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Sunday Stash January 12, 2025 from Quilt Paint Create

No fabric in or out this week.

I worked on both Traffic Jam and the ATCs this week. Another chunk of Traffic Jam is sewn.

I’m glad I took this picture because it showed that I forgot to add sashing to the top of the lower section. Better to see it now then later, like after I sewed the sections together.

Fabric In: 0

Fabric Out: 0

How did you do this week?

added by quiltpaintcreate 5 months ago. under charity quilts , charityquilts , scrap quilts , scrapquilts , stash report , stashbusting (Comments)

Starting Out with a Bang! from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

The year has barely started and I already have a lot of quilts to share.

Happy Block quilts are still trickling through. This fun one is all about the things you see in the ocean. My friend Jeanne sewed up the blocks and the backing for me. The back used up a lot of bits and pieces donated by Lynnette and Dorothy. The print with the kids snorkeling is adorable! According to my count, this is the 98th quilt made from that drive. We are getting close to my 100 quilt goal.

Here is another Jewel Box quilt - these blocks ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 5 months, 1 week ago. under happy blocks , jewel blocks , scrap quilts

January 2025 Short List and OMG from Quilt Paint Create

Welcome to 2025! I wish you a year full of creative fun and joy.

In spite of a busy December, the list moved forward. I also started and finished a small crocheted throw. I find I’m going back to hobbies from decades ago and enjoying them in new ways. Good chance you’ll see more variety on the Short List in 2025.

I began the Short List many years ago to create short-term goals and a way to focus. I change things up as my interests change.

Project 1 (Original): Study in Stitches. Something about this project doesn’t ...

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Sunday Stash December 29, 2024 from Quilt Paint Create

No change in the numbers.

This is the last Stash Report of 2024. Did you achieve your goal? I’m ending the year with positive usage, which is good enough for me.

Traffic Jam assembly has started. I decided to piece the sashing because I like the way it creates a secondary design. This four block section shows how it will look.

I also started a new project on Christmas day, a crochet throw. It was an impulse start, after Carol and Jen (Two Tall Stitchers and Quilting Mom’s blog) asked a question about Christmas starts on their YouTube ...

added by quiltpaintcreate 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under charity quilts , charityquilts , crochet , scrap quilts , scrapquilts , stash report , stashbusting (Comments)

Sunday Stash December 15, 2024 from Quilt Paint Create

No change in the numbers.

How can that date be right? This month is flying by.

I continue to work on Traffic Jam blocks.

I finished one more after I took the picture, leaving three to go. I would love to finish the top this year, but I’m not sure it’s doable. I don’t sew much during the week.

Fabric In: 16.5 yards

Fabric out: 27.875 yards

Net Fabric Used: 11.375 yards

How did you do this week?

added by quiltpaintcreate 6 months ago. under charity quilts , charityquilts , scrap quilts , scrapquilts , stash report , stashbusting (Comments)

It's Friday! from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

There are some very scrappy quilts in the lineup today. It is interesting to see how quilts flow through the pipeline. I bet it directly relates to my moods!

Marci sent me all these lovely scrappy blocks. These are the 10.5" squares. I am pretty sure this backing fabric came from an estate. It is an amazing whole cloth. The edges were all finished and it had some sun damage that I was able to cut around. I think it must have been draperies - it sure is nice fabric and a beautiful print.

This quilt measures 60 x 70 ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 6 months ago. under many hands and many hearts , scrap quilts

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 ...

added by Nann 6 months, 1 week ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , scrap quilts , sew and tell , string blocks , weekly update

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 ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 6 months, 1 week ago. under oh scrap! , scrap quilting , scrap quilts

Taking Stock And Planning Ahead For 2025 from The Quilt Yarn

I have been working on my background filler project

Finished a couple of sections and then I got a stye in my upper eyelid...inside of all places. So painful and obviously put a stop to freemotionquilting for the last week. My eye was so swollen I had to go to the doctor to get some antibiotics.

Managed to do a few little things though after a few days...not sure whether I mentioned it before, but I joined Lisa Calle's Quilter's Groove Design Society. It is very affordable and there is a bucketload of things to explore ...

added by Karin 7 months, 1 week ago. under planning , scrap quilts , scrappy log cabin

November 2024 Short List and OMG from Quilt Paint Create

October was another challenging month, with work the guilty party. Not much you can do about it when it involves other people.

I framed Peace on Earth last month and started nothing. It wasn’t on the October list, but I’m good with that. November will result in finishes, which means different projects on the Short List.

I began the Short List many years ago to create short-term goals and a way to focus. I change things up as my interests change.

Project 1 (Crochet): I finished the first sock and started the second. This project will likely finish ...

added by quiltpaintcreate 7 months, 1 week ago. under charity quilts , charityquilts , crochet , embroidery , group quilt , group quilts , omg , scrap quilts , scrapquilts , short list , the short list , ufos (Comments)

Kissing Fish Baby Quilt from Modern Sunbonnet Sue

I started this baby quilt back in February with the plan of giving it to my best friend’s son & wife at their baby shower. I did finish the top, but didn’t have time to get it quilted. I sent it out to my long-armer, Rhonda, to quilt. I prepare special labels for my baby […]

added by Pamela 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under baby quilt , baby quilts , finishing the quilt , grandchildren , lee heinrich , scrap quilts , uncategorized (Comments)

The Great Illusion from The Quilt Yarn

I have been hard at work finishing the last charity quilt out of the pile that I had. With this particular quilt I was just not feeling it and decided to do a minimum of quilting-in-the-ditch on it just to get it done.

So I went around all the blocks only to realise in the end that this just would not do. The blocks were way too large to just leave them at 8in unquilted. As much as I did not want to do any further work on it, minimally quilted like this would make the quilt literally unusable. One ...

added by Karin 8 months, 1 week ago. under bernina q20 , charity quilt , orange tree quilter's charity quilts , scrap quilts

Forest, field trip, and a flimsy before flying from With Strings Attached

Monday afternoon we returned to Lyons Woods, a forest preserve we've often visited.

I was intent on trying to see the blue jay that flew across the path and nearly stepped on this little guy. He slithered away fast. (Young garter snake.)

This color combination of purple aster, yellow sunflower, and yellow-green leaves against the blue sky -- what a great idea for a quilt! (It has been hot and sunny most of the month. We need rain.)

Yesterday the AAUW Exploring Culture interest group enjoyed a tour of the Adlai E. Stevenson Historic Home in Mettawa.

From the website ...

added by Nann 8 months, 4 weeks ago. under aauw , lake county forest preserves , scrap quilts

Weekly update: golf, "fringed" benefits, and project at random from With Strings Attached

The 24th annual Jack McElmurry/Jake Zappa Memorial Golf Tournament on Friday was a great success.

The weather was beautiful and all the golfers (36 foursomes, a full course) had a good time.

I helped with set up and brought Stevens to the banquet. It was great to see some long-time friends.

The old guys: Nate, Phil, Stevens

Jack was a charter member of the club and an avid golfer. He came up with the idea of the golf outing that has become our signature fundraiser. He passed away in 2003. His widow and their four daughters and their families ...

added by Nann 9 months ago. under design wall monday , lake county forest preserves , oh scrap! , rotary club , scrap quilts , sew and tell , weekly update

Friday check in: a finish to start the month + stash report + OMG from With Strings Attached

Wildlife on yesterday's walk. That's a young garter snake--a fast slitherer!

We've been enjoying other fast and high-flying events on the Olympics this week. Paris is 7 hours ahead of Chicago so their evening events are late morning and afternoon here. (Simone and Suni! Katie! and events we're not as familiar with -- equestrian, fencing, BMX.)

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In the studio:

Sis-boom-dot is finished.

I used the serpentine stitch and purple thread to quilt it.

The back uses an Alexander Henry print from Barb M's estate sale and an insert of a Kaffe Fassett print.

The Kaffe was ...

added by Nann 10 months, 2 weeks ago. under finished or not friday , omg 2024 , scrap quilts , stash report

Weekly update: log cabins + reading from With Strings Attached

Some of this week's wildflowers and other flora:

Top: smooth false foxglove, chokecherry, sand cherry. Middle: few-leaf sunflower, limestone calamine (teeny flowers!), white flat-topped goldenrod (new one to me). Bottom: sky-blue aster, mountain mint (it does smell minty when it's crushed), whole leaf rosinweed.

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We watched the first season of Joe Pickett. We've both enjoyed the series by C. J. Box. This season combined two of the books. They took other liberties, not the least of which was that Nate Romanowski was cast as a Black man (in the books he's a blond) and Mary Beth ...

added by Nann 10 months, 3 weeks ago. under oh scrap! , reading , scrap quilts , sew and tell , weekly update , wildflowers

Weekly update: it's a flimsy + a new start from With Strings Attached

After last week's storms it's easy to see why the French explorers called the river "eau pleine," or "water-full." Eau pleine became Des Plaines (a river and a city) and O'Plaine (a road).

I ignored the sign and walked through the puddle on my heels.

That was Saturday's walk at the Des Plaines River Canoe Launch. Sunday was closer to home at Sand Pond.

Clockwise from left: coneflower + monarda, mullein, pinnate coneflower, nightshade, betony, primrose, swamp milkweekd. Center: American germander.

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Our friend Mary Lou invited me to harvest a second batch of rhubarb. Our only freezer ...

added by Nann 10 months, 3 weeks ago. under design wall monday , log cabin , oh scrap! , scrap quilts , sew and tell , weekly update , wildflowers

Weekly update: red stars and OMG + reading from With Strings Attached

We've had a string of sunny days. (We could use some rain, for sure.) We went to Rollins Savanna on Friday and Lyons Woods on Sunday.

Nodding thistle, thistle bud, raspberries, beardtongue, wild white indigo, purple angelica, coneflower.

It was sunny Saturday, too. I helped staff the Rotary booth at the annual Juneteenth celebration, held this year at Illinois Beach State Park. Our Rotary club president was the chair of the entire event -- a huge job, and she carried it off so well! (Didn't get a photo of her....she was too busy elsewhere on the grounds.) Stevens ...

added by Nann 12 months ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , reading , scrap quilts , sew and tell , tote bags , weekly update

Friday check in: almost a flimsy from With Strings Attached

We enjoyed three visits to different parts of Illinois Beach State Park this week. There are four entrances along the six-mile shore. It got very hot yesterday so no walk after the "seniors and caregivers" luncheon at church. (Stevens was willing to attend and I was the caregiver.) Hot again today -- the next door neighbor mowed their lawn at 8:30 a.m. to beat the heat.

One of many bumblebees enjoying foxglove, aka beardtongue.

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I made 100 two-step blocks for Cynthia's current block drive . I mailed them yesterday, along with fabric, some thread, and a flimsy. (100 blocks ...

added by Nann 1 year ago. under finished or not friday , scrap quilts , wildflowers

Pretty Scrap Quilts from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I have been working really hard to work thru the queue of quilt tops I have waiting to be quilted. I was so happy to be delivering 6 out to local longarm quilters over this week.

But I will soon need to redirect and start putting together the Two Step blocks that are starting to arrive. I think I already have enough blocks for two or three quilts!

This lovely quilt top was made by Jean. I think the pattern is called Stunning Stars.

I finished quilting it just in time to make this week's delivery to the hospital ...

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

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