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Weekly update: many activities, little sewing from With Strings Attached

Who says we can't try new things? After decades of a Saturday luncheon, this year the AAUW gathering was on Friday at Lamb's Farm. It's a residential vocational center for adults with disabilities. Their restaurant servers are clients. Of course we don't just eat -- we raise money! There's a white elephant/silent auction, a 50/50 cash raffle, and the quilt raffle.

The winner is a member of the Naperville branch. She and I will meet up sometime soon for the handoff.

The quilt raised $390 for the AAUW Greatest Needs Fund (unrestricted support for ...

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

Sorry Everyone...I thought today was Saturday.

No scrap pictures today but I do have another "ooops".

It's been cold here and Janet thought Arthur needed a polar suit.

Arthur: Not sure this is right!

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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 ...

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Weekly update: holiday events, UFOs out and in, OT part 3, and the new flimsy from With Strings Attached

Holiday events are underway!

Luncheons Tuesday (Zion Woman's Club) and Saturday (Lake County Women's Coalition), both at the same local restaurant.*** I was hostess for ZWC and brought my vintage Christmas tablecloths to decorate (we were in one of the restaurant's small rooms) but I was so busy presiding that I didn't get a good picture. (***Local as in four-tenths of a mile from my house!)

On Friday we joined friends Bill and Debbie for dinner before going to the high school performing arts center We all enjoyed the high school's holiday show by the ...

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

With all the quilts we make for Many Hands and Many Hearts, we end up with a lot of "chunks" of fabric. Most of these come from backing leftovers. These "chunks" get piled onto one of the shelves in our storage area and then I try and find ways to use them.

Lately, I noticed there were quite a few florals up there.

I decided I would make a chunky quilt top with them.

I quickly cut some 10.5" squares, some 5.5" squares and then a couple 10.5 x 5.5" rectangles for every block. Twenty blocks ...

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Weekly update: the stash report, Old Town, OMG + reading from With Strings Attached

The tree is up.

The boys are back. (The big one never went away....)

My mother started our nutcracker collection in the mid-1980's with one of the twins on the mantel (#2 or #10) and later with #5, #6, and #8. The others came from estate/garage sales and TJMaxx. They're all German.

I try not to acquire more Christmas decorations, but if I come across German nutcrackers at good prices I will indulge.

The November stash report shows that I didn't indulge much compared to earlier this year. Fabric IN: 60-1/4 yards, $80, average $1 ...

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Oh Scrap! : First Time Sewists from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I am still meeting once a month with a few of the young girls in my neighborhood. They are helping me with various tasks and learning skills to become a quilter. This week, we moved on to sewing.

Remember the 4.5" squares I cut out of my scrap bins? They are going to turn them into quilts for Many Hands and Many Hearts.

Here are their first attempts. I think they did amazing. After sewing their first column and seeing how squares didn't align well, they took a bit more care and were so proud of their next ...

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Weekly update: placemats + reading from With Strings Attached

On Friday I showed a photo of nine-patch blocks that I made out of the border fabric from the bingo board blocks. I said I had no plan for them. Well, they had plans for me -- and here is what happened. The placemats will be donated to the guild for one of the agencies it supports.

Speaking of the guild, this week I need to make an ornament for the exchange at next week's holiday party. I also need to fill the gift box for which I made this runner.

Our Thanksgiving will be the two of us which ...

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Oh Scrap! : Scrappy Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

The only thing I did with scraps this week is to stuff them into my scrap bins. I really need to get back into the habit f sewing with my scraps. They are piling up again!

But a bunch of nice scrap quilts were finished this week for Many hands and Many Hearts so I thought I would share those.

I did sew up this soft flannel quilt top from some pre-cut squares sent in by Karyn. I had some time to quilt something small on my longarm and this one was on the top of the pile. The backing ...

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Weekly update: bingo finish from With Strings Attached

It's been unusually warm this fall. We haven't had a freeze yet, let alone a frost. (I just looked up the definitions: A frost is when ice crystals form on the outside of your plant. Frost can occur when the temperature is above 32F.....It’s a short event (usually happens right around dawn). A light frost happens when the ground is still warm enough to give off heat. A hard frost (also known as a killing frost) can occur when the ground temperature drops below 32F. A freeze, on the other hand, occurs when the temperature drops ...

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Oh Scrap! : Pre-Cut Flannel from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I always enjoy opening all the packages that you guys send me.

I never know what I am going to find!

Last week, Karyn sent me a box filled with some pre-cut squares and some pre-cut flannel rectangles.

I was instantly inspired with the flannel pieces. There were two different sizes but they all seemed to be the approximately the same measurement on one size.

The first thing I sewed together was this simple little infant quilt.

The next little quilt top I made; I ran the blocks vertically. I am not sure if all the pieces were a consistent ...

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Weekly update: a finish and a start from With Strings Attached

Saturday afternoon I walked along this path. It's part of a bike route that goes through Illinois Beach State Park and then connects with Zion parks and the forest preserves.

When Zion City was begun in 1901 the prospective residents took the train up from Chicago. A tower near the train station allowed them to climb up and spot their house lots. These chunks of concrete are the remaining footings for the tower.

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In the studio: the homespun half-logs quilt is finished!

The back uses an Alexander Henry print from Barb M's garage sale. It's nostalgic for ...

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

I have been trying to organize some of the scraps that are donated to Many Hands and Many Hearts. Right now they are just in bags and in big tubs. They are never going to get used if they continue to be stored this way.

As I was going thru some bags, I found some 4.5" squares that were already cut to size. I decided to use some of my solid scraps to cut some 1.5" x 4.5" strips to sew on one side. I have been sewing them as a leader/ender all this week.

Hopefully ...

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Weekly update: lots going on but not sewing! from With Strings Attached

The Zion Woman's Club held its annual ladies' night bunco party Friday evening. 64 women (some girls, too) came out to play. Most of them were first-timers though there were some who come every year. Great fun was had by all!

The Moose Lodge gives us a great deal on the room--$100. The other benefit is that their bar/restaurant are open so those who want an alcoholic drink can purchase at the bar and bring it upstairs.

My friend Suzanne won the 50/50 cash raffle ($173 to her, $173 to the club). My P.E.O ...

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

If you have been following this blog for any amount of time, you know I try and use every bit of scraps that I can. I just can't help myself!

I was gifted a bunch of really soft corduroy about a year ago. I used what I could on the backs of some previous quilts. Last week, I cut all the leftovers into 9” squares, sewed together a quilt top and quilted it up. Some young man is going to love this quilt!

On the back, I used a camo print that Kat sent me. I also used that ...

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Weekly update: more blue-sky days, another concert, and that homespun rescue from With Strings Attached

I neglected to mention that we voted last week. We got mail-in ballots and I dropped them in the box inside the early voting location at Zion City Hall. There were about 30 people in line to vote in person. I walked in, and out, with a woman I sort of recognized. As we exited the building I said in a low voice, "May the best woman win!" to which she said, "You've got that right!"

Here is the backstory of our county's I Voted sticker.

We enjoyed walks at McDonald Woods, Ray Lake, and Van Patten Woods ...

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Weekly update: sunny days, a concert, more homespun + reading from With Strings Attached

Oh, such glorious fall weather!

We revisited Illinois Beach State Park, Rollins Savanna, and the Des Plaines River Canoe Launch.

Left: ground cherry (in husks). Oak leaves, compass plant seed head, prickly pear with fruit, a determined chicory flower, aster, and ground cherries (sans husks).

A friend told me about this trail adjacent to the Rec Plex in Pleasant Prairie, just over the state line. We checked it out this afternoon (Sunday).

Saturday evening we went to the College of Lake County (our community college) to hear the Blind Boys of Alabama . They were great! And with the senior discount ...

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

I don't have anything scrappy to share with you today. I think the only scraps I touched this week were a few that I made and had to try and stuff into my scrap bins.

But I did do a lot of other exciting things this week. Hopefully I will have exciting news to share with you soon.

So today I will share my friend Penny's scrap quilt with you. I guess it isn't really made from tiny scraps. But is it made from leftovers from previous projects. Like me, she has been cleaning her stash out ...

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

This week most of my time was spent longarm quilting and sorting fabrics to make kits for volunteers. I did find a bit of time to cut more 44.5" squares from my scraps.

This box is about 12" deep so there are a LOT of squares in their already. I have had a few people ask me exactly how many quilts I am planning on making. (It will be a lot!)

I did sew up a couple more sample blocks for this project. The first quilt will be monochromatic and have a black center square. There are some non-quilters ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 2 months ago. under oh scrap! , scrap quilting

Weekly update: homespuns + reading from With Strings Attached

Cranes at Sand Pond this afternoon. My walk was shortened because this strange wet stuff fell from the sky. Oh, that was rain! There hasn't been any around here for six weeks. (And an hour afterward the sun was out again.)

In my post Friday I alluded to an adventure. We drove 65 miles to Westmont and took our friend Pat out to lunch.

Pat was my long-time ALA conference roommate. She lives in a retirement/assisted living community now, and no longer drives. Though we chat by phone often it's been nearly two years since we've ...

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Oh Scrap! : More Quilts from Scraps from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I am still working through my flannel scraps.

I didn't think I had that much but I keep making quilts!

For this little cutie, I pulled all the pink flannel scraps I had. I didn't have a lot of the animal fabric so I just used those as the quilt highlight.

It's very soft and cuddly!

This quilt measures 40" square.

For this lodge-themed little quilt, I not only used flannel scraps, but I also used a few flannel fat quarters I had and didn't know how else to use them.

To make this quilt, I ...

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