Hands 2 Help Comfort Quilt Challenge 2022

My sewjo has been sadly missing this year, but there is no way that I am going to miss the annual Hands 2 Help Comfort Challenge.

So glad that I could use up my stash to finish 5 quilts that are on their way to Mercyful Quilts and Quilty Hugs.

This year I used the Cross Roads pattern for the quilts.

2 quilts were completed using red, white, and blue scraps and the rest were made using brights and pastels.

Big thanks to Mari at The Academic Quilter for organizing this year's event.

Please check out the other fun quilts completed for this year's H2H Challenge.

Hands 2 Help Comfort Quilt Challenge 2021

 

It is time to wrap up this year's Hands2Help Comfort Quilt Challenge.  

My goal this year was to really clean up my stash and focus on the scraps.

Many scrappy stars were made. 

No pattern needed.  I started by using scraps to make the center blocks and then added the star points.

Also, there will always be some scrappy house quilts.  This is my go-to scrap pattern to use where anything goes.

Please check out everyone's fun quilts in this year's challenge.

I cant wait for next year!

Hands 2 Help Challenge 2020 Final

The Hands 2 Help Challenge is one of my favorite times of the quilting year.  I work throughout the year to make sure there are plenty of quilts for the challenge.

This year I tried to very my quilt patterns.

I will always make a scrappy house quilt.  This is my go-to scrap pattern and I always have a stack of these blocks on hand.

I guess I did not take many pics of the completed quilts, but I have a few.

Just one more trip to the post office and this year's challenge will be complete.

Final tally this year = 15 quilts

3 - Mercyful Quilts
2 - Quilty Hugs
4 - Quilts of Compassion
4 - Little Lambs Foundation
2 - Covered In Love

Please check out more of this years quilts at H2H 2020

2019 Hands 2 Help Comfort Quilts Final

Its time to show off our finishes for this year's Hands 2 Help challenge.  

🔺 Scrappy Quilts

Happy Scrappy Houses is my go-to pattern for making all kinds of colors and patterns work well together.  This large quilt was sent to the Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project.  

A smaller house quilt is making its way to Mercyful Quilts.

Also sent to Mercyful Quilts was a scrappy Ohio Star.

This was made from many donated fabrics received at Christmas.  It looks difficult, but I used my Go Baby to tame up all those scraps.  

This scrappy star quilt was sent to Happy Chemo.

🔺 Meadowland pattern quilts

I challenged myself to use up my Star Wars scraps.

This quilt will be making its way to Happy Chemo, along with a beach themed quilt.

This cowboy baby quilt went to Jack's Basket.

Can't wait for next year's challenge!

Bloggers Fall Festival - 2018

It's time for the fall Bloggers Quilt Festival and I thought I would share one of my favorite quilts - the Georgia tulips quilt.

Since I give most of my quilts away, I thought that I needed something of my own and was inspired by the cover quilt on the book "Georgia Quilts".

I really had no idea how to recreate that quilt, so I kinda made up the process as I went along. 

I used every scrap in my scrap box, and did not edit anything.  If it was in the box, it got used and in no particular order.

The string pieced tulips are hand sewn together and then hand sewn to the background.  It was then hand quilted in a free-form manner.

I love seeing this bright, cheerful quilt hanging on my wall everyday!  I have even been thinking about making a larger quilt for my bed.

Please check out some of the other quilts shared in the Bloggers Quilt Festival.

2018 Hands 2 Help Final

This year's challenge is now ending and it's time for the final link up.

I thought I may have time to work on another quilt, but the final count for this year's challenge is 8 small, scrappy house quilts that are off to the Little Lambs Foundation for Kids.  I work on building house blocks throughout the year, that way I have enough blocks to build quilts during the Hands 2 Help season.

The happy, scrappy house pattern is my go to for charity quilts.  I really like how well all the scraps work together.

I realized after I mailed the quilts that I didn't get a good photo of the completed quilt, so this photo is from last year's challenge.

Please check out all the other Hands 2 Help quilts and I hope that you join us for next year's challenge.

2018 Hands 2 Help Status Update

I have been thinking lately that maybe I should be more careful for what I wish for.

Last Christmas, I wished for scraps - and wow, did I get scraps.  I got so many scraps, that I started working on my 2018 Hands 2 Help (H2H) quilts using my favorite pattern Happy, Scrappy Houses.  I lost count of how many times I have made quilts using this pattern.

With the challenge coming to a close, this year I believe that I will have completed 8 (yes, 8!) small house quilts and 2 quilt tops.

It was very hot and sunny outside today, but I did get a quick photo of a few of the quilts.  

I hope everyone is meeting their goals for this challenge and I can't wait to see the final quilts.  

More H2H status posts at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.

Also posting my scrap status today at Oh Scrap!

Scrappy Stripes

I came home from vacation and found a box of scraps in my mail.  How fun!

I immediately knew that I wanted to make some blocks for this month's Covered In Love block drive. 

This month's block is a scrappy stripe block created by Cynthia who has asked for blocks in warm colors of orange, red, yellow, or purple.  

I dont think that I have ever made a yellow quilt before, but seeing all these bright blocks on my design wall make me think I need a yellow quilt.

Linking today to Sew Some Love and I May Have a Scrap Problem.

Finish It Friday - Double Star Quilts

Oh, yes I did finish this pair of double star quilts this week for the H2H Challenge!

Why 2 Star quilts?  Well.......I had one complete quilt cut out, but then somehow misplaced a stack of the pieces.  So, I went ahead and cut new pieces to make the 1st quilt top.  Then, I found the original stack of pieces and thought that I should just add some new pieces and finish a second quilt.

Two more finished quilts for this year's Hands 2 Help Challenge.  I have to finish the binding on one more quilt and then I will be done with the challenge.  Thank you to everyone who gave me scraps for Christmas.  Don't worry, I still have plenty more scraps to get me through 2017 (I think).

Linking today to Finish It Friday and to Whoop, Whoop Friday.

Sew Some Love - H2H

It is getting close to the end of this year's Hands 2 Help Challenge, and my projects are starting to get finished.  

This weekend I finished another Lolly quilt.  It is a wild, scrappy mixture of patterns, but it seems to work together great.

Next up, I am hoping to finish the binding on a few more quilts and then I will move on to working on this month's Covered In Love blocks.

Linking today to Hands 2 Help Progress and to Sew Some Love.

Friday Finish - Charming Plus Quilts

This week I was able to finish 2 quilts!  Yes, 2 quilts are complete and mailed off as part of this year's Hands 2 Help Challenge.

Both of these quilts were created during the Charming Plus Quilt Along.

The blocks sizes are slightly different between the quilts and was determined by the size of the scraps that I had.  The bright quilt on the left was made entirely from scraps that I received from several people last Christmas.  I couldn't believe that all of theses scraps supported the same color scheme.

Hopefully, I will have a few more quilts completed for this challenge.

Linking today to Finish It Friday and Whoop, Whoop Friday.

Friday Finish - Fancy Blue Foxes

I have started finishing my quilts for this year's Hands 2 Help Challenge.  An abundance of scraps that I received this past Christmas has led to multiple quilts for this year's challenge.

This week's finish is Fancy Foxes in blue.

This is the second time that I have used this pattern and have found that it works great for using all types of fabrics in my stash, both traditional and modern.  I made the first fox quilt using my orange scraps.

There is still time to join in this year's challenge.  Next week I hope to finish another scrappy, happy houses quilt.

Linking this week to Finish It Friday and Whoop, Whoop Friday.

Friday Finish - Quilts For Cure

Yay! I have a finish this week.  This beautiful and bright happy, scrappy houses quilt is off to Quilts For Cure.

This quilt is made entirely from donated scraps that I asked for Christmas.  It is so bright and cheerful and is off to hopefully spread some quilty joy to a child fighting against cancer.  

Linking this week to Finish It Friday, Sew Some Love, and Whoop, Whoop Friday.

Hands 2 Help Challenge 2017

One of my favorite times of the quilt year is the Hands to Help Challenge (H2H) and this will be my fifth year participating.  There are 3 charities this year and I hope to have quilts for each of them.

For Christmas I asked for scraps, and wow did I get a lot of scraps!  Plenty of beautiful fabric, just perfect for H2H quilts.

This week, I finished the quilting on the first of two happy, scrappy houses quilts.  I just need to finish the binding and hopefully I will have a finish this week.

Also while making my challenge quilts, I somehow decided that I had to immediately take control of the overload of scrappy strings.  Soon there will be a huge stack of string blocks on the way to Covered in Love.  These are surprisingly fast to make.

Linking today to Sew Some Love and I May Have a Scrap Problem.

Quilts for Cure - Heart Blocks

This week I am making heart blocks for Quilts For Cure benefiting children with cancer.  I couldn't seem to stop with making just one.

They are requesting blocks made in color combinations of navy, yellow, and/or white.  I am lucky that I received a bunch of yellow scraps for Christmas because this color is always missing from my stash.

The blocks are being collected until Valentine's Day.  

Linking up today with Sew Some Love and to Whoop Whoop Friday.

Taking A WIP Detour

I am feeling better this week about all of my WIP's that had started to pile up.  I just cleaned off my work surface and feel ready to create again.  Out of sight, out of mind - right.

Well, I did finish a Sew Together bag and all of my Fancy Fox blocks, but I still have a ways to go with my other projects.  

I also started and finished a new project.

I finished 2 pillowcases for #theselflessnessproject on Instagram benefiting the Shriner's Hospital for Children.  The goal of this project is to donate 100 pillowcases on Valentine's Day.  

I have been phasing novelty fabrics out of my stash, but thought I would use some of this Star Trek fabric I have been hoarding.  I think it turned out fun.

Linking today to Sew Some Love, a new Wednesday linkup to share your charity projects.

Scrappy, But Fancy Foxes

MUST NOT GIVE IN.........MUST STAY STRONG.........MUST NOT START NEW PROJECTS!!

I just did a quick count of the projects on my work surface and it is 6.  Yes, 6 projects right here on my table.  I keep wanting to start something new, but I think it's time to tackle the growing stack of WIPs (Works In Progress).

During the Christmas season, I asked for scraps and wow, did I get a bunch of scraps.  There was almost no need to sort them by color because they were overwhelmingly blue.  

I thought that all of these varied blue scraps would look fun as foxes.  I have almost enough finished to make my first charity quilt top for 2017.  It doesn't have a home just yet, but I am sure that it will find one soon.  I have a feeling that it will be ready for an upcoming quilt drive for children with cancer.

Maybe if I can get focused and stop thinking about new projects, this will be my first finish of 2017.  

Linking today to the new linky party on Wednesdays at Kat & Cat Quilts for charity related projects.  

Friday Finish - Scrappy Squares

My finish this week is a simple scrappy squares quilt which turned out bright, cheery, and fun.

It was really hard not to keep this quilt for myself since its super soft and warm.  This fun quilt was made as part of the annual 100 Quilts For Kids.  Tomorrow, it will be sent to a group that is making quilts for older kids in foster care for Christmas.

Next up is a quilt that I am making as part of the Charming Plus Quilt Along.  I decided to go with scrappy blues with a pop of orange/yellow using 3 inch blocks.  It may take awhile to cut the blocks from scraps, but once you start chain piecing the blocks go together fast.

I have all the blocks made, it's now time to get the top finished.

I can't believe that Christmas will be here soon.  One of my favorite things each November is following the Handmade Holidays series at Sew Mama Sew that is updated each day with fun handmade suggestions and prizes.

Linking today to Finish It Friday, Whoop, Whoop Friday, and Finished or Not Friday.

Friday Finish - Scrap Projects

I have been trying to finish up some old projects, and I am happy that I have several finishes this week!

This pillow started out as a box of scraps left over from a quilt.  I decided to challenge myself to make something useful from these scraps.

A QAYG (quilt-as-you-go) pillow seemed to work just great.  I even sewed my first invisible zipper, which I kinda made up as I went along.  Hey, that happens sometimes.

My second challenge was to make something useful out of some itty, bitty scraps saved from another quilt.  These very small scraps became a cute little pouch made from a wonky log cabin.

I can see myself making more of these pouches as Christmas gifts.

Linking up today to Finish It Friday, Whoop, Whoop Friday, and Finished or Not Friday.

Friday Finish - Heart Blocks

I am so happy to have a finish this week.  I had only planned to make a few blocks, but they were so easy that I kept making them.  Soon, the top was finished and it was quilted with a straight line serpentine stitch.

The Orlando Modern Quilt guild is asking for bright and cheery heart blocks to make quilts of comfort for all those in need of a quilty hug.  Quilt #2 is cut and ready to get started.

It was fun working with all my scrappy brights and I think it will be entered into the scrap quilt challenge at Persimon Dreams.

Linking today to Finish it Friday and to Whoop, Whoop Friday.