rsc summary

summary of 2023 projects

fish school/ kismet is all ready to assemble and packed away for a vacation in the ufo closet

I made the necessary string blocks after the blocks were done according to the rsc colors.

I finished the center of the top for hollow nine. I have cut the wide borders in white and made green vines to add a floral applique .

somewhere in the middle of the year I forgot my strip weave project. I made 12 blocks and I wanted 20. oops.

I was making nine patches for a quilt called diffussion from quilted twins but I wasn't sure how I wanted to make them into a quilt. I was making them in fall colors.

diffusion - quilted twins

I made stars in in the color of the month in with bright batiks and now the top is ready to finish

I cut for the 2023 stashbuster each month - I don't see any mention of that in my posts. I think I made one block.

I made sashing and border strips by color for garlic knots and I made QSTs for box kite

qsts for box kite

I am happy with what is done, but, no finishes yet

Next year. Hard to believe it is time to think about 2024.

1. Across the wide missourri. -I plan to include an older UFO that needs applique. I am intimidated with applique, so, I think making something, maybe only one thing, per month might help me overcome my fears.

2. sugar grove - a quiltville pattern made with a gazillion HSTs. I thought I would include cutting and sewing HSTS by color.

3 2024 stashbuster - there will be a new one I can cut according to colors.

4 lemoyne star - I have the die and thought I would cut for each color. I might want to make a reverse one along with the one in color.

I have a green drawer that won't close, and my 2 1/2 inch strips are a mess. I would like to make a few donation quilts.

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yellow scraps

I cut and sewed a little bit of yellow this week for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I made 9 patches for diffusion which is done in fall colors. I might add a few brown later this year, and, then, count, and recalculate what I need.

diffusion - quilted twins

I made the pieces, I will need for my older ufos- garlic knots and box kite. The blocks are done, but, the borders and sashings are small pieces that I have cut along the way this year, with the color of the month. It's hard to believe it is august already. And time to finish or continue with plans.

qsts for box kite

sashings for garlic knots

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hollow nine and fish school

Yellow is officially my favorite color. I find it a difficult color to like in fabric. Pops of it are fun in any scrappy quilt, but, finding a consistent dependable yellow seems difficult. I will keep trying. I made hollow nine blocks and fish school blocks for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy.

hollow nine

I did a final count for fish school blocks, and, I have enough blocks for the pattern kismet from quiltville. I had made the string blocks earlier. But, I forgot at the time, that, I had made them for the pattern. I used a larger size block for the fish, so, I need to make a larger size string block, too. In any case, this is a ufo that will be retired to the ufo closet for a vacation. There will be a farewell with balloons and streamers.

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fish school blocks

I started the red month of the rainbow scrap challenge, by cutting and making fish school blocks. I have over 200 for the Bonnie Hunter quilt called kismet. I really like making them. Making these, I find interesting 2 1/2 inch squares that are alone and unwanted in my 2 1/2 inch square box. poor babies. I have a place yo use them.

I found pieces in red for monkey wrench blocks.

I am just getting started with red. There should be plenty of scraps for fun this month,

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orange diffusion

Orange is the color for the rainbow scrap challenge in May, and, it is a great color for my fall quilt project, diffusion. Diffusion is a quilted twins free pattern. I still haven't decided if I am graduating the background color, yet. But, I can still make 9 patches, and, decide later. I am making my 9 patches using 2 inch strips. It wasn't hard to find orangey little scraps. Finding longer ones, was the problem. Still, I spent a lovely morning sewing strip sets, until, I had a large pile.

I am grateful to have an accuquilt to cut the strip sets 

It makes sewing the 9 patches much easier.

sets of 2

I made 50 

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fishy

I made 25 orange fish school blocks for May's rainbow scrap challenge. I am aiming for 320. I am a 2/3 of the way there.

Hubby found this neat mushroom outback, and, we had a yummy mess of mushroom for dinner. We have never collected this before, and it was huge.

dryads saddle

it was little chewy, but tasted great

And we lived to tell about it.

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go fish

I have made HSTS for fish school/ kismet in pink for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. hmmm

When I said I was going to keep the rainbow projects simple this year, I may have reduced the projects tooo much. Time to reconsider for the year.

I am actually finished with what I need for this year's rsc projects in pink. I looked around and found an older ufo in pink and brown, that, I am going to see if I can move forward until the end of the month. I don't have plans to finish it, yet, just move it along.

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go fish - blue

Last year's quiltville leader / ender challenge was fish school. I did cut all the strips I would need for the triangles according to the rsc color of the month for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy.. This year, I plan to cut the triangles and sew them into fish school blocks. These are the blue for the month of January. Eventually, I will use them in a quiltville quilt called kismet.

I am also cutting the sashings for an older ufo quiltville garlic knots. The blocks are made, but, there are these pesky sashing and border pieces that I procrastinated. I hope cutting pieces by color each month will eventually surprise me with all of them cut for this quilt. clever mental trick or complete disaster. LOL

border

border

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top 5 posts - PHD summary

 Meadow mist designs has a link up for your top 5 posts for the year. If I did this right, most of mine are not even spectacular. I have no idea why they have the most views. 

The number one high post is: end of rainbow finish for the win.

blog post here

Number 2.

blog here

 

Number 3.

blog here

number 4.

blog here

number 5.

blog here

with a tie

blog here

I have a page at the top of the blog with pictures of all the finishes I have had this year.

This chart shows my PHD 22 finish for the year. I didn't finish any new starts. I hope to do better with that next year

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strings for Kismet

I spent a few evenings at the treadle making string units. I was trying to make ahead, the units for the fish school blocks, I have been making for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I cut fish school blocks for the leader/ ender challenge 2021 and made  quite a few, but, didn't keep up for the year. So, this year I cut for RSC. And, about that time, Bonnie Hunter shared her pattern kismet of her finished fish school. I decided, I wasn't far enough along, that I couldn't switch to kismet for finishing my project. I still need many more blocks. I plan to work on that part next year for rsc 2023 ( can you believe we are nearly there?)

These blocks are trimmed to 3 1/2 inches. And, I am ready to go. I don't like stringing that small. I used a 7 inch square foundation instead, and, cut it in quarters after I de papered and pressed.

Next year, I will have to make the HSTS each month with the color of the month. Hopefully, by the end of 2023, I can assemble

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