Riding The Orphan Train

...a journey into making quilts from the leftover, unwanted and without a home pieces and quilt blocks...

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Beyond motive or intent...

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Define what you are striving for in your orphan blocks quilt. Is this about being "green"? Are you trying for "interesting...
Saturday, December 6, 2014

Hitching a ride...

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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 5...
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Where it begins...

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In thinking about the "why" of working with orphans, the simplest reasons are usually just that "simple". And depending ...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Where's the starting line...?

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This is a top I patched together, thinking to "save" the leftovers. It was years before I built my "Orphan Train, heading Wes...
Monday, November 17, 2014

Unused train tracks...

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Those old iron tracks that rumbled and rattled with the weight of passing iron horses are silent in many areas across America. Perhaps in E...
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Friday, February 1, 2013

Checking in...

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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 ...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

A re-posting, for inspiration...

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http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/2008/04/bargain-basement-quilter-style.html
Friday, July 20, 2012

Extreme Makeover-Orphan Block Style....

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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 ...
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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Gathering steam.....

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 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...
Saturday, July 14, 2012

Even frogs can be orphans.....

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 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 ...
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Saturday, July 7, 2012

Quilts are for giving....

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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...
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Saturday, June 2, 2012

Orphans and scraps and pieces, oh my!!

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 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 ...
Monday, July 25, 2011

New Quilt on the Orphan Train....

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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...
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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Re-Printed from August 23, 2007...what we should remember..

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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 cou...
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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Climbing those mountains.....

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 takes a full head of steam from the old Orphan Train. Mostly it's a 'slow-go'...but progress is being made. This "begun...
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Finn
I live in rural WI. I love quilts. I love scraps. Amazing how those two loves work together!
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