ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC26 - Week 34

Welcome to Week 34 of the 2026 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week will be a bit of a crap shoot.  IF sewing is going to feature in my plans, the machine will have to be unpacked.  So many other things to do!  We'll have to see how the energy flows.

Read on to see what transpired...

SUNDAY -  Day Two of the Mini Retreat at Britt's:

The day ended with my Medley Charm Scarf from JB Handmade as a completed project.  You can find Jeff 's recent work @jbh.studio on Instagram:

I'm thrilled with how it tuned out:

MONDAY - Art Day

The day began with a new watercolor lesson from artist Tammy Kaye.  I watched, but didn't get very far with the painting.  After lunch, I returned   to the studio for this week's Library Crawl over at Get Messy.  We took in the Our Archaeological Dig lesson presented by Lisa Goddard.  Here is the layered mixed media page I created:

 

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

Before heading off to my Monthly Quilt Guild meeting.  While I could have seen Karen Bolan's Zoom presentation at home,  there were several things that I needed to take care of which couldn't be done online.  Bonus...  Someone brought me a gift.

TUESDAY - Stay at Home Day

Here is the "Bag of Joy" that my friend Diane delivered last night.  See the little Crumb blocks?  They've been identified as my next fun scrappy project to work on:

WEDNESDAY - Art Day

I finished up this week's Tammy Kaye landscape painting during the Jen and Joy Show:

Later, I sat in on another painting session with Olga Koelsch.  This time we painted a Primrose, but achieving the transparency seemed a bit more challenging today:

THURSDAY - Quilt/Art Day

Weekly Quilt Group met at Gayle's for Carol's going away party.  Here she is with the quilt top we put together for her:

 After lunch, Britt and I met for a Zoom-y ARTventure.  No headache this week, but I still didn't get much done.  Sigh...

FRIDAY - Knit Group

We were back at Beth's house this morning.  I missed getting a photo before Linda left, but here are the rest of us:

And this is the "commission" painting that I told you I would share once it was delivered:

After a quick lunch, I went upstairs for Deandra's Art Zoom.  I meant to circle back to the Inchie Challenge, but another page in my new Collage Scraps Altered Book journal called to me.  I'm trying something different this time.  I selected the image of a Coleus plant to pull colors from and built from there:

I did the same with a collage cluster at my Weekly Evening Art Zoom:

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'll be along later.  Unfortunately, I ran out of time before needing to leave for Craft & Chat at the local bookstore...

With my friend Tracy.  The event was well attended today with nine crafters in the house:

Just prior to the release of this post, Tracy sent a photo along with the following comment about the landscape I painted for her.  "$2 thrifted frame! Looks so professional!!!"  Alas, I couldn't get the photo she sent to upload here. I'm so happy that she loves it: 

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!

Wonderful Wednesday - Weekend Mini Retreat

Welcome to another edition of Wonderful Wednesday!!  I'm here to share the Mini Retreat that I attended over the weekend a my friend Britt's house.  When the husband's away, the quilters will play!!  UFOs, show prep, and fun projects were on the agenda.

Members of my Monthly Evening Quilt Bee were in attendance on Day One:

We got busy right away...

Maggie brought handwork.  If memory serves, she was finishing the binding on this:

Sue brought a selection of fabrics to make project bags.  This is the first:

Britt started the morning working on the booth layout for our guild's upcoming Quilt Show:

I worked on a layering a UFO in YELLOW with my RSC Quilt friends in mind:

Maggie moved on to her second hanging sleeve:

With the inner border applied, it was time for border selection for Britt's donation quilt made with Tim Holtz fabrics:

Petals are appliqued and minimal quilting is done:

UGH!!  Britt ran out of fabric before running out of border to stitch:

Since I didn't bring binding options, and didn't find anything quite right in Britt's stash, I switched gears and layered up the next  UFO project in YELLOW:

By this time, Sue was stitching on her second project bag:

After dinner, I happily quilted that larger pinned project:

Here we are on Day Two...

Maggie came bearing scraps for me:

These orphan blocks were included:

We tried another potential layout when a fifth block was pulled from the bag:

This is what I finished quilting last night and just remembered that it had been to late for a photo:

With that out of the way, I then moved on to trimming up the UFO tablerunner:

Sue completed her second project bag:

Maggie's project of the day was cutting for a swap she's doing with another quilt group:

While looking for binding options, I noticed this long-neglected UFO on Britt's design wall...

I'm pleased to say that I guilted her into making a bit of progress on it:

Done with cutting for today, Maggie settled in with the binding of another quilt for the Show:

Before time to go home, Sue managed to complete her third project bag...

And here she is with the weekend's body of work:

Since the first finished photo of her Tim Holtz quilt didn't turn out, I took another before leaving:

I also whipped out one more project which took a bit of finagling to get to the desired result...

It's a quilted scarf with directions that defy logic, but work well in practice:

Until next time...

Let's got SEW!!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC26 - Week 33

Welcome to Week 33 of the 2026 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week promises to be a surprise. More art vs. more quilting?  Only time will tell.

Read on to see what transpired...

SUNDAY - Art Zoom with Britt...

Found me painting the first layers of the following sunset scene based on a photo from a friend...

Then I painted one of the lessons (apologies, but I apparently neglected to take note of the artist's name) I missed during the Summer Creative Retreat while waiting for paint to dry:

MONDAY - Art Day

The day began with a trip to my friend Gayle's garden.  I met Britt there and we dug some Ditch Lilies:

Since I was out, I made a quick stop at the grocery store before heading home for lunch.  Afterwards, I went up to the studio for this week's Library Crawl over at Get Messy.  We took in a lesson from The Heart Journal by artist Essie Ruth:

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

TUESDAY - Stay at Home Day

Chores, paperwork and a bit of painting filled my day.  I completed the landscape commission for a friend, but will wait until it's delivered to share the reveal.  Once that was done I moved on to a lesson from Crystal Tan:

WEDNESDAY - Art Day

I ran an errand before the temperature climbed, but got home in time for the Jen and Joy Show!  Today, I opted to finish this YELLOW pin cushion for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge:

Later, I met my friend Belinda for our Watercolor Zoom:

This week I only managed to get the first layers down on the Splotch Flower lesson from Tiare Smith @tiaresmithart.  Here is the completed painting:

Before heading back downstairs for tea time, I took one more look around the studio for some paperwork that has been missing for months.  I dug through a "stash and dash" bag from a quick clean up of my living room "nest" and am thrilled to say...

I FOUND IT!!!

THURSDAY - Quilt/Art Day

Weekly Quilt Group met at Maggie's without me.  :o((

Here I am, dressed with my quilting friends in mind, waiting for my dentist appointment...

 And lunch, Britt and I met for (what was intended to be) a Zoom-y ARTventure.  In my headache induced haze, I apparently didn't manage to capture a photo - even though I specifically made a valiant attempt at the beginning of our call.  Sigh...

I worked on NOTHING!!  :o((

My head hurt too much for me to concentrate on anything more than a chat.  After a single session, I went downstairs to nap on the couch.  Noticed that my face felt warm and found that I had a 100.4 temperature, which is high for me.  Sleeping on the sofa was impossible so I grabbed a quilt and finally fell asleep on the bed.  When I woke 3 at 8 PM, My fever was gone and I felt completely fine.  So random!

FRIDAY - Knit Group

We were back at Beth's house this morning.  Here's the whole crew in attendance:

After a stop at the store and a quick lunch I went upstairs for Deandra's Art Zoom.  I intended to start on the Inchie Challenge that I signed up for, but didn't do last week.  However, thanks to a snack sized baggie of paper scraps from Britt, the first page in my new Collage Scraps Altered Book journal called to me.  It's a hodgepodge of small scraps, but it seemed like a great way to bring Britt to the meeting when she was too busy to attend today:

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'm off to a mini retreat at Britt's this morning.  I'll plan on reporting back next week.  Check back then if you'd like to see the projects that were worked on.  Here is one of the YELLOW scrap projects that I plan to work on:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!!