ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC17 - Week 29

Welcome to Week 29 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week is filled with activities.  What are the chances that I will get anything done on my quilting projects?  Let's have a look...

SUNDAY - Catching up on what's happening in BlogLand today. Later in the day, I loaded Bluff Quilt in Brown on the frame:

MONDAY - Off to Knit Group first thing in the morning.  This afternoon...  I took a road trip to Find X Designs in Sanford, North Carolina to see if they had fabric appropriate for my A6 Mystery:

Good news!!

I am no longer a fabric short, as they had the JUST the color that I was looking for:

Along with an unusual backing option, a floral designed knit fabric. AND... A really good yellow that I couldn't pass up!

Totally NOT related to the A6 project... Oops!

I was also able to order some Pfaff parts for my machine.  Hooray!! I'm SEW excited that I will FINALLY be able to stop struggling to thread my machine.  Darned aging eyes!!

I enjoyed some pleasant views of Jordan Lake on the way home:

Later, a mountain of miniature quilts...

... Complete with tales of the speaker's family heritage...

And some U.S. history, as told by Susan Pierce.

A cloudy sunset coming out of the Quilt Guild meeting:

Tonight when I got home from Quilt Guild I found that Rachel posted the finishing for her Rainbow Picnic Blanket.

TUESDAY - Today is a stay-at-home day... or is it???  NOPE!!

I did some chores around the house then went shopping for the backing of my Rainbow Picnic Blanket.  I'm not sure what's come over me, but I went with an another unconventional quilt backing. Especially, since it's supposed to be water resistant for being thrown on the ground for picnics:

Perfect, don't you think?!  Especially for BLUE month.  Hard to believe that it's a stretch denim!!!

AND... The backing for Molly's Tie Quilt:

The toile' was difficult to photograph and has a much lighter background than it would appear.  It's off-white instead of beige. Hooray!!  Another BLUE fabric for the RSC (though NOT a scrap.)

By this point, there wasn't really enough time to go home before leaving for Girls' Night Out...

So, I headed straight for Mebane Knights.  We had a bit of a revolving door this evening and did a fair amount of project swapping:

The photo above shows me knitting on Tracy's sock, Tracy binding off on Hilary's cowl, and Hilary ripping back the project that I brought to work on and hopefully complete:

It's RAINBOW, people... for the RSC, of course!!

Oops!!  Hilary's current project can be seen on the table, but her hands appear to be hiding from the camera!

Anyway, I arrived early and left early to attend my monthly Quilt Bee meeting, where I had a productive evening laying out the squares for my Rainbow Picnic Sew-Along:

The squares are all stacked up for another day:

Several online friends have been using the paper plate system and I thought it would make a good way to transport the squares.
Thanks, Quilt Diva Julie!!  (Among others... namely, my friend, Dee.  Thank you, Dee!  Your quilting through thick and thin is a true inspiration.)  See Julie's example @ bottom of THIS post.

WEDNESDAY - Another stay-at-home day, a real one this time, since Needleb is off visiting family out west.  I miss our weekly Sew Day.  :o((

I took the time to start quilting Bluff Quilt in Brown:

You can read more about that in my Wonderful Wednesday post.

THURSDAY - A long day spending time with a friend.  When I got home, I took Bluff Quilt in Blue down off the UFO shelf:

And started quilting:

FRIDAY - A short day taking care of a friend. Upon arriving home, I got back to work on Bluff Quilt in Blue.  After dinner, I finished the quilting:

I'm really glad that I had (at least) one UFO in BLUE to work on.

SATURDAY - It's LINK PARTY day for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  Angela hosts the party each week so that the RSC Quilters can share their work using the Color of the Month.  As a reminder, July is:

Until next time...
Get Scrappy!!!