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One More Stix and Happy Quilt #72 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

My focus this week was on finishing some of the Churn Dash quilts. I will share those on Friday. Today are some miscellaneous quilts I don't want you to miss.

First up is this cute construction quilt. There are so many adorable prints in these happy blocks.

My good friend Jeanne sewed the blocks together and local quilter Cindy quilted this one up for me.

All I had to do was sew on the binding.

Karen sent in this fun backing. It really finished off the quilt nicely.

This quilt measures 40 x 48"

Remember these blocks from a ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 6 months ago. under color stix , donation quilts , happy blocks , many hands and many hearts

Color Stix Block Drive Round Up from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Currently, we are well into making Happy Blocks for Compassion Quilts. But I haven't taken the time to let you know how we did on the Color Stix block drive.

The Color Stix block drive started on June 1st. Above are some samples of blocks. I know some of you didn't have a lot of solids and really wanted to be able to use prints but now that the drive is over, I hope you now see they were very important to the quilt designs.

I received 1297 blocks from 45 people. I did have 49 blocks ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts

The Big 3-0! from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Yes, thanks to so many of you, I was able to put together 30 Color Stix Compassion quilts.

I have the last three to share with you today.

Quilt #28 has a Halloween theme. I received a pretty good stack of orange blocks with Spooky images to I decided to go ahead and make a quilt for a Halloween fan. I made a few blocks from some Halloween fabric I had and pulled some blocks that went well with them. I even had a little witch panel I was able to use in this quilt.

It is not a big ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 1 month ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt

Color Stix Finishes #26 and #27 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

These color Stix quilts just keep on coming!

But I will say we are nearing the end - which is good because the Happy Blocks for the next drive are already arriving!

These bright colored quilts always remind me of Lifesavers candies.

The colors in this quilt were inspired by the backing. Plus, I had an abundance of orange and green blocks. I think I had to make a couple of the yellow ones.

The floral fabric was the inspiration. At this point in most drives, I am trying to use some of the smaller yardages for the backing.

This quilt ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 2 months ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt

Color Stix Finishes #24 and #25 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Sometimes in a block drive, I receive some blocks with novelty fabric in them. Depending on the quilts I am making, some fit in and some don't. So usually toward the end of the drive, I put them together in a quilt and make a child's quilt.

This block drive I felt I had enough to make two quilts.

The reason I decided to make two quilts was I felt the blocs gave out two different vibes. This one is a bit more animal themed - with frogs, ducks, turtles and monkeys. The color green also seemed a bit ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 2 months ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt

Color Stix Finishes #22 and #23 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Woo Hoo! It's Friday and that means I have some finishes to share.

Can you believe we are up to finishes #22 and #23?! That is amazing! Both of today's quilts were inspired by a backing fabric I had on hand. So that is how size and colors were determined.

I think I had to make a couple yellow blocks to finish up this pretty quilt. Yellow blocks were pretty scarce in this block drive - I don't have a lot of yellow in my stash either. But there have always been plenty of pretty green blocks!

This ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 2 months ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt

Color Stix Finishes #20 and #21 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

The two Color Stix finishes I am sharing today are made using some alternate layout designs. All of the quilts I have made to date set the blocks in alternate directions.

I had an abundance of purple and blue blocks so I thought it would be fun to put them together in one quilt. I stacked each color's blocks from light to dark. Then I started laying out the blocks with the blue blocks going lightest on the right and the purple blocks going lightest on the left.

This might be one of my favorite finishes in this block ...

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Compassion Quilt #18 and #19 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

It is already Friday!

That means I have some more Compassion Quilt finishes to share today.

I have been hitting the longarm quilting on these tops really hard lately, so I have a big pile that just needs binding. That means I will have lots more to share soon.

Quilt #18 is another quilt that was inspired by the backing piece. These green, gold, and brown blocks look so pretty together. It is hard to see but I laid the different colors out diagonally.

This pretty backing came from Nann. She sent 5 yards so you will see more if ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 2 months ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt

Color Stix Finishes #16 and #17 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Blocks for Compassion Quilts have pretty much dried up so now I am able to focus on getting the last stack of blocks into quilt tops. I still have quite a few in the pipeline to finish up.

Today I can share numbers 16 and 17.

Number sixteen is this lovely purple and green one. I also snuck in a few brown blocks I had.

This quilt measures 54 x 63".

My inspiration came from this lovely purple and green iris print that Nann sent for a backing.

The purple binding was one sent in my Gail.

The next finish ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 2 months ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt

Pastel Stix Finish #15 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I was so close to having two Color Stix quilts to share today but I just couldn't get the binding done on quilt #16. It will have to wait until next week's post.

This is another quilt I made using a backing as inspiration. The backing was all pastel colors so those are the block colors I chose. I also had a large cut of fabric so I could make a nice large quilt. This Compassion Quilt measures 63 x 72".

The backing was gifted by Kat and has Asian lanterns and fans. It is really quite pretty ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 2 months ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt

Color Stix Finishes #13 and #14 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Thanks to one of my special local elves, I have two more Color Stix finishes to share today.

We get together occasionally and sew. During her last visit, she put these blocks together for me. She laid out the blocks and had the top all together in one afternoon.

I challenged her to come up with something that matched this flannel backing piece I had.

I think it turned out pretty nice!

It measures 54 x 72"

She was so successful with that challenge I sent her home with a bunch of orange and a few black blocks. The color ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 3 months ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt

Color Stix Quilts #11 and #12 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Yay! It is Friday!

And that means I have a few more Compassion Quilts to share.

For quilt #11 of this block drive, I have been putting all the lighter-colored blocks aside because I knew I had a light-colored backing. This one is just a rainbow of color.

It measures 63 x 72".

Karen donated this backing - it was one of her "christmas" fabrics but I don't think it reads as strictly holiday so I was able to use it. I think it looks great on the back of this brightly colored quilt.

The blue binding was prepared and ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 3 months ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt

Compassion Quilts #9 and #10 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

You might think you are seeing double in this post!

I am still trying to use a few of my orphan blocks in some of the quilts for this block drive. As I was going through some of my class quilts, I came across some pillows I made using a block a designed years ago for 100 Quilt blocks. I knew they were 18" and would work perfectly with some of the blocks I had received. So I got out my seam ripper...

I love how these turned out!

Quilt number 9 measures 54" x 63".

Here is a close ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 3 months ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt

Color Stix Finishes #7 and #8 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

More Compassion Quilt finishes.

This week's Color Stix finishes were both inspired by the backings.

Kathy was cleaning out some of her "Christmas" stash and wondered if I could use some of it. One of the backings she sent inspired this mostly red one.

I can't really use Christmas fabrics but I can use winter themed fabrics. Who doesn't need Joy, Love and Peace in their lives. I might hold this quilt back and deliver it later in the fall.

This quilt measures 54 x 63".

I received one shipment of blocks that had many that were ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 3 months ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt

Monochromatic Stix Quilts # 5 and #6 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Due to a wrist injury, I have had to shorten the time I have been sewing bindings on these Compassion Quilts. Luckily a few of my awesome friends have stepped up.

But I did get these two finished so I could share them today!

Lots of blue Stix blocks have been received.

I am still focused on using some of these donated backings. It is an easy finish just to grab a blue backing (this one is flannel) and match it with a bunch of blue blocks.

This quilt measures 54 x 63".

I did the same thing with a ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 3 months ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt

Color Stix #3 and #4 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

The pipeline for the newest Compassion Quilt block drive is now flowing nicely and I have a couple finishes to share with you today. This block drive was designed to help me use up some of the donated backing fabrics that haven't found a home yet. So far, it is working splendidly!

This first quilt was fairly easy to put together. Here is the back first. I had two 2-yard cuts of some orange and green florals. I think Nann may have donated one or both of these fabrics.

Here is quilt number three! I had lots of red ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 4 months ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt

Color Stix #2 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I am a little late posting today - so sorry about that.

I have a big custom client quilt on my longarm and it is taking a LOT longer than I thought it would. Ugh!! That has kind of messed up my week a bit.

When I shared Color Stix #1, I showed how I was inspired by an orphan block that was sent to me. I thought I would dig through my own orphan blocks and see if I had any others I could use. As I was stacking up a little pile, I remembered a panel piece I had ...

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Color Stix Quilt Finish #1 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Time to share the first quilt for the newest Compassion Quilt block drive.

A big thanks to both Nann and Elana who help start fill the pipeline by making and sending blocks early so I could get started putting quilt tops together right away.

Nann sent both blocks and backings and Elana sent blocks and some orphan blocks she had kicking around her sewing room.

One of the orphan blocks she sent me was this bright-colored 16" house block - I was instantly inspired and framed it with a dark blue and bright colored batik I was gifted.

Then, from Nann ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 4 months ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt

Oh Scrap! : Yellow Stix Blocks from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I feel like I haven't gotten any scraps out in weeks.

Friday, I did get out my yellow scrap bin and make a few Stix blocks. I needed 5 yellow blocks to finish up a Compassion Quilt top. I knew if I waited for them to arrive in the mail, they would never come.

These blocks really do go together quickly. If you want to read more about how these blocks are going to be used, you can read this post.

I quilted up the first quilt for this block drive. I just need to sew on the binding ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 4 months ago. under color stix , oh scrap! , scrap quilting

Compassion Quilt Color Stix Block Drive from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Just moments ago, I realized it was June 1st and I had not announced the block for the next Compassion Quilt Block Drive. Yikes!! In my defense, I have been a bit busy lately!

The next block we are using is one of my Scrap-A-Palooza designs. I am calling it a Color Stix Block.

It is a very simple block.

To make this block, you will need:

QTY = 3 1.5" x 9.5" Solid strip

QTY = 3 2.5" x 9.5" Print strip

Sew a solid strip to a print strip (this is a great project to chain ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year, 5 months ago. under color stix , compassion quilts , donation quilts

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