June 2025 - TABLE SCRAPS Challenge - Link Party

Welcome to the JUNE 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.

This month's color was:

ORANGE

Here are the scraps I had to work with:

The theme for June was:

LIFE'S A BEACH

Thanks to Judy @ Busy Hands are Happy Hands blog for the suggestion!

What project did you choose, Joyful???

Thanks to inspiration from this magazine image...

 

I dug through the ORANGE Quilted Scrap Basket shown above and pulled out the batiks that were hiding in its depths:

Without the necessary range of gradients, batiks of sea and sand colors were added to the mix...

Then I began to sew sections together:

The top was assembled quickly.  Below you can see that it was layered with a scrap of batting, quilted with some straight lines and trimmed to size:

A single line of stitching finished it off and that's when I noticed the something...

The sun sinks into the horizon so I covered the lower half and here is my completed June 2025 TABLE SCRAPS Challenge project...

9" wide x 10" tall

What's next, Joyful???

I'm guessing that Angela will announce the Color of the Month for July on her Rainbow Scrap Challenge post tomorrow.  I'll post an update as soon as I discover her choice:

???

July's theme is:

ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN/BLOOM TIME

NOTE:  I'm looking forward to seeing what you are inspired to create!  Remember, while I look forward to seeing what you might make using the month's prompt, you are NOT required to use the suggested theme!!  The main goal is using up some of your scraps.  I have to say, I am SEW excited to come up with a design to fit our July challenge!

And now...

It's time for YOU to link up your LIFE'S A BEACH and/or ORANGE project in the LINK PARTY below.  All entries MUST be submitted by Wednesday, July 2nd @ 11:59PM (EST).

Until next time...

USE those table scraps!!!

#tablescrapschallenge2025