ScrapHappy Saturday! A tad more green

It's Saturday!! And it's windy in Wyoming!  Fall is in the air and that means Rainbow Scrap Challenge is coming to a close. A time to finish up the light/bright greens and think about final constructions. I'm linking up with Angela at So Scrappy to share my greens and my other projects. All my ZigZag rows are in a box, ready to be laid out on the floor to get the color layout just right. Then I'll sew them together, find a backing and get it quilted. I have a place for this one, so it shouldn't languish in the UFO pile!

Last week I showed my design board with green squares and light and gray rectangles. This week they became 4- 12.5” blocks for CiL. That's all the gray I could find in my cavern of scraps. 

Even my light neutral scraps are getting low. I cut into some  fat quarters for a few of these. If you are interested in how these blocks could be arranged, check here. Andy of A Bright Corner calls them Scrap Bin  Geese. Her tutorial called for grays on the left ot right, bit Kat from Kat and Cat Quilts, specifically wanted grays all on the same, right hand side. 

Other than putting a label n Baby Pop Star, my weekend will be spent cutting more goose parts for Alicia’s Mystery QOV. Only 170 to go!  Did you catch that! The special little pumpkin, due the end of October, came early! So now I have her pertinent information and a label is in order. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

To-Do Tuesday. Welcome October! 🍁 🎃 🦹

Welcome to the first to do list for October! The season had begun. Lots of happenings and lots of list making will follow! Join us at Texas Quilt Gal, where hostess Linda provides a place to show and tell! 

My list from last week, 

September 27th - October 3rd. 

✅1. Take quilt entries to the Quilt Show check-in site on Thursday or Friday.  Sit 2 hrs Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd of October at our local Quilt Show. They needed volunteers to sit at the Opportunity Quilt ticket table.  ( that's Wyoming-ese for Raffle Quilt).   

No photos of me sitting at the raffle table, but there are photos of the show here, if you are interested

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✅2. Keep stitching on Boo Crew!  I bought the mounting plaque recommended by the FQS so I’m ready to be done. 

                          I’ve started stitching the black cat. 

✅ 3.Sew some blue and white geese blocks for the QOV Mystery. 

A few were cut,one was made.   

I ended up making a huge mess in my sewing room, when I decided to clean out a dresser in the corner! So progress was slow. Back to it this week. 

✅4. Bind Pop Star baby quilt!

                     Ready and waiting for this little “pumpkin” to arrive. 

Next week

1. Keep working on the flying geese for Alicia’s QOV Mystery.

2. Sew some bright green for Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 

3. Maybe, just maybe finish stitching Boo Crew!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 22. - October 1. POP STAR BABY!

I'm linking up with Angela at RSC22.  Angela's blog is live and they are reasonably well.  Without power and spotty cell service, I hope she can check back in on those of us who were or are unaffected by the fury of the hurricane. 

First let me say I hope all of you who endured Ian or are enduring  its aftermath are mostly fine. We have extended family in Florida and most have reported that though without power and water they are doing pretty well! I learned years ago, that when worry or grief overtakes you, that sometimes immersing yourself in fabric helps. I’m too far away to help, so I’ll just sew.



I finally have a real finish! This little baby quilt came back from the quilter and the binding is done! I will wait to put a label on until I know this sweet girl’s name, and exact birthday. Some time near the end of October!

And there is some bright green in this one. This POP STAR by Sandra Walker. I selected the fabrics from my stash, it's a bit unorthodox. Yellow, green and pink. But the baby it is intended for is a girl. And the nursery is done in greens. 

Now to cut more light greens for my RSC blocks and continue sewing RWB for the QOV Mystery. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

I LIKE Thursday ~ Health and Beauty

No beauty products for me to recommend. I rarely wear any makeup. Lipstick, muted, occasionally. 

Two product that are always in my house are Aquaphor, and Vick’s. 

In the winter my hands get extra dry. My fingertips split. Aquaphor is my go-to remedy! Slather on, cover with white cotton gloves at bedtime. 

Vicks is in my medicine cabinet at all times too! Chapped lips, stuffy nose, sore throat, cough, tiny paper cut. It fixes it all!  ps: It’s often referred to as “husband repellent “ at our house! Tongue in cheek!,

 On to other likes this week. 

Not too many!

I posted about my Table Scraps Challenge here.

I picked up Pop Star from my favorite quilter. It’s ready for binding! I think the quilting is lovely, don’t you?  

I reorganized some baskets in my sewing room! Actually I emptied some! 

A friend and I talked about “scarcity syndrome” as being very real. I find it so hard to let go of stuff, that most times I don’t. This week a box to donate to our Quilt Show’s Boutique! ( a nook at the venue that is packed with books, patterns, fabrics, all for sale)

So far, family in Florida are safe! I am concerned though! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy! And SAFE! 

OMG August Finish

My goal was to get POP STAR put together and get a backing ready. It looked like this on August 2nd. 

Here it is all ready to go to the quilter. She has put me on her list and will call me when she is ready for it. The baby is due in late October. So I have some time. I'll get the binding made while I wait.!

Batting, backing with ruby rosebuds, and the quilt top ready for the quilter! 

I’m linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal - August Final Link Up!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

Thought it was Finished, it’s Not Finished!

I'm joining Alycia and friends at Finished or Not Finished Friday.

I took a picture of my version of Pop Star thinking it was a finished flimsy. Nope!!  One more 2'5" border of background all around. They are cut and measured. I'll set them on after my grocery pickup at 1:00 pm. 

I'm going to piece a backing . I have some yellow and green hot air balloon flannel and some green dotted flannel that will work. I'm sure I have a piece of batting that is big enough. This is a small quilt. Just under 40" square.  Then I will get it to the quilter as soon as I can get on her list!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!