Some Aqua blocks

Having fun sewing through my aqua scraps to make few aqua Mile a Minute blocks to share for this months Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 

In real life I think they are a bit brighter, there must have been cloud cover when I took this photo. I also thought that I had ten blocks, I'll have to go and recount, as I'm trying to make ten each month, looks like I dropped the ball a couple of times here. 

Hoping to get a little more Aqua piecing in before the end of the month.

I'm joining with many others at Angela's Rainbow Scrap Challenge at her Soscrappy blog. 

The crystalline aqua and turquoise waters instantly lift our spirits. ~ John Ruskin 

High Five OMG complete

 I'm happy to say I competed my One Monthly Goal (OMG) for June, which was to quilt and bind my High Five quilt.  One Monthly Goal is hosted by Anne-Marie of Stories from the Sewing Room, click on the link and take a minute to check out what she and others are doing.

The High Five pattern can be found in the book Sunday Morning Quilts by Amanda Jean Nyberg and Cheryl Arkison.

A close-up of the quilting and some of the blocks.

I found this lovely fabric for the back in the Sale bin at a local quilt shop.

To make it long enough I had to add a strip in the middle, with an extra block in the middle.

 The binding fabric is from my stash, and think it goes well with both the front and the back of the quilt.

The rainbow variegated thread looked especially pretty in this black and white block.

A wonderful day sitting the sun in a butterfly garden at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity while sewing the binding on, which makes me think I'd like to spend more time doing handwork outside surrounded by nature, it was glorious.

This quilt will join others on my 'Shop' blog page.

QUILT DETAILS

 High Five Quilt 2026

The finished quilts measures 81 inches by 81 inches

Finished June 2026

I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees. ~ Henry David Thoreau

June One Monthly Goal

My One Monthly Goal (OMG) for June is to quilt and bind this High Five quilt.  This scrappy quilt is from the book Sunday Morning Quilts by Amanda Jean Nyberg and Cheryl Arkison.  

I found this great fabric for the back in the sale bin, it seems like they were made for each other.

I'm enjoying taking part in Stories from the Sewing Room's One Monthly Goal, it is helping to keep me motivated to complete my unfinished projects.

Come by at the end of the month to see if I've accomplished my goal.

A goal is a dream with a deadline. ~ Napoleon Hill

Green Mile a Minute quilt

 I'm happy to have completed my green Mile a Minute quilt for May, to participate in Sorties from the Sewing Room's One Monthly Goal.

I started this quilt at the beginning of the year while teaching the Mile a Minute technique to a local (Calgary) quilt guild.  

Close up of a couple of the blocks.

I dug into my stash and found I had a lot of green fabric, which made it an easy choice for the sashing, corner stones, borders and backing, and making this look like a green quilt.  

Pieced binding

Once the quilting was complete I decided to piece the trimmings from the backing fabric to make my binding,

Pieced back of the quilt - "Back Art"

Actually the blocks have so many colours in them that you can use any colour for sashing and borders.  In class we experimented with this and placed the blocks on any different colour background, giving an entirely different look and feel.

I love this block, as it used up all the little bits.  I will be teaching another Mile a Minute later this month at Out of Hand Quilting and Fabric, and I have a Mile a Minute tutorial on my blog, starting here.

QUILT DETAILS

 Green Mile a Minute Quilt 2026

The finished quilts measures 68 inches by 83 inches

Started January 2026

Finished May 2026

Perfect is the enemy of done ~ Catherine Carrigan

Orange Jewelry Pouches

 Playing with the colour orange this week to participate in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, click on over to see what others have accomplished in orange.  Maybe get inspired and join us. 

Looking through my orange stash I found a some pieces large enough to make a couple of travel jewelry pouches in orange.  A fat quarter will work.  

And here's a look inside.  They have six little compartments for earrings or other little things, and then a couple of ribbons to tie down bangles or necklaces.  

At the last Christmas market I participated in I was asked if I had any travel jewelry pouches, so I decided it would be one of my projects for this year.  What better way to get them done than by making a couple every month in the colours of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

Life is Like an Orange — sometimes tough on the outside, but sweet, refreshing, and full of surprises on the inside. You have to peel through the layers of challenges, fears, and doubts to reach the good parts.

May's Goal

 I do have a small pile of quilts that need to be quilted.  The quilt tops are done and most of them have backs as well.  My One Monthly Goal (OMG) for May is to quilt and bind this green Mile a Minute quilt.

 I pieced most of this quilt in January while I taught a Mile a Minute class. It's the sashing, cornerstones and border that give this quilt it's green look, as the blocks are a mix of all colours.

Click on over to the link for this months One Monthly Goal page to see what others have picked for their goals and consider joining us, I find it to be a good motivator.

Check in on me at the end of the month to see how I've done, and where I'll post more details and pictures of this quilt.

You won't get it done if you don't get started.

And then there were twelve

 The Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) colour for the month of May is orange.  I've started this month with my 6 1/2 inch Mile a Minute blocks.

My plan is to make ten of these little blocks each month for the RSC, somehow this month I made 12.  At the end of the year I plan on making a Rainbow Mile a Minute quilt.

Take a minute to check out what others are doing for the RSC and consider joining us in piecing and quilting through the colours of the rainbow.

Orange - symbolizing creativity, passion, and vitality.