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Friday, January 5, 2024

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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Saturday, December 18, 2021

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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Monday, December 13, 2021

5 quilts december 13

While I am sitting here, our youngest son, who still lives with us, has broken into a round of laughter. I love his laugh and hearing him happy.

My 5 quilts progress report.

1. boho heart -I am trying to concentrate on the blocks and strips I need for the second section of group one.

2..full stop quilt that Angela is doing for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy.- I made another word in aqua

3. rhododendron mystery - hunter Clue two is half done and ready to finish

4. fish school - this is a year long project for the quiltville leader/ender challenge. I am still sewing the hsts I need for the next round of little fishies.

I used a random number generator again , and this is the project that came up for my empty 5th spot.

5. minuet mystery -missing instructions. I pulled fabric for it so I counted it as a ufo. I decided since nothing was cut, this is not the time to make it. I pulled it out of the ufo closet and put it in the maybe someday category. And a quick finish of an old ufo

I added the fabric back into the stash

MY next on the longarm of my own quilts in the 'to be quilted' closet

1. wonky courthouse - hunter - need to piece a back and prepare the binding - on the frame - quilted - trimmed- needs bound

2. hourglass leader ender challenge - hunter - on the frame - quilted - needs to be bound

3, end of the rainbow rsc - on the frame

4. row rainbow rsc

5. gray baby flannel

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Saturday, December 11, 2021

rainbow scraps in aqua

I have added a new word to my rsc project. I had forgotten how much I like to make letters. I use Lori Holt's alphabet book.

I am trying to prepare for next year and a new rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy project. I want to do strings and crumbs by color so I have started sorting the big bucket into colors. I was afraid I wouldn't find enough of each color, but, alas, I have plenty. And some have already been sorted into baggies. If I do a little every day, I may have it sorted for the new year.

I have a few easy breezy blocks I made this week. I was doing one every day but now its sporadic with new projects.

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Saturday, December 4, 2021

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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Saturday, November 27, 2021

more full stop blocks

I have a few period blocks for the full stop quilt that Angela is doing for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I am not joining them, until, I start assembling the top. I am still missing one row, but, I am not sure which one. I would like to see if I can keep going on this one instead of putting it in the ufo closet. But, rhododendron mystery at quiltville has officially started and I will turn some attention to that. I still want to keep going on my 5 quilt project, so, we will see.

I am looking at what I might want to make next year for the rainbow scrap challenge. I want to make a string candy quilt, but, I am not sure I have enough strings in each colorway.

I have at least decided that I am retiring my tiny houses to the ufo closet. I have 240 of them at 3 inches. I can make a small quilt now, or I can make more later for a bigger quilt. I have worked on them for 2 years and I am ready for a break.

I have moved the full stop quilt and the color blocks quilts to the regular cue and not specifically for the rainbow

I haven't taken an account of the psp 20/21 blocks to know what I want to do. or crumb star blocks. I enjoy the clean up that can happen at the end of the year, as I put some projects away and make way for new projects.

I have been bad with the seasonal sales at Joann fabric and missourri star. There is no more room on the shelves for any more fabric, and I have enough scraps tucked here and there to last a life time.

Oh, one goal for next year is to eliminate 12 jelly rolls. I have started looking for quick patterns. Any great ideas?

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here are the yellow squares here are the green squares here are the pink squares here are the blue squares here are the red squares

Saturday, November 20, 2021

aqua question mark

It's going to be a beautiful fall day here- Blue sky and sunshine but 32 degrees. We have no real commitments and can stay home and do some work. We had three doctor appointments last week -all is well.

I worked on the full stop quilt that Angela is doing for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy.

I procrastinated the question mark block since the color was aqua. I finally have them made and ready to go. They weren't as difficult as I was afraid they would be for me. I think I am missing the dots, yet.

I sewed the orange 16 patches blocks for the Debby Brown color blocks quilt along

I found this free quilt along with Debby Brown from Alycia at quilty girl

I finished on the go quilt this week.

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Saturday, November 6, 2021

dashing

I did orange dashes for the full stop quilt that Angela is doing. I need to do the question mark, and I think I am missing another one. This is part of the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I can't figure out a way to get the whole row in a picture.... yet. It would help if I had more empty flat spaces.

Yesterday at Friday group, we had some impressive quilts getting close to a finish.

Linda

Judy

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Friday, October 22, 2021

rainbow quilt finish

I took 2 years of sewing with the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy to make the pieces for this single Irish chain by melissa correy. I made the 4 patches in 2019, and the sashings in 2020 according to the color of the month. The top was a top in November 2020. It was an easy, unstressful pattern, and then, it was a great quilt.

I used a light gray sheet for the back, and natural white thread. I made a scrappy binding and attached it by machine. I used a paisley pantograph for the quilting. It's 84 x 84 and used 22 yards of fabric.

I am glad to finally have a finish.

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Saturday, October 16, 2021

still orange

Somehow this week, I sewed a few orange color blocks for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I have strip sets to sew a couple more blocks. I am just a little behind.

I am thinking about rsc 2022. My plan for 2021 was to work on ufos in the color of the month for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. It worked great the first part of the year, but, then, I became bogged down. However, it was a great catalyst to dig out ufos and make decisions to move them forward. But, I really want to keep the the rsc rainbowy ( I'm sure that is a word) next year.

I want to do a stringy project and I thought of razzle dazzle from bonnie hunter. How about you? has fall started you thinking about 2022?

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My rainbow projects for 2021 with links:

postage stamp psp20/21

purple Ufos

zuckerwatte finished

red ufos

blue ufos

floating stars and here and here - finished

green ufos

yellow ufos

yellow boxy star and here and here and here - finished

pink ufos

love pillowcases - finished

2 pink flannel baby quilts and here finished

Saturday, October 9, 2021

green houses

Just a little sewing for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. They are not very limey, but, it won't matter in the big picture. I seem to be behind, mentally, on the rainbow sewing.

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My rainbow projects for 2021 with links:

postage stamp psp20/21

purple Ufos

zuckerwatte finished

red ufos

blue ufos

floating stars and here and here - finished

green ufos

yellow ufos

yellow boxy star and here and here and here - finished

pink ufos

love pillowcases - finished

2 pink flannel baby quilts and here finished

Saturday, September 25, 2021

orange crumb stars

Most of my orange scraps are gone, but, I have strings and crumbs which I needed for crumb stars and the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy this month. I am using 4 1/2 inch squares of crumbs for the center and 2 1/2 inch HSTS for the star points. With the year almost over ( how did that happen), I will be figuring out what to do with the stars I have made this year.

It has gotten cold this fall. We need to clean out the garden. I was really sad to put long pants and socks on to wear.

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My rainbow projects for 2021 with links:

postage stamp psp20/21

purple Ufos

zuckerwatte finished

red ufos

blue ufos

floating stars and here and here - finished

green ufos

yellow ufos

yellow boxy star and here and here and here - finished

pink ufos

love pillowcases - finished

2 pink flannel baby quilts and here finished

Saturday, September 18, 2021

orange tiny houses

I have orange tiny houses for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I may have 2 rounds of oranges in the box already. But every year the scraps are different. And, it will take forever to make enough tiny houses to make a quilt.

I found a box of leftover pieces from Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt frolic, and decided to put the HSTS together as pinwheels. I have them next to the sewing machine and I use them as leader/enders until they are gone.

leader/enders

I am off to guild open sew today and a jelly roll race. I am excited as I will hopefully, make the borders for sea swept....with a jelly roll that I made.

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My rainbow projects for 2021 with links:

postage stamp psp20/21

purple Ufos

zuckerwatte finished

red ufos

blue ufos

floating stars and here and here - finished

green ufos

yellow ufos

yellow boxy star and here and here and here - finished

pink ufos

love pillowcases - finished

2 pink flannel baby quilts and here finished

Saturday, September 11, 2021

tiny orange scraps

I had one lonely aqua 16 patch color block from last month for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy.

then, I worked on 4 psp 20 blocks in this month's color - orange. I am amazed at how many different oranges there are, but, I was also surprised how few oranges of any size, I have left in the scrap bins.

My Friday group has started making Boho heart by Jen Kingwell. I am doing it in rainbow colors. Part of the fun of a group project is seeing how different all of our hearts will be when finished. We are randomly picking the blocks, but this week's block was in the orange section for me.

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My rainbow projects for 2021 with links:

postage stamp psp20/21

purple Ufos

zuckerwatte finished

red ufos

blue ufos

floating stars and here and here - finished

green ufos

yellow ufos

yellow boxy star and here and here and here - finished

pink ufos

love pillowcases - finished

2 pink flannel baby quilts and here finished

Friday, September 3, 2021

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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Saturday, August 21, 2021

a few tiny houses

I can't believe this all I have ready for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy this week.

tiny houses in a square

I did get the purple semi colons done for the full stop quilt that Angela is doing.

I have been working on sea swept and quilting ode to Joey. And the garden is in need of attention. We have tomatoes to can. We are dehydrating some, but, I will need to can. I did "harvest" some elderberries from our woods and near our church. It takes a lot to make even a tincture. So, I press forward what I can with my quilting. Hubby is still recovering from hip replacement but is up more than down. So grateful

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UFO busting

My rainbow projects for 2021 with links:

postage stamp psp20/21

purple Ufos

zuckerwatte finished

red ufos

blue ufos

floating stars and here and here - finished

green ufos

yellow ufos

yellow boxy star and here and here and here - finished

pink ufos

love pillowcases - finished

2 pink flannel baby quilts and here finished

Saturday, August 14, 2021

crumb stars

I had fun digging in the scrap bag for aqua crumbs. I knew I wanted to make crumb stars this week and with the color of aqua. Aqua is the color of the month for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I was able to make 9 centers and then, 9 blocks.

I found all of these crumbs in the crumb and string bins. I had cleaned them all into one place as we prepared for company. I was afraid, if I broke them out of hiding, a mess would ensue. But, I think I outsmarted it.

I am off to a retreat this weekend, and I had a disaster that I will have to tell about later. But, it is ok.

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My rainbow projects for 2021 with links:

postage stamp psp20/21