ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC26 - Week 38

Welcome to Week 38 of the 2026 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week will be filled with PURPLE scrap projects, art classes and experiments.  There will be pockets of time available for sewing tasks.  The question, as always, is how that time will be used.  Appointments, meetings and art classes tend to fill my days.  Will there be enough energy left for quilting?

Keep reading to see how things went...

SUNDAY -  The day began with my Weekly Morning Art Zoom on Get Messy.  This morning I experimented with collage on the gel plate:

After lunch, I attended Day 3 of Elevate and painted these Coneflowers in watercolor:

MONDAY - Art/Sew Day

At this week's Library Crawl using Messy Recipe #22 I created the following page:

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

During which I worked on the next section of my gel printed collage:

Then made the hanging sleeve for my Grape Candy Coated quilt for the upcoming show:

TUESDAY - Stay at Home Day

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During the Early Explorers hangout, I worked on another section of my gel plated collage page:

Afterwards, I completed the Day 1 painting for Sushma Hegde's Elevate 5-Day Watercolor Workshop.  Today's painting is Anemones:

WEDNESDAY - Wonderful Wednesday

During Midweek Meetup I added the final section to this collage create on the gel plate: 

After lunch I attended the LIVE Mark Making session from Curated.  During the demo, I worked on my journal page from Kasia Hart's class that I watched while I ate:

Back from an errand, with plenty of time before dinner, I machine stitched the top side of the hanging sleeve onto Grape Candy Coated:

THURSDAY - Quilt/Art Day

Weekly Quilt Group met at Corbinton Clubhouse hosted by me.  (Thanks to arranging the room, Sue!)  I brought the snacks and reported on this week's goal of Quilt Show prep and attached the hanging sleeve for this scrappy PURPLE quilt:

After lunch, Britt and I enjoyed an ART-venture.  Today we focused on creating Snippet Strips to use in future collage projects:

FRIDAY - Knit Group

We met at 1928 Millhouse Coffee:

After a quick lunch, I went upstairs for Deandra's Art Zoom.  I opted to paint the Lantana from Day 2 lesson of @sushhegde's watercolor event:

After tea time, I painted Phlox with Sushma's video lesson for Day 4:

During my Weekly Evening Art Zoom, I added this page into my Collage Scraps Journal:

Afterwards I painted the floral bouquet from Sushma's Elevate watercolor event:

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.  I hope to catch up with everyone this weekend.

Any PURPLE scrappy progress this week, Joyful???

Fortunately, yes!  This afternoon, I made PURPLE progress at the Sew Day hosted by Britt today.  Look for that update soon.  Hopefully, this quilt will be finished by the end of the month:

Additional PURPLE scrappy work on the other two projects in this stack:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!

Wonderful Wednesday - Color Wheel Runner - A Completed UFO

Welcome to another edition of Wonderful Wednesday here at The Joyful Quilter blog!!  Today, I'm here to reveal my latest UFO Club/UFO Challenge finish.  This post is a bit tardy, but here is the story.

Since it was YELLOW month at Angela's Rainbow Scrap Challenge...

I had chosen this project for a Mini Retreat at Britt's house.  The blocks, a backing offcut, and a scrap of batting made the trip with me:

I began the retreat by finishing the stitching on the final block, assembling the runner, and layering the lot:

Then came the applique which would double as quilting...

Another round of stitching followed:

Soon, the other two blocks were also quilted:

August, around midmonth I gave Sara @  the following warning...

Orphan blocks and scraps are having a baby, Sara. Delivery date approaching!  :o))

Once home from the mini retreat, I auditioned a collection of scraps for binding:

Not long later...

This is the completed project:

The completed project was taken outside for its porch swing photo.  First one direction...

And then the other:

Until next time...

Mark another UFO off the list!!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC26 - Week 37

Welcome to Week 37 of the 2026 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week should be filled with PURPLE scrap projects after Angela's official announcement for September's Color of the Month.  There will be pockets of time available for sewing tasks.  The question, as always, is how that time will be used.  Appointments, meetings and art classes tend to fill my days.  Will there be enough energy left for quilting?

Keep reading to see how things went...

SUNDAY -  The day began with this stack of PURPLE quilt parts.  I thought that I was dragging out a donation top along with its backing and batting.

Obviously, I've got some work to do!  Because...

As I unfolded the stack of parts, I realized there were TWO quilt tops, one batting remnant, and scrap chunks for building a pair of backings:

During my Weekly Morning Art Zoom friends on Get Messy this morning I made a collage with bits from a 2025 Ephemera Swap at Get Messy.  Special thanks to my swap partner @estarovia for the stickers along with the patterned backing of another set.  I added a coordinating figure to finish off the page:

MONDAY - Labor Day Holiday

After lunch, I headed up to the studio for this week's Library Crawl with the Incorporating Favorites lesson from the Season of Focus with Maria.  My favorites included book pages, deli paper and the color orange.  I added a touch of whimsy with stickers I've been saving:

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

TUESDAY - Stay at Home Day (or NOT!)

During the new Early Explorers hangout, I assembled this collage using papers from @claudette_hasenjager when I joined Get Messy's Curiosity Collective several years ago:

Later, I headed off to DMV.  License renewal was the order of the day.  I waited fewer than 5 minute and was done with the process 4 minutes BEFORE my appointment time.  Whew!  It must be my lucky day.  :o))

WEDNESDAY - Art Day

During Midweek Meetup, I decided to use some random people cut outs for a single collage:

Later, I enjoyed my Watercolor Zoom session with my friend Belinda:

I painted the following from @blooms.and.brushstrokes video Belinda sent after our last painting session.  I saved the linework for later, as outlining makes me uncomfortable:

THURSDAY - Quilt/Art Day

Weekly Quilt Group met at DeeDee's this week.  I reported on my UFO progress.  After lunch, Britt and I enjoyed an ART-venture.  We finally played with the stencils Quilt Diva Julie sent in my last supply infusion box. I added the stencils into my "Roll Off Journal" while Britt worked on a photocopy of one of her recent gel prints:

FRIDAY - Knit Group

We met at Beth's house this morning and I finished the first sock of my current pair:

After a quick lunch, I went upstairs for Deandra's Art Zoom.  I worked on this collage made with tissue paper that Britt brought back from her recent vacation and a magazine cutout:

During my Weekly Evening Art Zoom, I did another super scrappy page in my Collage Scraps Journal.  This one in pink PUPRLE and orange:

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.  I hope to catch up with everyone this weekend.

Any PURPLE scrappy progress this week, Joyful???

Honestly, no.  However, I do plan to make quilt labels for this scrappy PURPLE quilt and three of its friends today.  They are headed to our local Quilt Guild Show later this month:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC26 - Week 36

Welcome to Week 36 of the 2026 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  It's transition week for the RSC Quilters.  Angela announced the new Color of the Month on Saturday:

PURPLE

Read on to see how my week progressed...

SUNDAY -  The day began with an excavation project.  I dug out my PURPLE scraps:

Immediately followed by my Weekly Morning Art Zoom on Get Messy.  This morning I build a page around a collage cluster made months ago:

MONDAY - Errand Day/Art Day

After lunch, I headed up to the studio for this week's Library Crawl with a lesson from Jane the Crazy who offered two prompts... Crazy Happy and/or Vintage.  My response:

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

TUESDAY - Stay at Home Day

During the Early Explorers hangout, I did another page in my Collage Scraps Altered Book journal.  This one uses a gel print and a magazine image, slightly separated from its ad:

WEDNESDAY - Wonderful Wednesday

During Midweek Meetup, I worked on another simple collage.  A background, a figure, and done.  I was pleased to find the printed tissue paper in my paper stash background:

I missed Tuesday Explorers this afternoon.  :o((

However, I dragged out this PURPLE scrappy UFO to work on this month:

I consider that a WIN!!  :o))

THURSDAY - Quilt/Art Day

Today my Weekly Quilt Group met at the Chapel Hill Library.  I served at hostess and filled in for our current editor.  After lunch, Britt and I enjoyed an ART-venture.  I brought my computer to watch a webinar from Julie Hamilton that was playing LIVE after we ate.  Britt decided to paint along.  This is the page that I ended up with, inspired by Julie's work:

After class, we both decided to play with some paper scraps.  Here we are with our completed collages:

Yet another collage soon followed in my Collage Scraps Journal:

FRIDAY - Knit Group

We met at Beth's this morning.  It was a full house:

After a quick lunch, I went upstairs for Get Messy's Friday Friends hangout.  I pieced together the following page from a single print ad which was too large to fit otherwise:

Followed by Deandra's Art Zoom where I sorted through bits on my desk and cut out ransom note letters for future projects.

During my Weekly Evening Art Zoom, I pieced together a blue background for an image found in my paper scrap bin:

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.  My apologies for not managing to catch up with everyone last weekend.

What about some PURPLE scrappy progress this week, Joyful???

No real progress, but I uncovered this month's UFO Challenge entry and pulled some scrap chunks for a potential backing for Project #11 - Ravelry Friendship Star Swap which I hope to finish at some point during the month:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!