Tidy Up Tuesday and the Masala Box Prize Patrol

Welcome to the latest edition of Tidy Up Tuesday!!  Last week, I posted a new edition of Wonderful Wednesday featuring my version of Preeti's Masala Box quilt pattern, shown below on my porch swing:

Now, I'm here with an announcement because when I participate in a Blog Hop, there is generally a prize drawing...

But, since this was an informal Blog Hop, I wasn't sure that there would be a prize.  Lucky for you, Preeti has offered a FREE pattern to ONE LUCKY READER!!!  In my quilt reveal post, I mentioned that I would be drawing the winner on Tuesday, October 26th @ noon (EDT.)

Guess what???

That's today.  :o))

Special thanks to Preeti for sponsoring this prize!!

And the winner is...

Deb A.

Congratulations, Deb!!!  She has been notified via email.  Deb blogs @ Happy to be Scrappy.  Stop by and let her know that I sent you.    Don't forget to visit Preeti's Etsy shop to get your own copy of her fast and fun new pattern.

Until next time...

Quilt to WIN!!!

Mini Monday - Guild Challenge - Happiness Is

Welcome to another edition of Mini Monday!!!  Most of you had a chance to see bits and pieces of my 2021 Guild Challenge project over the last several weeks, but this is the full-on "How It Was Made" post for my records (and your viewing pleasure.)

Happiness Is...

My response to that prompt was the following:

A rainbow of colors and a handful of scraps!!!

I started with Light/Bright GREEN for October's Rainbow Scrap Challenge Color of the Month and added in the other Modern rainbow colors of bright pink, yellow, aqua, and purple required by the challenge guidelines:

I did have to...

... Do some switching around...

... To get the color balance that I was looking for:

My inspiration...

... Came from a link provided by Kat @ Scrapbox Quilts:

One of her links took me to the tutorial page @ I'm Feelin' Crafty...

... Where this Low Volume, Bright Contrast Crosses Postage Stamp Block for do Good Stitches caught my eye as the perfect starting point for use with my colorful scraps, along with a baggie of black and white prints which (if memory serves me correctly) I believe was a gift from Wanda @ Exuberant Color:

I changed things up to create a rectangular design:

Ultimately, I decided that the weight of the black plus would look better at the bottom of my little quilt:

More changes happened prior to assembly...

I really wanted to use this sweet snail print, but it didn't work:

This tonal MIGHT work...

... But what about this floral???

Well, THIS one certainly doesn't fit with the other green squares!!!

The purple...

Needed some consideration, as well:

The black Plus also needed a bit of work, too:

My good friend @britt_quilts helped with both of those selections and other Instagram friends got a preview of the following photo as a bit of a teaser.  It's my stack of squares, all ready to be sewn:

A week before the deadline, assembly began...

... But not without one final change to the squares in the corners:

This small pile of (leftover) scraps is all that remained on my cutting table from my original fabric pull:

Once I tucked those away, pressing came next...

... And was quickly followed by row assembly:

After a final press, my challenge entry was layered for...

... Some simple straight line quilting:

Apparently, as I was applying the binding I was also (unknowingly) playing a game of Bobbin Chicken, which I won:

This is my completed 12.5" x 15.5" mini quilt, which was well within the "No More Than 24" On a Side" Challenge rule:

Here is a close-up of the darling scraps included in my project:

And one last look, as it appeared on the table at our 1st in-person Quilt Guild meeting in a year and a half:

Whooping it up with Sarah

@

Confessions of a Fabric Addict

and

Wendy @ The Constant Quilter

for

October's Monthly Mini

This project was also on my Fall 2021 (Ravelry) UFO Club List.  Check mark on another finish.  Whew!  What a good feeling that is.

Until next time...

Quilt for joy!!!

Sew Some Love Sunday - LWR - Quilt Top #21

Welcome to another edition of Sew Some Love Sunday!!  It's been a while since the last update for the Lutheran World Relief Quilt Drive.  I got a special surprise at my Weekly Quilt Group on Thursday.

Let me tell you about it...

Linda took a block kit, but hadn't been able to sew up her blocks until this summer.  As is the case sometimes, the blocks sat for a month or so before she had a chance to assemble the quilt top.

Last week, Linda had the good fortune to sew with Maggie up at the lake.  This quilt top (and several more projects) resulted:

She did a great job with her scrappy kit of random colors assembled from the squares contributed by Nann @ With Strings Attached: using the Carpenter's Square Layer Cake pattern available HERE from Pineapple Fabrics:

Special thanks to Candy for the sashing fabric to help Linda finish off the quilt top!  This one will either wait to be fit into Britt's rotation or wait for my longarm to be fixed.  I'm not quite sure when that's going to happen, though.  Rest assured, I will let you know when the quilt has been completed.

If you are new here, you can check out the other LWR quilts by following THIS LINK.  The Quilt Drive has been ongoing for the past 14 months and many friends have helped out along the way.  It's been SEW amazing to be a part of this special project.

Sharing with Cynthia

for

Oh Scrap!

Until next time...

Quilt to give!!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC21 - Week 43

Welcome to Week 43 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  It was another busy week in Joyful Quilterland.  Not much sewing, though.

Let's have a look at how the days ebbed and flowed...

SUNDAY - Memories of a Sew Day with the Three Musketeers:

I spent the afternoon cutting up perfectly good T-shirts for my next T-Quilt:

Make that my next TWO T-Shirt quilts:

MONDAY - Tonight was turn-in night for my Guild Challenge titled Happiness is a Rainbow.  The 18 participants were required to make a quilt at a max of 24" square, using a minimum of 1sq. inch of each of the Modern Rainbow colors - bright pink, lime, yellow, aqua, and purple.  They were encouraged to make a quilt that makes them happy or one that answered the prompt "Happiness is..." and the photo shown below was my entry:

Scrap Happy

~12.5" x 15.5"

TUESDAY - I spent the day working on this quilt:

Then had my weekly Zoom with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color:

I know it's not our regular day, but I was scheduled to help my MIL with packing up her house tomorrow (or rather keep her occupied while the packers packed, as they charge by the hour and she might feel the need to supervise!)

SEW...

LeeAnna and I were talking about our plans for the 2022 Rainbow Scrap Challenge and I dragged out my RSC drawer to show her my various block collections.  Lo and behold, when I opened the package that was shoved in the front of the drawer, LOOK what I found:

MY MISSING ROTARY CUTTERS!!!  :o))

WEDNESDAY - Wonderful Wednesday

Today was a day that I was running from dawn to dusk!  Pack at my MIL's house was replaced by appointments, meetings, and...

A meet-up at Pineapple Fabrics with Sue @ Knitty Quilter:

While there, I made sure to take a photo of this quilt for Knittingsuek...

... And I also got a photo of this one for LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color, as she is making wine bottles for the RSC:

Those photos were to show that I was thinking of them and this one is a shot of "the one that got away."  I was really trying to be good, but this one was darling, as well as on the "by the pound table", but I didn't NEED it, so I put it back:

However...

I did end up with two other fabrics that I didn't NEED, either:

THURSDAY - ZoomBEE LIVE @ Carol's driveway:

Sorry, Ruth!!  I manage to cut your head off (again!)

Light/Bright GREEN at the thrift store for my RSC friends:

That couch and this book...

... By the woman who taught me how to hand quilt all those many years ago, stayed at the store to remain available for someone who want to learn from one of the best:

FRIDAY - Knit Group was canceled, so a trip to the local Big Box hardware store was on today's agenda.  This carpet and flooring will be installed at the old house in the coming weeks:

Photo Currently Unavailable!!

Oh!  My new sofa was delivered yesterday...

... Along with the matching love seat and its former owner, my MIL, who temporarily moved in with us after selling her home.  She'll be off to Florida before long, but she doesn't want to move the furniture to her new home.  Goodbye, faithful (25y.o.) formal living room furniture:

Looking at the photo above, I see that a new paint color may be in order for the living room.  Ugh!  The list of projects continues to grow.

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.

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!!