Summer 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The List

Welcome back to The Joyful Quilter!! The Summer 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club is now OPEN for sign-ups!! Participants MUST list (at least) FIVE quilt projects. Photos should accompany the list. Sign-ups end at midnight EDT on July 7, 2025.

NOTE: All qualifying finishes must be posted BEFORE midnight (EDT) on August 31, 2025!!!

What's the plan this time, Joyful???

Same plan, different term.  My strategy is usually to list WAY more projects than I could EVER possibly finish in a single session and hope for the best! The "at least FIVE" project requirement for participation is the bare minimum, but I tend to err on the side MORE is better. I haven't changed. I'm still a bit of a moody quilter. That means I have to "be in the mood" to work on any given project! By varying the size and style of the items included on my list, I have options. These choices increase the chances of finding projects that I want to work on during the quarter.

Here is my project list for the SUMMER 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club:

1. Double Pink & Brown BOM (??)

2. Bright Eyes (Faces Workshop 2021)

3. Grape Candy Coated (2023)

4. DOQ Neighborhood Challenge (2023)

5. A2 Baby! (2023 - on left)

6. Bottom of the Barrel PURPLE Race Quilt (2024)

7. Like Deborah (Boschart) Only Not (2016)

8. TSC Rainbow Plus Quilt (2024)

9. Color Wheel Runner (2023)

10. QFK JRR on Steroids (2023)

11. Sweet Kisses (2021)

12. Kaffe Runner/Topper (2022)

13. Blue and Green for Parrish (2016)

14. Aboriginal Runner (2022)

15. Stitch Studio Remix (2012)

Quilting by Diane @ Stitch Studio

16. Bottom of the Bin Topper (2024)

17. Scrap Jar Stars (2017)

18. Inherited Iris (2020)

19. Ravelry Exchange Quilt (2009)

20. Shrunken Stars (2020)

SEW...

We'll see how many projects I can complete in a 3-month period of time. The reasoning behind the choice is that with 20 projects for the Summer 2025 UFO Club, I'm hoping that I will be lured by the "low hanging fruit" and build momentum for some additional quilting time. My goal is actually only ONE finish for the quarter. More than that is a bonus!  Perhaps, I will even remember to post each of them to the group... unlike the final finish for the last session.  Whoops!

Remember...

The Summer 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club is OPEN for sign-ups at THIS LINK.  YOU are invited join in the finishing fun.  Members must list 5 (or more) projects for participation. Sign-ups will close at Midnight (EDT) on Monday, July 7th!  Please drop me an email, if you find that you need help with the process.  (Join Ravelry. Join the Quilters Knitting group, go the UFO Club discussion thread and state your intentions for participation.)

Until next time...

Wish me luck!!

The Guest Blogger(s) - Vol. 60 - Debbie Goes to the Beach

Welcome to Volume 60 of The Guest Blogger(s)!!  Yesterday, I received an email from Debbie M., one of my Get Messy Art membership friends.  She's been busy with her TABLE SCRAPS Challenge inspired the Life's a Beach prompt for the June TABLE SCRAPS Challenge.

Here is what she had to say about it...

Here is my June challenge piece. This piece was so fun.  I used to live near the Hollywood, Florida beach.  We spent every minute we could enjoying our time on the beach.  The quilt piece is going to spend the summer on my dining room table.

I replied:

Super cute, Debbie! What a great reminder of your time spent in Florida.

Here's the accompanying photo that Debbie sent:

Give Debbie some quilty love in the comments below.  I'm SEW happy to share her appliqued entry with all of you.  I know that you enjoy seeing her work as much as I do!  Thank you for sending the photo for the blog, Debbie.  It's lovely to be able to post your project (and anyone else's without a blog.)  Quilters are always looking for ways to USE the scraps from our cutting tables!

Link Party REMINDER...

The June 2025 Link Party opened on  Friday, June 27th @ 12:01 AM.  There's still time for YOU to join the scrappy fun!  Small projects are quick and entries can be added until Wednesday, July 2nd @ 11:59 PM (EDT).

Until next time...

USE those (table) SCRAPS!!!

Spring 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The Results

Welcome to another edition of Tidy Up Tuesday here at The Joyful Quilter!!  I'm coming to you with a quarterly report on a 15 year venture within the Quilters Knitting group on Ravelry.  Since I'm the coordinator of the UFO Club, I like to reveal updates here on the blog, as it's the very reason for my blog's existence.  The program has resulted in more than 800 UFO finishes in the last 5 years and nearly 2000 UFO finishes since its inception 15 years ago!  YOU are welcome to participate, as well.  (Find details for membership at the bottom of this post.)

The SPRING 2025 UFO Club is now CLOSED!!  Participants MUST have listed (at least) FIVE projects. Photos should have accompany the list.  Sign-ups ended at midnight EDT on April 7, 2025.

NOTE:  All qualifying finishes must have been posted BEFORE midnight EDT on June 30, 2025!!!

Membership (29):

basketcase9702: 2 completed projects

tallgrasscrafter: 2 completed projects

GirlReaction

fairfaxknitter: 2 completed projects

amalberti

monicarose51

Cindiknits

doris7264: 4 completed projects

peregrineknit

dzirin: 2 completed projects

Momma2abunch: 2 completed projects

Lallison79

gathersnomoss: 1 completed project

siberspinner

djaquilter

tjsayers: 2 completed projects

BethCtoo

MissCarlotta: 2 completed projects

amayzingrace: 5 completed projects

spyndragon

WildcardFiber

robobeagle: 4 completed projects

MorganLaFey

statsgeek: 7 completed projects

Stacy

aerieiris

sk2p

montricot: 2 completed projects

bookwormdjibouti

Session Totals: 13 quilters have completed 37 projects

Congratulations to Statsgeek who completed SEVEN (7) projects during the term our Rock Star this time around. Congrats also to Momma2abunch who earned the title of Queen of the Last Minute with her two finishes posted mere hours before the deadline. 

Thank you to all of our participants and to those who cheered us along! We truly appreciate the support. Congratulations to all of our finishers and hopefully those of you who weren't able to complete a project were pleased with whatever progress you were able to achieve!

My contributions to that total???

TWO (2) donation quilts for my local quilt guild's community outreach programs.

The Big RED Race Quilt:

40" x 47"

And...

Short Track RED Race Quilt:

40" x 43"

REMINDER...

The Summer 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club is OPEN for sign-ups at THIS LINK.  YOU are invited join in the finishing fun.  Members must list 5 (or more) projects for participation. Sign-ups will close at Midnight (EDT) on Monday, July 7th!  Please drop me an email, if you find that you need help with the process.  (Join Ravelry. Join the Quilters Knitting group, go the UFO Club discussion thread and state your intentions for participation.)

Until next time...

Mark another UFO off the list!!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC 25 - Week 26

Welcome to Week 25 of the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week is going to be a "sewing with a side of art" week.  Errands and work will be thrown in as well.

 This is how it all panned out...

SUNDAY - Weekly Morning Art Zoom found me working on the GEMSTONE prompt for ICAD...

Followed by the PETAL prompt:

When lunch was done, I returned to the studio for an afternoon of ORANGE scrap sewing:

MONDAY - Day Off

This morning, contractors were digging out for the new neighbor sidewalk that will end at our driveway, but that involved leveling the front section of our side yard.  DH negotiated removal of the giant rocks formerly just outside my studio window...

All that noise didn't stop me from enjoying a watercolor class with Tammy Kaye:

I got my days wrong and barged in on Kathe and Nicky's private art chat.  They were very gracious and didn't chase me off.  I knocked out the ONAMOTOPIA prompt for ICAD:

TUESDAY - Day Off 

I attended Open Studio with Barb and completed my card inspired by the TURTLE prompt:

Later, I got brave and decided on the next step for my contribution to the Window Seats quilt:

WEDNESDAY - Work

I did the grocery run this morning because I knew I wouldn't have time later.  When I returned home this afternoon, it was time for my Weekly Zoom Call with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color:

In neighborhood construction news...

Contractors were back again today for another pass at the sidewalk installation...

And "build kits" were delivered for House # 18 and #19, the final two houses in the new neighborhood:

DH and I did an airport run this evening, as DS2 returned from his vacation.

THURSDAY - Work

I did some computer work when I got home,  had a quick dinner and left for my Monthly Evening Quilt Bee meeting.  Here is a photo of those who gathered:

FRIDAY - TABLE SCRAPS Challenge

Knit Group was fun today with 4 in person attendees...

And Linda joined us via Zoom:

Open Studio with Deandra found me trying to catch up on the ICAD prompts that I skipped.  My interpretation of the AVIARY prompt is shown below:

After dinner, at my Weekly Evening Art Zoom a couple of attempts at the SUNRISE prompt from Week 5 produced disastrous results for the Index-Card-a-Day challenge from Tammy @ Daisy Yellow Art...

So I selected a simplified design and called it a day:

SATURDAY - It's LINK PARTY day for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!  I hope you will join me in visiting Angela @ So Scrappy to see what the RSC Quilters have been up to this week.

I'm enjoyed an Art Day with Britt:

I'm showing off a few of the collage clusters I made using Britt's scraps and she's showing her interpretation of the SUNRISE prompt for ICAD.  Thanks for a fun day, B!!

When I got home, Knittingsuek and I met for our Weekly Zoom Call:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

June 2025 - TABLE SCRAPS Challenge - Link Party

Welcome to the JUNE 2025 edition of the TABLE SCRAPS Challenge here at the Joyful Quilter!!  I'll start with a little backstory, in case you are new here.  (Apologies to my regular readers since you already know all about it.) I'm a scrap quilter who had been setting up individual challenges for several years in conjunction with Angela's (RSC) Rainbow Scrap Challenge @ So Scrappy.  Participants from around the corner, across the country and around the world have been having SEW much fun and we all have MORE scraps to use, so I am pleased to offer the...

In 2025, we have a broad range of quilted items that are appropriate for linking to the Challenge.  Baskets and bins, along with pillows and pin cushions, are all qualifying projects.  Not just the toppers, runners, and mug rugs.  Basically, ANY quilted item qualifies.  The main premise is that you USE the (new or old) SCRAPS from your cutting table (or your friend's cutting table - since that's where the majority of my scraps come from!)

There will be a prompt each month to help get your creative juices flowing.  While you are NOT required to use it in your project, the guiding word will be revealed at the end of each month's LINK PARTY post.  Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the following month's focus.  It, along with the RSC Color of the Month (as soon as Angela releases it - around the 1st of the month.) will also be added to the 2025 TABLE SCRAPS Challenge page at the top of the blog.

This month's color was:

ORANGE

Here are the scraps I had to work with:

The theme for June was:

LIFE'S A BEACH

Thanks to Judy @ Busy Hands are Happy Hands blog for the suggestion!

What project did you choose, Joyful???

Thanks to inspiration from this magazine image...

 

I dug through the ORANGE Quilted Scrap Basket shown above and pulled out the batiks that were hiding in its depths:

Without the necessary range of gradients, batiks of sea and sand colors were added to the mix...

Then I began to sew sections together:

The top was assembled quickly.  Below you can see that it was layered with a scrap of batting, quilted with some straight lines and trimmed to size:

A single line of stitching finished it off and that's when I noticed the something...

The sun sinks into the horizon so I covered the lower half and here is my completed June 2025 TABLE SCRAPS Challenge project...

9" wide x 10" tall

What's next, Joyful???

I'm guessing that Angela will announce the Color of the Month for July on her Rainbow Scrap Challenge post tomorrow.  I'll post an update as soon as I discover her choice:

PURPLE

July's theme is:

ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN/BLOOM TIME

NOTE:  I'm looking forward to seeing what you are inspired to create!  Remember, while I look forward to seeing what you might make using the month's prompt, you are NOT required to use the suggested theme!!  The main goal is using up some of your scraps.  I have to say, I am SEW excited to come up with a design to fit our July challenge!

And now...

It's time for YOU to link up your LIFE'S A BEACH and/or ORANGE project in the LINK PARTY below. All entries MUST be submitted by Wednesday, July 2nd @ 11:59PM (EST).

Until next time...

USE those table scraps!!!

#tablescrapschallenge2025

Joining Cynthia

at

Quilting is More Fun than Housework

for

Oh Scrap!