Wonderful Wednesday - Snug as a Bug Quilt Challenge

Welcome to another edition of Wonderful Wednesday!!  It hasn't been too long since I last released a post for this series.  I thought you might like to see photos of the 2026 Snug as a Bug on a Quilt Challenge entries from our local Quilt Guild.

Am I right?

First, you might like an idea of the rules.

1. Include a bug somewhere on front of your quilt.  Anything goes!

2. Limited to 36" on any side.

There were suggestions offered in our monthly newsletters leading up to the event and the resulting quilts were incredible!!

Monday was the entry deadline...

As you will see, there was a TON of creativity on display.  I apologize in advance for the hastily taken photos.  You will still get a fairly good idea of how each quilter interpreted the theme.  I'm pretty sure that you just want me to stop talking and let you see the quilts.

If so, keep scrolling...

Entry # 1:

Two:

Number 3:

Four:

My most sincere apologies to the maker of this missing entry!!!  :o((

5:

Six:

#7:

Eight:

Entry 9:

#10:

Eleven:

Number 12:

Thirteen:

#14:

And...

Entry Fifteen:

Did YOU make a quilt for the challenge, Joyful???

Of course, I did!!

If you know my style or if you've been paying attention to my last several ScrapHappy Saturday posts, you might have spotted my entry in the photos above.

While this journal page was the jumping off point for my quilt...

Here is my resulting entry:

Which quilts won the challenge, Joyful???

I thought you might be wondering about that.

The winners, by popular vote, were as follows...

Photo from Facebook, compliments of Guild Social Media Chair.

Here's a closer look at the quilts in the photo above:

3rd Place:

and

Yes.  There was a tie for 3rd Place (which seems to happen often in recent years.)

2nd Place:

1st Place:

Editor's Note...

Congratulations to each member who completed a challenge entry.  Well done!  They were ALL fantastic!  Thank you for looking!  I also want to offer a special thank you to Irena, Jr. for taking over the hosting of our Guild Challenge.  It was a fun one and more so since I didn't have to concern myself with coordination of this year's event!  It was a good 5 years, but I'm happy to have stepped back to let someone else take the lead.

Until next time...

Be SEW creative!!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC26 - Week 42

Welcome to Week 42 of the 2026 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week there are lessons to complete, errands to run and a couple of quilt projects that need my attention.  Will October's RSC Color of the Month come into play?

Read on to see what happens...

SUNDAY -  Celebration Day

This morning, I brought out my BROWN (Dark NEUTRAL) Quilted Scrap Basket to sort through for this month's Rainbow Scrap Challenge:

My Weekly Morning Art Zoom at Get Messy found me making another attempt at collage on the gel plate using some black and gray paper scraps:

Dinner at Carmen's Cuban Cafe to celebrate the day with a couple who hadn't yet arrived:

MONDAY - Stay at Home Day

My day began with a Watercolor class with Tammy Kaye.  The painting below still needs some additional greenery between the flowers and the stems:

This week's Library Crawl followed featuring a class from Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd.  This is my interpretation of the lesson presented:

Some quilting followed:

And finally...

I met with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color for our Weekly Zoom Call:

TUESDAY - Art/Errand Day

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During the Early Explorers hangout, I took another look at the gel printed collage made on Sunday.  You'll have to wait for the result since I didn't manage to finish it this morning.  Now, I'm off to take care of some important errands.

WEDNESDAY - Sew/Art Day

During Midweek Meetup I worked on this painting from the recent Wild Nature taster sessions at Willowing Art.  The mixed media techniques used were presented by artist Cornelia Zelinka-Bodis.  I'm pleased with the completed page in my watercolor journal:

Later I met with my friend Belinda in Maine for our Watercolor Zoom:

Here is the painting inspired by another of the recent Wild Nature taster sessions at Willowing Art.  This is my interpretation of the loose watercolor bridge scene from a lesson by Colleen Kastner called Welcome to the Lake:

THURSDAY - Quilt/Art Day

Weekly Quilt Group met at Ella's.  No photo to share.  I went straight home for a couple of online art lessons.  "Sketch a Sunny Moment" from Mayad Allos was followed by the "Ocean Waves" lesson from Yana Ivannikova.  No completed paintings were produced, but the first photo in her gallery link is quite similar to the seascape I was attempting.

Later, Britt and I met on Zoom for an ART-venture based on a Wild Nature taster session at Willowing Art.  We thoroughly enjoyed the watercolor techniques used by artist Cornelia Zelinka-Bodis.  The texture made for an interesting piece:

FRIDAY - Knit/Art Day

This morning's Knit Group was held at Beth's house...

During Deandra's Art Zoom after lunch, I circled back to a recent page in my Collage Scraps Journal. Words and a floral focal point completed it nicely:

Tonight while attending my Weekly Evening Art Zoom, I repeated the afternoon's activity with another page by adding a focal image from my paper stash: 

SATURDAY - It's LINK PARTY day for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!  I hope you will stop by for a visit Angela @ So Scrappy to see what the RSC Quilters have been up to this week.  If you are looking for me...

I'll be in the studio quilting on my October UFO Challenge project...

Pieced by my friend Diane H.

AFTER I spent some time with my artsy friends, that is!  Here is the page I created during the Midmonth Gathering at Get Messy with abstract artist Norma Chung:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC26 - Week 41

Welcome to Week 41 of the 2026 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week will be a mixed bag.  No appointments, but art and sewing will feature heavily in my days.  Angela gave the RSC Quilters the task of working with their Light and/or Dark NEUTRALS this month.  

Read on to see what transpired...

SUNDAY -  My Weekly Morning Art Zoom at Get Messy resulted in the following page in my Collage Scraps Journal using papers from @thisistruleetraci on Instagram:

MONDAY - Stay at Home Day

This week's Library Crawl featured @shemidixon and her lesson from Get Messy's Season of Enough.  We layer collage scraps on our page... 

Added some paint splotches (shown above) and a traced focal image...

To create an interesting journal page with the addition of a few words about a special person:

TUESDAY - Art/Errand Day

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During the Early Explorers hangout, I used a previously assembled collage cluster to create another page in my Collage Scraps Altered Book:

Here I am, in Light NEUTRAL attire, waiting for LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color to join our Weekly Zoom Call later in the day:

WEDNESDAY - Sew/Art Day

During Midweek Meetup I worked on my currant quilt project:

THURSDAY - Quilt/Art Day

Weekly Quilt Group met at Candy's.  I showed off more of my Quilt Show goodies, but didn't get any pictures.

After a brief stop at the store and lunch with Britt, we enjoyed an ART-venture this afternoon.  An attempt at a beach scene from Lisa Riehl was on today's agenda:

FRIDAY - Knit/Art Day

Knit Group was held at Tracy's house...

and visited the animals at Woolen Pond Farm this morning:

During Deandra's Art Zoom this afternoon, I worked on another page in my Collage Scraps Journal begun with yet another previously assembled collage cluster:

During my Weekly Evening Art Zoom, I repeated the afternoon's activity with another collage cluster and additional papers from my stash: 

SATURDAY - It's LINK PARTY day for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!  I hope you will stop by for a visit Angela @ So Scrappy to see what the RSC Quilters have been up to this week.  If you are looking for me...

I'll be upstairs rooting around in my Black Quilted Scrap Basket to see if I can find anything that works with my current quilt project:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!!