ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC25 - Week 14

Welcome to Week 14 of the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week's schedule is a mish mash of activities and appointments.  Will I get any YELLOW scrap sewing in?  That remains to be seen.

Keep reading to see how the week pans out...

SUNDAY - So...  The day started off with my Weekly Morning Art Zoom found me making a new journal using the latest video from Natasha @ Treasure Books on YouTube:

During my Scrap Club Zoom call this afternoon, I planned the following mug rug and stitched it up when the call was done.  It's got a bit of yellow for the month of March and TEAL for the April Color of the month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge:

MONDAY - Mail Call Monday

Day Off

I took care of some YELLOW sewing tasks...

Then went to take my friend Hilary's some lunch.  She had knee replacement surgery a little over a week ago and can only leave the house to go to the doctor:

TUESDAY - #100Days100ThingsDecluttered

Day Off

Tuesday is the new Friday.  At least, today it is!  I went to Beth's for "Knit Group" since I have to work on Friday and Stacy will be chaperoning a field trip.  Tracy was able to join us because she is on Spring Break this week.  Here we are:

Tracy brought me sticker for my journal:

Thanks, T!!

When I got home I pulled out my TEAL scraps to use during the month of April:

This afternoon I joined LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color for our  Weekly Zoom Call:

WEDNESDAY - Day Off

Tracy and I met for fresh pastries at our favorite coffee shop...

With a side of knitting.  I got a good start on Tracy's Lucky 13 Sock pattern:

I took along this new mug rug.  Lead barista and baker extraordinaire, Katie, loved it:

Here's where I finished the evening.  My new sock is nearly ready for the gusset increases:

THURSDAY - Day Off

Today was my (Weekly) Quilt Group with the following members in attendance:

I got home in time for a quick lunch and made my way up to the studio for Curiosity Collective.  Today's lesson was Sketchercise with Jane Davenport.  This is my interpretation:

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FRIDAY - Work

No Knit Group for me today.  :o((

After work, I got my car inspected and later I went upstairs for my Weekly Evening Art Zoom.  I worked in my new lay-flat journal, shared in Sunday's entry:

Photographed in the light of Saturday morning (with more needing to be added to the page.)

SATURDAY - It's LINK PARTY day for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!  I hope you get a chance to visit Angela @ So Scrappy to see what the RSC Quilters have been up to this week.  I'll be along later.

I was scheduled to work today.  :o((

Oh!  Yesterday Preeti @sewpreetiquilts posted the fabrics she would be working with this month.  I was confused and when I asked she clarified. So...

CORRECTION NOTICE!!!

For those of you who participate in the TABLE SCRAPS Challenge, but not the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, I misunderstood Angela's post on Saturday.  The Color of the Month for April is RED!!! Please accept my apologies for the leading you astray.  If you've already started this month's project with the incorrect color, don't worry about it.  Feel free to submit the RED or TEAL project you've made to the Link Party at the end of the month.

Here are (some) of the RED scraps that I have to work with this month:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

Spring 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The List

Welcome back to The Joyful Quilter!! The Spring 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club is now OPEN for sign-ups!! Participants MUST list (at least) FIVE quilt projects. Photos should accompany the list. Sign-ups end at midnight EDT on April 7, 2025.

NOTE: All qualifying finishes must be posted BEFORE midnight (EDT) on June 30, 2025!!!

What's the plan this time, Joyful???

Same plan, different term.  My strategy is usually to list WAY more projects than I could EVER possibly finish in a single session and hope for the best! The "at least FIVE" project requirement for participation is the bare minimum, but I tend to err on the side MORE is better. I haven't changed. I'm still a bit of a moody quilter. That means I have to "be in the mood" to work on any given project! By varying the size and style of the items included on my list, I have options. These choices increase the chances of finding projects that I want to work on during the quarter.

Here is my project list for the SPRING 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club:

1. QFK JRR on Steroids (2023)

2. TSC Rainbow Plus Quilt (2024)

3. Bottom of the Barrel PURPLE Race Quilt (2024)

4. Grape Candy Coated (2023)

5. A2 Baby! (2023 - on left)

6. Bright Eyes (Faces Workshop 2021)

7. Sweet Kisses (2021)

8. The Big RED Race (2024)

45" x 48"

9. DOQ Neighborhood Challenge (2023)

10. Aboriginal Runner (2022)

11. Blue and Green for Parrish (2016)

12. Kaffe Runner/Topper (2022)

13. Stitch Studio Remix (2012)

Quilting by Diane @ Stitch Studio

14. Stay at Home ROW Robin (2021)

15. Bargello Wall Hanging (2017)

16. Color Wheel Runner (2023)

17. Bottom of the Bin Topper (2024)

18. Short Track RED Race (2024)

 

45" x 45"

19. Scrap Jar Stars (2017)

20. Like Deborah (Boschart) Only Not (2016)

SEW...

We'll see how many projects I can complete in a 3-month period of time. The reasoning behind the choice is that with 20 projects for the Spring 2025 UFO Club, I'm hoping that I will be lured by the "low hanging fruit" and build momentum for some additional quilting time. My goal is actually only ONE finish for the quarter. More than that is a bonus!  Perhaps, I will even remember to post each of them to the group... unlike the final finish for the last session.  Whoops!

Remember...

The Spring 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club is OPEN for sign-ups at THIS LINK.  YOU are invited join in the finishing fun.  Members must list 5 (or more) projects for participation. Sign-ups will close at Midnight (EDT) on Monday, April, 7th!  Please drop me an email, if you find that you need help with the process. Email if you need help with the process. (You will need to sign-up for Ravelry, the Quilters Knitting group, then state your intentions and projects in the discussion thread linked above.)

Until next time...

Wish me luck!!

Winter 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The Results

Welcome to The Joyful Quilter!!  I'm here to report on the results of the Winter 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club.  I think you will agree that we enjoyed another successful session.

The WINTER 2024 UFO Club is now CLOSED!!  Participants MUST have listed (at least) FIVE projects. Photos should have accompanied the list. Sign-ups ended at midnight EST on January 7, 2025.

NOTE: All qualifying finishes must have been posted BEFORE midnight EDT on March 31, 2025!!!

Membership (34):

monicarose51
MorganLaFey
MissCarlotta: 1 completed project
spyndragon
Cindiknits
siberspinner: 1 completed project
basketcase9702: 2 completed projects
Trek15
GirlReaction: 1 completed project
peregrineknit
fairfaxknitter: 4 completed projects
CCK
doris7264: 4 completed projects
aerieiris: 1 completed project
montricot: 4 completed projects
amalberti: 1 completed project
dzirin: 1 completed project
amquilt: 1 completed project
BethCtoo
statsgeek: 4 completed projects
Momma2abunch
WildcardFiber: 1 completed project
Lallison79: 4 completed projects
djaquilter
mehitabel: 23 completed projects
BillieX3: 1 completed project
Shahann: 1 completed project
robobeagle: 5 completed projects
ElectricDaisy: 2 completed project
gathersnomoss: 1 completed project
needleb
BunnySpun
amayzingrace: 3 completed projects
sk2p

Session Totals: 21 quilters completed 66 projects

What a great quarter, Quilters!  Congratulations to all of our finishers and thank you to all of our participants and our cheerleaders, too. 

Congratulation to Mehitabel who was our Rock Star for this quarter by completing TWENTY-THREE (23) projects! Congrats also to Doris7264 who posted her 4th finish of the session on the final day of the quarter! She was our Queen of the Last Minute this time.

I was pleased to contribute the following two finishes to the session totals...

PINK Donation quilt:

Noah's Grad quilt:

REMINDER...

The Spring 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club is OPEN for sign-ups at THIS LINK.  YOU are invited join in the finishing fun.  Members must list 5 (or more) projects for participation. Sign-ups will close at Midnight (EDT) on Monday, April, 7th!  Please drop me an email, if you find that you need help with the process.

Until next time...

Mark another UFO off the list!!!

Wonderful Wednesday - YELLOW JRR On Steroids - A(nother) Winter 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club Finish

Or was it???

Welcome to another edition of Wonderful Wednesday!!  I'm here to share my third UFO finish of 2025.  I completed the following quilt top last year, but didn't quilt it until the day before the March 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge was over.  This is the story of its finishing.

I had finished all of my challenge projects, so what's a quilter to do???

Work on a UFO, of course!

Was there a quick one on your list, Joyful???

My QFK Jumbo JRR quilt fit the bill!  The photo below shows me dropping in a few pins to the adapted version of Jasmine's instructions @ Quilt Kisses:

There were other things to do, so once that task was done...

The quilt sat overnight and when morning arrived, I some took time before my lunch date to begin the quilting:

When I returned, I finished up the quilting.  After dinner I prepared and stitched on the binding, with only a small amount headed for the binding scrap bin:

I'm SEW glad that I was able to get this done during YELLOW month and that it won't be going back on the UFO List for the Spring 2025 UFO Club session!

Here is the completed quilt...

The only problem is that by the time the quilt was completed, I forgot that I needed to link up to the Winter 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club.  The deadline for qualifying entries was 11:59 PM (EDT.)  I guess I forgot what day it was and that I would post my quilt the next day.

I missed the deadline.  :o((

Oh, well... It's still another project done.

Until next time...

Mark another UFO off the list!!

The 100 Day Project - #100Days100ThingsDecluttered - Week 5

Welcome to Week 5 of the 2025 edition of #100Days100ThingsDecluttered, a special edition mini-series here at The Joyful Quilter!!  I started The 100 Day Project last week.  I'm excited that I've committed to it, again.  It's particularly popular on Instagram.  I was hesitant to participate before last year.  I'll be releasing weekly updates on Tidy Up Tuesday for those of you who might be interested in seeing what goes out the door.

What did you say your project was, again, Joyful???

I signed up with a different idea in mind than most.  You can read about it HERE.  That link will tell you all about my project.

The gist of my focus...

Decluttering my home and studio in an effort to free up space for MORE creativity.

Here is the list of items from Week 5:

1 small tote bag

2 cardboard boxes

3 glue sticks that I've been saving to scoop out the dregs

4 lamps

5 coffee mugs (that we never choose to use)

Total: 15/100

Updated 100 Day Project Total: 147/100

Items added to the box shown above and the lamps being donated are in the photo below:

Thank you to those of you who encouraged me in my decluttering efforts last week!  I appreciate your kind comments and your willingness to cheer me along.  It really helps keep me going on this decluttering journey.

Sara @ My Sewing Room had the following to say:

Good job! Every little bit makes a difference!

I replied:

Thank you, Sara! While I might not be able to notice the difference, you are correct. Every little bit helps!

@dothe100dayproject

#The100DayProject

#DoThe100DayProject

#100Days100Things_TheDeclutterEdition

#100Days100ThingsDecluttered

#filltheboxjoy

Come back next week to see what goes in the box during the next 7 days.  You can also follow me on Instagram @thejoyfulquilter, if you are there more often than in BlogLand.

Until next time...

Do the 100 Day Project!!!

Mail Call Monday - Watercolor Edition

Welcome to another edition of Mail Call Monday!!  The following package arrived in my mailbox the week before last.  This post shares the answer to a question I asked myself when it arrived...

WHAT on Earth did you order NOW, Joyful???

The answer was quite simply...

NOTHING!!!

The package was a Get Well gift from my friend B in Maine:

It arrived from Canada:

Inside was this small packet...

Containing these two cards:

What on earth???

The "cards" were two sample packs of handmade watercolor paint:

Tonight, I was finally able to swatch out the colors...

At the top of the page in the photo below is the Northern Lights Travel Card palette, swatched out:

Wintery Night

Dreamers Gold

Wet Grizzly

Beach Sand

Shell

Glacial Rivers

At the bottom of the page in the photo above I swatched out the Mixing Palette Travel Card:

Strawberry

Cherry

Fall Poplar Yellow

Great Ocean

Almost Night

White

Thank you, B, for a wonderful surprise!!  I'm really going to enjoy these.  I appreciate your thoughtfulness.  Now I'm looking forward to discovering the ins and outs of color mixing with watercolors.

Until next time...

Let's go PAINT!!!