crayon quilt finish

I have a finish for the new year. My crayon quilt is ready to be gifted. I worked on this quilt as part of the rainbow scrap challenge in 2019. Finishing this quilt makes me want to start another crayon quilt for the rainbow scrap challenge. It is fun and easy to do, to use up  2 1/2 inch scraps. I really enjoyed making the words to add to the original pattern. 

57 x 89  = 16 yards

I added words to a few quilts that year including ode to Joey.

ode to joey

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creations

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oh scrap sunday

wednesday wait loss

My quilt infatuation

PHD

red letter day

 I have the next word for my rsc project - this time in red.

can you believe 2021 is almost over? Time has flown and now for some odd reason, people are asking me if I am ready for Christmas. Christmas? what? umm no.

easy breezy - 1 1/2 in

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fabric scraps

 I am doing a bit of catch up on my rainbow projects for rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I had an idea to make a few words. This may be one of those squirrel projects. We will see.

I always have scraps to cut so I spent time googling how to organize my scraps instead of cutting them. LOL

I discovered I like what I am already doing, but it was good to realize that others share in the frustration. I have enough scraps to last a lifetime and never touch "real" fabric. But it is always messy.

2 pounds 2 ounces = 6 1/2 yards of fabric = 65.00

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ode to joey quilt finish

I have an actual finish this week. My ode to Joey quilt is almost ready for the quilt show the first of October. I just need to make a label. I have worked on this quilt for almost three years. First, I made the words by color for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy in 2019. And then, I have slowly been sewing it together. I began this as a way to heal a broken heart, and it has become very meaningful to me.

80x85 = about 20 yards of fabric

I used a wide flannel back and a scrappy binding. There was no pattern for the quilt, just a quote I wanted to remember. I used Lori holt's pieced letter book for the words. 

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oh scrap sunday

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retreat top

We had a sleep in your own bed retreat yesterday and will have one today. My main project to work on was my ode to Joey quilt. I worked on piecing the rows and joining the rows. I plan on using it as a visual aid for Church class on Sunday. I made the words according to the color of the month for rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. It is a rectangle the wrong way, so, I need to figure out what I want to do for the top and bottom.

someone was taking pictures 

I have 3 quilts left to work on today while I play at quilting. The food was great as a pitch in. The company was fun and there was a free table. what's not to love.

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My rainbow projects for 2021 with links:

tiny houses

postage stamp psp20/21

ice cream

waffle stamp blocks

color blocks quilt along

crumb stars

purple Ufos

zuckerwatte finished

red ufos

aunt Eliza star

blue ufos

floating stars and here and here - finished

green ufos

Christmas sparkle and here

epp stars

yellow ufos

yellow boxy star and here and here and here - finished

florabunda

pink ufos

love pillowcases - finished

2 pink flannel baby quilts and here finished

more words

Can I buy a vowel? This is the last of the words I need to join for my quote quilt. Now, I need to lay out all the words, and see if and how they will fit together to make a quilt. I'm scared it all won't fit. Oh, it will. geesh. I am just being a worry wart.

I am making this as part of my rainbow scrap challenge from last year. some of my letters here and here. Each month was a different color. I started putting the letters together into words this year.

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piecing progress

I've been trying to move a few projects along. I am not sure why it is taking so long. I have been a little flighty with other sewing.

I have a few more words together for my quote quilt.

And, I am trying to catch up my shoofly blocks. I had a lot more sets cut than I thought. I may be at this awhile.

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to do: make words

I started a quote quilt last year as part of the rainbow scrap challenge. I made the letters for words with each month's color. It was and is, an emotionally healing quilt for a difficult time. I want to put it together as part of my one monthly goal. and phd 2020. I've just started combining the letters into words. I have a lot of trimming to do....

Last week I worked on Jamestown landing, and, have the top together minus borders.

some of my letters here and here

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friday sew

Last week, our Friday group met together. Everyone was busy with their projects. I really enjoy this time together, but only recently started taking my sewing machine again, after the restrictions for my back surgery were lifted. I have a rainbow crayon quilt I wanted to put together.

I had made the letters, along with the crayon, according to the color of the month for the rainbow scrap challenge. So, if you wondered what the letters were meant to be, this is part of them. I was really interested in letters for 2019. It seems I made letters for everything. I decided on this layout.

Maris was working on a red, white, and blue soul searching.

And Linda was working on a complicated block of the month.

I am so inspired by the quilts my friends are making.

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peacock party
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UFO busting

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blue letters

Again more letters, this time in blue. I think that does it for this year. Now, to start putting everything together. I am making these as part of the rainbow scrap challenge.

Fortunately my friends are doing something that doesn't have more letters, and more interesting to view. These are destined for donation quilts.

rsc19 super saturday

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UFO busting

more letters

I definitely overdid the letter quilts this year, But I have had a great time with them, and I am not done yet. I feel like all I blog about are letters. I made yellow letters....

and purple letters....

I have more blue to do.
I am slowly putting some of my quilt show purchases away. I have this bundle of homespuns. They may be not trending now, but I like them and everything comes around again.

I bought these paper pieced kaleidoscopes and all the papers printed.

For now, I will put these treasures away for someday.

rsc19 super saturday

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rsc letters

I had an evening with some quilting friends, and although they are very willing to help with my back limitations, I decided to just take scraps, book and rotary cutter. I needed to cut some letters.

I needed to go back and cut some red letters that I missed.

I cut the pieces for tiny tuesday monkey wrench

and hourglasses.

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blue letters

I have been making more letters and catching up with blue for the rainbow scrap challenge. I am really close to having all the letters in blue that I need for my quote quilt. As pictures go, they look a little bland, but they are just what I needed.

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UFO busting

liberty sewing

I did have a finish yesterday - yay me
I guess working on this quilt is the most blue sewing I have done this week for the rainbow scrap challenge. This is one of those "I didn't see it coming" projects. It isn't even on the list of important finishes I want to get done. But, once I sorted it out, I just had to keep working on it. I have been piecing the squares to go around the framed pieces and join them together.

I did put the point on the blue crayon - what an effort.

I made letters with blue scraps using Lori Holt's abc book.

What I really have wanted to do this week is clean and fold stash. I have my eye on a Billy bookcase from ikea, and, I have to clean up enough space to have room for it.

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rsc19 super saturday

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UFO busting

word games

Hubby and I had a fun trip to the Greencastle Indiana fiber fair. It was a wonderful splash of color at the festival and along the drive.
My Mother attended Depauw university and my Aunt Betty worked in the offices there. After all these years, I was still able to find my way to where she lived.

Time to play boggle with my alphabet letters for April rainbow scrap challenge.

dear ear tear hear near rear area era ere err art hat
tree heed need reed drear nerd here
hand rent rend heat red death dearth heart
the thee there heard and ant than end then her
drat - i need to do something else.

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