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!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC25 - Week 25

Welcome to Week 25 of the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  Four days after its release, this week's was obliterated by a technical glitch.

I've done my best to recreate it in the entries that follow...

SUNDAY - Weekly Morning Art Zoom was Roll the Dice:

Later I caught up on last week's Get Messy lesson...

As well as the current Catalysts & Curiosities prompt from Meg Journals:

MONDAY - Work

Roofing on House #17:

Weekly Zoom Call with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color:

TUESDAY - Day Off 

Open Studio with Barb and friends found me layering up this month's Postcard Swap:

WEDNESDAY - Day Off

I did some sewing, but not with ORANGE scraps:

THURSDAY - Day Off

Weekly Morning Quilt Group came with a tour of DeeDee's lovely garden...

That was followed by Curiosity Collective where I made this Love & Tacos journal page in response to this week's Get Messy lesson:

Followed by ransom note letters for my swap buddies:

FRIDAY - Work Day Off

No Knit Group, but I attended Open Studio with Deandra.  Today's project?  

Britt and I chatted while waiting for our friends to join the Weekly Evening Art Zoom...

I know I worked on something, but at this point I don't know what that was.  Sigh...

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.

Zoomed with Knittingsuek this afternoon:

About that technical glitch...

One might call it Operator Error.  Whoops!

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

Wonderful Wednesday - May 2025 - Evening Bee Sew Day

Welcome to another edition of Wonderful Wednesday!!  In this post, I will share the very first Sew Day of my Evening Quilt Bee!!  We've been meeting as a group for many years, but had never had a Sew Day before this lovely Spring day in May.  Yes, it's been a month since the event and we're already planning another for late-Summer.

Here are the the attendees...

Joy:

Sue:

Dawn, already quilting:

Maggie:

Britt:

And Joy.  She was pleased to finish this mini mug rug before lunch time:

Photos from the day...

Maggie and Britt shared space at the cutting table:

Maggie...

And Sue working side by side on the panels for their Mondo Bags:

Carol stopped by for a quick visit after her grandson's baseball game:

Mary Ann joined us after lunch - and the yard sale at the Passmore Center:

Britt made more blocks for an age old UFO project:

Mary Ann struggled through her first paper piecing project:

After the quilting, Dawn moved on to making the binding for a baby quilt...

And she soon had a completed quilt:

Here's Britt, fiddling with her quilt's layout and checking to see if she needs to make more blocks:

Maggie, taming "the octopus" lining that will (eventually) be the inside of her Mondo Bag:

Joy made progress on her latest mini quilt:

Assembled and ready for the next step:

Dawn got the binding sewn on and down.  Congrats on her 2nd completed project of the day:

Here are the few who stayed til the bitter end:

Thank you to our "clean-up" crew!  Britt, Joy, and Dawn reset the room for the next guests after getting to a stopping point on their projects.  Special thanks to Sue for securing the space for this event!

Until next time...

We had SEW much fun!!