends!

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• 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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Oh Scrap! : Orange HSTs

 I found a little bit of time this week to make the last blocks I need for my scrappy HST project.

These last twelve orange 6.5" HSTs will complete the corners on the layout.  Now I can finally sew up the quilt top and clear it off my design wall.  I am thinking I want to get out some of my orphan blocks and make a few donation quilts from them.  I certainly have an abundance of them!

Most of this week was spent organizing my old office into the storeroom for Many Hands and Many Hearts.  All the fabric is now on bookshelves, finished quilts are stacked on and below a table.  And the bindings and pre-cuts have their own location so they are easy to find,

I am really pleased with how it is all looking and functioning!

What fun things have you been working on?

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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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Oh Scrap! : More Purple

First - sorry I did not get a Friday finish post published. I had some finished quilts to share but it was a long week and I decided to take a break and put my feet up.

 I did, however, make a bit more progress on my scrap quilt this week.

I finished another eight lovely purple HST blocks.  I am finding really enjoy making these 6” beauties.

I added the blocks to the design wall and it looks like I am going to need a lot more. This quilt is actually going to be quite big.  I just hope I have enough purple scraps in the shades I need.  I will also need to make a few more blocks to fill in the corners - I think I will make them orange.

I was really hoping to get this top done soon but it looks like it is going to be hanging around a lot longer than I expected. I am anxious to see how it looks all finished!

What fun scrappy projects have you been working on?

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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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Oh Scrap! : Purple

Somehow, I was able to get out my purple scraps this week and make these 8 scrappy blocks.

 I put them up on the wall with the rest of the blocks and discovered I need twenty more!  I guess I just keep chipping away at them until I finish the quilt.

Wishing everyone a Scrappy Sunday!

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• 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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