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