ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC22 - Week 46

Welcome to Week 46 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week I'm working on Dark NEUTRALS as Angela suggested.  Here's a sneak peek, for now.

SUNDAY - I missed my usual Sunday morning Zoom with Knittingsuek, as I had a Celebration of Life to attend.  It's been two years since my friend JoJo's death, but you-know-what got in the way of an earlier event.  :o((

From there, I went to a birthday party for The Junior Quilter:

It's hard to believe that she's FIVE (and still wearing the socks that I bought at SAFF in 2019!)  Rainbow, of course:

MONDAY - I started my day with a few minutes of studio time...

Before heading to work and I only managed time for a quick game of Wordle during lunch:

Artist, Elaine O'Neil was our speaker at Quilt Guild this evening:

She talked us through her process and showed some of the hand dyed fabrics she uses and had some of her books and calendars available for purchase:

My bee mate Cheryl B. brought this "in-between" applique quilt for Show and Tell...

Along with her 4th or 5th Blooming 9-Patch:

Congratulations to bee mate Karen W. on winning the Volunteer Raffle Quilt:

TUESDAY - Work allowed a few minutes break between corporate orders and I used the time for a quick game of Wordle:

Once home, I cooked.  All afternoon!  Stuffed Cabbage Casserole is SUCH a process, but SO delicious:

WEDNESDAY - My day off...

Was spent catching up on paperwork, doing laundry, and making a grocery run prior to my weekly Zoom session with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color:

After dinner, I headed back up to the studio to play with paint and paper.  Many of the scraps came compliments of Needleb:

THURSDAY - My day started with a few minutes in the studio trimming the page I worked on in my Board Book Journal last night:

Wonder of wonders, there was time for Wordle...

As well as Quordle today:

After dinner, I went up to work on the next page of my Altered Book Journal:

Once that was done, I made use of my new Dark Neutral pin cushion...

But...

You will have to wait for next week to see what else I've been up to!  :P

Hint! Hint!  The TABLE SCRAPS Challenge Link Party is next weekend.  :o))

FRIDAY - Before work I got a bright photo of my newly completed journal spread:

At work, a wild card word proved to be the winner for today's Wordle:

Alas, I wasn't as lucky with today's Quordle:

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 going to continue my efforts with working through this stack of pieces and parts:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC22 - Week 45

Welcome to Week 45 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week began with the baking of a Cinnamon Pie:

Thank you, Megan!  Your pie event during September was awe inspiring.

The rave reviews for this pie prompted me to give it a try, sans powdered sugar on top.

Note, it's BROWN in honor of November's (unofficial) RSC Color of the Month!  :o))

SUNDAY - Friends.  Thankfully, Maggie had more of the fabric she used in making one of our 2021 Block Drive quilts (many of them sample blocks made by Preeti while working on the Positivity QAL.)  It was just the right fabric for the binding...

Thanks, Mags!

Which I finished late this afternoon:

Sue had sent me on a errand for her (the store is near my house) and today was delivery day:

Helena and I met at Britt's house to hang out for a while:

Thanks for the bagels, H, and lunch was delicious, B!

Britt shared some collage papers with me and Helena brought me a cool new shirt:

MONDAY - Early morning art-ing, where I deconstructed a paper bag...

Was followed by work and Wordle...

And the Quordle game that BEAT ME without my brain even knowing it:

Seriously!!  I was so excited that I figured out the final word (which I often do analog) only to look up and find that I'd already run out of attempts to solve the puzzle.  :o((

TUESDAY - Tidy-Up Tuesday

Another day of work and Wordle....

Along with Quordle.  The one where I "birdied" by winning in 7 guesses:

And after dinner, I finally remembered to get a close-up picture of the mini quilt that I finished over the weekend:

WEDNESDAY - It was a Wonderful Wednesday, but no post (about today!) 

Errands and lunch with my friend Hilary was followed by...

A couple more errands and my first haircut in a year and a half:

Thanks for fitting me in on short notice when I could no longer stand all that hair for another minute (and working late in order to get me in this week) Jackie: 

64 West Salon, Pittsboro, NC

Unfortunately, that meant that my weekly Zoom with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color needed to be postponed until tomorrow afternoon.

THURSDAY - Work, alas, this day was sans Wordle.  I was busy typing my fingers to the bone on a corporate gift order.  There was barely even time to eat lunch!

After work, I raced home to Zoom with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color:

Thanks for being flexible when I needed to reschedule yesterday, LeeAnna!  My hair was driving me out of my mind and there was NO WAY that I could wait two weeks for an appointment!!!

After dinner, I played with paper for a little while.  Choosing and trimming:

This is my new mini flow journal.  More photos when its completely assembled.

FRIDAY - Knit Group canceled due to the rain storm (accompanied by a tornado watch.)  Not much can stop me when I have a plan in place, though.  Not even a tornado warning in the vicinity of where I came from AND where I was going to meet my friend Tracy:

Fortunately, the weather cleared and no tornado touched down anywhere near the coffee shop, but the phone alert as I was driving down the interstate was quite a shock.

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 starting my weekend with a Zoom call to Knittingsuek...

And then I'll be playing in my Dark NEUTRAL scraps.  I didn't have enough energy to do much after work this week.  The time change really did a number on my schedule.  I was ready to go to bed by 9 PM every night this week, but was also up before the sun.  :o((

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!!

Wonderful Wednesday - Laurel Ridge Retreat - The REST of the Story

WARNING:  PHOTO HEAVY POST!!!

Welcome to another edition of Wonderful Wednesday!!  I was fortunate enough to be invited to a Quilt Retreat that was held at Laurel Ridge Camp and Retreat Center in Laurel Springs, North Carolina a couple of weeks ago.  The event was organized by Charlotte area quilter, Carol.  You might have seen the Wrap-up post HERE.

The fabric was flying, but I also want to remember the beauty of the week...

Day One.

It was a beautiful day for a drive:

I survived the hair pin turns, which I stopped to take a picture of:

The camp sign was surrounded by some glorious foliage:

What a beautiful spot for a retreat:

Enjoying the scenery during a late afternoon break:

The Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance...

And darkness is falling:

The first project, Bonnie Hunter's Grand Illusions from 2014 is done... an abbreviated version, of course...

And a photo of the pieced back I constructed with border blocks and scrap chunks:

The colors are a bit off, but I forgot to take the picture right when I got home from work.

Day Two.

I was up at first light...

And managed to capture my first sunrise in ages:

I hope you don't mind a series of photos...

And another finished quilt, Positivity QAL Block Drive quilt:

I still can't quite believe that I was up with the sun:

No jacket was required during the midday:

Binding a project for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge:

Celebrating a small finish - in the midday:

After dinner, I rallied the troops for a walk...

Thanks for keeping me company, Marilyn and Denise!

To the end of the road:

Once we returned, I began stitching HSTs for Needleb...

A couple of photo breaks captured the waning daylight:

Day Three.

Rain during the night brought a foggy mountain morning...

The fog followed by clouds in the late afternoon:

After dinner, two more walkers joined the crew:

We enjoyed the beauty of the early evening...

Along with...

Denise's "leaf angel" antics:

Upon our return to the sewing room, I assessed my progress on Britt's HSTs:

Tiffany and I managed to dress alike without planning to do so:

Day Four.

My inspiration blocks from Preeti @ Sew Preeti Quilts, shown her with the "alternate blocks" that I began stitching today:

In the Rainbow Scrap Challenge Color of the Month - if I had posted this last week:

It feels SEW good to be making progress on this project:

After seeing Melba struggle with her bag, I told Tiffany she should just finish it for her.  The bag was then named in my honor and Melba (gratefully) moved on to her next project:

Option One...

Option Two...

Or Option Three?  That question must be answered before I move ahead with this quilt:

Another project that I'm thrilled to have finished.  These HSTs will now get passed on to Britt:

I used the remaining "dark" HSTs to make these two blocks:

Once again, after dinner, the troops were rallied for an evening walk:

The mountains are beautiful in the twilight:

The first square was quilted and bound...

And the second followed:

Day Five.

Mother Nature put on QUITE a show this morning:

Not long after breakfast, we were all packed up and heading down the mountain:

Less than 3 hours later, I was nearly home:

Until next time...

Retreat, relax and QUILT!!!