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Friday the Fourth from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Happy Fourth of July!

Hope you have lots of family, friends and good food during your celebration.

When you have a dog, this holiday can be a stressful one. Sadly, my neighborhood gets a little crazy with fireworks - even though they are banned here in the city limits.

Arthur just had surgery to remove some cancerous lumps so I will have to work extra hard to keep him quiet. We don't want any pulled stitches.

One of the board members loves Tula Pink prints. She made this quilt top for Many Hands and Many Hearts. She also donated the ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 22 hours, 26 minutes ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

Some Veteran Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

It has been a while since I shared some of our Veteran finishes. I looked through all my photos and some must have gotten delivered without getting photographed.

I only have four to share today.

I am still using all the RWB scraps to make string blocks. Adding those to the blocks that are sent in by some of you, I could probably make about four of these quilts. The red and blue backing for this one came from Dorothy.

Larger RWB scraps, I cut into 5.5" squares and make some simple patchwork quilt from them. Pat sent Karen ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 week ago. under finished quilt , many hands and many hearts , string quilt

Some Small Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Many Hands and Many Hearts saw many small quilts get finished or donated this week.

It seems like we photographed quilts every day this week!

Yvonne at Quilting Jetgirl sent in this bright and happy little quilt with her blue and red Scrappy Chain blocks. Her work is always so precise and creative. Check out the backing on this one!

Local longarm quilter Cindy snuck this fun little scrappy quilt in the bag of quilts she returned to us all quilted. These little quilts are a great way to use up some of those scraps.

This sweet little flannel quilt ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 week, 2 days ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

Some Late Friday Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I am running a bit late with this post. Yesterday was a big fundraising event for Many Hands and Many Hearts so I have a ton of stuff to put away and organize. We did really well so I am hoping we will be able to get some items, like an up-to-date website, paid for.

Now for some of this week's finishes. We are still heavily focused on getting some of the donated quilt tops finished. Now that we don't have to worry about running out of batting for a while, we can hi these even harder!

The ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 2 weeks ago. under finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

Something New! from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I am actually posting about a new project from some new fabric!

That doesn't happen too much anymore.

Connecting Threads sent me a fat quarter bundle and some of their thread to make something with for Many Hands and Many Hearts. I have always liked their thread for piecing. I have not tried to use it on my longarm.

The fat quarter bundle is the Blueberry Parfait collection. Lovely blues and creamy tans. I haven't figured out what pattern I am going to make but I think the blocks will be boxy to really show off these pretty ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 2 weeks, 3 days ago. under connecting threads , fat quarter quilt , many hands and many hearts

Oh Scrap! : Squares and More Squares from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Sometime probably in September, Many Hands and Many Hearts will host a sew day for local sewists to come and make some kid blocks for us. I am starting to cut the pieces for everyone.

Of course, it will be scrappy!

Right now I am cutting 4.5" squares. I have a plastic shoebox stuffed full so now I am working on filling another one. We are focusing on novelty fabrics and tone on tones in bright colors. Quite a few of these squares were already cut - thanks to a donor who sent a box full of them quite some ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 2 weeks, 5 days ago. under many hands and many hearts , sew day

Quick Scrappy Patchwork from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I think one of the most challenging task of Many Hands and Many Hearts is keeping up with the scraps that are created making all these quilts. And I know it is going to be more challenging in the future as we make more quilts.

So, I find myself whipping out quick patchwork quilts. This week , I went through the RWB scraps and found quite a few prints I could cut into 4.5" squares.

There is no rhyme or reason to how I sewed the squares together. I quickly quilted it up and moved it to the stack of ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , many hands and many hearts , oh scrap! , simple patchwork

Finishes for Kids from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

There have been quite a few kid quilts getting finished lately. We are starting to stockpile quilts for delivery this fall and winter.

Kristin sent in this fun quilt top. I love the summery colors in the top. On the back is a lovely dark coral flannel with fun dots sent in by Karyn. Local quilter Cindy did the amazing quilting on it.

Kristin also sent in this cute little flannel quilt top and flannel backing. I sent this one off to Cindy for quilting too. Simple patchwork works so well for these donation quilts.

I haven't decided if ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 4 weeks ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

Oh Scrap! : More Bowties from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Not much time this week but I did get a bit of scrap sewing in.

Eighteen more bow-tie blocks went into the pile. I think I have 37 completed blocks now. I figure I am about halfway done now. This has been a great way to use up my autumn-colored scraps.

Happy Sunday!

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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 ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 month ago. under bowtie block , many hands and many hearts , oh scrap!

New Block Drive : Scrappy Chains from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Hard to believe it is already time to announce the next block drive for Many Hands and Many Hearts. These blocks will be used for Veteran quilts. We have a number of donated patriotic panels, so we are hoping to use these as borders around them. They are also the same size as some of the previous Veteran blocks made so I think we will see some quilts with some combinations of blocks in them.

I will start with the directions for the blocks.

Below are the fabric cut sizes...

2.5" square white fabric QTY = 6

Red or Blue ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 month ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , many hands and many hearts , scrappy chains

Oh Scrap! : It's a Flimsy from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

First, I need to apologize for failing to post the link up last week. In my mind I thought I had written the post. Once I realized I had forgotten, it was late on Sunday, and I was taking a much-needed day off.

I was scheduled to share more of my bowtie blocks, but I am prouder of the fact I sewed all my scrappy snowball blocks into a flimsy. It was very nice to see all these scraps find a home. I will definitely be making more scrappy snowball quilts - that's for sure.

If you want to link ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 month, 1 week ago. under compassion quilts , many hands and many hearts , oh scrap! , snowball

Sharing some Littles from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I thought I would share some little quilts today...

The top on this quilt is just a panel that Nann sent to us. I didn't even add a border. I thought it looked great just the way it is.

Check out this cute quilt made from Happy Blocks. I would not have thought to group the colors like that - I like it! The label fell off, but I think Marci sent in this quilt top.

For the string quilt lovers...The strings on this one finish at 1/2". I think it looks amazing. Karen sent in both the ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 month, 1 week ago. under finished quilt , happy blocks , many hands and many hearts

Mid Week Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Boy, did I mess up on Sunday. I took photos for Oh Scrap! But the actually writing of the post completely left my mind. Sorry about that.

Arthur has been very patient with me and all the hours I have been working. So last weekend was all about him. He loved all the attention.

This quilt is actually one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilts. I made these blocks ages ago. I really don't need any more quilts, so I decided to finish it and donate it to Many Hands and Many Hearts.

This scrappy quilt top was sent ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

For the Kids from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

There is always a nice mix of quilts that get completed every week for Many Hands and Many Hearts. I love that we make quilts of all sizes.

Today, I am sharing quilts for kids.

Love, Love, Love this crayon quilt top sent in by Jenny. I admit, I did add a border. We received some fat quarters of the fun crayon print. They didn't have a home and I knew they would be perfect for framing up this quilt. The backing fabric came from Karyn and the quilting on this was done by Cindy.

This cute astronaut top ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 month, 4 weeks ago. under compassion quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

Finishes for Kids from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Today's parade of quilts are all going to kids.

This quilt top was made by Board Member Jeanne. She had a bunch of cute pig fabric in her stash that she wanted gone. Turned out she had enough to also finish the backing and the binding.

This tall quilt top was sent in by Kristin. It has lots of fun and silly novelty fabrics in it. So, we HAD to put the flamingo back sent in by Laura. I LOVE that pint! We had to add a bit to one side, but I had this large chunk or periwinkle ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 2 months ago. under donation quilts , finished quilt , kid , many hands and many hearts

More Pretty Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Lately, we have been seeing a lot of finishes.

Here are just a few....

I don't remember who sent them, but we received a big bag of HSTs. Each one had a warm color and a cool color. I think they were 4.5" square. Jeanne took them home and created this amazing layout. And thanks to Christy, we had this great floral fabric for the back.

Ages ago, Kat had sent me a big bag of black/white squares. I think I made two big quilts out of them. I still had a few more so I added ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 2 months ago. under donation quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

Beth and Carol’s Quilts from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Lots of quilts to share today!

Beth and her friend Carol have been busy making donation quilts and they decided to send a dozen to Many Hands and Many Hearts ❤️

Yep, they were all quilted and bound…all I had to do was add the label and get them delivered.

Beth made this one. I love the animal panel she used- it is so bright and colorful.

Prefect for lifting someone’s spirit.

A fun little giraffe quilt made by Beth. Every time I see a yellow and black combination I wonder why I don't make one myself.

Most ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 2 months, 1 week ago. under baby quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

What a Week! from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

This has been a crazy week! Lots of big fabric donations coming through the door, huge boxes arriving full of finished quilts and bags of "kits" to be completed by our volunteers being made and distributed. We are all working hard to keep up!

So today, I only have a few finished quilts to share because we are behind on photographs.

We did finish another Jewel Box quilt. Janet laid out these blocks a long time ago and I have just gotten around to sewing up the quilt top. We put a lovely purple flannel on the back.

This quilt ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt , jewel blocks , many hands and many hearts

Some Kid Quilt Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

The end of the year will be here in no time at all. So we are already prepping for the big shipments of kid quilts starting late summer. Here are some we finished this week.

This fun car quilt is all flannel and super cuddly. Kristin sent in the quilt top and the backing. Local quilter Cindy quilted it up for us. She has a small machine setup, so she likes the tiny ones!

We received a couple bear panels (originally for making pillows), but we are using them for some small Happy block quilts. I think we have two ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt , kid , many hands and many hearts

Friday Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Computer problems are so frustrating!

My computer was down for a few days but I am back up and ready to share a few finishes.

There have been a lot of Rail Fence quilts getting finished lately and I have to admit I have loved them all! This top was made by Mina. I love her color combinations. Thanks to Nann, we had the perfect peach backing.

This colorful quilt top was sent in by Margie and Linda. We had to wait a bit to finish this one because I really wanted some Kaffe Fassett fabric for the backing. I ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 3 months ago. under donation quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

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