ScrapHappy Saturday A Bit of Green

I'm linking up at So Scrappy and Angela's weekly Saturday Linky Party for Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2022. 

Not much green was stitched this week. 

A tiny 3.5" green Hour block for May from Pieces in the Garden at Melva Loves Scraps. I am having such trouble with keeping these tiny block square. I like them when completed, but the actual sewing of them kicks my "tush".    

And I stitched a second pixel block for CiL's May-June Block Drive, at Kat & Cat Quilts Scroll to the bottom of this post to see the link to the Covered in Love Block Drive tab. 

This one in greens and purples!

I didn't get any green string blocks sewn. I had a small needle and 50  wt thread in the machine to try to get a handle on those tiny pieces of the Hour block above. I like a little heavier thread and a bigger, "paper only" needle when I sew strings on telephone book pages. So those didn't happen. Nor did the Sampler placemat/mini table topper. No excuses for that one, other than other things were going on. 

I'm looking forward to sewing some blue for June. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

I Like Thursday # 92

Good Morning! I hope it is a good day where ever you are. Today is the day to Focus on the Positives in out lives. LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color gives us this place to share. Visit her beautiful blog and she and Milo will share links with others.




Yesterday I made an effort to finish this book. I am enjoying it and I want to return it to the library today! 
I would recommend it you like historical fiction. I’m sure that the story is based on fact. Some of the dates and places I checked are correct.

I did FaceTime with the great grands in Florida. They are anxious to be done with school! Our second grade grandson gave me a review of a research paper he wrote on Area 51. And showed me his library books and his sister’s library books. And I shared my library book too!




Mr. Busy and I finished this puzzle. A gift from a friend who is also a quilter. Lots of colors and detail. Fun!

I’m working on a couple more Bow Blocks from Melva Loves Scraps, Pieces of the Past Sew Along! I’m using some left over fabric from a long ago abandoned Thimbleberries project. Pink-ish one currently with a green one being constructed at the same time. 

They are little! The green one doesn’t look like there is enough contrast here, but in “real life” it is good! 

We traveled to see the eye doctor. My prescription changed a little. Now to order new glasses. Mr Busy has an appointed with a surgeon on Cinco de Mayo about a cataract! Hopefully that will go well. While we were in the “big city” , we ate lunch at Olive Garden. Salad, soup and breadsticks! Yum-O! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

To-Do Tuesday # 85

Good Morning! Today is To-Do Tuesday! Thanks Linda for keeping me motivated and on track!

Let’s see how I did and then check out others at Texas Quilt Gal  






March 29 - April 4

1. Get a start on pink! Happy Blocks and ZigZag blocks! ✅

The HSTs are arranged on my dimly lit hallway “design board”! I keep looking at the balance of color. This may not be the way they stay, but we’ll see!

I don’t have much pink that reads solid. In fact Mr Busy thinks the borders on the top 2 look red! The are intense! 

2. Trim and attach binding to Chunky Churn Dash! ✅

It’s been washed and dried and did not fade one bit!





3. Stitch on August’s Year in the Garden. ✅

It’s done and pressed. I will wait to trim it until I’m ready to finish the quilt!





4. Make some Bow Blocks for Melva’s “Pieces in the Garden” and download Block 3 from her site!

Partly done= I got engrossed in pink HST and stitching! And we had overnight company. But I did get the Block 3 downloaded .

I'm pretty sure I have never made a block like this one!  It will be challenging!

Next week 

April 5 - April 11

1. Work on pink table scraps challenge 

2. Sew zigzag blocks

3. Look for solid pink

4. Trace September design for “A Year in the Garden”

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!