ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC26 - Week 22

Welcome to Week 22 of the 2026 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week is going to be another full one.  Errands, classes, and meetings are scheduled.  The question remains...  Will there be time remaining for ORANGE scrap sewing???

Only time will tell, but here is how my days passed...

SUNDAY - During Weekly Morning Art Zoom, I worked on my OUTSIDE page for Messy May by selecting ransom note letters to spell out the prompt name:

In neighborhood news...

I went for a quick walk before dinner this evening.  What did I spy?  The final house has a SOLD sign out front!  I suppose that means more new neighbors will be moving in soon:

MONDAY - Memorial Day Holiday

Watercolor class with Crystal Tan:

Here is my version of the inspiration painting, an Iris from my old garden:

Library Crawl at Get Messy today began with today's NESTING prompt video

This is the resulting journal page made by layering a variety of fabric scraps onto the page:

When that was done, I switched over to my Weekly Zoom Call with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color:

TUESDAY - Tidy Up Tuesday

Reported the final week of my 100 Day Project decluttering.  When I arrived at Tuesday Explorers on Get Messy, I found no one there even though I was running just a little late. No worries!  I found other tasks to keep me occupied before leaving for Monthly Evening Quilt Bee.  Sorry!  No photos of the 8 members in attendance.

This quilt was hanging just outside the meeting room doors as part of this season's community art show:

WEDNESDAY -  QFK Kit Cutting Day

I missed Midweek Meetup, in favor of attending a productive Guild-sponsored charity event.  Britt (and a few other Bee members) participated...

The overflowing fabric table was reduced to this:

Our hostess served lunch and had a little something special...

For me to take home:

PHOTO!!

A brief stop at the store was followed by a bit of ORANGE scrap sewing of undetermined outcome... Meaning that we'll have to see what it wants to be when it grows up:

THURSDAY - Weekly Quilt Group met at Deborah's today, but I took no photos.

After the meeting, Britt and I enjoyed an ARTventure.  Today we were determined to do some catching up on our Messy May journals, which worked out really well since I accidentally left my Ledger Journal at home.  Whoops!  Here's what we did instead:

You've seen my nesting page, but now it has a bird in the nest.  Thanks, Britt!

FRIDAY - Knit Group

Beth gave the keynote address to local graduates working in the community.  As such, she presented her speech in full regalia and put it on for us to see:

When it was time to leave, I grabbed a bite to eat before Get Messy's Friday Friends Open Studio.  Today I focused on the REVERDIE prompt for Messy May:

After dinner, I headed back upstairs to visit with my Weekly Evening Art Zoom friends.  I completed my STORY page...

And started on the REMNANT prompt with just Britt and I continuing to work:

I completed my page with a snippet strip on the left and fabric scraps on the right:

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

To answer the question at the beginning of this post...

YES!!

I actually did sew this (unfinished) ORANGE scrappiness this week:

Yay, me!!!

Just in time for Angela's announcement for the June Color of the Month:

PASTELS

in

Light Blue, Light Pink and/or Light Green

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

Tidy Up Tuesday - The 100 Day Project - Week 13

Welcome to Week 13 of the 2026 edition of #100Days100ThingsDecluttered mini-series here at The Joyful Quilter!!  As you may know, I've been participating in The 100 Day Project again this year.  It's particularly popular on Instagram.  I was originally hesitant to participate, but I've made good progress these last two years.  I have released weekly updates on Tidy Up Tuesday for those who might be interested in seeing what gets decluttered.   

What did you say your project was, again, Joyful???

I signed up with a different idea in mind than most.  You can read about it HERE.  That link will tell you all about my project.

The gist of my focus...

Lightening the load in my home and studio in an effort to free up space for MORE creativity.

The quest has been completed...

And as I approached the end of the project, and my updated goal of 200 items out the door was smashed last week, I pushed to declutter even more items from my home and studio, before time ran out.  This was the FINAL week of the challenge.  There is still SEW much more that can go!  Did I hit the 400 mark?

Take a look at my progress for Week Thirteen:

I thought I might have another BIG burst of energy this week.  Alas, that didn't happen!  I only managed to sort through our auxiliary closet and small section of the garage.

These items left the house during Week 13...

4 small toys

1 store bought quilt

2 pillows

1 daybed cover

1 mattress cover

4 bags of trash (left in DH's van for too many weeks to confess)

Week 13  Total: 13/100

Updated 100 Day Project Total for Week 13:  333/100

and the items too large for the box...

Thank you to those of you who have taken the time to encourage me in my decluttering efforts as I worked my way through this challenge!  I appreciate those of you who have joined me in my quest.  We've gotten rid of quite a bit of excess. 

Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing commented the following after Week 12's post:

Great progress indeed! I joined you by bringing 3 bags of scraps to a friend who wanted them....and more will be heading her way in June! Hooray for renewing our spaces, recycling and reusing!

Here was my response:

Thank you for joining in the decluttering effort, Kathleen! Misery loves company.  :P

@dothe100dayproject

#The100DayProject

#DoThe100DayProject

#100Days100Things_TheDeclutterEdition

#100Days100ThingsDecluttered

#filltheboxjoy

Come back next week to see a review of my 100 Day Challenge efforts.

Until next time...

Do the 100 Day Project!!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC26 - Week 21

Welcome to Week 21 of the 2026 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week is going to be another full one.  Errands, classes, and meetings are scheduled.  The question is...  Will there be time remaining for ORANGE scrap sewing???

Let's have a look...

SUNDAY - Britt and I enjoyed a brief chat while waiting for others to join our Weekly Morning Art Zoom:

During the meeting, I worked on completing my UNFURL spread begun during yesterday's Get Messy birthday party:

MONDAY - Library Crawl at Get Messy today began with today's DIFFUSE prompt video and here is the resulting journal page made by layering a variety of tissue papers onto the page:

Later...

I met up with my Scrap Club friends for our Monthly Sit and Sew Zoom session with Lisa.  I shared my latest UFO finish and worked on the TRANSPARENCY prompt using a couple of ORANGE paper scraps:

When that was done, I switched over to my Weekly Zoom Call with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color:

Later, I was supposed to travel to Chapel Hill for this month's Quilt Guild meeting, but opted to stay home.  Tonight was the annual Silent Auction and I have absolutely NO business buying MORE fabric!

TUESDAY - Tidy Up Tuesday

I did a BIG declutter while waiting for time to go to Tuesday Explorers on Get Messy.  Follow the link above to see what I gathered and took out to my car for distribution.  Here's what I accomplished during art time.  I altered a magazine image for today's DOORWAY prompt for Messy May:

WEDNESDAY - Wonderful Wednesday

During Midweek Meetup, I worked on my background for the INTENTION prompt for Messy May:

Soon enough, it was time for my Joyful Art Zoom with Belinda:

Today's inspiration photo was this jar of Bird Cherry flowers painted by Swedish artist Eva-Lena @sommarigen on Instagram...

Which resulted in this drawing, now waiting for a splash of paint:

We disagreed whether the ink or paint was done first, but the artist confirmed it was the ink in response to that very question.  I'm pleased to say that means I interpreted the scene properly.

THURSDAY - Weekly Quilt Group met at Gayle's today.  I brought Tuesday's declutter haul to share with my quilting friends who will use the bulk of it for making donation quilts:

After the meeting, Britt and I went on an adventure.  The first stop was Chicken Salad Chick in Greensboro for lunch...

And then we were off for a different kind of ARTventure.  Our destination was Reconsidered Goods, where we saw the following art vending machine:

Of course, we found a few items to bring home:

With that out of the way, we went off on a shoe shopping adventure.  New sneakers and a new pair of summer sandals were my goal.  I'm happy to report a successful mission.  :o))

FRIDAY - Knit Group was cancelled so Stacy and I met for coffee, but I forgot to get a picture.  :o((

When it was time for errands, we packed away our knitting and said goodbye.  I has a series of stops to make.  Since I added a few extra, I completely missed Get Messy's Friday Friends Open Studio.  :o((

Later, once dinner was done, I headed upstairs to visit with my Weekly Evening Art Zoom friends, but Britt and I were the only ones there for a bit:

As I stitched the torn bit on my MEND page for Messy May, I tipped my water cup and spilled half of it on the table.  Applying the free-cut masking tape letters for the title had to wait until the mess was cleaned up and my wet jeans were changed:

I also added a lace handkerchief tuck spot to my FRAGILE prompt spread:

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

To answer the question at the beginning of this post...

NO!!

The extent of my ORANGE scrappiness was to add the (previously made) color-appropriate quilts to the gallery wire, in time to enjoy it for a week or two before a new color comes onto the RSC scene.  You saw the first half at the top of the post, but here is the second half:

This morning, I completed the INTENTIONS prompt by adding the quote that Sarah @juicy.s.art used in her video for Day 20 of Messy May:

As I was writing this entry, I was briefly interrupted by a knock at the backdoor:

The visitor kindly flew away so that I could release today's post.

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

Wonderful Wednesday - Rainbow Plus Revisited - Another Spring 2026 (Ravelry) UFO Club Finish

Welcome to another edition of Wonderful Wednesday!!  I'm here to share my 2nd UFO finish of the Spring 2026 UFO Club. This little quilt has been on and off my list for a year and a half.  It was a hope and a dream for WAY longer than that!

As with all of the projects I've completed in 2026...

This quilt was one of 12 quilt projects in the running for finishing as a result of my Quilt Bee's UFO Challenge.  Each month, a long-neglected project hopes for its number to be called so that it might have a better chance at becoming a completed quilt.

What's the story on this one, Joyful???

This particular project came about back in December of 2024 during my self-proclaimed RAINBOW prompt for the participants of my TABLE SCRAPS Challenge.  The original was a gift for a fellow blogger, but I wanted to have one of these little cuties for my very own.

6. TSC Rainbow Plus Quilt (2024)

This project was started to recreate the following rainbow project:

As some projects do...

This one sat and sat (and sat) waiting for some attention.  When its number was called for the NT UFO Challenge that my Bee is doing this year, progress was made and once I made this small PINK block last month...

I couldn't resist the stitching up the other three blocks:

The next day I assembled the borders and layering the quilt top on a scrap of batting and backing:

Again, the project sat...

My focus was on completing Blue and Green for Parrish.  I needed a break when that was done.  Then the month of May arrived with another bugger of a project assigned for the UFO Challenge.

What's a quilter to do???

I reverted my attention back to the easy win, that's what!  Once quilted, I chose a range of gray scrap strips to consider for the binding:

Survey says...

None of the above!

Then...

The choices were expanded to include these two solid scraps leftover from my last UFO finish:

But I still couldn't decide, so after a Quilt-by-Committee consult...

Here is the final selection on the completed quilt which will be added to my personal quilt collection:

Thanks for providing input on the binding option, Britt, and for pulling this project's number last month... Even if I didn't end out completing it during the month of April.  Our Bee's UFO Challenge has worked wonders for clearing projects from my list!

Did YOU spot the changes???

The eagle-eyed among readers may have notice a complete change in the squares shown at the beginning of the post to those at the end.

Here's what happened...

I checked with Chantal @ At the Corner of Scraps and Quilts regarding the size of the original quilt from the swap we did years ago.  The scraps shown at the top of this post were an inch bigger than the ones I used for her little quilt.

That left me with two choices...

1. Create a larger remake than the original.

2. Cut smaller squares.

I chose option two.  The squares from 2024 will be used to create a third iteration of the design.  I'm hoping to finish it in time to donate to our Guild's Silent Auction to raise funds for the local Food Bank at our upcoming Quilt Show to be held in Mebane, NC on September 25 - 27, 2026.

Until next time...

Mark another UFO off the List!!!