ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC25 - Week 30

Welcome to Week 30 of the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week promises to be a busy one.  I've got meetings, work, and a project or two that I want to complete by the end of the month.  I can assure you that PURPLE scrap sewing should feature prominently.

Let's see what transpired...

SUNDAY - Weekly Morning Art Zoom was dedicated to our monthly Roll the Dice game with two sets of prompts...

Set #1 (Top) - Markers, watercolors, stitching, favorite supply/technique/tool, and something found

Set #2 (Bottom) - Papers, ink, floral, write it, and found words:

Britt and I stayed after to discuss logistics for an important meet-up:

After lunch, a little bit of PURPLE scrap sewing happened:

Check out Wednesday's entry for more details!

Later this afternoon, I met with Knittingsuek for our Weekly Zoom Call:

MONDAY - Day Off 

Groceries and a virtual art class with @tammykayeart started my day:

Lunch followed and then I returned to the studio for my Weekly Zoom Call with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color.  Here we are sporting different shades of PURPLE in honor of our RSC Quilter friends:

After dinner I headed upstairs for tonight's Quilt Guild meeting via Zoom with modern quilt designer Tara Miller...

Coming to us from her Atlanta, Georgia studio, with her presentation on...

Guess what?!?!

I won her Zoom door prize and was able to choose a FREE pattern from the Quilt District web shop.  Which design would YOU have selected???  At first glance, I thought maybe her gorgeous Legacy Wheel, but that seem somewhat unrealistic, given my fabric preferences and project style.  My pick?  Well, I really debated about Churned Up because (as Britt said) that's right up my alley, but decided on Tara's project called Fan Girl:

Thank you, Tara!!!

After the meeting, I spent some time interpreting the CLOUD prompt for ICAD in collage:

TUESDAY - Day Off

I missed my Weekly Morning Art Zoom today.  Why???  Because shopping for a few new pieces to fit my still too thin frame was the task for the day.  Once that was done, I headed to Britt's house.  It was a multipurpose visit.  Some food, some art, and a quilt pick-up:

Thanks, B!

The PAISLEY prompt was made using a gel print scrap from Britt, while waiting for her to return from her chiropractic appointment:

WEDNESDAY - Wonderful Wednesday

Work

It was a busy day with a steady stream of customers throughout during my scheduled hours.

In neighborhood news...

I noticed a moving truck yesterday, but interpreted it as a neighbor having some work done since there was a handyman vehicle out front.  We later discovered that another house was occupied and this house in the cul-de-sac sold over the weekend:

THURSDAY - Work

Afterwards, I made progress on my PURPLE scrappy UFO by squaring up the quilt:

FRIDAY - TABLE SCRAPS Challenge

Day Off

Knit Group met this morning:

Lunch was followed by Get Messy's Open Studio with Deandra where I used tissue paper and a dictionary entry to create my CACTUS card for the Index-Card-A-Day challenge:

During my Weekly Evening Art Zoom I applied binding to Grape Candy Coated...

And knocked out the HORIZON prompt for ICAD in pen and colored pencils:

SATURDAY - Work

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.  Once this post goes live, I hope to be sitting at my machine to sew down the binding on my UFO.

Although, lunch and the NEW Get Messy Monthly Reflections Art Zoom may come first.  Later, I hope to Zoom with Knittingsuek.  We'll see how all that goes.

In other news...

I'm so relieved that Kristen @ Scrap Fabric Love received my block our Window Seats group quilt.  Here is the photo she shared on Scrap Club:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

July 2025 - TABLE SCRAPS Challenge - Link Party

Please accept my apologies for the delay in this post's release!

Welcome to the JULY 2025 edition of the TABLE SCRAPS Challenge here at the Joyful Quilter!!  I'll start with a little backstory, in case you are new here.  (Apologies to my regular readers since you already know all about it.) I'm a scrap quilter who had been setting up individual challenges for several years in conjunction with Angela's (RSC) Rainbow Scrap Challenge @ So Scrappy.  Participants from around the corner, across the country and around the world have been having SEW much fun and we all have MORE scraps to use, so I am pleased to offer the...

In 2025, we have a broad range of quilted items that are appropriate for linking to the Challenge.  Baskets and bins, along with pillows and pin cushions, are all qualifying projects.  Not just the toppers, runners, and mug rugs.  Basically, ANY quilted item qualifies.  The main premise is that you USE the (new or old) SCRAPS from your cutting table (or your friend's cutting table - since that's where the majority of my scraps come from!)

There will be a prompt each month to help get your creative juices flowing.  While you are NOT required to use it in your project, the guiding word will be revealed at the end of each month's LINK PARTY post.  Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the following month's focus.  It, along with the RSC Color of the Month (as soon as Angela releases it - around the 1st of the month.) will also be added to the 2025 TABLE SCRAPS Challenge page at the top of the blog.

This month's color was:

PURPLE

Here are the scraps I had to work with:

The theme for July was:

ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN or BLOOM TIME

Thank you to LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color blog for the English Country Garden suggestion!  I added Bloom Time in case that felt too intimidating.

What project did you choose, Joyful???

A wall hanging that was PURPLE, of course.  In honor of this month's Rainbow Scrap Challenge Color of the Month.

I decided against constructing a new quilt this month and opted for finishing a UFO.  The perfect one was on my Summer 2025  UFO Club list...

18. Inherited Iris (2020)

If you look closely, you will see that the quilt was already layered and part of the quilting was already done.  The wall hanging came to me that way.  It arrived...

In November 2020 when Ruth S. brought a tub of fabric from her friend Donna who was no longer interested in quilting:

Not just fabric, but a number of abandoned projects, as well:

The gorgeous floral bloom came home with me that day and has been patiently waiting to be finished.  Finally, the time has come!

With the project chosen...

The next decision was thread for completing the wall hanging:

Since it arrived partially hand quilted, I opted for echo quilting to finish it off:

As my machine purred, I was reminded just how long it takes to stitch quarter-inch lines around a focal image:

Where did the TABLE SCRAPS come into all this, Joyful???

While the project itself had been scrapped by its maker, the binding was straight out of my big bucket of batik scraps - since my PURPLE scrap basket hadn't offered any compatible strips...

The backing off-cuts above were trimmed down to size and the photo below was all that remained when my entry was done:

Here is my completed July 2025 TABLE SCRAPS Challenge project...

~ 21" wide x 22" tall

I realize you might have seen the quilt earlier this week.  It was shared in my latest Wonderful Wednesday post.  The project served double duty and this post shared more of its story.  Thank you for indulging me.

What's next, Joyful???

We wait for Angela to announce the Color of the Month for August on her Rainbow Scrap Challenge post tomorrow.  I'll post an update as soon as I discover her choice.  UPDATE:

AQUA

August's theme is:

HOT FLASH

NOTE:  This one may be challenging.  I will look forward to seeing what you are inspired to create!  Remember, you are NOT required to use the suggested theme!!  The main goal is using up some of your scraps.  I have to say, I have NO IDEA what I will design to fit our August challenge!

And now...

It's time for YOU to link up your ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN / BLOOM TIME and/or PURPLE project in the LINK PARTY below.   All entries MUST be submitted by Wednesday, August 6th @ 11:59PM (EST).  You've got extra time since the last Friday of July came early.

Until next time...

USE those table scraps!!!

#tablescrapschallenge2025

Here is the traditional porch swing photo:

Along with a couch photo, showing that the project might look nice as a cushion cover:

Wonderful Wednesday - A Summer UFO Club Finish

Welcome to another edition of Wonderful Wednesday here at The Joyful Quilter!!  I'm here to share some exciting news.  I finished a project!  Not just any project, but a UFO on my Summer 2025 UFO Club list.

While, it's this project's maiden voyage on the list, it felt like the "low hanging fruit" for this session.  Bonus Points...  It's PURPLE month at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!  :o))

The completed quilt that I'm calling Inherited Iris (2020) is shown below on our front porch swing:

Approximately 20" x 24"

Special thanks to Donna at The Bluff for starting what has finally become a completed quilt!  The rest of the story, along with more details will be shared at a later date.

Until next time...

Mark another UFO off the list!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC25 - Week 29

Welcome to Week 29 of the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week, I'm going to try to fit in all the things.  That includes some PURPLE scrap sewing.  No, really!  I have to get a jump on my TABLE SCRAPS Challenge because the end of the month will be here before we know it.

That's the plan, but let's see if I worked the plan...

SUNDAY - Here's the thread I chose for this week's PURPLE project:

During my Weekly Morning Art Zoom, I worked on putting my Either/Or journal together from a Make Create Express lesson from Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd:

MONDAY - Work

Quordle or Octordle during my break:

Zoom with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color

TUESDAY - Work

WEDNESDAY - Work

THURSDAY - Day Off

Weekly Quilt Group was today.  I went, but forgot to get a group photo.  Here's a photo of Maggie's latest quilt top.  Believe it or now, she said that this complicated pattern actually made for some fast and easy piecing using only 8 FQs:

After a quick stop at the store and some lunch, I attended Get Messy's Curiosity Collective for Cait Smallwood's Trash Flowers lesson.

FRIDAY - Day Off

Knit Group met this morning with 5 members in attendance:

After lunch, I went upstairs for Get Messy's Open Studio with Deandra I worked on the ICAD prompts of TERRACOTTA...

And PIVOT:

Later, I headed back upstairs for my Weekly Evening Art Zoom where I made the following ICAD for the GRATEFUL prompt.  The hand lettering was followed by a few spritzes of Dylusions Ink Spray:

SATURDAY - Work

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 planned on doing some PURPLE quilting today.  Did that happen???

Yes.  Yes, it did:

As we stepped off the porch for our evening walk, I looked up to see this full rainbow and snapped a photo for my RSC Quilter friends:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC25 - Week 28

Welcome to Week 28 of the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week's plan is the same as most weeks.  Some work, some art, and the hope of getting to some scrappy sewing.

How'd the plan pan out, Joyful???

SUNDAY - Weekly Morning Art Zoom found me working on the AUTUMN and CHECKERBOARD prompts for ICAD.  Yes!  I used some PURPLE fabric scraps:

Evening flooding from Tropical Storm Chantal:

MONDAY - Day Off

Our power was out for 16 hours and the flood waters reached halfway up our back yard:

This afternoon's grocery run was followed by my Weekly Zoom Call with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color:

On our evening walk, we discovered that crews have been busy on House # 18 and 19:

TUESDAY - Day Off

Construction crews were out bright and early to build the forms for the coming concrete work:

Later, I attended Open Studio with Barb and friends.  I scoured magazines for something vaguely related to the BRONZE prompt and did some lettering to complete my card:

WEDNESDAY - Day Off/Celebration Day

In construction news today...

It was concrete day.  Two driveway and two sidewalks were poured.  That included the section of sideway that connects our driveway to the new neighborhood:

THURSDAY - Work

My early morning dental appointment was calmed by this serene piece of art:

After work, I headed to the hospital for an afternoon CT scan of my lungs to see why I'm STILL coughing after 15 months.  That was followed by a stop at My Secret Closet.  So many shades of PURPLE on my late afternoon shopping trip:

I was supposed to be meeting Britt there, but her appointment ran late.  My adventure had to be cut short, as yet another storm was approaching and the store decided to close early.  If you look in the distance, you can see the wall of water that I faced on my trip home:

FRIDAY - Work

Afterwards, a grocery and pharmacy run was followed by dinner and...

My Weekly Evening Art Zoom where I collaged the GIRAFFE prompt for ICAD:

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 was up early this morning playing with this fun fabric scrap.  See the hint of PURPLE???  It will be the binding of last month's TABLE SCRAPS Challenge entry:

Here's the fully completed quilt:

I'm off to my Quarterly Saturday Quilt Bee meeting so if I've missed anything, please accept my apologies.  I'll post a photo later... A small group today and I nearly missed the photo op:

Zoom with Knittingsuek:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!