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Oh Sscrap! : Getting On With It from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I have been procrastinating on a project and I think I need your help to get it finished.

Remember these scrappy zipper blocks I was making? I am not in love with them. I made some poor fabric choices but I am not ready to give up on them. I have decided on a next step, but once again I find myself stuck.

I am hoping you can help.

I want to just break up the chaos of the blocks by putting a solid vertical sashing between the blocks.

I dug through all the solids that have been donated and ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 hour, 23 minutes ago. under oh scrap! , scrap quilting , zippers

Weekly update: signs of spring, quilting accomplishments + reading from With Strings Attached

I set all the clocks ahead just after dinner Saturday. I've finally figured out how to do the clocks in both cars correctly the first try.

Two beautiful days this weekend got us out for a walk at the state park and a nearby forest preserve.

The dogwood is really red.

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This is my version of Transport, the Running Doe top-along pattern for March.

A closeup of the gray-with-dots background.

I made eight 9-patch blocks in yellow for the March Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I have a pattern that will use eight 9ps in each color.

I made four yellow ...

added by Nann 6 days ago. under design wall monday , neckties , oh scrap! , reading , rsc 2025 , sew and tell , top-along

Oh Scrap! : Simple Inspiration from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Sometimes inspiration for a quilt can come from the simplest item.

One of our "Pickers" let us know they had a couple bags of fabric for us. The bags contained a lot of yardage, quite a few printed panels and a few previously cut squares. There were quite a few squares cut from some material that looks like blue bandanas.

I try to find some quick inspiration for things like cut squares because they can create a storage problem if we can't attach them to something quickly. I took a quick dive into the scrap bin and saw a ...

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

Weekly update: an event-filled weekend, stash report, and OMG for March from With Strings Attached

The Lake County Women's Coalition held the annual Women's History Month luncheon on Saturday. Each year the member organizations are invited to nominate a woman who exemplifies the national WHM theme. We recognize the winners of the scholarships we award through the College of Lake County. (I'm LCWC secretary and the rep for the Zion Woman's Club. AAUW-Waukegan is also part of LCWC.)

ZWC's honoree Jeanne' is the media specialist for Beach Park Dist. 6. (Her mom is my quilting friend Irene, and Irene and her other daughter joined us.) Jeanne' does a whole lot ...

added by Nann 1 week, 5 days ago. under blog hop , design wall monday , lake county women's coalition , oh scrap! , omg 2025 , sew and tell , stash report

Weekly update: orchids, placemats + reading from With Strings Attached

Our Friday adventure was an outing to the annual orchid show at Chicago Botanic Garden.

This year's theme is, obviously, India.

The tickets are timed-entry which helps with crowd control at this very popular show. I checked out a parking pass at the library which saved us $10.00.

Regenstein Hall was draped with fabric that evoked saris. (I was last here in November for the Fine Art of Fiber quilt show.)

The corridor to the greenhouses featured this display.

It is impossible to take a bad picture of an orchid.

The peacock's tail was all orchids.

Stevens ...

added by Nann 2 weeks, 5 days ago. under chicago botanic garden , design wall monday , oh scrap! , orchids , placemats , reading , sew and tell , weekly update

Weekly update: concert, new storage, a flimsy, and reading from With Strings Attached

Still no walking, but we did get out Sunday afternoon for the Lake County Symphony Orchestra's winter concert at the College of Lake County. First act: Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. Second act: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Ode to Joy in the fourth movement was performed by a combined choir (Northern Illinois University and local chorales). Wonderful music just fifteen miles from home and $30 per seat.

It was a full house with open seating, but we had seats in the ADA accessible row.

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In the studio: Closet Maid wire basket units hold a lot of fabric. Unfortunately they are ...

added by Nann 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under design wall monday , lcso , oh scrap! , reading , rsc 2025 , weekly update

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

I have been sharing so many lovely string quilts lately, I lost my self-control and just had to make some blocks myself.

Here are the nine 10.5" blocks I just finished. I think I have a few more blocks stashed away that were made by myself and others. They make such wonderful Veteran quilts. They burn through all those scraps I end up with too. If you have some RWB scraps you need to find a home for, feel free to make some 10.5" string blocks and we will use them for our donation quilts!

I hope to ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 4 weeks ago. under oh scrap! , string quilt

Weekly update: SAHRR, Old Town, and reading from With Strings Attached

How nice to get this FB message first thing on Saturday!

This is the quilt that she won. (Working title: "Go Scrappy or Go Home.")

The weather cooperated Saturday morning for the spaghetti dinner delivery. All our "customers" (neighbors mostly) were appreciative. We had two of the dinners ourselves -- tasty!

Saturday afternoon I went to the last hours of an estate sale. The advertised German nutcrackers were long gone by the time I got there but I got a nice office chair on wheels for $7.00. The seat-lifter on the Steelcase chair I've had at my sewing machine ...

added by Nann 1 month ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , reading , sahrr 2025 , sew and tell , weekly update

Oh Scrap! : More Zipper Blocks from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I am sure some of you have been wondering where I have been all week. First, I had a bad cold. Then, there was a Board Meeting that required a bunch of my time both before and after the meeting. I have also added some longarm quilters. That always takes a lot of my time to get them quilt tops and set them up as a volunteer. Time just really seems to fly lately!

I did find some time to sew a few more zipper blocks. This quilt is really struggling to come together. But I am not giving up ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 month ago. under oh scrap! , scrap quilting

Weekly update: OMG February, placemats, and the top-along + reading from With Strings Attached

My One Monthly Goal for February is to get Old Town to the flimsy stage. One motivation is to reclaim the design wall. :)

The Quiltville FB group has photos of many versions of the design with different colorways and different sashings or settings or borders. I'm going to stick to the sashing as patterned but I may do something other than the checkerboard border.

I made six placemat flimsies from units in the parts department. The tan/green/red one has been around since 2007 (gulp!). I always thought I'd piece it into a quilt back. The one ...

added by Nann 1 month ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , omg 2025 , placemats , reading , sew and tell , top-along

Oh Scrap! : Zip It! from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I have finished all my donation scrap quilts so I thought it was time to start another one.

We have a shelf in the Many Hands and Many Hearts warehouse (formerly my home office) that holds the larger scrap chunks. I pulled some blues, pinks, greens and purples that I thought might look nice together. Lots of florals and lots of tone on tone.

I thought I would make a zipper block. These blocks measure 8.5 x 10.5"unfinished. My plan is for every block to have blue in it. I also want a floral and a tone ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 month, 1 week ago. under oh scrap! , scrap quilting

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 1 month, 2 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 1 month, 2 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 ...

added by Nann 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , placemats , sew and tell , weekly update

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 ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under many hands and many hearts , oh scrap! , using orphan blocks

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 2 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 ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 2 months ago. under many hands and many hearts , oh scrap! , rail fence , scrap quilts

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 ...

added by Nann 2 months, 1 week ago. under design wall monday , estate sale , mystery quilt , oh scrap! , quiltville , sew and tell , weekly update

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 ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 2 months, 1 week ago. under oh scrap! , rail fence , scrap quilting

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 ...

added by Nann 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , sew and tell , weekly update

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