ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC25 - Week 27

Welcome to Week 27 of the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week is sure to be a mix of errands, work, and art.  Will PURPLE scrap quilting play a part in my days?

Read on to find out...

SUNDAY - Weekly Morning Art Zoom found me working on the PARQUETRY prompt for the Index Card a Day Challenge:

The monthly Scrap Club meeting with Kristen @ Scrap Fabric Love was held on Zoom this afternoon.  I worked with paper scraps to make a start on a new Board Book Journal using a children's book as the base:

MONDAY - Day Off

A trip to the grocery store and my Weekly Zoom Call with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color:

In neighborhood news...

House #14 has been landscaped (the tree fell down in a passing storm)...

And House #18 is beginning to take shape, with House #19 soon to follow, but currently just a stack of wood on the right edge of the photo below:

TUESDAY - Tidy Up Tuesday (An update on 15 years of UFO finishing fun!!)

Day Off

Errands were followed by Open Studio time with Barb and other Get Messy art friends found me finishing on the interior of my new Board Book journal:

WEDNESDAY - The Guest Blogger(s)

Work

Afterwards, I finally pulled out the PURPLE Quilted Scrap Basket to prepare for my July scrap sewing for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge:

THURSDAY - Summer UFO Club - The List

Work

Afterwards, I added some decoration on the two zines I made when I finished my Board Book journal on Tuesday afternoon:

FRIDAY - July 4th Holiday

My day started with these lovely ladies at Knit Group:

After a quick grocery run and a bite to eat, I headed upstairs for Get Messy's Open Studio with Deandra.  The ICAD prompts for Week 6 have been released so I got started on them with my interpretation of the ROAD prompt:

Laundry and dinner occupied my time before Weekly Evening Art Zoom where I continued working on my Index-Card-a-Day challenge.  Tonight was for the BICYCLE prompt...

Followed by a solitary fireworks walk, as DH was too tired to accompany me tonight:

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.  No PURPLE sewing here, yet.

On tap for this afternoon...

July's Get Messy Season Opener, one more load of laundry and Zooming with Knittingsuek.

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

Summer 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The List

Welcome back to The Joyful Quilter!! The Summer 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 July 7, 2025.

NOTE: All qualifying finishes must be posted BEFORE midnight (EDT) on August 31, 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 SUMMER 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club:

1. Double Pink & Brown BOM (??)

2. Bright Eyes (Faces Workshop 2021)

3. Grape Candy Coated (2023)

4. DOQ Neighborhood Challenge (2023)

5. A2 Baby! (2023 - on left)

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

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

8. TSC Rainbow Plus Quilt (2024)

9. Color Wheel Runner (2023)

10. QFK JRR on Steroids (2023)

11. Sweet Kisses (2021)

12. Kaffe Runner/Topper (2022)

13. Blue and Green for Parrish (2016)

14. Aboriginal Runner (2022)

15. Stitch Studio Remix (2012)

Quilting by Diane @ Stitch Studio

16. Bottom of the Bin Topper (2024)

17. Scrap Jar Stars (2017)

18. Inherited Iris (2020)

19. Ravelry Exchange Quilt (2009)

20. Shrunken Stars (2020)

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 Summer 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 Summer 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, July 7th!  Please drop me an email, if you find that you need help with the process.  (Join Ravelry. Join the Quilters Knitting group, go the UFO Club discussion thread and state your intentions for participation.)

Until next time...

Wish me luck!!

The Guest Blogger(s) - Vol. 60 - Debbie Goes to the Beach

Welcome to Volume 60 of The Guest Blogger(s)!!  Yesterday, I received an email from Debbie M., one of my Get Messy Art membership friends.  She's been busy with her TABLE SCRAPS Challenge inspired the Life's a Beach prompt for the June TABLE SCRAPS Challenge.

Here is what she had to say about it...

Here is my June challenge piece. This piece was so fun.  I used to live near the Hollywood, Florida beach.  We spent every minute we could enjoying our time on the beach.  The quilt piece is going to spend the summer on my dining room table.

I replied:

Super cute, Debbie! What a great reminder of your time spent in Florida.

Here's the accompanying photo that Debbie sent:

Give Debbie some quilty love in the comments below.  I'm SEW happy to share her appliqued entry with all of you.  I know that you enjoy seeing her work as much as I do!  Thank you for sending the photo for the blog, Debbie.  It's lovely to be able to post your project (and anyone else's without a blog.)  Quilters are always looking for ways to USE the scraps from our cutting tables!

Link Party REMINDER...

The June 2025 Link Party opened on  Friday, June 27th @ 12:01 AM.  There's still time for YOU to join the scrappy fun!  Small projects are quick and entries can be added until Wednesday, July 2nd @ 11:59 PM (EDT).

Until next time...

USE those (table) SCRAPS!!!

Spring 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The Results

Welcome to another edition of Tidy Up Tuesday here at The Joyful Quilter!!  I'm coming to you with a quarterly report on a 15 year venture within the Quilters Knitting group on Ravelry.  Since I'm the coordinator of the UFO Club, I like to reveal updates here on the blog, as it's the very reason for my blog's existence.  The program has resulted in more than 800 UFO finishes in the last 5 years and nearly 2000 UFO finishes since its inception 15 years ago!  YOU are welcome to participate, as well.  (Find details for membership at the bottom of this post.)

The SPRING 2025 UFO Club is now CLOSED!!  Participants MUST have listed (at least) FIVE projects. Photos should have accompany the list.  Sign-ups ended at midnight EDT on April 7, 2025.

NOTE:  All qualifying finishes must have been posted BEFORE midnight EDT on June 30, 2025!!!

Membership (29):

basketcase9702: 2 completed projects

tallgrasscrafter: 2 completed projects

GirlReaction

fairfaxknitter: 2 completed projects

amalberti

monicarose51

Cindiknits

doris7264: 4 completed projects

peregrineknit

dzirin: 2 completed projects

Momma2abunch: 2 completed projects

Lallison79

gathersnomoss: 1 completed project

siberspinner

djaquilter

tjsayers: 2 completed projects

BethCtoo

MissCarlotta: 2 completed projects

amayzingrace: 5 completed projects

spyndragon

WildcardFiber

robobeagle: 4 completed projects

MorganLaFey

statsgeek: 7 completed projects

Stacy

aerieiris

sk2p

montricot: 2 completed projects

bookwormdjibouti

Session Totals: 13 quilters have completed 37 projects

Congratulations to Statsgeek who completed SEVEN (7) projects during the term our Rock Star this time around. Congrats also to Momma2abunch who earned the title of Queen of the Last Minute with her two finishes posted mere hours before the deadline. 

Thank you to all of our participants and to those who cheered us along! We truly appreciate the support. Congratulations to all of our finishers and hopefully those of you who weren't able to complete a project were pleased with whatever progress you were able to achieve!

My contributions to that total???

TWO (2) donation quilts for my local quilt guild's community outreach programs.

The Big RED Race Quilt:

40" x 47"

And...

Short Track RED Race Quilt:

40" x 43"

REMINDER...

The Summer 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, July 7th!  Please drop me an email, if you find that you need help with the process.  (Join Ravelry. Join the Quilters Knitting group, go the UFO Club discussion thread and state your intentions for participation.)

Until next time...

Mark another UFO off the list!!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC 25 - Week 26

Welcome to Week 25 of the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week is going to be a "sewing with a side of art" week.  Errands and work will be thrown in as well.

 This is how it all panned out...

SUNDAY - Weekly Morning Art Zoom found me working on the GEMSTONE prompt for ICAD...

Followed by the PETAL prompt:

When lunch was done, I returned to the studio for an afternoon of ORANGE scrap sewing:

MONDAY - Day Off

This morning, contractors were digging out for the new neighbor sidewalk that will end at our driveway, but that involved leveling the front section of our side yard.  DH negotiated removal of the giant rocks formerly just outside my studio window...

All that noise didn't stop me from enjoying a watercolor class with Tammy Kaye:

I got my days wrong and barged in on Kathe and Nicky's private art chat.  They were very gracious and didn't chase me off.  I knocked out the ONAMOTOPIA prompt for ICAD:

TUESDAY - Day Off 

I attended Open Studio with Barb and completed my card inspired by the TURTLE prompt:

Later, I got brave and decided on the next step for my contribution to the Window Seats quilt:

WEDNESDAY - Work

I did the grocery run this morning because I knew I wouldn't have time later.  When I returned home this afternoon, it was time for my Weekly Zoom Call with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color:

In neighborhood construction news...

Contractors were back again today for another pass at the sidewalk installation...

And "build kits" were delivered for House # 18 and #19, the final two houses in the new neighborhood:

DH and I did an airport run this evening, as DS2 returned from his vacation.

THURSDAY - Work

I did some computer work when I got home,  had a quick dinner and left for my Monthly Evening Quilt Bee meeting.  Here is a photo of those who gathered:

FRIDAY - TABLE SCRAPS Challenge

Knit Group was fun today with 4 in person attendees...

And Linda joined us via Zoom:

Open Studio with Deandra found me trying to catch up on the ICAD prompts that I skipped.  My interpretation of the AVIARY prompt is shown below:

After dinner, at my Weekly Evening Art Zoom a couple of attempts at the SUNRISE prompt from Week 5 produced disastrous results for the Index-Card-a-Day challenge from Tammy @ Daisy Yellow Art...

So I selected a simplified design and called it a day:

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 enjoyed an Art Day with Britt:

I'm showing off a few of the collage clusters I made using Britt's scraps and she's showing her interpretation of the SUNRISE prompt for ICAD.  Thanks for a fun day, B!!

When I got home, Knittingsuek and I met for our Weekly Zoom Call:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!