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

I can't believe it is Sunday already.

All I sewed this week was attaching a few bindings to quilts and a few flannel rectangles into a couple of blocks. My time was needed elsewhere. This week we have our big Sew Day!

So All I can share are some completed quilts. I doubt any of you will mind!

We have been working on quite a few kid quilts. We have started taking in quilts into Bags of Love. We help them out at the end of every year as demand grows.

This quilt came to us as a kit ...

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More Older Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I have a few more finished quilts to share today.

All of these are simple patterns but the quilts all look amazing!

This quilt was delivered long ago but I realized I never shared the quilt. Wilma came to my house with a big pile of quilts all the way from California. Some were finished and a few, like this one, just needed quilting. The blocks on this one remind me a bit of the One Block Wonders. It is a single fabric that is just cut and sewn in different ways. A big thanks to Laura for quilting it ...

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Oh Scrap! : Sew Day Prep from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

This last week spun by in a blur! I know I got a lot accomplished. We had a board meeting, I met new longarm quilter Phyllis and exchanged some quilt kits, I checked in lots of fabric, kits and blocks, and I finally updated the blog.

But I spent the most time preparing for our upcoming Sew Day on the 10th of September.

(I will have more information in the upcoming newsletter.)

Whenever we have a local Sew Day, I always go to our scrap stash and see what we have to most of - this time it is Autumn and ...

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Color Block Star Quilts from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I think it is about time I share a few quilts we made from a block drive.

Once a block drive ends, all of the blocks go out to be sorted so they are easier to manage. Trying to put together a quilt from a pile of a couple thousand blocks is nearly impossible. We wait about a month after the end of a drive and we have two young girls that love to sort them into colors, etc.

While the girls sorted some blocks, their mom Sophia put some of the blocks together into tops for us. If you ...

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

Here I am! So sorry for missing the last two Oh Scrap Sundays. I will be sharing soon some news and you will all get to see what we have been up to here at Many hands and Many Hearts.

I did have some scrappy blocks to share with you but I decided to share some of the MANY photos of finishes quilts I have on my phone. All of these quilts have already been delivered months ago.

Linda sent in this quilt top. It is such a lovely shade of coral. She also sent in this pieced backing. I ...

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Finishes for Kids from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Sorry, it has been so long since my last post. I think I even missed an Oh Scrap! along the way. I have just been so busy, I have to pick and choose what I have time for.

I have a bit of time this evening so I thought I would share a few kid quilts that went out way back in March. (Yes, I am that far behind in sharing finishes!)

We have been working through a number of these strip quilts. This top and backing were sent in by Laurie I believe. It has the cutest little safari ...

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Mid Week Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I am so far behind sharing finishes for Many Hands and Many Hearts. We are completing right at about one quilt a day. And a majority of them are large laps.

That is a LOT of quilts!

Isn't this top by Joni gorgeous. It is pretty impressive in-person and up close when you start looking at the alignment on everything. Joni also sent in the pieced back. It looks like she used every last bit...

way to go!

Karen sent in this sports-themed quilt top. Perfect for a teenager. Karen also sent in this fun plaid backing. I had ...

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Fridays are for Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Happy Friday!

I am celebrating a bit because I actually put out a few posts this week. It is getting harder and harder to accomplish this with all the other things I have been doing for MHMH. If you are planning on retiring soon, don't start a non-profit!

(I am joking of course - but you do work a lot!)

A few months back, Sharon sent us a big stack of small quilt tops. We have been slowly working through them. This little Winnie the Pooh quilt is a favorite of mine. I had an older Winnie the Pooh print ...

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Parade of Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I hope those of you in the US had a nice holiday weekend. I spent some time getting the "MHMH warehouse" organized. It is really just a 10' square room that holds most of our fabric and quilts. Needless to say, it can become quite chaotic in there!

Mari sent in this lovely floral quilt top. If I remember correctly, she also sent in a larger quilt using some of the same fabrics. This one may have been made from the leftovers. Mari also sent in this backing fabric and the binding.

Here is a fun scrappy quilt. Elizabeth sent ...

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Mid Week Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I have a few minutes so I thought I would share a handful more quilts that crossed the finish line. All of these quilts were made from donated quilt tops.

Carol donated this fun wildlife quilt top. I love how she used the strips of the little animals that sometime come with panels. I also like how she staggered her animal placements. We decided to back this quilt with some flannel. The dark green was sent in by Stephanie and we had a bit of flannel with deer on it that was the perfect size for making the backing wide ...

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Oh Scrap! : Local Donations from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I did work on a few scrappy projects this week, but I forgot to take any photos. Mostly, I was doing a bit of a clean-up and I just finished a bunch of partially sewn blocks and binding strips. I guess we will have to settle for some photos of some quilt tops donated by local volunteers.

Our Board Secretary Karen has been working through some of her batik scraps. This is one she donated to us. I love the rich, warm colors. The backing was sent to us by Stephanie. I did have to add a bit of an ...

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

Sounds crazy, but I don't think I even ran my sewing machine all week.

That hasn't happened for YEARS!

So today, I am just going to share some of the scrappy quilts made by others that have crossed the finish line. I did sew the bindings on some of these...

I love this quilt! What a great way to use up a bunch of scraps. Jean sent this top and the backing. She even used some larger stash pieces for the back. We have a new local longarm quilter, Wanda, and this was one of the first quilts ...

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Oh Scrap! : Some of my Scrap Quilts from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I know you are probably tired of me saying it, but it was another busy week! But I am hoping by the end of March, I might get a breather until late summer. Fingers crossed!

It was fun to see some of the scrap quilts I put together crossed the finish line this week. This pretty snowball quilt was made from a bunch of pink and purple scraps. The inspiration was some pansy fabric I had a small piece of. Nann sent in the backing fabric and board member Bev quilted this one.

I also made these floral blocks from ...

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

Happy Valentine's Day...

So, I am a day late - but I still wanted to share some heart quilts made from a previous block drive.

This is the sixth quilt we have finished from the Low Volume block drive. Marcia, a board member, quilted this one up for us. She quilted it with heart lockets and ribbons. So Cute! I am not sure who sent the backing fabric, but I love it on this quilt. I think I projected that we would make 10-12 quilts from the blocks received. We are over halfway finished!

Our friend Audrey went to the ...

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Friday Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

It is time to share a few more Many Hands and Many Hearts quilt finishes.

The pipeline is full so quilts march past the finish line daily.

Snowball and 9-Patch blocks - so simple but really makes a fantastic quilt. I also really like the scrappy border treatment. So clever! Thanks, Jean, for sending in the top. On the back we put a nice cuddly flannel.

This fun dinosaur quilt is made from a top and backing sent in by Kristin. Being a Stranger Things fan, I think the backing looks like demogorgons. Once you see it you can't unsee ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 7 months ago. under donation quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

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

I decided to spend this week going through the scrap bin and grabbing fabric that was appropriate for bindings. Most of these scraps came from the trimmings of backing after quilting.

I set to work cutting all the cotton scraps into 2.5" wide and the flannel into 3" wide strips. I also went ahead and sewed the strips all together. I know this pile might not look that big but I could easily hide a small child underneath it.

I divided them up into 7 grocery bags - there are about 10 bindings in each bag. I am hoping I ...

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Friday Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

It's Friday! Time to share more finishes for Many hands and Many Hearts.

This lovely finish is made from some of the low volume blocks sent in last year. We are slowly starting to assemble and quilt these heart quilts. Pam assembled these blocks for us and I quilted it up. I love the red fabric on the back. Thanks for the donation, Elizabeth!

This quilt might look very familiar to you. We shared one a few months back. This is a second one sent in by Kristin. She also sent in the fun carrot fabric on the back ...

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Oh Scrap! : Turning Scraps into Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

This was another busy week for me. I didn't get to play with too many scraps, but I did turn a bag of misfits into a finished quilt.

Local longarm quilter Terry did a bunch of work in her sewing room. During the renovation, she found a bag of partial blocks and cut squares. It was a project she didn't want to finish. Once I got into the bag, I noticed not all the squares were the same size. And they were a slightly different size than the pieced blocks.

Loving a good challenge, I decided to start ...

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Time to share some Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

It is way past time to share some of the finishes that were delivered in late 2025.

This sweet little patchwork quilt top was sent in by Vicki. I think a charm pack was used. Nancy sent in the double wedding ring "cheater" fabric which looked amazing with it.

Sue sent in this lovely quilt top. I always call this a Twister block, but I don't know it's real name. It looks fantastic in these solid fabrics. Karen sent in this backing fabric and local quilter Laura stitched on a bunch of butterflies.

Here is a fun quilt ...

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

I hope all of you survived the holiday. Arthur is back to his cheeky self and we just spent Christmas goofing off. It was quiet and relaxing. Just what I needed!

I am spending the end of December cleaning, organizing and planning for the new year.

So not a lot of sewing right now.

But I did want to share a bunch of fun string quilts that made it across the finish line. I think Elana sent us these blocks a long time ago. I handed them off to our new board member Karen with some black fabric sent in ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 8 months, 3 weeks ago. under donation quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts , oh scrap! , string quilt

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