May 2024 - TABLE SCRAP Challenge - Link Party

Welcome to the May 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 May was...

KENTUCKY DERBY

I wasn't sure where I was going with that, but...

Since the Color of the Month was PINK, I rummaged through that basket to see what I could find:

It didn't take much time to work up a layout once the fabrics were selected:

The sewing took a little longer when I threw in some pieced blocks:

Batting and backing scraps came next...

And with a few pins, my entry was ready for quilting:

Quilting took a bit longer, as I kept adding more and more lines of stitching:

The photo below shows the binding options I selected from the scrap basket:

Here is my completed entry for the May 2024 TABLE SCRAPS Challenge...

The front in a variety of shades in rose PINK...

The back is my nod to the "run for the roses" theme of the Kentucky Derby...

And in the spot for which it was designed:

What's next, Joyful???

A new month starts tomorrow.  Angela did a soft announcement last Saturday.  The Color of the Month for June is...

BLUE

June's theme is:

WATERMELON

And now...

It's time for YOU to link up your PINK and/or KENTUCKY DERBY project in the LINK PARTY below.  All entries MUST be submitted by Wednesday, June 5th @ 11:59PM (EDT).

Until next time...

USE those table scraps!!!

#tablescrapschallenge2024

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