Define what you are striving for in your orphan blocks quilt. Is this about being "green"? Are you trying for "interesting"? Or "attention getting"? Or maybe, harmony? Trust me, there is just N...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2014/12/beyond-motive-or-intent.html
Even on the Orphan Train, everything is not an orphan. The 5.5" fence rail blocks are a leader/ender project. It's boring. I have 52 done, do I want to go on, well...? But I had a "lightbulb" m...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2014/12/hitching-ride.html
In thinking about the "why" of working with orphans, the simplest reasons are usually just that "simple". And depending on how your head works, that isn't a bad place to work from. You like maki...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2014/12/where-it-begins.html
This is a top I patched together, thinking to "save" the leftovers. It was years before I built my "Orphan Train, heading West" quilt that spun off this blog. I could just say "I didn't know wha...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2014/11/wheres-starting-line.html
Those old iron tracks that rumbled and rattled with the weight of passing iron horses are silent in many areas across America. Perhaps in Europe too, I don't know. The tracks I have made ac...
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And a happy 1st of February to all who track the Orphan Train. I've been ONE BAD conductor and engineer this past year. Time for wake up and get busy call! Lots of Orphan blocks awaiting attent...
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Here we are back at the semi-completed quilt top I showed you a couple of days ago. That was the last time it looked like this. A bit of time spent with my trusty new Clover seam ripper... ...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2012/07/extreme-makeover-orphan-block-style.html
and moving ahead, slowly at first, but moving. This is the next orphan donation I'm going to help find a new life. I apologize to its maker, but I don't remember who donated it. It came in a...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2012/07/gathering-steam.html
and come wandering down the road, lookin' for a home. A year or so back, Julie, of Julie K Quilts , included these 12 little medical Frogs, with a first border of red, in a package of orp...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2012/07/even-frogs-can-be-orphans.html
is a new blog about the quilts we make and donate. It's so nice to have a place to read about what other donation quilters are doing!! I haven't quite finished the red, white and blue orphan t...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2012/07/quilts-are-for-giving.html
Yes, it does look like a mess, doesn't it??? This is a new donation, and it seems to be all(or nearly all) 2" strips. They were packed way beyond tightly in one of those heavy plastic bags th...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2012/06/orphans-and-scraps-and-pieces-oh-my.html
from our own Del Jeanne. She has created this lovely quilt for a dear friend. I'll let her tell you about it. "It's been awhile since I've written to you. The attached quilt was made for a friend...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-quilt-on-orphan-train.html
Thursday, August 23, 2007 Messages from the past....remember me... As I read the comments about my last post,far off in the distance, I could hear the sounds of an old stream drawn train. Th...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2011/06/re-printed-from-august-23-2007what-we.html
takes a full head of steam from the old Orphan Train. Mostly it's a 'slow-go'...but progress is being made. This "begun" has grown... into this over the past week. The parts in use are most...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2010/11/climbing-those-mountains.html
Every child is different, similar in make-up, but unique. The same is true of Orphan block quilts. I thought I'd share a journey with you, from the beginning......hopefully to the end. In my l...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-beginningsjumping-in-pushing-on.html
makes for very slow start ups! Boy, am I not the slowest of the slow? There is an old saying "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak", fits me to a T. I did, however, get a kick start th...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2010/11/cold-mornings-cold-engine.html
now that's a phrase you don't hear much anymore...LOL. But I like it and it fits todays business. I've strayed away from the sorting of projects and parts, but not too far. My Chippewa gatheri...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2010/09/reckoning.html
Beginnings of a new MAM quilt top, for one thing. As I had mentioned in the post below, I found I really like the MAM blocks latticed. And the pre-cut purple paisley from friend Jean worked we...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2010/09/whats-cooking.html
Boy, it's been a very LONG dry spell here on the Orphan Train, hasn't it? I suppose I could/should hang my head in shame and slink away....but....I'm not a "slinker". So I'll just hop back onb...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2010/09/greasing-gears.html
And at least a full weeks warning if you want to join me next Friday in my Frugal Friday shindig. I was off to a good start this a.m. but a call from my son's employer changed my day. He managed ...
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coming your way. Are you ready? Do you want to play? Do you need more warning than this?? Well...I did mention it last Friday...does that count?? I'm going to DO IT!! Every Friday til next year, ...
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think I'd better fix that. A few weeks back, Michele, of Hearts and H ands, posted a wonderful quilt that she called "Everything but the Kitchen Sink". I love the quilt and I love the idea of mak...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2009/11/iive-misplaced-my-frugal-fridays.html
Things have been pretty quiet here at the Orphan Train. Most everyone is busy with one project or commitment or another. Including me. Of course I feel guilty about that, but it is what is. Last ...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2009/11/long-days-journey.html
It's never to early to think about making a lovely quilt for the holiday season *VBS* Here is another of Del Jeanne's creations, using Orphan Blocks. "A Christmas Gathering"--Christmas orpha...
http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2009/08/seasons-greeting.html