ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC25 - Week 28

Welcome to Week 28 of the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week's plan is the same as most weeks.  Some work, some art, and the hope of getting to some scrappy sewing.

How'd the plan pan out, Joyful???

SUNDAY - Weekly Morning Art Zoom found me working on the AUTUMN and CHECKERBOARD prompts for ICAD.  Yes!  I used some PURPLE fabric scraps:

Evening flooding from Tropical Storm Chantal:

MONDAY - Day Off

Our power was out for 16 hours and the flood waters reached halfway up our back yard:

This afternoon's grocery run was followed by my Weekly Zoom Call with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color:

On our evening walk, we discovered that crews have been busy on House # 18 and 19:

TUESDAY - Day Off

Construction crews were out bright and early to build the forms for the coming concrete work:

Later, I attended Open Studio with Barb and friends.  I scoured magazines for something vaguely related to the BRONZE prompt and did some lettering to complete my card:

WEDNESDAY - Day Off/Celebration Day

In construction news today...

It was concrete day.  Two driveway and two sidewalks were poured.  That included the section of sideway that connects our driveway to the new neighborhood:

THURSDAY - Work

My early morning dental appointment was calmed by this serene piece of art:

After work, I headed to the hospital for an afternoon CT scan of my lungs to see why I'm STILL coughing after 15 months.  That was followed by a stop at My Secret Closet.  So many shades of PURPLE on my late afternoon shopping trip:

I was supposed to be meeting Britt there, but her appointment ran late.  My adventure had to be cut short, as yet another storm was approaching and the store decided to close early.  If you look in the distance, you can see the wall of water that I faced on my trip home:

FRIDAY - Work

Afterwards, a grocery and pharmacy run was followed by dinner and...

My Weekly Evening Art Zoom where I collaged the GIRAFFE prompt for ICAD:

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 was up early this morning playing with this fun fabric scrap.  See the hint of PURPLE???  It will be the binding of last month's TABLE SCRAPS Challenge entry:

Here's the fully completed quilt:

I'm off to my Quarterly Saturday Quilt Bee meeting so if I've missed anything, please accept my apologies.  I'll post a photo later... A small group today and I nearly missed the photo op:

Zoom with Knittingsuek:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

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!!!