January 2025 - TABLE SCRAPS Challenge - Link Party

Welcome to the JANUARY 2025 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 2025, 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 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 2025 TABLE SCRAPS Challenge page at the top of the blog.

The theme for January was:

WARM BEVERAGE/ANYTHING COZY

Well, it's ProjectQUILTING season...

That means that I didn't have a moment to think about my project until week two during the "off week".  No project was due, so I decided to go ahead and figure out a plan of attack for my TABLE SCRAPS Challenge project.

Alas...

Seven weeks ago, I broke a finger on my dominant hand.  :o((

That meant that I would need to do one of two things...

I either needed to do something with squares that were already cut or figure out something to applique.

First, I searched through my PINK Quilted Scrap Basket...

And selected these scraps as a jumping off point:

Then I thought about my favorite mug.  It was hand thrown by my SIL quite a few years ago.  In the middle of art journaling, I took out a scrap of paper, drew it from memory, and cut it out:

Here you can see a couple of the scraps I though worked best for the idea that began swirling around in my head.  The little quilt was all layered up and pin basted:

I gave this little sneak peek last week:

This is my completed project out in the snow on our back deck.  To me, there's not much cozier than a cup of hot tea:

For those who read my blog regularly, you might recognize this butterfly print...

As the fabric used on the cover of my latest Altered Book Journal that I've been using for Junk Journal January.  Now the journal has a companion mug rug:

What's next, Joyful???

Tomorrow the new month begins.  Angela announced the Color of the Month for February on her Rainbow Scrap Challenge post that went live on last Saturday.  She selected:

BLUE

February's theme is:

NEON LIGHTS or ANYTHING BRIGHT

NOTE:  I'm excited to see what YOU are inspired to create!  While I look forward to seeing what you might make using the prompt, you are NOT required to use the suggested theme!!  The main goal is using up some of your scraps.

And now...

It's time for YOU to link up your WARM BEVERAGE / ANYTHING Cozy and/or PINK project in the LINK PARTY below.  All entries MUST be submitted by Wednesday, February 5th @ 11:59PM (EST).

USE those table scraps!!!

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