Welcome to the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge - The Year in Review edition from The Joyful Quilter!!
It's the final day of the year and this is where I break my RSC progress down to a monthly review of scrap use. If you saw my 2024 Year in Review post, you might know what comes next.
I would like to start off by thanking Angela for her continued offering of the RSC by hosting the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge this year, even though she was super busy with work and graduate school.
I'm sharing this post
with
Angela @ So Scrappy
Now, let's take a look at my Rainbow Scrap Challenge progress for the year...
I started off the year with a plan to create donation quilt tops in each of the RSC Colors of the Month, inspired by Jasmine @ Quilt Kisses and her TUTORIAL for the Jumbo Jelly Roll Race quilt. I'll share those below, along with the projects completed with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge in mind.
JANUARY - PINK
JANUARY - PINK
I started off the year with Dragon Scales for PQ 16.1, done in the RSC Color of the Month:
I also made Warm Beverage as my TABLE SCRAPS Challenge project...
Ombre, a mini quilt for PQ 16.2...
Along with my PINK donation quilt specifically with the RSC in mind:
Common Blocks for PQ 16.3:
The background of Birthstone, made for PQ 16.3, used a stack of BLUE scraps from a friend:
Bright was my entry for this month's TABLESCRAPS Challenge:
And finished Noah's Grad Quilt, begun with scraps during a long ago BLUE month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge:
Follow Your Arrow - PQ 16.4
Song Lyrics was a painted and appliqued piece made for the TSC:
RRM Mug Rug #3 used a floral print that incorporated the Color of the Month:
And...
I finally finished my UFO titled YELLOW JRR on Steroids:
TWO donation quilts finished specifically for the RSC...
Big RED Race Quilt:
Short Track RED Race quilt:
And...
This month's TABLE SCRAPS Challenge entry Raining Cats and Dogs:
MAY - GREEN
Fresh Cut Grass, my entry for the TSC:
My TABLE SCRAPS Challenge project was Life's a Beach:
JULY - PURPLE
When faced with the Bloom Time prompt for this month's TSC, I remembered that I had a PURPLE UFO. Inherited Iris was an abandoned project from a friend. Abandoned = Leftover = Scrap:
Completed my super scrappy Grape Candy Coated quilt from Crazy Mom Quilts:
Hot Flash Mini for the TABLE SCRAPS Challenge:
QFK Jumbo JRR in AQUA finished for the RSC:
SEPTEMBER - Light/Bright BLUE and/or Light/Bright GREEN
Laura's TV Test Pattern mini was made for the TSC:
OCTOBER - Dark and/or Light NEUTRALS
DENIM Make It Mini quilted art with scraps of October's Color of the Month:
Kristen's Scrappy Bargello (from her Scrappy Strips QAL) was made during BLUE month and completed this month because it also fit October's Dark and/or Light NEUTRALS:
NOVEMBER - Assembly of Blocks
For the purposes of the TABLE SCRAPS Challenge, I made an executive decision and called for MAKERS CHOICE.
For the RSC25 I made this Light NEUTRAL Quilted Thread Catcher last month, didn't get it finished:
DECEMBER - Finishing and Quilting
For my final entry for the TABLE SCRAPS Challenge, I called for RAINBOW and here is what I made...
Not too shabby, huh???
During 2025, I made TWENTY-SIX (26) projects with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge Color(s) of the Month in mind. Some were specifically made as an RSC project. Others were UFOs completed because of the Color of the Month. I also selected fabrics with Angela's monthly color choice as my guide when creating many of my ProjectQUILTING challenge pieces along with ALL of my entries for the 2025 TABLE SCRAPS Challenge here on my blog.
Speaking of the TABLE SCRAPS Challenge...
I'm SEW glad that Judy @ Busy Hands are Happy Hands, Deb @ Happy to be Scrappy and LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color encouraged me to offer The TABLE SCRAPS Challenge again in conjunction with the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge, but after 5 years (and a chronic health condition), I'm stepping away from offering the challenge in 2026. We will just have to spend more time on RSC projects.
I thoroughly enjoyed hosting the challenge and hope you will still visit Angela and continue sewing the fabric scraps from your cutting table with her Color of the Month. I know that I will! As I mentioned in the December 2025 Link Party, please know that I appreciate each quilter who participated in the TSC over the years. I'm SEW glad that my prompts sparked your creativity (even though some of them were so... challenging.)
Until next time...
Quilt SO scrappy!!!
I enjoyed reading your year in review. Thank you for organising table scraps.....it was fun playing alongside you. Take care.
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