November 2025 - TABLE SCRAPS Challenge - Link Party

Welcome to the NOVEMBER 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 - since Angela didn't assign one:

Maker's Choice

The theme for November was:

FAVORITE BOOK or MOVIE

What project did you choose this month, Joyful???

I went through nearly the entire month without a clue!  I was thisclose to taking a pass this time, but thought better of it.  After donning my thinking cap, I took a mental field trip back in time.

Where did this lead???

Back to movies from the 80's, but none of my favorites sparked any ideas for an entry.

Finally, I landed on an idea and ran with it...

Anne of Green Gables fit BOTH of this month's prompts, as I fell in love with the movie during a long ago PBS fundraiser and later was given the book series by my sweet MIL.

I grabbed this bag scraps...

 

To chose the "field" fabric, dug back in for the "roof" in a solid, and selected a "sky" fabric from the Light BLUE Quilted Scrap Basket:

Next...

I quickly quilted up the scene:

Then came the challenge of the house:

How will you create the gables, Joyful???

Using unconventional methods of faux piping for the "porch roof" and double-fold binding for the roof of the house.  This is how it turned out:

A rummage through the scrap binding box yielded something just the right length in a close enough shade of green to coordinate with the "field" fabric.  Unfortunately, I applied it to the FRONT of the quilt, forcing me to hand sew the binding down:

Here is my (nearly) completed November 2025 TABLE SCRAPS Challenge project...

It still needs some details, but my first attempt failed spectacularly.  I thought I could quilt them in, but now I'm going to applique or draw them in instead, but that will have to wait for later.  I've got a quilt back to assemble between now and 10 o'clock tomorrow morning so I've got to take care of that first.

Once the quilt back was sewn together...

 I tried the drawn details I hoped to add to the house:

In retrospect...

It might be better to have the quilt in the same room when constructing windows and doors!  Even though I would really like to have my entry done-done, I'm too tired for another go at it tonight.  Stay tuned.  I'll drop an updated photo at some point over the weekend.

What's next, Joyful???

As usual, Angela opted out of a Color of the Month for December on her Rainbow Scrap Challenge line-up for this year.  I decided on the following for our purposes.  The final Color of the Month for 2025 will be...

RAINBOW

December's theme is:

Give Peace a Chance and/or Anything You Find Peaceful

NOTE:  Thank you to Judy @ Busy Hands are Happy Hands for suggesting the theme.  I'm looking forward to seeing what how you will interpret the prompt.  Remember, you are NOT required to use the theme provided!!  The main goal is using up some of your scraps.  I have to admit, I'm unsure of how I might interpret our November challenge!  I'm sure I'll think of something... Eventually.

And now...

It's time for YOU to link up your Favorite Book or Movie and/or MAKER'S Choice (color) project in the LINK PARTY below.All entries MUST be submitted by Wednesday, December 3rd @ 11:59PM (EDT).

Until next time...

USE those table scraps!!!

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