Wonderful Wednesday - Color Wheel Runner - A Completed UFO

Welcome to another edition of Wonderful Wednesday here at The Joyful Quilter blog!!  Today, I'm here to reveal my latest UFO Club/UFO Challenge finish.  This post is a bit tardy, but here is the story.

Since it was YELLOW month at Angela's Rainbow Scrap Challenge...

I had chosen this project for a Mini Retreat at Britt's house.  The blocks, a backing offcut, and a scrap of batting made the trip with me:

I began the retreat by finishing the stitching on the final block, assembling the runner, and layering the lot:

Then came the applique which would double as quilting...

Another round of stitching followed:

Soon, the other two blocks were also quilted:

August, around midmonth I gave Sara @  the following warning...

Orphan blocks and scraps are having a baby, Sara. Delivery date approaching!  :o))

Once home from the mini retreat, I auditioned a collection of scraps for binding:

Not long later...

This is the completed project:

The completed project was taken outside for its porch swing photo.  First one direction...

And then the other:

Until next time...

Mark another UFO off the list!!!

Wonderful Wednesday - Scrap Club Ugly Fat Quarter Swap - Meeting the Challenge

Welcome to another edition of Wonderful Wednesday!!  This week I'm here to share the story behind the scarf project I completed at the Mini Retreat I attended the weekend before last.  If you saw the finish and don't care about the process, please accept my apologies.  Around here, special projects deserve their own blog post.

This one qualifies...

Back in February, Jeff from Scrap Club suggested those of us going to Quilt Con in Raleigh should to an Ugly FQ Swap and make a challenge project from them.

Here we are at the event...

Jeff, Me, and Teresa

These are the Fat Quarters that I pulled from the bag: 

Along with a goodie bag with two more FQs and a pattern Jeff had designed.  I spent several months contemplating what quilt design to make with the fabrics.  Ultimately, I thought that using Jeff's quilted scarf patter would make the PERFECT challenge project.

Along came Britt's Mini Retreat...

By Day Two, I had finished two of the four projects I brought.  Spoiler Alert - The day ended with my Medley Charm Scarf from JB Handmade as a completed project.  You can find Jeff 's recent work @jbh.studio on Instagram:

As I worked on the scarf, Maggie cut scraps for an exchange.  That pile of fabric on the arm of the sofa was for me:

Here I am stitching down one of the sides:

I used the extra FQ's from Jeff, along with a few from Maggie, and included a "turning string" to make the tube turning easier.  I'm happy to report that it worked like a charm:

Then came the part NOT accounted for in the pattern...

Modifications were made to transform the scarf into a Quilted Cowl.  They don't fall off!  However, closing the circular tube cleanly is a bit of a challenge:

Thanks to Stacy's bag (made at last year's retreat), I'm thrilled with how it turned out:

Until next time...

Challenge SEW Met!!!

Wonderful Wednesday - Weekend Mini Retreat

Welcome to another edition of Wonderful Wednesday!!  I'm here to share the Mini Retreat that I attended over the weekend a my friend Britt's house.  When the husband's away, the quilters will play!!  UFOs, show prep, and fun projects were on the agenda.

Members of my Monthly Evening Quilt Bee were in attendance on Day One:

We got busy right away...

Maggie brought handwork.  If memory serves, she was finishing the binding on this:

Sue brought a selection of fabrics to make project bags.  This is the first:

Britt started the morning working on the booth layout for our guild's upcoming Quilt Show:

I worked on a layering a UFO in YELLOW with my RSC Quilt friends in mind:

Maggie moved on to her second hanging sleeve:

With the inner border applied, it was time for border selection for Britt's donation quilt made with Tim Holtz fabrics:

Petals are appliqued and minimal quilting is done:

UGH!!  Britt ran out of fabric before running out of border to stitch:

Since I didn't bring binding options, and didn't find anything quite right in Britt's stash, I switched gears and layered up the next  UFO project in YELLOW:

By this time, Sue was stitching on her second project bag:

After dinner, I happily quilted that larger pinned project:

Here we are on Day Two...

Maggie came bearing scraps for me:

These orphan blocks were included:

We tried another potential layout when a fifth block was pulled from the bag:

This is what I finished quilting last night and just remembered that it had been to late for a photo:

With that out of the way, I then moved on to trimming up the UFO tablerunner:

Sue completed her second project bag:

Maggie's project of the day was cutting for a swap she's doing with another quilt group:

While looking for binding options, I noticed this long-neglected UFO on Britt's design wall...

I'm pleased to say that I guilted her into making a bit of progress on it:

Done with cutting for today, Maggie settled in with the binding of another quilt for the Show:

Before time to go home, Sue managed to complete her third project bag...

And here she is with the weekend's body of work:

Since the first finished photo of her Tim Holtz quilt didn't turn out, I took another before leaving:

I also whipped out one more project which took a bit of finagling to get to the desired result...

It's a quilted scarf with directions that defy logic, but work well in practice:

Until next time...

Let's got SEW!!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC25 - Week 45

Welcome to Week 45 of the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week is sure to include some scrappy sewing, as it is flanked by the final retreat day on the front end and Kristen's MAKE IT MINI event on the tail end.  What a way to start and finish Week Two of my retirement!  :o))

Also...

Since Angela didn't assign a new Color of the Month for November, I've declared it Maker's Choice.  That should make things easier for participants in this month's TABLE SCRAPS Challenge.  They won't have to worry about fitting a particular color into their FAVORITE BOOK or MOVIE project.  Will YOU be inspired to make an entry?

Let's see how my week progressed...

SUNDAY - Retreat - Day Four

No Weekly Morning Art Bee and no Zoom with Sue (because she was here, too.)

I had brought only one more project to the retreat. A scrappy donation quilt that I started during over the summer.  I laid out all out on the design floor...

(Along with a few extra scraps from Britt, Kirsten and Stacy) I got a start on the piecing:

MONDAY - Doctor Day

Before my appointment, I finally pulled the painted print that I worked on last week.  I meant to pull it on Thursday morning before leaving for retreat, but I forgot:

After lunch I headed to Chapel Hill for my dermatology follow-up appointment.  They didn't use this machine, but used the "cryo kettle" on one spot and took a biopsy of another which thankfully came back normal:

TUESDAY - Open Studio w/ Barb found me working on my opening page for the Season of Do It Scared.  I incorporated yesterday's gel print pull into matching background and added a quote from Caylee Grey to finish off the page:

Postponed due to yesterday's appointment, I enjoyed my Weekly Zoom Call with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color early this afternoon:

WEDNESDAY - Wonderful Wednesday

You've probably already seen the completed quilt last weekend, but it needed its own post.  Here the accompanying porch swing photo that I neglected to add...

Along with a well lit photo of Britt's beautiful quilting:

A grocery run and one of two breathing treatments filled my day.  The treatments take 30 minutes to an hour each, but seem to be helping clear my lungs:

THURSDAY - Weekly Quilt Group

The highlight of the meeting was this beauty made by Deborah, quilted by Singing Stitches:

Was followed by art time with Britt.  We were late to Curiosity Collective because of the time change over the weekend, but spent the afternoon doing some gelli printing with a focus on image transfers:

FRIDAY - Knit Group

Just two of us this morning:

After lunch, I went up to the studio for Get Messy's Open Studio with Deandra.  My time was spent on this page in my Collage Scraps Altered Book journal:

Britt and I were early for our Weekly Evening Art Zoom:

I finally started on my journal for Meg's No Sew November art journaling challenge:

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'm pleased to have made progress with my Light NEUTRAL scraps last month, but haven't decided what colors I'll be working with during November.

This afternoon, I'm attending a virtual class with Kristen @ Scrap Fabric Love.  I'm excited for her Make It Mini event because you all know how much I like to quilt small.  I'll drop in a photo of what I made later today:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!