I have all the blocks I need to make this rainbow project into a top. I have really enjoyed making this. I liked using my smallest pieces to make the string rectangles into something useful. By using the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. the colors are bright and happy. I have moved them to a box of their own and plan to take them with me to open sews for assembly.
I have orange cream candy ready for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. They look yummy. I think I am nearly done with these blocks. I still need a bit of licorice and chocolate. I have certainly enjoyed making these this year, and I had PLENTY of strings I needed to use. I am looking for a string project for next year or maybe 100.
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| He jumped the fence |
Every color of candy is my favorite after I make them. All the purple sweet tooth blocks are finished for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I am thinking that I have too many rainbow scrap projects. I am struggling at the end of the month to get them all done. But, I really like them all. Maybe next year I will exercise a little more sense.
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I am happy to dig around in my green scraps for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. This week I made green crumb blocks and added HSTS to make my sweet tooth blocks. I found this quilt on sane crazy crumby quilt blog here. The crumb centers are 4 1/2 inches with 2 1/2 inch HSTS. So, the side pieces are 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches and the top and bottom are pieces are 2 1/2 x 6 1/2. I think Jenny Doan did a you tube video.
And it was finally plant shopping day. I look forward to this every year. We didn't buy anything we could not eat this time. Our new adventure was a jerusalem artichoke. We had read about this years ago as a potato replacement, so it was a surprise to see a plant for sale after all this time. - just had to have it. The project manager at the greenhouse chased us down to ask us to let him know how it does for us this year. How fun. I am starting a new strawberry bed, so I was glad to get strawberries. We haven't had much luck with strawberries here. But, I love them, and I keep trying.
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I have my candy blocks ready for April and the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. Angela dropped the hint for the color a little early, so, I quick made crumb blocks and tada.. candy. I have baggies of strings sorted by color for the year.
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| 2 1/2 in drawer - pretty pink |
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I woke up one morning, and, I wanted to make noodles. That was odd. Who wants to make noodles when you can open a bag from the store. The house was quiet, and, I cracked open a few eggs and started. It was a very sentimental time, and filled my heart with love for all the really great women who had taught me how to make noodles. I first thought of my Mother, who has been gone for 20 years. I could see her unrolling those long noodles and she talked about her Mother teaching her. It was an art to my Grandmother's generation. Pat Burton, taught a Relief Society class at church when I was a young homemaker, making it look doable. And Linda Phipps had me come to her home, and we made them her way together. I made them with my daughter, and we had a flour fight. But, I know she is not the type to make homemade noodles. I made them with my Granddaughters. They thought it was messy. haha. If I ask my children their favorite meal that they want me to make for them, they request chicken and noodles with homemade noodles. I have an attachment for my kitchen aid mixer, but, I can do them so much better, the old fashioned way. A bowl, an egg, some flour, a rolling pin, and some sentimental thoughts.
I made some candy blocks for the month of March and the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy.
The yellow strings just lined up this way, all straight.
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Covid has come to visit and I am not very perky. I think we are holding our own, but who knows.
My 5 quilts progress report.
1. Rainbow scrap challenge - color aqua/teal. I have candy made from crumbs and strings.
2. full stop quilt that Angela is doing for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy.- I have 2 rows finished
3. rhododendren mystery - hunter - I haven't done anything on this project. I think I have some cutting I need to do for clue 6. I haven't looked.
4.. too many circles - the top is finished. I am looking for a back and binding. I used the random number generator and I drew an older UFO using moda maypole. I think I have decided to not finish this UFO. It isn't my thing, and, I have so many other projects I would rather do. I am only going to live so long. haha
1. row rainbow rsc -on the frame -started quilting - quilted -needs binding
2. gray baby flannel -on the frame -started quilting - quilted -needs binding
3. Pineapple blossom - hunter -need to find it - I don't like it so I am waiting until later to quilt this one
4. Christmas sparkle
5. shine
6. EPP green bright
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We have had a winter snow storm that has been very beautiful.
I have cut for easy breezy, fish school, and the stashbuster 2022 in aqua/ teal for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I can sit and do that.
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| what color is this one? I wish it could make up it's mind |
I am so thrilled to finally move this project from the 'maybe someday' to the wip list. I have a few string/crumb blocks made over the years by color and enough strings to add to them this year. These pieces of candy are sugar free,, so I can have as many as I want.
My 5 quilts progress report.
1. rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy - color red -candy - All the string blocks are sewn, trimmed, pressed and ready to sew into blocks. I trimmed them to 4 1/2 inches
3. rhododendren mystery - hunter - After a count of finished hourglass blocks for the mystery, I was 60 short.
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4.. too many circles - inner border is finished. I started sewing the 1/4 circles into twosies for the outside border.
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MY next on the longarm of my own quilts in the 'to be quilted' closet
1. hourglass leader ender challenge - hunter - on the frame - quilted - needs binding - trimmed -preparing to bind
2. end of the rainbow rsc - on the frame - no change- started quilting -quilted - needs binding
3. row rainbow rsc
4. gray baby flannel
5. Pineapple blossom - hunter
We are still battling this flu thing at our house - going on 4 weeks - stay safe out there.
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I started sorting for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy with 1 1/2 inch strips in red. I went through the entire gallon bag of strips and pulling any that were not at least 12 inches long. I had a nice little pile. I cut as many as I could into 1 1/2 inch squares for easy breezy blocks if there was 4 matching. If there was at least 3 inches left I put them together to make 4 patches, some will be used for blossom time and some will just be made into random 4 patches. The goal is to clean up the strip bins this year. I have used strips for pieces of scrap blocks and left the bits and pieces to get in the way,
I get a pass on Boho heart this month, since, all the red and pink blocks are finished.
I found my pattern for razzle dazzle and I think I am waiting to make that at another time, but it is still early in the month.
I sewed the hsts for candy. They are ready to go
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My 5 quilts progress report.
1. Rainbow scrap challenge - color red -candy - I cut the background pieces for candy quilt
2. full stop quilt that Angela is doing for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy.- nothing new done
3. rhododendren mystery - hunter -
I am still working my way through clue 4. Lots of cutting needed and chain piecing took forever.
4.. too many circles - Nothing new here at all
MY next on the longarm of my own quilts in the 'to be quilted' closet
1. hourglass leader ender challenge - hunter - on the frame - quilted - needs binding - trimmed
2. end of the rainbow rsc - on the frame - no change- started quilting -quilted - needs binding
3. row rainbow rsc
4. gray baby flannel
5. Pineapple blossom - hunter
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I can't believe it is the end of September already. Besides having too much fabric, it's time to see what my stash report would be.
I was very fortunate to receive a gift of fabric from someone cleaning their closets. It was a magical bundle of fun.
Stash report September 2020
Fabric Used this week: 32 yards -
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