Rainbow Scrap Challenge. End of February Green.

 

 I was a slow starter in February. But I kicked into high gear on Friday. The crumb blocks kept growing. This more muted slab will become a topper for my side table in the living room.

You can see I need to add a piece on the right side of the bottom part. Then it will be ready for backing , batting, and quilting. 

Then this pice is long enough, but needs some more width. About 2.5 inches, to be 12 x 11. Then it will fit on the nesting smaller table.

I have this type of table beside my chair, but mine are oak. 

Then I can get my March stitcheries out and put Valentines away!

I’m linking late Sunday afternoon with ScrapHappy Saturday. Then I’ll begin sewing Red tomorrow. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

2025~~SAHRR FINISHED PARADE

 

Today is the day for the SAHRR Parade. I’m linking up at Quilting Gail.

This is how my project (just the top) finished. 

I used some red fabric for the backing. 

It’s called Autumn’s Charm, but it looks Christmas-y to me. 

As I was making the back I noticed that the white portions of the salvage were pinkish. I did remember prewashing that piece. But decided to stay stitch around the edges and wash it again when I washed my dresser topper. 

I did that yesterday. I used 2 Color Catchers but did not put it in the dryer. 

The color catchers after washing. Glad I decided to do that.

This is the dresser topper just out of the washer! No pink! All good!. 

 Last night I cut a piece of Hobbs batting, 48 X 48 and this morning when I get back from the Rec Center, I’ll press the backing and get it ready to deliver to my quilter. Her husband had knee replacement surgery, so she took a short break from her long arm. 

This is my 3rd time participating in SAHRR and I am most pleased with the outcome. My success stems, I think, from having enough of consistent background fabric and some good coordination of the other fabric. Scrappy is not easy to do on these projects. 

Can’t wait til next time. Thank you to Gail and to Kathleen, Anja, Wendy, Brenda, and Emily for this year’s SAHRR. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Two for One

Or more precisely, one project for two different memes!

I enjoy participating in The Joyful Quilter’s Monthly Table Scraps Challenge and Alycia Quilt’s weekly Finished or Not Friday.

 May’s RSC color was pink. As I have all year,  I sewed scraps of the monthly color, sometimes my scraps used a pattern, sometimes into crumb blocks. Using Joyful’s theme prompt Kentucky Derby, I struggled. My pinks went together slowly. No photos, I was struggling. I’m a city girl. I’ve never liked horses! Some girls go through a horse phase around 8-12 yo. Not me. They frightened me!  But, I like hats! 👒 I considered a big floppy girly hat. That would have been awesome if I lived on the East Coast and there was a possibility of attending the Kentucky Derby! But I live in Wyoming!  A cowboy hat would have been wrong, so I appliqued a Derby shape on my table topper. I quilted a 1 inch grid diagonally, zigzaged the brown derbies and bound it with the same fabric as the back. Done!

The derby is a image from the internet.

And so I have a finish. A pink crumb table topper with brown derbies will be used on my side table this summer.

I’m linking this post at Table Scraps Challenge and at Finished or Not Friday ! 

 

 Please visit Alycia Quilts FONF and Joyful Quilter TSC using the links above. 

Busy Hands Are Happy Hands, Stay Busy!

ScrapHappy Saturday!! July 22, 2023!

I'm joining Angela at So Scrappy today to share with others for ScrapHappy Saturday and Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2023.  July's color is red!!

There was some red sewn this week. Parts and pieces to make a table topper for the back deck table. Since we got the fire table for our anniversary, more time has been spent sitting around the flame with a glass of wine. There needs to be a covering on the slate topped table. So I have been puzzling pieces of a panel with some red - two different ones and some blue stars. It is still July and I had this 4th of July themed panel in my stash. For a really long time!

Side one!↗

Side two ↗

Several years ago I made this round one with some crumbs and a large piece of the panel.  So soon I will have coordinating toppers!!  

A bit more was done on the borders for my spool quilt. The top border is done with ironing on the applique. I have started the bottom border.  When all the pieces are attached, I'll begin buttonhole stitching the pieces down. 

Top border ↗️

Bottom border ↗️

While sewing the red sashing to the fussy cut pieces of the panel, my machine seemed to be making a different than normal sound. I have a Bernina with a front loading bobbin that sits in a cabinet. I’ve changed the needle and the bobbin recently. But I can do it by feel, I don’t really inspect the bobbin area every time. But I sewed lots of batting pieces together recently! 

 It has never looked this bad in all the years (21), that I have owned it. I cleaned it of course, and promise to look every time I change the bobbin. It’s 2 hrs, 140 miles to the nearest Bernina dealer, but an appointment will be made today. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!