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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 5 months ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

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 5 months, 1 week ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

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 6 months 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 6 months ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

Quilts for Donation from TheEclecticAbuela

I put together a year's worth of 3.5" leaders and enders to create six quilts for donation. Each is 62" x 74".

Closer to the 2025 holiday season, I will take them to a local agency that helps children and adults with developmental disabilities.

added by TheEclecticAbuela 6 months ago. under donation quilts , leaders & enders , scrappy quilts , scraps

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 6 months, 1 week ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , many hands and many hearts , scrappy chains

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 7 months, 1 week 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 7 months, 1 week 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 7 months, 2 weeks 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 7 months, 3 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 7 months, 4 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 8 months ago. under donation quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

Mid Week Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I am so used to sharing quilt tops made by others, I was pleasantly surprised that I am sharing a quilt top I made months ago.

It looks like I sewed up this quilt top in July of 2024. It has just been sitting in a stack of tops waiting to rise to the surface. I had forgotten how much I really liked this quilt.

I used a fun blue polka dot fabric sent in by Holly for the backing.

Mina sent in anther quilt top using this awesome box pattern. Every time I see one get finished; I want ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 8 months, 2 weeks ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt , hsts , many hands and many hearts

Some Kid Quilt Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Every year, we try to make large donations of children quilts to one of our recipients. They have a hard time keeping up with demand around the holidays so we try and help them out. Last year we sent them 100 quilts. This year I would love to see at least 150. So I thought we should start getting some completed now.

First up is this fun little quilt with a transportation theme. Construction equipment on the front and fire trucks (thanks Karen) and Cars on the back. Kristin sent in the blocks and one of my local elves sewed ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 9 months, 2 weeks ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

Finally Some Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Hey, I finally found a bit of time to write up a blog post with some of our finishes. We are all preparing for an ice storm that is supposed to hit tonight. Hopefully it will be a short hindrance and temps warm up quickly. I just hope we don't lose power.

First up is this fun quilt top sent in by Kristin. Did you notice some of the blocks are made with smaller bits? that is a great way to make enough blocks when you are short some. Kristin also sent in this soft blue print for the ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 9 months, 3 weeks ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts , split 4 patch

March of the Quilt Finishes from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Finally, it appears the quilt pipeline is filled, and lovely finishes are getting completed at a wonderful rate. Here are a few from earlier this week.

We received a LOT of lovely green Jewel Box blocks. We still have hundreds of blocks to work thru and turn into quilts. This is the 13th quilt made from that block drive.

(Sorry about the shadowing on all of these quilts. The sun was just going down and I worried it was going to rain the next day.)

We also finished the Veteran quilt made from a bunch of orphan blocks. We have ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 10 months, 1 week ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt , jewel blocks , many hands and many hearts

A Few More Finishes to Share from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

We are starting to focus more on adult quilt again. It was quite the year end frenzy as we were sending out large numbers of all sizes quilts. Our stash of finished quilts is quite small right now, so we are working hard to grow or inventories back up. All deliveries for 2024 have gone out. I will share the final tallies soon - first I need to share them with the board.

Here are some quilts that flowed across my longarm last week.

Check out this lovely batik quilt top sent in by Cindy. I am loving the color combination ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 12 months ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt , jewel blocks , many hands and many hearts

Jewel Box Quilts #5 and #6 from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

We have started to fill the quilting pipeline with our Jewel Box quilts so we should be seeing some regular finishes. Janet has been deciding the layouts on most of these blocks and then I sew them together. She is not a quilter but is having a ball playing with the colors and he designs.

This plaid backing is actually thin fleece, and I really wanted it to find a home this winter. So I asked Janet to pull some blocks to go with it. It is always fun to see someone's interpretation - I would have pulled navy and ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , finished quilt , jewel blocks , many hands and many hearts

Block Drive - Split 4 Patch from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

It is hard to believe that it is already time for another block drive. I am nowhere near finished with the last one! We are making blocks for kids again. I first made this block DECADES ago and it took me a bit to puzzle out how to make it. I think you are going to have some fun making them.

I have no idea what it is officially called - so I am going with a Split 4 Patch.

For each block you will need two 5" squares of a novelty print and two 5" squares of a solid or ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 year ago. under compassion quilts , donation quilts , many hands and many hearts , split 4 patch

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 1 year ago. under donation quilts , many hands and many hearts , oh scrap! , scrap quilting

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