Table Scraps Challenge ~~~Trees , Any Color! 11-24

November color and idea prompt was presented by Joyful in her post dated October 25th.. Maker’s Choice for color and trees . I needed a Christmasy something for my guest bathroom. I had a blue towel but it had couple of rough spots. So I appliqued some trees. 

As I was thinking about this little scrappy project I was wondering what to use for tree patterns! I don’t think I have one in my cookie cutters. There were some quilt patterns on line. But I didn’t really want to buy a pattern just for this .  I was putting borders on a long ago UFO. 

Do you see what I see? 

A trio of Christmas trees. I opened the pattern pack and set to tracing the shapes on some wonder under. 

UM-M…..the pattern has some X’s that represent stars at the top of each tree. I didn’t add those on the quilt!  🙃 Well, it’s still a flimsy so I can fix that! 

My trees on the blue hand towel have stars at the top!

I didn’t notice til I took this photo, how much shadow there is from the light over the vanity. Apologies!

Linking up with The Joyful Quilter for November’s Table Scraps Challenge. .

Looking forward to the December challenge! What color, Joyful and what direction am I going? 

~~~~Rainbow Pluses! Might be challenging since I’ll be away from my machine all of December!

And I’m cheating a little by posting this on Angela’s Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful ! 
 

A Snowy Cold Wet week!

 I dug out a Fall flavored UFO from Fall of 2023! Determined to finish for Fall 2024. Technically it is still Fall!

This kit was a gift from a friend. I love the colors and most of the fabric. The pattern cover photo showed a plaid pumpkin but no plaid fabric was included! Now, I love plaid! So I went to see if I could find a coordinating plaid in my stash. And I did! Lower left pumpkin! 

October 22, on the design wall!

Then came pumpkin carving with some littles down the street! 

And a quick finish for Table Scraps Challenge. Lights and Cats! So kitty coasters!

And then it snowed. Heavy wet , tree breaking snow. Good days to stay in and sew. 

And  sew I did! I had to put a piece on the bottom of the backing. Either the directions were wrong, or I mis read them, or I just screwed up.! Either way, it’s pieced. But it will be my label! Happy Accident !

Just this morning, Saturday,I put the last 12 “ of stitches in the binding. It is D-O-N-E, done! 

Just so you know, the background was a poor choice. That’s a brown four patch quilt on our guest bed. That room has the best light this morning. It’s is COLD 🥶 and windy outside!

I’m linking up with Alycia , for Finished or Not Friday ( a little bit late), and Angela at Rainbow Scraps Challenge    and Slow Sunday Stitching at KathyQuilts, because there are a boat load of threads to bury and I’ll  finish that on Sunday! 

amended:  I'll share at Oh Scrap also at Quilting is More Fun than Housework. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful! 

         

Scrap Happy Saturday 8-10-24

 

I attended a Sleep In Your Own Bed retreat this week hosted by a group I belong to called LooseThreads! We met Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in a large meeting room at our local library. We invited other sewing groups to join us. Some Thursday Stitchers and Material Girls attended. Several people were out of town or working at the Pathfinders Camporee. We had 60,000 campers and staff visited our small city. Almost double our population. 

A drone photo of one of their evening assemblies. It was an amazing thing to see.

I managed to sew all 8 of my orange Split 9 blocks and 4 zipper blocks. There were 5, but the fifth had an oops, so it was unsewn and will be remedied today. 

I often don’t cut well with others, and this is a prime example. Luckily there was another piece of the dotted fabric that was long enough to cut a 9 1/2” strip! Phew! 

And scrappy crumb blocks were started. They will be used in the Table Scraps Challenge for August!

I’m joining other scrappy sew-ers at Angela’s ScrapHappy Saturday!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful! 

Scrap Happy Saturday July 27

 

Wow! Summer is coming to an end. I hate that statement! My achy old knees and hips like the warm. Of course this week it has been more like summer than earlier. Thursday it was 105 F officially. Then Friday it cooled off to  86 F. 

This week I  worked on two different aqua quilted items . My One Monthly Goal is this cute little baby/kids quilt with Princess Jasmine. It is quilted and bound ready to go to the donation box. 

Then my Table Scraps Challenge entry that required aqua and butterflies. Or one butterfly to be correct.

You can read my challenge post HERE

 

I like the gingham on the back!

My evening stitching included some dark aqua or teal!

This is a slow stitch, but I am enjoying it. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful! 

Looking forward to our new color and different scraps ! Linking up with Angela at Scrap Happy Saturday!

Scrap Happy Saturday

 

Joining with other makers for Rainbow Scrap Challenge. RSC is hosted by Angela from Super Scrappy!

This will link you to Angela’s home page. As soon as I see that she has posted her Linky Party , I’ll correct the link! It’s early here and I have watering and dead heading to do before it gets hot!🥵😀

The first three zipper blocks! So many shades and hues of Aqua! 

The last 2 zipper blocks. Total of 5. 

I’ve been sewing other aqua but you will have to wait for Table Scraps Challenge reveal. It’s not quite finished!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Scrap Happy Saturday. First Aqua blocks

 Luckily there was some sewing this week

I had a goal of 4 Split 9 blocks! But the parts for eight blocks were cut and on my sewing table, so why not? 

I also finally cut one inch 😳 sashing pieces to make a trial block called Square Pegs! In the event you can’t tell it’s a Bonnie Hunter pattern! 🙂 I struggle with little pieces! What was I thinking? Do I need new glasses? A better 1/4” guide? Yikes!

I'm going to have to redo that bottom row. My verticals are way!!!! off! 😖

Then I set a One Monthly Goal for July! I failed April and May, though I finally did get the shower curtain finished and hung up. June I was just lazy! My OMG for July has some aqua, I will quilt this small quilt!

Linking up with Angela and friends at Scrap Happy Saturday   Sharing aqua, teal, turquoise, ocean. pool??? colors this month. 

 Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Table Scraps Challenge for June ‘24

 

It’s the end of June! I was mistaken in my RSC post last week, when I said the 22nd was the last Saturday for blue sewing. Maybe I was thinking of only myself! Haha! We have the 29th to sew blue! I’ve been sewing all the leftovers of the blue on my cutting table! Well, maybe not all the leftovers!  But blue crumb blocks were constructed! And blue 5” wide chunks were sewn together. 

The chunks were laid on 9.5” x5” pieces of batting..and loosely quilt with X’s . The navy blue star is 5”x5” and quilted to a piece of batting. Then crumb blocks cut 5x5 were layered to plain 5x5 pieces, pressed wrong sides together to make 4 pockets. Those were basted to the bottom of the 5x9.5 chunks!

Then I went looking for watermelon fabric. Because the prompt for this month was “Watermelon” and blue fabric! 🤔🙄

Whoo Hoo! I found some! 

So, I’ve been wanting a small but not too small crossbody bag to carry my cellphone, wallet, a hankie and maybe some gum or breath mints. I also have a small collapsible hair brush! You know the essentials but not all the other stuff!

What better way to use up my blue scraps! I found this Whistle Pig pattern in my pattern tote. I made the small one. It calls for a charm pack, but I cut my blue scraps and crumb blocks to 5x5. 

This is what happened!

A buttonholes was attempted…..

It’s finished! 

The back↗️

The front↗️

And the watermelon print inside! A win-win! 

Amended:Sorry for the dark photo, I’ll try for a better one this morning outside! 

I’m sharing this project at Table Scraps Challenge and at Finished or Not Friday!

PS:   You know I hate selfies,  this is what you get! 

Also: I’ll share this post at Scrap Happy Saturday! There were 2 more blue zipper blocks made as leaders and Enders while I put my bag together. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy! 

And Happy 4th of July to my friends here in the USA! 🇺🇸