ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC16 - Week 14

Welcome to Week 14 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week was a SLOW week for sewing.  If you can suffer through the boring parts, the MAY be a little bit of fun stuff at the end.

SUNDAY was a travel day.  DH, DS1, and I went to visit the in-laws.  Hoppy Bunny Day!!!

On MONDAY, my little friends and I went to Northgate Mall to ride the carousel:

Photo from mall website.

TUESDAY, my little friends and I went to the Museum of Life and Science in Durham.  HERE is the path into the (new-to-me) Hideaway Woods little kids' section:

Pebble quilting, anyone???

And later, I met some friends at the Hillsborough Library for our monthly evening Quilt Bee meeting and trimmed up O's T-Quilt:

No good picture, but Deborah took a good one later in the week, so it's what you see above.

On WEDNESDAY, Linda and I met at Ella's for a Sew Day.  They try to have one each time Linda is "tracked out" from school.  This time, I was able to join them for most of the day.  I cut the squares to create the setting triangles for Dr. Pete's Wedding Quilt.  Imagine them in the photo below:

And... I also accomplished a fair amount of pressing and cutting for my Barn Dance QAL:

After spending the bulk of the day working on quilt stuff, I went to get my hair cut!!

THURSDAY morning was CRAZY!!  I had to take the girls to school and get back in time to greet my friends.  Oops!  I forgot to put on the coffee!!!  Quilt Group REQUIRES it... and a snack to go with it.  Today's offering was Cinnamon Muffins.  YUM!!!

In the spirit of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, a fond farewell to PURPLE greeted my guests:

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This page break is brought to you by the color PURPLE!!!  Yes, you guessed it.  The time has come for another Month in Review...

ONE (1) Maverick Star Block:

THREE (3) Slab Blocks:

Or... would that be TWO (2) Rainbow Crumb Blocks and ONE (1) Slab Block?!?!  I can't recall.

ONE (1) String Block:

ONE (1) Tiny Nine:

For a total of SIX (6) blocks made during PURPLE month with some yellow accents thrown in for good measure:

With that reporting complete, I take you back to THURSDAY and the rest of my week.

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Where were we???

Oh!!  The quilters were coming and THURSDAY progressed.

But first...

Austerity Quilters, I am NOT responsible for friends who bring scrappy hostess gifts!!  (Thanks, Joanna!!)  These will be added to the collection and put to good use:

For those of you who are waiting to hear about DS2's college options, this afternoon he found out that he got accepted to UNC Chapel Hill.  Only 29% of applicants do!!!

And later...  Just when I thought Angela had fallen into a black hole at school...

She posted the April Color Announcement:

Monarch

In other words:

With a hint of...

or an accent of...

On FRIDAY, I headed off to Knit Group at Reed's today.  We made it back to Friday because of my schedule for the week.  I finished my friend Cindy's Boneyard shawl:

After lunch, I prepared my hands for some ORANGE sewing:

I can tell you, as I type this, the nails on my LEFT hand are natural colored, but FOUR of the nails on my RIGHT hand are ORANGE!!  It's called MOOD polish and it changes color with the temperature. That's why I got the little design on one finger of each hand... so there would ALWAYS be a bit of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge Color of the Month showing through.  :o))

SATURDAY is the day that I join the LINK PARTY at the Sew Scrappy Blog.  I've got some time before Needleb arrives for Art Bee... Follow me over to see what the other RSC Quilters have been working on this week.  It's BOUND to be GOOD!!!

Until next time...
Get Scrappy!!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC16 - Week 13

Welcome to Week 13 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  Who knows WHAT was going on this week?!  Extra band rehearsals, MPAs, packing for a Spring Break (Band Trip), and visiting with family for the Easter Holiday.  Whew!!  Let's see if Joyful was able to find some sewing time...

SUNDAY was the day that my friends and I got together to make the Bluff Thank You Quilt:

It's also the day that I get to tell you the news from yesterday about DS2.  :o))

When we got back from touring UNCG on Saturday afternoon, he found an email from NC State saying that decisions had been made.  He checked on the website and was ACCEPTED!!

He heard back from Elon University couple of hours later.  Not only was he accepted, but he also received a Presidential Scholarship.  (Still not sure if that will actually make it affordable, though!!)

On MONDAY morning, I went to Knit Group and spent the afternoon __________.

PLEASE!!  Fill in the blank above, because I simply can NOT recall what I did!!  In my comings and goings, I spotted some PURPLE pansies at the front of the neighborhood:

The evening, however, was set aside for Quilt Guild.  It was my turn to drive the carpool.

TUESDAY morning, I thought that I might wander over to the Donation Quilt meeting and afterwards, I took a trip out to:

Where Bo is:

In the afternoon, I spent some time with my next door neighbor's 8 month old baby.  So sweet!!

WEDNESDAY morning, I did some housework and went to do a Quilt Presentation at a local retirement community.  It had been canceled, but there was an Iris Art Exhibit...

... In the RSC Color of the Month, along with bits of this month's Accent Color:

During the midday, I worked on S's T-quilt:

LOOK!!  there is even a lavender T-shirt (which can certainly be called light PURPLE, too!)

The afternoon?  DS2 had Band MPAs.  That's Music Performance Assessments for those of you not familiar with band things.  I couldn't go because I was scheduled to pick up the girls.  :o((

I was able to drop off some dinner when school got out.  He was thrilled that he wouldn't go hungry!!

Since there was no boy to cook for, DH and I met for dinner... ALONE.  :o))

Although... in not so many months, that will be the NORM, instead of the EXCEPTION!!  :o((

On THURSDAY, I was pleased to spend the morning at my weekly Quilt Group meeting.  I came away the proud owner of MORE scraps:

Afterwards, I ran errands in preparation for DS2's trip to Florida (this weekend.)

Oops!  I meant to show the quilters this painting that I saw at Carol Woods on Tuesday:

We have a number of bird lovers in the group:

Look!!  The birds are singing:

If the title isn't a dead giveaway... it's a relatively new watercolor painting being offered for sale:

FRIDAY morning was a whirlwind of last minute packing, as DS2's Band Trip left from the school promptly at 9 AM:

Thus begins THREE whole days without him.  (Guess I should get used to it since he's going off to college in the Fall!!!)  Sigh...

Oh!  Good news!!  O's T-Quilt is quilted and it looks GREAT!  (Thanks, Bo!!):

It's hard to see in this photo, but since O is a sporty guy, the quilting was done with a multi-sport ball panto.  There are golf balls, baseballs, and soccer balls.  O is SURE to love it!!

Want to hear even MORE good news???

I also made progress on his sister's T-Quilt, but you can read about that HERE.

On SATURDAY morning, I joined the LINK PARTY over on Angela's So Scrappy Blog.  We're getting closer to another Color Announcement!!!  I'd LOVE to have a look at what all of the RSC Quilters have been working on, but that will have to wait until I get back from Raleigh.  I'm on my way out the door to go get DS1.  He's coming home for his Spring Holiday (not to be confused with his Spring Break, which was two or three weeks ago!)

Until next time...
Get Scrappy!!!

Closing with PURPLE (and yellow) goodness in the form of an Iris Art Quilt by Dee Dee.

Design Floor Friday {Progress on...} S's T-Quilt

Welcome to the next edition of Design Floor Friday!!  This is the day of the week that I share what I'm working on.  If there's a quilt in the design phase, you'll hear about it.  Lucky for you...

S's T-Quilt is STILL down on the design floor.  Next week, maybe not.  This week?  It's seeing some action.  Today, it went from testing out some scrappy HSTs around the ruched "S" block...

... To several blocks being completed since the sun came up this morning!!  (Those blocks include three of the four "yellow" squares and the dark block surrounded by a leaf print over on the LEFT.)

I decided what to do with the Hello Kitty block in the upper RIGHT corner...

... Combining it with her dance pants and a bit of fabric from a pair of animal print leggings:

GO, PACK!!!

... And then I ended up with only FOUR more blocks to sort out:

The wood floor and the carpeting don't REALLY belong!!!  :P

Just before cleaning up to go to dinner (@ I LOVE NY Pizza) I had an idea about how to include the infant sized football jersey:

The color blended well enough with the (remains of the) baby carrier-thingy.  SCORE!!!

Until next time...
Progress is GOOD!!!

Wonderful Wednesday - The Joyful {Quilty} Orphan Adoption - Finalized

Welcome to a NEW edition of Wonderful Wednesday!!!  For this edition, I am excited to tell you that fabric and/or block parts for FOUR projects are on the way out the door.  I am so pleased to be able to remove them from my UFO List.  Whew!!

The Joyful {Quilty} Orphan Adoption (posted HERE) is now CLOSED.

Thank you to the following "bidders"!!

Valerie
AlidaP
Susan
Carole Williams
Diane Beavers
Lorri Schuller

I've been on a mission to clean up my studio.  Cynthia's Quilty Orphan Adoption Event and YOU really helped clear some storage space... not to mention my UFO List.  :o))

And the Winners are...  (Drum roll, please.)

Thimbleberries  - Lorri Schuller (Please contact me!!)

Green/Pink - Carole Williams

Animal Talk - AlidaP

Gelli Print - No Bidder  :o((

Bird in Hand - Susan

Congratulations!!!  I hope that each of the new "parents" enjoy working with the projects that they have adopted.  I know that I will enjoy have FOUR fewer projects to worry about completing. Thank you, again!

Note:  Winners were notified via email on Monday, March 21, 2016, as prescribed in "contest" rules described in The Joyful {Quilty} Adoption post on Thursday, March 17, 2016.

Until next time...
Get Lucky!!!

Mail Call Monday - Projects Galore and More

Welcome to a LONG overdue post of Mail Call Monday!!  The back story is that I am a member of Ravelry.  It's an online community for fiber folks of all kinds.

Enter the adorable Chameleon Bag pictured above...

I don't usually BUY bags - I usually MAKE them!!  However, this one was SEW cute and it was for a good cause.  Anyone who knows me also knows that I am a sucker for a good cause!

Plus... DS1 used to love anything that resembled a lizard, so this will remind me of him.  Thank you to AlisaB on Ravelry, who was raising money for flintkids.org and...   "All income (not profits: 100% of income) from February and March of 2016 will be donated to the Flint Child Health & Development Fund via Flintkids.org".  (I have a music themed bag to remind me of DS2 - sadly, not made be AlisaB.)

Then came a Book Destash...

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I am SUCH a sucker for books!!!  Quilting books in particular.  There were a number of books listed for extremely reasonable prices.  How could I resist???

Well, I believe that you KNOW the answer to THAT one...  I couldn't resist!

Thank you to RitaDenise on Ravelry for sharing your books with me!!

Yes.  I am participating in the (Ravelry) 2016 Austerity Challenge.  That doesn't mean that I can't buy books.  It ONLY means that I'm not supposed to buy FABRIC!  Well, at least, I'm not supposed to buy fabric unless it's my once quarterly shopping day, which is a new allowance for 2016.  :P

Until next time...

Quilt til U wilt!!!

Scraphappy Saturday - RSC16 - Week 12

Welcome to Week 12 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week got off to a GREAT start.  You never know how these things will turn out, but I'm feeling good, so far.  Wanna know why??

Well...

First, I'm still feeling the afterglow of yesterday's Quilt Bee meeting:

What a wonderful morning!! One of our members recovering from surgery is now more mobile and was offered a ride to the meeting.  (Thanks, Linda!!  We were SEW happy to be able to visit with Margaret, again.  We've missed them SEW much!!!)  We are still missing Carol, but she should be back with us next month.

On Sunday, I planned to work on one of my UFOs, as Britt and Helena are coming over.  I finished my CCLQ Donation Quilt block:

AND 

Worked on first one...

Then the other...

... Of the blocks for my (smaller) Allietare.  I tried THREE different layouts (to determine how many MORE blocks I need to make.

Two more blocks:

Take out a couple:

 Take out a couple more:

I haven't decided which way to go, but I am SEW happy to have these blocks DONE!!!

On MONDAY, I was reminded that the blocks are SUPPOSED to be set on-point.  No time to try them that way, though!  It was Knit Group day for this week, followed by... lunch with a friend, a nail appointment, and grocery shopping.  There hasn't been a dull moment since I got home.  Maybe tomorrow...  I will show you the Donation Block that I made yesterday:

Mine is the House Block on the LEFT in the photo ABOVE.

TUESDAY was a stay-at-home day.  I did laundry, dishes, and cleaned the bathrooms.  I also stared at S's T-quilt (in an attempt to make some design decisions.)

On WEDNESDAY morning, I started piecing portions of S's T-quilt.  HERE is my first pieced block. Look closely!!  It's made of FIVE articles of clothing:

Went out for lunch with my friend, Needleb, then did some errands (did the banking and mailed off scraps to Katie Z. and Lori from the RSC Quilters) then drove over to meet knitting friends for Girls Night Out. What a FUN evening we had!!!  We even met a new friend.  :o))

THURSDAY was an early day.  Took the girls to school and carpooled to Quilt Group.  THIS was my Show and Tell for today:

I had hoped to get a bit more done on S's T-quilt... That didn't happen.  :o((

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!

FRIDAY was supposed to be a work at home day.  How much did you accomplish, Joyful???  Check it out over on my Design Floor Friday post.  I also made ONE Rainbow Crumb Block from the scraps that I got from Jean a couple of weeks ago.  This one incorporates some of her beautiful hand dyed fabrics.  (Thanks for sharing, Jean!!):

Even though I didn't get a very good photo, this block was made in March's RSC Color of the Month (along with the Accent Color of the Month.)  Promise.  :o))

Well...  That brings us to...  ScrapHappy Saturday!!!

Oh, WAIT!!  You should check out my Quilty Orphan Adoption post from Friday, too!!  You could WIN a new-to-you project.

On SATURDAY, I had to leave early to take DS2 to a College Visit.  (He got his acceptance letter on Wednesday!!) This was a full-day event at UNCG.  However...

It's actually also...

National Quilting Day!!! Or is that Worldwide Quilting Day?!

Since I was up bright and early...  I joined Angela's LINK PARTY over on the So Scrappy Blog before leaving for Greensboro.  I'm looking forward to visiting the blogs of other RSC Quilters to see what they've been working on this week, but that will have to wait until I get home this evening.

Until next time...
Get Scrappy!!!