Making A Lather

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Saturday, June 13, 2026

light scrap projects week 2

As I mentioned earlier this month, I am catching up candy chains, after a recount of what I needed. I made a paler red and a sweet green.

I have made and trimmed 20 two bits blocks. I tried these at open sew, but, I had to take way to many bags of strips. And I made a massive mess. It was embarrassing. I am sewing them here at home. I am used to making a mess here. haha I am trying to use up some "ugly" neutrals and short pieces.

I worked on building more sets of 5 for stashbuster.

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Friday, June 12, 2026

flying home finish

Flying home is a finish. I made this in Florida I took the blocks with me and worked on them while we were there. I bought the fabric for the borders while I was there, too. This project has a rascally past. Now you see it now you don't. I feel like I have been chasing these blocks for a long time. I started it as part of the rainbow scrap challenge in 2019. When I looked for it the next year, I couldn't find it. In an unrelated cleaning, There they were. I bundled them up and put them in the ufo closet. When I wanted to work on it as a ufo, I couldn't find it. Last year, I was looking for another ufo, and found them making friends... in the wrong box. and tada it's done. It really was flying home.

60 x 75 = 14 yards

I couldn't resist adding a backing with airplanes

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Sunday, June 7, 2026

stash report June 7, 2026

I needed fabric for binding. I found this buried in the red tote. I think it is going to be just right. We have a new quilt store, that I visited this week, with a friend. My sewing room is bigger than this very cute shop. It has been a while since I have investigated a quilt shop. I couldn't believe the prices. It's a good thing I have a fabric investment portfolio.

stash report June 7, 2026

fabric added this week: 0 yards

fabric added year to date for 2026: 16 1/2 yards

fabric used this week: 0 yards

fabric used year to date for 2026 40 yards

I have used 38 1/2 yards more than I have added.

I sewed 5 days last week.

I have decided to work on my older ufo applique project - across the wide missourri-

This strip will have 3 trees vertcally. Yep they all look a like

tree 2

I am back in the groove for my Christmas in new England rug hooking.

It's time for a fence and another house.

last week

this week

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Saturday, June 6, 2026

light scrap projects week 1

This month for the rainbow scrap challenge, we are working to use the light and pastel colors we didn't use so far this year.

I did a recalculation for candy chains, and decided I need one more of most of the colors. Here is a catch up of blue. My other projects have more intense colors.

I have been working on Two bits pattern from oh scrap,

using a swap batch of friendship stars and low volume scrappy neutrals. I think it is light enough to be my older ufo project this month. I have decided to put ditch lilies away again for another time.

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Friday, June 5, 2026

dresden top

Once all the medallions for my dresden blocks were hand sewn, I could begin to make rows. I did decide to make sashings. I did use my time at our guild's open sew to get this far. I think I want to make a piano key border. This was my daughter's baby quilt from 1986. After 2 sons, I wanted all the pink I could get. But, she definitely didn't like pink. sigh I revived my interest last year during the rainbow scrap challenge.

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Sunday, May 31, 2026

stash report May 31, 2026

I cut the inner border for my dresden quilt, using a 1980s fabric. Yes I still have some.

stash report May 31, 2026

fabric added this week: 0 yards

fabric added year to date for 2026: 16 1/2 yards

fabric used this week: 25 yards pfefferneusse finish

fabric used year to date for 2026 40 yards

I have used 38 1/2 yards more than I have added. Finally I have officially used some fabric in a quilt.

pfeffernuesse is finished

I sewed 6 days last week. Friday sew and open sew this week

I have decided to work on my older ufo applique project - across the wide missourri-

This strip will have 3 trees vertcally.

tree 1

I am back in the groove for my Christmas in new England rug hooking.

It's time for a fence and another house. What color is my new house? oh, and I don't like fences.

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Saturday, May 30, 2026

orange scrap projects week 5

This is a bonus week for rainbow scrap challenge. Five weeks in a month is a chance to really clean up and get ready for a new color.

I was really hoping to see more progress on my older ufo ditch lilies, But, I did make some 1 1/2 inch hsts. I hope I remember to do them all year long. Maybe, by years end I will have all 640 hsts I need. I happy how much I moved this along. I can start to see what it will need to make it. Everything is cut, and some units are made.

I added the hsts to the green squares to make a bear paw. I sewed hsts from cut offs and scraps. I made over 100 at Friday group. I will have many more to go. but, it's a start.

1 1/2 hsts

I sewed the rest of the strip sets and cut the blocks to size.

I cut all the orange 2 inch squares.

2 inch squares

I have added 2 more sugar grove blocks. I think this will make 66 out of 72. My choices are getting smaller.

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Friday, May 29, 2026

pfeffernuesse finish

I finished the red and brown pfeffernuesse quilt. I started the project in 2016 here. In April 2025, the rainbow scrap challenge color was red, and I pulled this project out again to make some progress here. It's a Bonnie Hunter pattern from her book string fling or string frenzy. I was close enough to a finish that I continued to work on it until the end of the year.

86 x 86

I pieced the back with red and brown.

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Sunday, May 24, 2026

stash report May 24, 2026

I am ready to cut for binding for my red and brown pfeffernuesse quilt. It feels good to finally get this to the finish.

stash report May 24, 2026

fabric added this week: 0 yards

fabric added year to date for 2026: 16 1/2 yards

fabric used this week: o yards

fabric used year to date for 2026 15 yards

I have added 1 1/2 yards more than I used.

I sewed 6 days last week.

I have decided to work on my older ufo applique project - across the wide missourri-

I have finished this strip and the next one will have 3 trees.

I am back in the groove for my Christmas in new England rug hooking, too.

With the Christmas tree all done, It was time to move it on the frame. It looks like I can officially say I am half done.

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Friday, May 22, 2026

orange scrap projects week 4

Every month, every new color, in the rainbow scrap challenge. becomes my favorite block for my square dance quilt.

I made some twosies zig zag quilt blocks using the color orange. Each month, there are less options for combining them.

I had some really great orange charm squares for making rolling windmills. Making these each month, is not my usual choices for fabrics and combos. I am enjoying thinking outside the box..... literally. After all, the charm squares are in a box tee hee.

I decided I had enough variety of colors sewn in twosies to make a few orange sets of strip sets for stashbuster. I need to make 2 different strip sets to make the checkerboard.

set 1

set 2

In the background, I am making little bits of progress for ditch lilies. It will take awhile to make 640 -1 1/2 in hsts.

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