TidyUp Tuesday - The 100 Day Project 2026 - Week 1

Welcome to the 2026 edition of #100Days100ThingsDecluttered, a new mini-series here at The Joyful Quilter!!  I started The 100 Day Project last week.  I'm excited that I've committed to it, again.  It's particularly popular on Instagram.  I was hesitant to participate before last year.  I'll be releasing weekly updates on Tidy Up Tuesday for those of you who might be interested in seeing what goes out the door.

What did you say your project was, again, Joyful???

I signed up with a different idea in mind than most.  You can read about it HERE.  That link will tell you all about my project.

The gist of my focus...

Decluttering my home and studio in an effort to free up space for MORE creativity.

Here's my progress for Week One:

I off to a bit of a slow start.  I really can’t imagine that I will do as well as I did last year.  Unloading 6 times as many things out of the house as I had hoped was mind-blowing, but I’ll give it a good try.

I got rid of the following items:

1 pr of (broken) boots - trashed
1 bag of ruined items from DH’s shop (also trashed)
12 FQs of fabric to quilting friends

Total: 14/406

Week 1 Total for the 100 Day Project: 14/100

I didn't get a photo for Week One.  I'll try not to make that mistake again.

Thank you to those of you who encouraged me in my decluttering efforts as I kicked off this challenge!  I appreciate your kind comments and your willingness to cheer me along.  Sara @ My Sewing Room had this to say:

You always do a great job of decluttering with this challenge, and you've taken me along the last 2 years. I actually have 1 donation box started but haven't tracked anything yet. This year I may need some extra kicks in the tush to get going again. LOL

As Sara mentioned, she has participated alongside me in this challenge since I took it on.  I'm glad she has her donation box ready and is ready to give decluttering another try.  I love the fact that I have an accountability buddy and wish her success again this year.

 

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Come back next week to see what goes in the box during the next 7 days.  You can also follow me on Instagram @thejoyfulquilter, if you are there more often than in BlogLand.

Until next time...

Do the 100 Day Project!!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC26 - Week 9

Welcome to Week 9 of the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week I'm starting with the photo that I meant to end with last week.  It's my RSC project for GREEN month:

Now, walk with me through the last 7 days...

SUNDAY - ProjectQUILTING

Weekly Morning Art Zoom and Scrap Club happened today, but I didn't take any photos to share.  I was inspired by the quilty energy of this afternoon's meeting so I decided to square up the scrappy donation that I quilted a couple of weeks ago.  I'm pleased to be one step closer to a finished project:

Approximately 42 x 44"

MONDAY - Mail Call Monday

Painting Bold Watercolor Florals for Self-Care class with Tammy Kaye:

Curiosity Collective focused on Caylee's Neutrals and Neon lesson from the Get Messy Color book:

A grocery run was followed by my Weekly Zoom Call with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color to round out the day:

Dewi joined us in the studio this week.  He's LeeAnna's new snoopervisor:

TUESDAY - The 100 Day Project - An Introduction

Today was a Stay at Home Sew Day.  I used it to do some GREEN Scrap Sewing.  That included assembling binding for one of my UFOs.  Alas, the scrap I chose wasn't quite enough:

Tuesday Explorers Open Studio on Get Messy,  This afternoon I added small bits to this orange page in my Collage Scraps journal:

Afterwards, I painted the first of three watercolor landscapes in Tammy Kaye's February Tutorial before my FREE membership to her Patreon expires:

WEDNESDAY - Midweek Meetup ended up with only Britt and I in attendance:

The Joyful Art Zoom was canceled due to internet issues.  :o((

Instead, I worked on my next UFO:

Then I worked on landscape 2 of 3...

THURSDAY - Weekly Quilt Group was this morning's activity.  No photos today.  We stopped for a quick grocery run and after lunch, Britt and I did another color swatch spread in our Dina Wakely Ledger Journals inspired by similar to this video from Denise Love:

Monthly Evening Quilt Bee has resumed:

FRIDAY - Knit Group

After lunch, I headed up to Get Messy's Friday Friends Open Studio.  I spent time chatting with my art friends and doing a yellow page in my Collage Scraps journal:

During my Weekly Evening Art Zoom, I worked on adding a few extra details:

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.  Although, I'm going to be late to the party today.

Why, Joyful???

I decided to attend our guild's Boutique Work Day.  Two of my beemates were there...

Stacy, Maggie, and I stopped for a photo op before beginning our projects.  I made this tote:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

Wonderful Wednesday - QuiltCon Edition

WARNING!!!  PHOTO HEAVY POST!!!

Welcome to another edition of Wonderful Wednesday!!  Today, I'm here to tell you about my trip to QuiltCon last week.  It was a quick trip, but a really good one.  Lots of incredible quilts, a good number of friends, but NO SHOPPING (for me.)  My apologies to all of the wonderful vendors, but was not one thing that I needed to buy.

Read on to see a portion of what and who I saw that the show...

The show was in Raleigh at the convention center.  My bee mate (Knittingsuek) from my Monthly Evening Quilt Bee and I arrived later than the majority of attendees.  I'm not sure if it was the timing or the fact that we went on Friday this time, but our "favorite" parking deck was FULL!  :o((

Our arrival...

Let's start with a bird's eye view of the show floor...

Quilts on the left:

More quilts toward the center:

"Cafeteria", lecture space and vendor section toward the back and right of the photo below:

What to do first???

We decided to walk the show first and do the vendors after lunch.  Here are a few of the quilts that I found interesting:

A couple of quilts from the Windham Artisan Cotton 2026 Challenge:

Including one photographed for my friend Jean, remembering her Pear quilt phase:

I didn't get very far before running into Dee Dee from my Weekly Morning Quilt Group:

A few more quilt photos...

While the construction on this quilt was interesting...

You really had to step back and take a photo to recognize its brilliance:

Before finding one that reminded me of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge friends.  The Color of the Month for February is GREEN:

While Sue was visiting with Allison Glass...

I recognized Linda @ Flourishing Palms walking by.  I called her name and she turned to exclaim mine.  It's always a pleasure to chat back and forth online, but it was even more fun to meet Linda in person.  Photo op time:

The quilts are amazing, but let's eat!!!

We found a free chair in the "cafeteria" and Sue had her Rollator with a built-in seat.  It felt great to sit and relax for a bit.  During lunch I saw a couple friends from guild.  It was a pleasure to meet Carrie P's sister and oh-SEW-good to see Diane H!  No photos of them.

After lunch it was time for my Scrap Club Meetup...

Jeff and Teresa met yesterday and Beth will join them tomorrow, but here is picture proof that thanks to Kristen @ Scrap Fabric Love we have built a wonderful community:

Jeff had a gift for me.  One of his patterns, an amazing ATC, and a bundle of FQs for me to choose any that I liked.  I restrained myself and only took two:

Thanks SEW much, Jeff!

I also pulled 4FQs for an Ugly Fabric Swap for our QuiltCon Meetup Challenge, but they will wait to pull theirs when they meet Beth tomorrow:

We chatted for quite some time, but I still needed to see more of the quilts before it was time to head for home.  I got this far before remembering that I should check my phone.

Before beginning, I checked my phone for messages.  Britt had texted so I went to find her before she and Lynda Mac left the venue:

Another stroll through the quilts revealed this (maker tag not captured) GREEN quilt...

And this one with my RSC Quilter friends in mind:

Along with several others that I was particularly drawn to...

Then I was determined to see more of the quilts...

These are a few of the ones that drew me in for a closer look:

I particularly liked this group quilt which I later realized was one that Karen Brown of Just Get It Done Quilts participated in making:

Before I knew it, Sue was texting to see where I was.  We took in one more section of the quilt display before sayin goodbye to QuiltCon 2026.

It was a wonderful (and exhausting) day.  Thanks for dragging me along, Sue!

Until next time...

Go see a QUILT show!!!