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Weekly update: placemats, pink stars + reading from With Strings Attached

The last Monday of January?! Slow down, 2025!

The parts department had two 80" lengths of neutral-squares-neutral (6.5" wide) intended for a border that I didn't use. I added another strip of squares, then sewed the lengths together, and cut into four 20" pieces.

I'm using the serpentine stitch to quilt these placemats. The photo shows the borders sewn on but not yet sewn down.

The pink Ohio Stars are a basted flimsy. 9" blocks = 36" x 45".

# # # # # # The ALA Retired Members Round Table Book Club met by Zoom yesterday. Instead of reading one book and discussing ...

added by Nann 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , placemats , reading , rsc 2025 , sew and tell

Oh Scrap! : Orphans no More from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I don't keep track of who sends in orphan blocks. They all just go into a big pile and occasionally I pull some out to finish up into a quilt.

I received 18 of these little blocks. They were not all the exact same size and I thought needed a bit of help. Novelty scraps to the rescue!

I didn't trim any of the original blocks up. I just sewed on a fun, colorful frame in bright colors. These prints all came out of the scrap bin. I did trim the blocks up at this point to 10 ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under oh scrap! , using orphan blocks

Weekly update, part 2: in the studio from With Strings Attached

See the previous post for Stevens' 85th birthday weekend!

The cat's cradle blocks are assembled.

Justification for a ginormous stash: this floral print and the backing fabric (not shown), both just right.

One of my 2025 goals is to make 52 placemats. Last Monday I posted a photo of two. I made six more. (After I took the photo I bound the red and black pair on the left.) All of these are made from already-pieced panels and units from the box at the left.

None of these are the Old Town mystery, obviously. That box is sitting on ...

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Oh Scrap! : Orphan Blocks and Panels from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Here at Many Hands and Many Hearts, we do get various panels and orphan blocks included in packages containing blocks for the block drives. It is always fun to see what shows up. We don't often get to use them but Janet decided to pull a bunch of RWB blocks and lay out her first orphan block quilt. Here is the top all put together.

I think she did a pretty good job. Now she did not have to figure out how to sew all that middle section together. I have to admit, that took me a LONG time ...

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Weekly update: RSC pink + SAHRR from With Strings Attached

The weather hasn't been conducive to walks . . . hope I can get out this week. Meanwhile, in the studio:

My 52 Placemats project is underway with these two in pink.

I came across a design for my 2025 RSC project. Eight 6-1/2" 9Ps each month.

I started a batch of Ohio Stars just because.

(I am avoiding dealing with Old Town.)

I'm determined to stick with the Stay at Home Round Robin this year. Here's my starter block. It was the starter block for the guild 2018 round robin that I switched up (see how it began ...

added by Nann 3 months ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , rsc 2025 , sahrr 2025 , sew and tell , weekly update

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

I was able to get the scrappy rail fence quilt onto my longarm frame this week and it is now completed. Hurray!

The quilt top was made from a bunch of scraps leftover from backings and bindings. I pulled anything that was blue, green and yellow. I really made a nice dent in the scraps!

The back was also sewn from a bunch of leftovers. The blue fabric were chunks left over from previous backings. A few people donated this extra wide backing print. That means I had lots of bits to play with!

The lovely floral in the center ...

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Weekly update: card shower request, Old Town, estate sale + bargains from With Strings Attached

I'm starting this week's post with a personal request.

Stevens will be 85 on January 18. Can you mail him a birthday card? If you don't have our address, indicate that in your comment and I will PM it to you. Five years ago he was quite surprised to get so many cards. This year he's alert but he's declining, so now is the time. THANK YOU!

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I've made 12 out of the 25 blocks for Old Town. I haven't begun to cut, let alone sew, the turquoise and neutral units for the ...

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Oh Scrap! : Quilt Top from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Boy, once I get focused on something, it doesn't take me long to get it finished.

I posted a few blocks last Sunday, and now it is already a quilt top. I used a bunch of backing scraps for all the fabric. That is why long and narrow pieces worked so well. I am really happy with how it turned out. I should finish piecing the backing today and hopefully get it quilted up this week. I am so pleased with how many scraps I was able to use up. The blocks are 8" so this will be a ...

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Weekly update: Christmas week, visitors, and an unexpected project from With Strings Attached

My internal calendar was thrown off with Christmas in the middle of the week. We went to the 5 p.m. Christmas Eve service at North Prairie UMC (the "other" Methodist church in town because we didn't want to go out at 9 p.m. for the service at our church). My sister came for lunch on Christmas Day. (Her husband is an HVAC guy and had several service calls (gotta have an operating furnace!).) She and I talk fairly often but we hadn't met in person since last spring.

On Thursday Bob posted that he was enjoying ...

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Oh Scrap! : Something New from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

One of the things I have quickly discovered, is that I really need to have at least one scrap quilt going all the time to use all the scraps made from the Many Hands and Many Hearts quilts. Most of the scraps we end up with are the back trimmings and the odd small bits that get sent to us. Many of these I turn into binding but sometimes, they are just not good candidates for various reasons.

While I was trying to clean up some scraps today, I saw a lot of green, blue and yellow scraps so I ...

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Weekly update: solstice, ornament bombing, and a little sewing from With Strings Attached

On Thursday Zion Woman's Club members helped with the Elf Network. The bags contain sorted Christmas gifts, personalized by age/gender for each family. Bags are numbered, people present their number and get their bag. It was very efficient.

We did nothing to observe the solstice but now there will be a minute more daylight in the morning and in the evening. I love this poem. A friend said she rereads Cooper's The Dark Is Rising series this time of year. I'd like to revisit them but there are so many other books in the queue. . .

On ...

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Oh Scrap! : Not my UFO from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Occasionally, along with blocks, fabric or quilt tops, we get some unique items or orphan blocks. In this case, we got some partially finished blocks. I just set them aside,

However, I kept thinking about them and would stack some coordinating fabric on top of them.

There were eight hydrangea blocks - some were completely framed and some were not. We did have a similar fabric in stock that I thought would work to finish framing out those blocks.

I dug through some scraps and found the dark purple fern fabric that was previously used on a back. While in the ...

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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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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 ...

added by Nann 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under design wall monday , mystery quilt , oh scrap! , omg 2024 , reading , sew and tell , stash report , weekly update

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 ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under oh scrap! , scrap quilting

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 ...

added by Nann 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under charity quilts , design wall monday , oh scrap! , reading , sew and tell , weekly update

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 ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under donation quilts , many hands and many hearts , oh scrap! , scrap quilting

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