ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC25 - Week 41

Welcome to Week 41 of the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week found me with the normal errands, a change on the horizon, and some test results from my recent pulmonology appointment.  Did that leave time for any Light and/or Dark NEUTRAL scrap sewing?

Keep reading, if you would like to know what transpired...

SUNDAY - Weekly Morning Art Zoom found me finishing my opening page for the Season of Inspir-ACTION:

When that was done, I did this page in my Collage Scraps Altered Book journal:

In construction news...

On this evening's walk, I found that not one...

But, TWO houses sold this week:

MONDAY - Day Off 

Zoom with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color...

Was followed by some Light and/or Dark NEUTRAL scrap trimming:

TUESDAY - Day Off 

Here is this month's Gallery Wire display of Light and/or Dark NEUTRAL projects:

Today was NOT a good day to go to the grocery store.  The power went out for

2 hours yesterday and this was what ALL the cold displays looked like:

WEDNESDAY - Work

Before leaving, I made binding from a good sized Light NEUTRAL scrap:

THURSDAY - Work

I applied yesterday's binding this afternoon:

FRIDAY - Day Off

Knit Group this morning, but I neglected to take a photo.

During the midday at Get Messy's Open Studio with Deandra, I worked on this page in my Get Messy Hangout Journal:

I did another page in my Collage Scraps Altered Book journal at tonight's Weekly Evening Art Zoom:

SATURDAY - Work/Celebration Day

No time to post my entry for Angela's LINK PARTY 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'll be along as soon as I have a minute.

My day started with a meeting at work.  That was followed by a stop at the pharmacy and the grocery store.  Next came lunch, laundry, and a catch-up call with Knittingsuek.

Finally, it's a Celebration Day at our house.  That meant dinner out and a special dessert.  This busy day went by so quickly.  There was no time for our Weekly Zoom Call with Knittingsuek today, but we chatted on the phone for a few minutes and plan to catch up next week.

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

Fall 2025 - (Ravelry) UFO Club - The List

Welcome back to The Joyful Quilter!! The Fall 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 October 7, 2025.

NOTE: All qualifying finishes must be posted BEFORE midnight (EST) on December 31, 2025!!!

What do you hope to accomplish this quarter, Joyful???

My strategy tends to be listing 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 like to err on the side MORE is better. You see, I am 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 FALL 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club:

1. Bright Eyes (Faces Workshop 2021)  DONE!!! 10/11/25

2. 2025 Bee Challenge (2025)

3. CP's Log Cabin (2024)

4. Double Pink & Brown BOM (??)

5. TSC Rainbow Plus Quilt (2024)

6. Sweet Kisses (2021)

7. Aboriginal Runner (2022)

8. Kristen's Scrappy Bargello (2025)

9. Kaffe Runner/Topper (2022)

10. Like Deborah (Boschart) Only Not (2016)

11. Blue and Green for Parrish (2016)

12. Stitch Studio Remix (2012)

Quilting by Diane @ Stitch Studio

13. Bottom of the Bin Topper (2024)

14. Ravelry Exchange Quilt (2009)

15. Color Wheel Runner (2023)

16. Mini 2024 BH Leader/Ender Challenge (2025)

17. DOQ Neighborhood Challenge (2023)

18. Sweet Kisses (2021)

19. Bargello Wall Hanging (2017)

20. Where's Jackson?  (2011)

How many years CAN a dog sit on a sewing table?  Only time will tell...

Sit.  Stay.  Good dog!

Note: This one is back on the list at the request of my friend

Deb @ Happy to be Scrappy and one day I will

 surprise her by completing this project.

AND ...

One more that was too perfect for the start of this quarter:

21. Scrappy Light NEUTRAL Runner/Topper (2023)

SEW...

As per usual, I've included more projects than I can realistically complete in a 3-month period of time.  That's the way I like it, though.  I'll have plenty to choose from with 10 listed projects for the Fall 2025 UFO Club.  The list includes some "have to do", some "want to do", and a few "low hanging fruit" to get me going.  My goal is actually only ONE finish for the quarter. More than that is a bonus!

Remember...

There's still time for YOU to join in the finishing fun!  Sign-ups are open through TOMORROW, October 7th @ midnight (EDT), so head over to the Quilters Knitting group on Ravelry today. Email if you need help with the process. (You will need to sign-up for Ravelry, the Quilters Knitting group, then state your intentions and projects in the discussion thread linked above.)

Until next time...

Wish me luck!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC25 - Week 40

Welcome to Week 40 of the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week is booked with work, errands, and a project with an approaching deadline.  Will it also include some Light and/or Dark NUETRAL scrap sewing?

Read on to see how my week panned out...

SUNDAY - Weekly Morning Art Zoom met this morning and I put this page together in my Collage Scraps Altered Book:

Right after lunch, I went upstairs for September's Scrap Club meeting where Kristen announced our new group quilt project:

During the meeting I worked on another page in my Collage Scraps Altered Book:

(Yesterday and) this afternoon I watched the Sampler Platter from Global Quilt Connection:

Thank you to GQC and my local quilt guild for the opportunity to view the wide range of demonstrations hosted during the Sampler Platter!

MONDAY - Day Off 

Zoom with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color before heading out to run an errand:

TUESDAY - Day Off 

During the midday, I attended the Second Time Around hangout with Barb at Get Messy.  Remarkably enough, only Debbie and I were in attendance:

Yet another page in my Collage Scraps Altered Book kept my hands occupied while we chatted:

WEDNESDAY - Summer 2025 UFO Club - The Results

Work

The MPG on my new car hit a record after today's fuel up:

THURSDAY - Work

LOOK!!!  A bit of NEUTRAL scrap sewing happened this afternoon as I switched from this section to another on a soon-to-be completed project:

FRIDAY - Work

While chatting with Britt and three other participants at tonight's Weekly Evening Art Zoom...

I worked on the following page in my Collage Scraps Altered Book:

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.

During the Opening for the Season of Inspir-ACTION at Get Messy, I stamped, stenciled, and selected an image for the moving part of my page. I'll be sure to share again once it's been completed.  You will barely recognize the photo below when you next see it:

No Zoom with Knittingsuek today.  I guess she was too tired from taking her puppy to the neighborhood dog park.  Maybe tomorrow.

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

Summer 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The Results

The SUMMER 2025 UFO Club is now CLOSED!! Participants MUST have listed (at least) FIVE quilt projects in the discussion below. Photos should have accompany the list. Sign-ups ended at midnight EDT on July 7, 2025.

NOTE: All qualifying finishes must have be posted BEFORE midnight EDT on September 30, 2025!!!

Membership (33):

basketcase9702: 3 completed projects

monicarose51

Lallison79: 4 completed projects

dzirin

fairfaxknitter: 2 completed projects

BunnySpun: 1 completed project

perigrineknit: 1 completed project

doris7264

aerieiris: 2 completed projects

MissCarlotta: 1 completed project

amayzingrace

BethCtoo

MorganLaFey

siberspinner

laceyspinner

sk2p

Cindiknits: 2 completed projects

djaquilter: 1 completed project 

statsgeek: 4 completed projects

Momma2abunch: 6 completed projects

WildCardFiber

tjsayers: 7 completed projects

Shahann: 3 completed projects

ridouta

needleb

robobeagle: 4 completed projects

spyndragon

amalberti: 2 completed projects

montricot: 2 completed projects

Stacy: 1 completed project

bookwormdjibouti

Carolina22: 1 completed project

KnititKim: 1 completed project

Session Totals:  19 quilters completed 48 projects

Congratulations to Tjsayers our Rock Star for the session with her SEVEN (7) finishes and to Aerieiris our Queen of the last minute with the post of her forgotten finish just hours before the midnight deadline.

I was pleased to contribute THREE (3) finishes to that total...

Inherited Iris (2020)    DONE!!!   7/25/25

Grape Candy Coated (2023)   DONE!!!   7/26/25

Here is the front...

~ 66" wide x 70" tall

And the back of the quilt of the super scrappy quilt:

QFK JRR on Steroids (2023)   DONE!!!   8/28/25

Thank you again to all our participants and cheerleaders! Congratulations to all our finishers! If YOU have 5 (or more) UFO quilt projects, we'd love to have you join us for the next round of finishing fun. Sign-ups for the Fall 2025 UFO Club are now open at this LINK until 11:59 PM (EDT) on October 7th.  Leave a comment below, if you need help with the process.

Until next time...

Mark another UFO off the list!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC25 - Week 39

Welcome to Week 39 of the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week may be a complete washout on the Light/Bright BLUE and/or GREEN scrap sewing front.  There's a lot going on, some unavoidable errands, and an important appointment scheduled this week.

Here's how the week played out...

SUNDAY - Weekly Morning Art Zoom found us all working on our Dare to Roll prompts.  I merged the two sets into the following page.  The only thing I missed was "found object" because the charm I meant to use was in need of re-finding:

Late this afternoon, Knittingsuek and I met for our Weekly Zoom Call:

Before dinner, I went for a walk and found what I believe to be a Gold Finch fledgling in the middle of the road.  The bird had taken off from the grass at the edge of the road and landed there, apparently exhausted by the effort.  I walked over to see how close I could get.  The photo below was taken mere inches away!  I stood in the street protecting it from oncoming traffic and picked up two big leaves in case it needed assistance.  When they were a couple inches away, there was a series of chirps and the bird flew to the grass on the other side of the street.  Whew!  Crisis averted:

MONDAY - Day Off 

I started my day with another Watercolor Workshop with Tammy Kaye:

After lunch I enjoyed my Weekly Zoom Call with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color:

I worked on sorting thru my 2.5" scrap drawer to find potential additions to the quilt I was working on last weekend.  There are still more pieces hiding.  I just have to keep searching.  These are a good start:

TUESDAY - Work

WEDNESDAY - Day Off/Doctor Day

They took me back early, did the regular weight and blood pressure tests.  The pulmonologist came in, went over my file, and test results.  Since my PFT was perfectly normal, she prescribed more tests for the Never-Ending-Cough.  Today that meant SIX (6) vials of blood, a nebulizer treatment, and a cough test in these sample collection cups:

THURSDAY - Work

Monthly Evening Quilt Bee meet tonight with this small group in attendance: 

I glued down the pieces for last week's Get Messy lesson with Marianne Burger:

FRIDAY - Work 

Fortunately, no one was able to attend Knit Group today so I didn't miss anything and since I was at work, I also didn't get to hang out at Get Messy's Open Studio with Deandra.

After dinner, I headed upstairs for my Weekly Evening Art Zoom.  Tonight's project was yet another page in my Collage Scraps Altered Book.  I created something out of character; a page that included Light/Bright BLUE papers and even a few fabric scraps:

SATURDAY - Work

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 thought I might do some more sewing on last week's Light/Bright BLUE and GREEN donation quilt, but that hasn't happened yet.

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!