2020 Rainbow Scrap Challenge - The Year in Review

2020 Rainbow Scrap Challenge - The Year in Review

It's the final week of the year and this is where I break my RSC progress down to a monthly review of scrap use.  If you saw my 2019 Rainbow Scrap Challenge - The Year in Review post, you have an idea about what will follow.

First, I would like to thank Angela for her continued offering of the RSC by hosting the 2020 Rainbow Scrap Challenge this year.

I'm sharing this post

with

Angela @ So Scrappy

I appreciate her commitment to maintaining the fabric flow in the studio.  Over the years, it has helped me process more bags of fabric scraps than I can count.

Now, take a look at my progress for the year...

JANUARY - Light/Bright GREEN

Project QUILTING 11.2 Challenge - Team Colors - Made using fabric scraps and upcycled t-shirts:

FEBRUARY - ORANGE

Project QUILTING 11.4 Challenge - Birds in the Air - Made using fabric scraps and a single Birds In the Air quilt block:

MARCH - TEAL

Project QUILTING 11.5 Challenge - Give It Away - Made using fabric scraps and 5 yards of stashed fabric:

Here's a closer look at the Color of the Month, as seen in that block:

That quilt was mailed off to Little Lou Quilts.  Follow the link to read about how YOU can help.  For quilt pattern (with a substitute for my block) information go to Sarah's Charmed, I'm Sure! post.

APRIL - Light/Bright BLUE

This month, Project QUILTING - Quarantine Limited Edition took over my life.  As such, I planned a twofer for the Q.2 challenge. PQQ2020 challenge AND the RSC Color of the Month:

The quilt turned out to be a trifecta, as I also included scraps from my niece's wedding quilt.  :o))

I had planned for my efforts to be directed toward Bonnie Hunter's Sew-in-Place UNITY QAL.  Other little projects jumped in line.  I wrapped up the month with this little quilt in Light/Bright Blue:

MAY - Dark GREEN

I went thru a series of ideas for this month's mini quilt before landing on my very own Stand of Trees block designed for my contribution to the #bushfireblocks collection from earlier in 2020:

Extreme (Made) GREEN mug rug:

On the flip side, orphan blocks from a quilty friend:

Dark GREEN Quilted Scrap Basket:

Tracy's BIGGER (Birthday) Yarn Bowl:

JUNE - PINK

Shades of PINK Mini:

Tales of the PINK Fairy Mini:

PINK Quilted Scrap Basket:

JULY - Dark BLUE

I jumped the gun with this month's color.  I actually got started on working with these scraps during the middle of June.  Oops!

Questionable EARLY finishes...

Dark BLUE Scrap Basket:

Mickey Says... RELAX! mug rug:

Skinny Bin Deluxe:

Timely finishes...

Star Spangled Mini Quilt:

Dark BLUE Face Masks:

A Dark BLUE Pin Cushion:

AUGUST - PURPLE

This month's mini quilt hit me like a ton of bricks.  Once I began, I couldn't stop until it was a completed top!  Let me introduce My PURPLE Palace aka. Condo Complex:

SEPTEMBER - RED

Red is a challenging color for me.  It would be an understatement to say that it isn't my favorite color.  Even so, I embraced the challenge by making several items.  I also used it to challenge myself to finish a UFO in the Color of the Month.  Win-win!  

Modern X Mini:

Sapphires, No Stars:

RED Quilted Scrap Basket:

On the final day of the month, from one of the off-cut corners of my Quilted Scrap Basket, I decided to make one more scrappy project.  I stitched and stuffed this little Palm-sized Pincushion in RED:

OCTOBER - YELLOW

A few UFOs and something new, too?  Yes, indeed!  I enjoyed a very productive month.

Charmed. I'm Sure!

YELLOW (Again) Basket, secretly named Lellow for Lana, made to brighten my friend LeeAnna's day during these crazy times:

Cat Nap (A Carpe Nap Quilt from Hunter Design Studio):

Rhythm (A Sewing Mojo Mini):

The Jr. Quilter's Path(way Pillow):

NOVEMBER - Light Neutrals and/or Multi-colored prints

The mini quilts for the month came easy.  The basket?  Not SEW much!!  November's Quilted Basket Challenge turned out to be one of the biggest challenges of the year.

Shades of Beige:

{Not So} Boring Beige:

Doubly Challenged Basket:

I really wanted to get to those multi-colored prints, but with several quilts on the longarm during the month, that didn't leave me enough time to play.  I did release the TUTORIAL for my method of making Quilted Scrap Baskets.  Yes, the REAL reason I had so much trouble with that project.

DECEMBER - Dark Neutrals

Kitchen Quilt:

Gallery Wire Mini:

DARK Neutral UFO:

Participating in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge is SEW much fun!!  During 2020, I found that my scrappy sewing was a great way to preserve my sanity in the wake of the craziness in a world experiencing a global pandemic.

As you saw above, I sewed with the Color of the Month.  EVERY month!  I took a modern detour this year, creating a number of projects in that style.  It's a highly unusual occurrence for me, but it has been SEW much fun!

I enjoyed my Quilted Basket Challenge with Judy @ Busy Hands are Happy Hands.  Next year, I'm planning on doing the table runners that I didn't make this past year!

Are YOU up for a Table Runner Challenge???

Check out THIS POST for the particulars.

Until next time...

Quilt SO scrappy!!!

Scrap Happy Saturday - RSC20 - Week 52

 Welcome to Week 52 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  Angela @ So Scrappy is our host.  She encourages us to work through our fabric scraps.  I'm finishing up my 6th year and couldn't be more pleased with the program!  Sometime during the early part of the year, my focus changed.  While I chose a block to make each month, I have been most excited by adding to my collection of Kitchen Quilts and Gallery Wire Minis.  Those, along with my Basket Challenge with Judy @ Busy Hands Are Happy Hands, have kept me SEW busy this year.

There are still more DARK Neutral projects to work through before month's end.  Let's see if I managed to get to them this week...

SUNDAY - The empty swirls (in the top half of this photo) were the aftermath of yesterday's (many) unstitching sessions and there are more of the same to follow:

MONDAY - I was slightly intimidated by the unquilted area between the opposite ends of the quilt, but I managed to fill in the gap:

Once that was done, I decided to do a little something for myself.  (First a shower - even though it was 3:00 in the afternoon - then...) My Gallery Wire quilt was waiting to be completed and it's time for a Mini Monday post:

Tonight is also ZoomGUILD night.  We were entertained by Sacramento, California quiltmaker, Kellie Willey @ Little Quilt Creations and wowed by her methods for making miniature quilts:

After the program, there was a little bit of business and a LOT of prize drawings!  One of those prizes was the Membership Basket for paying your dues ahead of the New Year.  I captured a photo of the lucky winner who (for some reason) looks a lot like me:

TUESDAY - My morning started out with a quilt pick-up:

That was followed by a prize pick-up:

A (phone) chat (free image from Tyler Lastovich on Unsplash) with LeeAnna:

Britt stopped by to drop off a book that I asked to borrow:

and...

Before dinner, I thought I might work on another DARK Neutral project, but found the desire to switch my focus to another quilt instead.  This one is a DARK Neutral UFO that I would like to finish by the end of the year, so I added the formerly missing corners:

WEDNESDAY - It was supposed to be grocery processing day, but DH didn't get a time slot when he completed the order last night.  I'm not bothered, as it left me time to trim the dog ears off yesterday's UFO and load another LWR quilt:

This afternoon, LeeAnna and I...

... Enjoyed exploring the contents of the Guild Membership Prize basket assembled by Ella K.  Thanks for the fantastic basket, Ella!  Here's what it looked like when I picked it up yesterday:

This is what it looks like now, as organization isn't my strong suit:

THURSDAY - It's Christmas Eve.  No ZoomBEE today!  It's also grocery processing day.  SEW not my favorite day of the week!  I had hoped to treat myself afterwards, but there were a few last minute holiday details that required my attention.

Once I had tied up those loose ends (and wrapped the packages) there was sewing to be done!

Some Dark Neutral scraps (hint, hint) were sewn:

Then, I focused on first one UFO...

... Then another.  The DARK Neutral one made another appearance.  The corners shown here have been squared up and the quilt top is now ready for borders:

FRIDAY - No Zoom KNIT today!  Merry Christmas, everyone!!  I hope YOU have a safe and peaceful day.  If you love a good challenge, don't miss my GIFT POST.  In case you are project driven, this might be something to add to next year's quilting schedule.

After the holiday hubbub died down and the Christmas beast had been installed into a toasty oven, it was time to take myself up to the studio for some (real) holiday cheer!

First, I decided to load my niece's wedding quilt on the empty rails:

This is what happened next...

I made an emergency gift, along the lines of this neck warmer that I made a couple of weeks ago or so,  but smaller and hand sized:

Then, even though it's not DARK Neutral, I decided my gift to myself was to get this weight off my shoulders by getting a start on the quilting:

SATURDAY - It's LINK PARTY day!!  Angela asked that we share our RSC20 Year in Review today.  You can find that post by clicking on the post title.

Boy, doesn't it feel SEW good to lighten the load?!

Here is how I ended the night last night...

The wedding quilt was fully quilted, with only the trimming and binding standing between me and a completed UFO:

For those of you who frequently comment on my busy-ness or my productivity, even I am amazed at all I got done this week!  Who would ever have guessed that I would quilt THREE quilts since last Saturday's link party?  Not me, that's for sure.

Until next time...

SCRAPPY New Year!!