ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC26 - Week 41

Welcome to Week 41 of the 2026 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week will be a mixed bag.  No appointments, but art and sewing will feature heavily in my days.  Angela gave the RSC Quilters the task of working with their Light and/or Dark NEUTRALS this month.  

Read on to see what transpired...

SUNDAY -  My Weekly Morning Art Zoom at Get Messy resulted in the following page in my Collage Scraps Journal using papers from @thisistruleetraci on Instagram:

MONDAY - Stay at Home Day

This week's Library Crawl featured @shemidixon and her lesson from Get Messy's Season of Enough.  We layer collage scraps on our page... 

Added some paint splotches (shown above) and a traced focal image...

To create an interesting journal page with the addition of a few words about a special person:

TUESDAY - Art/Errand Day

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During the Early Explorers hangout, I used a previously assembled collage cluster to create another page in my Collage Scraps Altered Book:

Here I am, in Light NEUTRAL attire, waiting for LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color to join our Weekly Zoom Call later in the day:

WEDNESDAY - Sew/Art Day

During Midweek Meetup I worked on my currant quilt project:

THURSDAY - Quilt/Art Day

Weekly Quilt Group met at Candy's.  I showed off more of my Quilt Show goodies, but didn't get any pictures.

After a brief stop at the store and lunch with Britt, we enjoyed an ART-venture this afternoon.  An attempt at a beach scene from Lisa Riehl was on today's agenda:

FRIDAY - Knit/Art Day

Knit Group was held at Tracy's house...

and visited the animals at Woolen Pond Farm this morning:

During Deandra's Art Zoom this afternoon, I worked on another page in my Collage Scraps Journal begun with yet another previously assembled collage cluster:

During my Weekly Evening Art Zoom, I repeated the afternoon's activity with another collage cluster and additional papers from my stash: 

SATURDAY - It's LINK PARTY day for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!  I hope you will stop by for a visit Angela @ So Scrappy to see what the RSC Quilters have been up to this week.  If you are looking for me...

I'll be upstairs rooting around in my Black Quilted Scrap Basket to see if I can find anything that works with my current quilt project:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC26 - Week 40

Welcome to Week 40 of the 2026 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week will be filled with recovery from all the QUILT SHOW doings of last week.  Will there be enough energy for any quilting?  That remains to be seen.

Keep reading if you would like to find out...

SUNDAY -  My Weekly Morning Art Zoom on Get Messy didn't happen for me.  This morning I volunteered at the Quilt Show and chatted with some of my favorite people...

Later I waited in line for the return of my quilts:

Here are my PURPLE 2026 Show ribbons displayed in their new home on my gallery wire:

MONDAY - Stay at Home Day

This week's Library Crawl was canceled, but a few artsy friends manage some art anyway.  I used some bee fabric, along with a few collage papers for a new page in my journal:

I later met with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color for our Weekly Zoom Call:

TUESDAY - Errand Day

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During the Early Explorers hangout, I glued down tissue paper for another page in my Collage Scraps Journal.  No photo, though.

Afterwards, I made not one, but TWO trips to the grocery store.  Sigh!

WEDNESDAY - Wonderful Wednesday

Angela announced October's Rainbow Scrap Challenge Color of the Month:

Light and/or Dark NEUTRALS

During Midweek Meetup I added a quote to a page in my Flowers Magic Journal and added a figure to the page that I started yesterday:

This afternoon I enjoyed my Art Zoom with my friend Belinda...

I painted the following floral page from a Kaye Parmenter tutorial on YouTube done in my Flowers Magic Journal.  It's quite a bit different, but that happens when I watch days before the actual painting is done:

THURSDAY - Summer 2026 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The Results

Weekly Quilt Group met at Cheryl's house.  I show off my Quilt Show goodies, but didn't get any pictures.

After a brief stop at the store and lunch with Britt, we enjoyed an ART-venture this afternoon.  A watercolor video from Tammy Kaye was on today's agenda:

FRIDAY - Fall 2026 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The List

Knit Group was held at Beth's house this morning:

During Deandra's Art Zoom this afternoon, I worked on cutting fabric letters for a new quilt project in case I can finish it up in time for this year's Snug as a Bug on a Quilt challenge:

During my Weekly Evening Art Zoom, I cut out some junk mail words before gluing this autumn napkin to my journal page to celebrate the season:

SATURDAY - It's LINK PARTY day for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!  I hope you will stop by for a visit Angela @ So Scrappy to see what the RSC Quilters have been up to this week.  I thought I might be late to the party because...

I'm heading out for a coffee date with my friend Helena this morning.  Here we are at 1928 Millhouse Coffee...

Working on projects while chatting:

Fortunately, I did enough post prep during the week to publish before leaving home.  Have a good weekend, everyone!

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC26 - Week 39

Welcome to Week 39 of the 2026 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week will be filled with more art classes and QUILT SHOW doings.  Will there be enough energy left for actual quilting?  Only time will tell.

Read on to find out...

SUNDAY -  The day began with my Weekly Morning Art Zoom on Get Messy.  This morning I used the snippet strip that I made at Britt's on Thursday and paired it with some coordinating scraps for a new page in my Collage Scraps Journal:

MONDAY - Art/Sew Day

At this week's Library Crawl I used Brandi Kincaid's Puzzling class as a jumping off point for the following page:

I later met with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color for our Weekly Zoom Call...

Once our call was done, I headed out to this month's Quilt Guild meeting to deliver my quilts for our upcoming show.  Before AND after the meeting, I stopped at the grocery store for necessary items.  Some days are just like that.  Sigh...

TUESDAY - Stay at Home Day

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During the Early Explorers hangout, I did some ransom note cutting and put down a background for another collage.  Sorry!  Nothing photo worthy today.

Afterwards, I made binding for this month's UFO challenge quilt:

 

WEDNESDAY - Sew Day

During Midweek Meetup I used more of the tissue paper from yesterday's journal background to create this page in another journal.  I'm still looking for words or a focal image to add to the spread:

After lunch, I machine stitched the binding on the back side of my current UFO, but there's no picture proof.

THURSDAY - Quilt Show Set-up

Weekly Quilt Group met without me.  I helped Britt with hanging the quilts for the Show, but delivered these five quilts for the Boutique:

No ART-venture today.  :o((

FRIDAY - Knit Group was canceled.  The knitters were busy with other things.  No time for Deandra's Art Zoom today either.  :o((

Quilt Show - Day One

It was a good (yet exhausting) day at the Quilt Show!  I delivered the following quilts for...

The Silent Auction:

And...

The Boutique:

During my Weekly Evening Art Zoom, I finished the binding on this UFO:

SATURDAY - It's LINK PARTY day for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!  I hope you will stop by for a visit Angela @ So Scrappy to see what the RSC Quilters have been up to this week.  I was late to the party because...

Quilt Show - Day Two

I shopped the Book Sale before my volunteer shift.  These two books came home with me:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC26 - Week 38

Welcome to Week 38 of the 2026 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week will be filled with PURPLE scrap projects, art classes and experiments.  There will be pockets of time available for sewing tasks.  The question, as always, is how that time will be used.  Appointments, meetings and art classes tend to fill my days.  Will there be enough energy left for quilting?

Keep reading to see how things went...

SUNDAY -  The day began with my Weekly Morning Art Zoom on Get Messy.  This morning I experimented with collage on the gel plate:

After lunch, I attended Day 3 of Elevate and painted these Coneflowers in watercolor:

MONDAY - Art/Sew Day

At this week's Library Crawl using Messy Recipe #22 I created the following page:

I later met with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color for our Weekly Zoom Call...

During which I worked on the next section of my gel printed collage:

Then made the hanging sleeve for my Grape Candy Coated quilt for the upcoming show:

TUESDAY - Stay at Home Day

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During the Early Explorers hangout, I worked on another section of my gel plated collage page:

Afterwards, I completed the Day 1 painting for Sushma Hegde's Elevate 5-Day Watercolor Workshop.  Today's painting is Anemones:

WEDNESDAY - Wonderful Wednesday

During Midweek Meetup I added the final section to this collage create on the gel plate: 

After lunch I attended the LIVE Mark Making session from Curated.  During the demo, I worked on my journal page from Kasia Hart's class that I watched while I ate:

Back from an errand, with plenty of time before dinner, I machine stitched the top side of the hanging sleeve onto Grape Candy Coated:

THURSDAY - Quilt/Art Day

Weekly Quilt Group met at Corbinton Clubhouse hosted by me.  (Thanks to arranging the room, Sue!)  I brought the snacks and reported on this week's goal of Quilt Show prep and attached the hanging sleeve for this scrappy PURPLE quilt:

After lunch, Britt and I enjoyed an ART-venture.  Today we focused on creating Snippet Strips to use in future collage projects:

FRIDAY - Knit Group

We met at 1928 Millhouse Coffee:

After a quick lunch, I went upstairs for Deandra's Art Zoom.  I opted to paint the Lantana from Day 2 lesson of @sushhegde's watercolor event:

After tea time, I painted Phlox with Sushma's video lesson for Day 4:

During my Weekly Evening Art Zoom, I added this page into my Collage Scraps Journal:

Afterwards I painted the floral bouquet from Sushma's Elevate watercolor event:

SATURDAY - It's LINK PARTY day for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!  I hope you will stop by for a visit Angela @ So Scrappy to see what the RSC Quilters have been up to this week.  I hope to catch up with everyone this weekend.

Any PURPLE scrappy progress this week, Joyful???

Fortunately, yes!  This afternoon, I made PURPLE progress at the Sew Day hosted by Britt today.  Look for that update soon.  Hopefully, this quilt will be finished by the end of the month:

Additional PURPLE scrappy work on the other two projects in this stack:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!