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.

Woven Finished

 Happy to say that I have completed my One Monthly Goal for April, which was to quilt and bind my Woven quilt.  I found the pattern for Woven in the book Scraps, Inc. compiled by Susanne Woods.  The Woven pattern is the creation of Kati Spencer, who suggests choosing a colour palette. It was a good exercise for me.

It was also fun to pull strips from my strip stash.  I like to trim the bits of fabric that are left when cutting fabric for quilts, into usable sizes, anything from 3/4 inch to three inches to be used in future projects.  These come in so handy when I'm working on my scrappy quilts, and was an excellent starting point for this quilt.

This quilt has watery colours and fabrics, and I'm happy that Nemo landed right in the middle of it.

Quilted with a Bora Bora pantograph (wavey quilt pattern).

I was happy to find backing fabric that had all the colours of the front of the quilt.

Finding Nemo 'Woven' has been added to my 'Shop' page.

QUILT DETAILS

 Finding Nemo 'Woven' Quilt 2026

The finished quilts measures 71 inches by 71 inches

Finished:  April 2026

As soon as I finish one thing, there's always something else on the horizon I want to do. I don't have any intention of retiring from anything. ~ Maria Gibbs

Pink Jewelry Travel Pouch

 It's the last Saturday of the colour pink for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, and I have a couple of Pink Jewelry travel pouches to share.

I take part in a Christmas Market every year and for the last couple of years I've been asked if I might consider a Jewelry travel pouch, so I have decided to give them a try.  

Many years ago a friend gave me one as a Christmas gift and it is so appreciated and well used, so I checked out a few videos and taking the best tips from each came up with my version.  

Here is a peek inside, there are six little compartments in there and a couple of ribbons to tie loose things down.

I hope to make a few in the different colours of the rainbow.

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”  

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Pink Mile a Minute baby quilt

During the 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge I made 20 pink Mile a Minute blocks with the intention of making a baby quilt, and have since completed it. I'm using this cute little quilt to participate in this months Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

Every fabric up to the border came out of my pink scraps and stash.  A trip to the quilt store and I found a cute heart print for the border.

And a lovely soft pink for the back of this little quilt.  Quilted with hearts, this baby quilt will be added to my 'Shop Baby' tab.

QUILT DETAILS

Pink Baby Rainbow Mile a Minute 2026

The finished quilt measures 37 inches by 44 inches.

Started: January 2025.

Finished: January 2026.

There are places in your heart that you didn't know existed until you loved a child.