Yellow Leaves

Today is the last day for the colour yellow with the RainbowScrap Challenge.  The only thing that I’ve found time to do in yellow this month are these scrappy leaf potholders. 

You will find the leaf potholder pattern at Patchwork Pottery. 

Last year I made a set in all colours of the rainbow to be ready for a Christmas Artisan sale at my place of work.  When Christmas came we were locked down, however I was able to take part in a Virtual Marketplace for our city on Facebook.  My potholders sold out, and I got some orders for after Christmas as well.  This year I hope to make more than one set in all the colours while participating in Soscrappy’s Rainbow Scrap Challenge, a nice way to try and keep my multiplying scraps in control.

Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees. ~ Rumi

Quilty Stars

Quilting and binding the ‘Quilty Stars’ quilt was my goal for the month of February while participating in Elm Street Quilts One MonthlyGoal (OMG) and I did it. 

This quilt was started and the top completed in the Summerof 2019 as part of a quilted along with Quilty Love.  

I found a backing fabric that I liked, and buying all that the store had, realized that some back art, was required to get the length that I needed. 

In keeping with the star theme, Quilty Stars is quilted with the Shooting Stars pantograph by Sue Schmieden, and I found a nice white on white with stars for the binding. 

Finishing it off with a quilt label, Quilty Stars is complete and ready for sale. 

QUILT DETAILS

Quilty Stars in blue and white 2021

The finished quilt measures 90 inches by 90 inches.

Started: August 2019.

Finished: February 2021

 Let’s dance beneath the stars and forget the world.

Quilty Stars: a goal for February

I’m always look forward to participating in Elm StreetQuilts One Monthly Goal (OMG).  This month I’m suffering with low motivation, however I feel I must keep moving forward, so today just before the ‘party’ ends I’ve picked my next project to finish. 

Quilty Stars was a quilt along that I participated in with Quilty Love the Summer of 2019, if interested you can see a couple of the quilt block posts here and here.

I found a nice blue with circle fabric for the back, however it is a bit short, so I’ll be adding some back art using left over strips of fabric used in the front of the quilt. 

Looking forward to having another finish, and goal complete at the end of February.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. ~ Jim Rohn

Pink hearts

January’s colour is pink for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge and Quilty Love is having a heart themed quilt along, so I’m thinking about Valentine’s Day while participating and sewing up pink hearts. 

There is also a bonus with the pattern to make another little quilt from the trimmed corners. 

I really enjoyed playing with my pink scraps and stash this month.  I wanted to make some heart potholders, and here is my first. This pattern is from Spoon Full of Sugar. 

It ended up too thick which causes my machine to skip stitches, so I’m going to try a thinner batting.

Ready to sew few pink leaf potholders. 

All these pink projects, and yet I don’t feel I’m finished with pink, I still have this stuffed bag to play with. 

May I have the courage today

To live the life that I would love,

To postpone my dream no longer

But do at last what I came here for

And waste my heart on fear no more.

 ~ John O’Donohue

Yellow Baby Mile a Minute quilt

Happily I have completed my One Monthly Goal for January, which was to quilt and bind this Mile a Minute baby quilt. 

When it came time for quilting, the yellow said "daisies" to me, so I used the Daisies Galore pantograph by Irene Steele. 

Found a lovely piece for the back in my stash. 

I pieced this little quilt top last October while participating in Soscrappy’s Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) and this month I complete it while participating in Elm Street Quilt’s One Monthly Goal.

I finished sewing the binding on at Finishing School, a ‘drop in’ that I run (virtually for now) through the Mount Royal University Library’s Maker Studio on Thursday’s from 12:30 to 1:30 MST.  I fondly refer to it as Stitch and Bitch, however since we are an academic institution we call it Finishing School.  Finishing School came into being as I was always racing to finish a quilt at the end of the month and would use my noon hours at work to handsew the binding, others began to join me and it has evolved into a weekly event with any kind of handwork being done. All are welcome, consider joining us if you are free.

This little quilt will now go to my Album (booth) at Calgary’s Virtual Market on Facebook.

QUILT DETAILS

Yellow Baby Mile a Minute 2021

The finished quilt measures 36 inches by 48 inches.

Started: October 2020.

Finished: January 2021

 

May your week be filled with good thoughts, kind people, happy moments, and unexpected blessings.

Enjoying Pink

January is pink at Soscrappy for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, and I am sewing along with my pink scraps.  I finished a bunch of pink mini log cabin bookmarks which I will be adding to my booth/album in Calgary’s Virtual Market on Facebook. 

The Calgary Virtual Market started just before Christmas 2020 and I applied to be a vendor, as all public markets and the usual Artisan sale that I take part in at Mount Royal University were not happening.  I did very well at the market and applied to take part for the whole next year.  These little bookmarks were a hit, so I will continue making them through the year in all the colours of the rainbow.

This week I also cut all my fabric for Quilty Love’s Infinite Heart Quilt Along. 

Hopefully next week I’ll have some heart blocks to show.

I’m happy to say that I am actually putting a dent in my pink fabric stash, feels good.

Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is. ~ Mandy Hale

A Goal for January

A New Year and a new month and time for a new goal.  My One Monthly Goal (OMG) for January is to quilt and bind this yellow Mile a Minute baby quilt.  I found a nice piece of yellow fabric for the backing. 

I pieced this little quilt top in October while participating in Soscrappy’s Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) and this month I hope to complete it while participating in Elm Street Quilt’s One Monthly Goal. 

I woke up this morning thinking I’d missed the deadline, but found that it closes tonight, phew.  OMG helps me to keep finishing projects and RSC helps me to use continue to dig through my stash and use my scraps. 

You come home, make some tea, sit down in your armchair, and all around there’s silence. Everyone decides for themselves whether that’s loneliness or freedom.