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Friday, March 6, 2026

week 1 - March red rainbow scrap challenge

I finished the top for my alternative blue skies string quilt. I finished the flimsy here. For the borders, I found shirts while thrifting I made the string blocks in 2016, and I am happy to have another ufo ready to quilt.

I just couldn't let this quilt go to start the red color of the month for March. I have finished all the ufos I have brought with me, on vacation, so, I plan to continue working on the leftover yellow blocks from blue skies. Hopefully, during yellow month, I will remember to work on a red ufo. I am sure I will have plenty of choices. I am working on a center star pattern as a baby quilt.

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Friday, February 27, 2026

week 4 - February green rainbow scrap challenge

I have the top for Hazel's soul searching quilt as far as I plan on going. I think I will donate it to my guild for someone else to finish.

hazels top

I didn't put a border on mine

mine

I made a few more rolling windmills. with any 5 inch squares that had even a whisper of green.

For my square dance quilt, I have added green. I add the solid color by cutting a 10 inch square from a layer cake diagonally both ways. That way I can trim to the right size. I think I will test a 9 1/2 inch scrap piece and see if it will work.

I made twosies with all the green for the zig zag quilt, I tried laying them out in a zigzag - that will be challenging. And I don't think there are enough to make any size quilt.

Green is a favorite of mine, and, also, I am gifted scraps in that color a lot. But, I am looking forward to a new color for the rainbow scrap challenge

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Friday, February 20, 2026

week 3 - February green rainbow scrap challenge

I made the chaining blocks this week for candy chains. I used any extra green from the other blocks that I had made. I will need more than this when I need to finish the quilt.

For my square dance quilt, I made 16 patches with 2 inch squares from my bin.

I finished the square, play. blocks for rainbow scrap challenge including scraps from flying home quilt I made earlier in the year

All the rows are sewn for soul searching

I had questions about the rolling windmills I am making for the rsc this year. I am happy to show you what I am doing, but, I was inspired by sara (my sewing room)here

I am using a big scrap bucket of 5 inch scraps I use 2 each of background and focus fabrics all 4 right side up.

I like to use the 1/2 inch squares portion of my cutting mat to make the diagonal cut.1 1/2 inch from the top left to 1 1/2 inch to the right bottom.

I still need to check them first.

I sew them together making sure the points extend a little from the bottom piece

I trim them to 4 1/4 inches square. I have chosen to cut off the background and the widest part when I trim. I like the narrower blade part.

I lay them out, and I chain sew them together as a set, leaving them attached

I open them, and then join the center seam.

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Friday, January 30, 2026

January week 5 flying home top

This is a bonus week 5 for the rainbow scrap challenge. I have finished the top for flying home. I really like my flamingo border. I think it looks better with 2 additional rows. I will have to wait until I get home to quilt it.

58 x 74

The nova star alternative to blue skies is growing as I add rows: that I triple check for placement. I will have most of the yellow blocks left, probably enough for a small quilt.

I looking forward to a new color in February.

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Friday, January 23, 2026

week 4 January blue rainbow scrap challenge

This is week 4 already for the rainbow scrap challenge. I have assembled all the blocks I had made for flying home. I definitely want it bigger. I have 8 leftover blocks. I only have to make 4 more to add a row to the top and bottom. That is what I have decided to do. I made a trip to hobby lobby and found a really great border fabric, too.

zig zag quilt, is last year's rsc project. I cut and sewed all the blocks. This year, the plan is to take all the single units in the color of the month, and sew twosies with any other color. That way, I won't even notice I am working on assembling the quilt. Sneaky right?

I added the color to the 16 patches I made last week for my square dance blocks. Very nice and scrappy.

I cut for rolling windmills. It was a bit challenging. All the pieces for the block need to be facing up to cut them. I had 2 that I didn't get right.

They are very cute.

I brought the string blocks from blue skies with me on vacation. I pieced the first row. I am following a graph for a supernova layout I found online. I am angularly challenged, so I must have checked it 20 times before sewing it together. I hope to get more done this month.

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Friday, January 16, 2026

week 3 January blue rainbow scrap challenge

I spent time building rows for flying home for the rainbow scrap challenge this week. I am gratefull, that there are very few seams that need to match. I am sewing away from home with my trusty featherweight, Florence. I realize how much I take for granted having a real sewing room back home.

I made 4 square play blocks by finishing with a border of scrappy 2 1/2 inch squares. I really like them. They are bigger than I expected, so I will have a donation quilt, sooner than expected,

I had leftover strips from making candy chains. and decided to make the chain blocks for candy chains. I am glad to be that much further ahead.

While I was sewing other parts for the challenge, I made 2 inch 16 patches for square dance as leaders and enders.

And just because, I added blue skies to my projects this month. Blue skies is an older ufo that I moved forward last year. I started ironing the hsts which are 7 1/2 inches. I have a different idea for them than the quiltville quilt that I had originally planned.

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Friday, January 9, 2026

week 2 January blue rainbow scrap challenge

I was able to make 4 blue candy chains blocks which was my goal for the rainbow scrap challenge. So far, they are quick and easy. I am undecided about including the 9 patch chain in this year's plans.

I chose 4 of my 4 1/2 inch squares for square, play. I added a 2 1/2 inch border in scrappy white, and cream. They are cute just the way they are.

I played with the blocks to decide on this arrangement for flying home . This an older rsc ufo from 2019. I have 8 leftover blocks. If I make 4 more, I might could add a row to the top and bottom to make it bigger. hmmm

I was able to make the scrappy border pieces for the square play blocks by sewing in between the other sewing. I look forward to adding them next week to see the whole block. I am guessing that this project will still not empty the forever box of 2 1/2 inch squares.

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Saturday, January 3, 2026

week 1 January rainbow scrap challenge

Candy chains is a free pattern from quilted twins. I cut the first pieces in blue for the rainbow scrap challenge

I have chosen the blue squares for a square play block from my 4 1/2 inch scrap drawer.

I will dig through my 2 1/2 inch squares for borders for the blocks.

I began flying home for the rainbow scrap challenge in 2019.Since then, I have lost it, found it, lost it again, and found it, for I hope, the last time. Our color for the month is blue, and I am using this quilt as part of that color. The goal is to make a top by the end of January. All the blocks are done.

pretty colors

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