July 2024 - TABLE SCRAPS Challenge - Link Party

Welcome to the July 2024 edition of the TABLE SCRAPS Challenge here at the Joyful Quilter!!  I'll start with a little backstory, in case you are new here.  (Apologies to my regular readers since you already know all about it.) I'm a scrap quilter who had been setting up individual challenges for several years in conjunction with Angela's (RSC) Rainbow Scrap Challenge @ So Scrappy.  Participants from around the corner, across the country and around the world have been having SEW much fun and we all have MORE scraps to use, so I am pleased to offer the...

In 2024, we have a broad range of quilted items that are appropriate for linking to the Challenge.  Baskets and bins, along with pillows and pin cushions, are all qualifying projects.  Not just the toppers, runners, and mug rugs.  Basically, ANY small quilted item qualifies.  The main premise is that you USE the (new or old) SCRAPS from your cutting table (or your friend's cutting table - since that's where the majority of my scraps come from!)

There will be a prompt each month to help get your creative juices flowing.  While you are NOT required to use it in your project, the guiding word will be revealed at the end of each month's LINK PARTY post.  Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the following month's focus.  It, along with the RSC Color of the Month (as soon as Angela releases it - around the 1st of the month.) will also be added to the 2024 TABLE SCRAPS Challenge page at the top of the blog.

The theme for July was...

BUTTERFLY

I really THOUGHT that I knew where I was going with that, but...

I was happy dancing when Angela announced that the Color of the Month was AQUA.

Let's see what that basket has to offer...

A number of these photos might look familiar, as I shared a few teasers this month.

It looks like Past Joy thought ahead to this moment...

She packed this pieced panel from Francine into the AQUA basket for Current Joy to find:

I love working with your off-cuts, Francine!

Cheryl K. recently contributed to the cause when I explained that I needed to find a way to work butterflies into the equation:

Thanks, again, Cheryl!!

Her fabric works SEW well with the others found in the basket:

Quilting and squaring up happened quickly:

For those of you who like to see the back, here it is, showing the geometric improv quilting that I did on this piece:

The next step was assembling an envelope back...

I'll spare you the gruesome details, but suffice it to say that it was NOT accomplished in just one attempt:

Once my directionally challenged brain managed that task, binding was made and applied:

Then it was out the front door for a quilt porch swing photo...

And back inside for a sofa photo of my freshly finished challenge entry:

Butterflies...

At the Beach:

The quilted pillow topper will soon be off to its new owner.  And as a bonus, it can be used as a wall hanging, if desired.  What a fun project!  I hope you enjoyed you own TABLE SCRAPS Challenge entry this month, too.  I know that working in AQUA is quite often a fan favorite.

What's next, Joyful???

The new month doesn't begin for nearly a week.  Angela did a stealth announcement last week.  The Color of the Month for August was revealed in one of her recent posts.  And the winner is...

ORANGE

August's theme is:

BASKET

And now...

It's time for YOU to link up your AQUA and/or BUTTERFLY project in the LINK PARTY below.  All entries MUST be submitted by Wednesday, August 7th @ 11:59PM (EDT).

Until next time...

USE those table scraps!!!

#tablescrapschallenge2024

The Guest Blogger(s) - Vol. 55 - Jane Flies Like a Butterfly

Welcome to another edition of The Guest Blogger(s)!!  I recently received an email from Jane in Australia.  She has completed her entry for the July TABLE SCRAPS Challenge.

She had the following to say...

Hello Joy,

I found this challenge to be a real joy to complete.

Firstly, my granddaughter was staying for the school holidays.

Secondly, I had just completed a group project using butterfly fabrics and had scraps on the table.  Here is that project:

What became of the scraps, Jane???

So I had enough of the background/ lining fabric to do the back of the placemat challenge, and I cut a big beautiful butterfly from the blue scraps:

My granddaughter joined in and we cut lots of little butterflies from all sorts of scraps (one was a fat quarter ). Avi decided she wanted all her butterflies on a dark green “floral” fabric to make a cushion cover. She took hers home and I don’t have a pic .

I had an aqua fabric with white flowers so put all my cutouts on it- batting, quilting - missing all the butterflies- and binding:

I think it may go home with Avi after the next school holidays.

Jane

I replied:

Look at you, rocking the challenge this month!! Fabulous projects made even better with your grandfather on hand for the process, Jane. I just finished my own entry. Happy to be well ahead of the deadline this time around! Thanks for joining in and I'll release your post sometime between tomorrow and Tuesday.

Happy quilting! 

Joy

Give Jane some quilty love in the comments below.  I'm happy to share her donation placemat entry with all of you.  I know that you enjoy seeing her work as much as I do!  Thank you for sending the photos for the blog, Jane.  I enjoy being able to post your projects (and anyone else's without a blog.)  It's SEW nice to be inspired by quilters around the globe who share ways to USE the scraps on our cutting tables!

Link Party REMINDER...

The July 2024 TABLE SCRAPS Link Party will be opening on  Friday, July 25th @ 12:01 AM.  I hope that YOU will join in the scrappy fun!  You haven't started sewing yet?  No worries.  Small projects are quick to make and entries can be added until Wednesday, August 7th @ 11:59 PM (EDT).

Until next time...

USE those (table) SCRAPS!!!

 

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC24 - Week 29

WARNING:  Photo Heavy Post

Welcome to Week 29 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week (and for the following two weeks) I have one less day to play.  Will I get any AQUA scrap sewing done?

Let's take a look...

SUNDAY - The day began with my Weekly Art Zoom.  It's always fun to spend some time with my Get Messy friends!  If memory serves me correctly, I worked on these two prompts for the Index Card a Day challenge.  They are BALANCE and FOREST GREEN:

A quick Zoom with Knittingsuek...

Was followed by Casey and the Season of Calm with @expressyourartsysoul.  I was inspired to make the following journal page - which resembled her lesson not in the least:

Once the class was over, I took in a Brush Lettering class with Sara @ Juicy S Art.  She was one of the instructors for the weekend's Make Create Express Taster Sessions.  I used a paint brush for the first two words, my ink dropper for the second two words, and the very tip of my brush with very little pressure on the last three words, as well as for the all caps CALM:

After dinner, I co-hosted the Collage Club on Get Messy.  Tonight I worked ahead on Junk Journal July.  I chose Day 16 - PETAL because I needed some easy cut and paste for this Zoom hangout:

MONDAY - Work

Was followed by dinner with Britt at one of our favorite places.  She was on her way home from a Quilt Show meeting and I was on my way to this month's Quilt Guild meeting:

TUESDAY - Work

Before heading out, I watched the Jumbo Paper Bag Journal video for yesterday's for Junk Journal July.  The prompt was HOMEMADE and I added a mini journal to my page:

WEDNESDAY - Work

I raced home afterward in an attempt to be on time for my Weekly Zoom Call with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color.  Today, we were both sporting AQUA.  As you may know, it's July's Color of the Month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge:

THURSDAY - While I wanted to go to my Weekly Quilt Group, I decided that I needed to stay close to home.  My current commission quilt kept me busy and I put in a little work on my entry for this month's TABLE SCRAPS Challenge coming up next week:

I took a break from the quilt work to dispose of my paint water.  On the way back inside, I noticed the plant shown below.  Any guesses as to what it might be?  It has a lavender star-shaped flower and interestingly shaped leaves.  I'm guessing it's a weed, but I really have no idea:

With clean paint water at the ready, I joined the Winging It hangout on Get Messy.  It turned out that I wasn't feeling flowery this day:

Once my journal page was done, I worked on adding binding to the project shown below:

It rained during the hangout and when I left for my evening walk after dinner, I spotted a rainbow up in the sky.  The camera doesn't do it justice, but the photo below gives you a look at my roses, the reseeded lawn, our new driveway, and off in the distance, you can see lots being cleared for the next phase of construction.  They will be adding three or four more houses in the near future, while the finishing work begins on the first phase:

I stayed up WAY past my bedtime tonight!  Why?  Because the Get Messy teachers are choosing their own times for the live Zoom classes this season.  Mits lives in Japan so her class was on Friday morning in her time zone, but 11 PM here.  I worked on the following journal page and this time I actually stuck to the theme of the lesson, which was a document-your-days style of journaling:

FRIDAY - Knit Group found me visiting with these friends...

... Before running a few errands on my way home.  Once finished with lunch, I decided to take in Casey's lesson on creating a "Calming Scene" which I missed earlier in the week.  Still not feeling flowery, I created the following mountain scene:

SATURDAY - It's LINK PARTY day for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!  I hope you will join me in visiting Angela @ So Scrappy to see what the RSC Quilters have been up to this week.  As you saw, I worked with these fabrics:

I was late linking up for a number of reasons...

First, I hadn't done much to fill in my post outline this week.  Next, I had laundry to do and another task to complete on my commission quilt.  Lastly, I joined Britt for an impromptu Art Zoom:

Soon enough, it was time to put on yet another load of laundry and make dinner.  Eventually, my post was finished and released.  Hoping none of you readers were overly concerned (since this is becoming a bit of a habit.)

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC24 - Week 28

Welcome to Week 28 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!! My hope for the week was to get some sewing done.  Do you think that happened?

SUNDAY - The day began with my Weekly Morning Art Zoom.  I worked on some AQUA art with the SPLASH  prompt for the ICAD challenge at Daisy Yellow Art:

Britt and I stayed on after the meeting to chat for a little while:

After lunch, it was time for my weekly Zoom call with Knittingsuek:

MONDAY - Work

With a side of quilting afterwards.  Look at those AQUA letters:

There was also a little bit of art once the T-shirts were all squared up.  The SCRAPS prompt for Junk Journal July was a fun one to put together from bits on my desk:

TUESDAY - Work

Was followed by knocking out a quick page in my journal:

I used this inspiration "pour painted" art by Abby May.  She can also be found on IG @abby_mayart...

 To make a "traditional acrylic painted" card (in a similar style) for a special someone:

WEDNESDAY - Today was the start of my 5-day weekend.  YES!!!

I started my day with...

The arrival of a new lawn ornament:

I ran away to the grocery store to escape the beeping, but returned for my weekly Zoom call with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color:

These T-shirts called after the Zoom.  This preliminary layout was just to see what I had to work with, as the final product will need to be an XL-Twin size:

THURSDAY - The concrete truck arrived bright and early this morning:

Fortunately, I was off to visit my Weekly Quilt Bee friends.  Our hostess gave me this sweet butterfly print for my current project:

Here's the whole gang, with quite a few members missing today:

On the way home, I noticed that our local-ish transit but is sporting some AQUA:

I arrived home to find that we have an even larger lawn ornament this afternoon:

By the end of the day, our front yard was sporting an upgraded look with our new concrete driveway:

FRIDAY - Weekly Knit Group was a pleasant way to spend a rainy morning:

After dinner, it was upstairs to spend some time with my Get Messy art friends during our Weekly Evening Art Zoom.  I completed the following ICAD prompts:

BALANCE and FOREST GREEN

SATURDAY - It's LINK PARTY day for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!  I hope you will join me in visiting Angela @ So Scrappy to see what the RSC Quilters have been up to this week.  I'm late to the party because I neglected my post outline this week.  Too busy with all the things!  Fortunately, we can join in at any time.  Especially, since was involved in an online art retreat all day!)

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!