rainbow scrap challenge

Modern Sampler and the Rooster from The Cozy Quilter

I am just about half finished the stitching on my funky rooster. The pattern includes two funky chickens and a funky rooster. I hope to get this half done this weekend and move on to the second half. I like the bright colours and fun shapes on this project.

Here's Finn, modelling the growing book blanket. My daughter is adding the book squares from May 2025 now. The gray squares mark the end of each month.

I didn't have a lot of sewing room time this week but did manage to get started on the next three blocks ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 20 hours, 52 minutes ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , thread house academy

Funky Chicken Progress and More Blue from The Cozy Quilter

This week, I spent a bit of time working on my Funky Chicken cross stitch and added lots of stitches. When the stitching is done, I need to add felt wings and beak, etc. as I sew it into a 3D chicken. I was running out of the darker red-orange colour and managed to get another skein this week.

I have three Rainbow Scrap Challenge projects started for this year. I made a three shoe fly blocks from my leftover light blue scraps. These finish at 6.5".

Then, I dug into my medium blue scraps and cut out lots ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 week ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , mending , rainbow scrap challenge , scraps , slow sunday stitching , university quilt

A Week of Blues from Romany Quilting

With blue being the RSC colour for January, there certainly was plenty of blue in my week. I have added another RSC to the mix. You may remember that I stitch up draw string bags for foster children from time to time - they use them for toiletries, pencils, or to keep treasures in. There is a big bag sitting by my sewing machine on the floor, stuffed full of small pieces of fabrics, lining, and cords. Any interesting small pieces of fabric which I think might be suitable gets put away, as well as random quilt blocks. Why not use ...

added by Jenny 1 week, 1 day ago. under clothing , family , movies , rainbow scrap challenge

Scraps & Bits ~ Sew & Tell - 1/12/26 from Melva Loves Scraps

It's been a calm and productive week in the studio of Melva Loves Scraps and I am relishing the quieter routine of winter and the presence and prevalence of Shalom. But before I get into that let's take a look at this week's randomly selected feature... Alycia at Alycia Quilts showed off her January Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks. She calls them Chunky Churndashes. They're fun and bright! And I am guessing that they will be paired with some red blocks to become a Quilt of Valor. I mean, Alycia is the QUEEN of QOV, at least ...

added by Melva 1 week, 2 days ago. under bookish journal , rainbow scrap challenge , sew and tell

Rainbow Scrap Challenge and some Knitting from The Cozy Quilter

Blue is the colour of the month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge for January. I have been participating in this challenge for a few years now and I have still not run out of scraps to use each month. I would like to make three projects this year. The first one will be these nine patches with 8 blocks made each month. I have 2 more to make. You can see that I am making them so that they form a checkerboard when they are sewn together. These are my light blue blocks and I would like to make some ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 weeks ago. under crochet , finn , knitting , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

Blue for January, and Fred Dagg from Romany Quilting

Blue is the colour chosen for January for those of us taking part in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC). As I've got a multitude of UFOs from taking part in previous years RSC I was in two minds whether to start any new blocks this year or not. But we all know how that turned out, I just couldn't help myself. I had seen a scrappy quilt top on Lou's blog, and thought, why not. Just a simple square, bordered on two sides, so it makes a zig zag line when the blocks are stitched together. Thanks ...

added by Jenny 2 weeks, 1 day ago. under gemma , movies , rainbow scrap challenge

Blue Hearts and Stars, and Contentment from Romany Quilting

Of course, I'm keen and eager to join in with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) once again. Blue is the colour for January, I must have known that as I've made a great start on sewing blue blocks already during the last month. This is another secret project, and I don't think the recipient reads my blog. but maybe she does. So I'll keep the details close until I have the grand reveal sometime later.

Blur hearts and stars

I've made a good start, and have completed all the star blocks. The hearts have all ...

added by Jenny 3 weeks, 1 day ago. under rainbow scrap challenge

2025: Year in Review from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I’m writing before we leave the RV park this morning, so I’ll have to tell you about today’s drive in tomorrow’s post. When I left you yesterday, we were preparing to head over to a nearby Mexican restaurant for margaritas and dinner. As it turned out, the restaurant was a sort of a fast food place with drive-thru service only. We weren’t up for that, and so we went to a different place across the street called “Wood Almond.” It turned out to be a good choice with some unusual items ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks, 3 days ago. under embroidery , mindless musings , project quilting , quilts , rainbow scrap challenge , small quilts , travel

2025: Year in Review from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I’m writing before we leave the RV park this morning, so I’ll have to tell you about today’s drive in tomorrow’s post. When I left you yesterday, we were preparing to head over to a nearby Mexican restaurant for margaritas and dinner. As it turned out, the restaurant was a sort of a fast food place with drive-thru service only. We weren’t up for that, and so we went to a different place across the street called “Wood Almond.” It turned out to be a good choice with some unusual items ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks, 3 days ago. under embroidery , mindless musings , project quilting , quilts , rainbow scrap challenge , small quilts , travel

RSC Finishes from Romany Quilting

I know we are not quite at the end of the year just yet, but close I thought to show my Rainbow Scrap Challenge finishes for the year. There are not too many completed projects, but that's the way it goes sometimes. First was my challenge to get rid of my small bag of selvedges which had been hanging about forever. I used to collect selvedges years ago, and have made all sorts of small items from them, bags, oven mitts, place mats, an apron, and have even knitted some into small mats. So this year, 2025, I decided ...

added by Jenny 1 month ago. under rainbow scrap challenge

The Last Kitten from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I'm happy to announce I finished making the last kitten in a teacup yesterday. It's surprising that I was able to finish them off without having to use my rotary cutter to slit my own throat. The kitties were there to offer meowral suppurrt. Sadie gazed longingly at the pieces I'd cut to finish the last block. I'd left them covered with rulers to purrtect them from...you know...mice.

Are you pawsitive you don't want to see my suggested purrangement?

Smitty took the seat next to my light box. He ...

added by Barbara 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under cats , cooking , quilt shops , quilts , rainbow scrap challenge , recipe test , travel

The Last Kitten from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I'm happy to announce I finished making the last kitten in a teacup yesterday. It's surprising that I was able to finish them off without having to use my rotary cutter to slit my own throat. The kitties were there to offer meowral suppurrt. Sadie gazed longingly at the pieces I'd cut to finish the last block. I'd left them covered with rulers to purrtect them from...you know...mice.

Are you pawsitive you don't want to see my suggested purrangement?

Smitty took the seat next to my light box. He ...

added by Barbara 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under cats , cooking , quilt shops , quilts , rainbow scrap challenge , recipe test , travel

Happy Hump Day from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Well, we're set for groceries for another week or so. Having not done any grocery shopping for nearly two weeks, our list was long. We were also slow getting out of the house. I did everything I could to procrastinate, including spending some extra time with my slow stitching. I can say I'm off to a good start on the latest Raggedy & Friends block.

From there, we got ourselves out the door and our shopping done. It was just after noon when we arrived back home. We put everything away, had some lunch, took ...

added by Barbara 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , mindless musings , quilts , rainbow scrap challenge , recipe test

Happy Hump Day from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Well, we're set for groceries for another week or so. Having not done any grocery shopping for nearly two weeks, our list was long. We were also slow getting out of the house. I did everything I could to procrastinate, including spending some extra time with my slow stitching. I can say I'm off to a good start on the latest Raggedy & Friends block.

From there, we got ourselves out the door and our shopping done. It was just after noon when we arrived back home. We put everything away, had some lunch, took ...

added by Barbara 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , mindless musings , quilts , rainbow scrap challenge , recipe test

A Couple of Finishes! from The Cozy Quilter

I worked on several different projects this week and two were brought to the finish line. I quilted and bound the winter wall hanging that I showed last week. This will be donated to a silent auction fundraiser. It is walking foot quilted with white thread in the white sections and blue thread in the coloured sections.

I added a hanging sleeve. You can see the quilting pattern better on the back.

Of course, I had leftover HST's so started another project with those. It is not quite done and will likely be a Christmas gift for someone so ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 1 week ago. under christmas gifts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting , wall hangings

Winter Wallhanging, and Some Slow Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

It's been a busy week with lots of commitments, which means I didn't get a lot of sewing done. My hand quilting project is coming along. After I finish the cross hatching, I will add more quilting to each block.

I found a winter 5" charm pack in my sewing room and decided to make a wall hanging with it. The white on white snowflake fabric was also in my stash and pairs nicely with the charms. I made lots of HST's and then arranged them in a barn raising pattern on the design wall. I am ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , hand quilting , pineapple log cabin , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , wall hangings

Seeing Stars from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We had a little let-up from the rain yesterday. By afternoon, the sun was shining and we had a blue sky...a welcome sight. We were out in our hot tub last night, and we could see stars for the first time in many nights. This morning, the sun is shining, and there isn't a cloud in the sky. For sure, I'm going to get outside and cut back that last dahlia today. I might have done it yesterday while I was out filling the bird feeders. But there was a drizzle falling, and ...

added by Barbara 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , every little thing , photography , quilts , rainbow scrap challenge , recipe test

Seeing Stars from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We had a little let-up from the rain yesterday. By afternoon, the sun was shining and we had a blue sky...a welcome sight. We were out in our hot tub last night, and we could see stars for the first time in many nights. This morning, the sun is shining, and there isn't a cloud in the sky. For sure, I'm going to get outside and cut back that last dahlia today. I might have done it yesterday while I was out filling the bird feeders. But there was a drizzle falling, and ...

added by Barbara 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , every little thing , photography , quilts , rainbow scrap challenge , recipe test

Home from the Guild Retreat from The Cozy Quilter

I just got home from our guild quilt retreat about an hour ago and decided to share some of my projects on my blog. First up, handwork! Christine and I watched the World Series baseball games on the Friday and Saturday nights and while we watched, we did some cross stitch. She worked on her Halloween project and I added more stitches to my Fall trees. We had hoped for a different winner of the Championship but it was not to be this year.

I also did some hand quilting at the retreat --more diagonal lines have been added to ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under 12 green bottles quilt , basket , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , oven mitts , rainbow scrap challenge , retreats , slow sunday stitching , thread house academy , tiny houses

Back to Hand Quilting from The Cozy Quilter

I have a collection of completed quilt tops waiting to be quilted. Sometimes, I just don't have inspiration on how to quilt them and other times, I just don't have time. This week, one of them yelled "pick me" for hand quilting so I got started. This pineapple log cabin was one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilts a few year ago. Each block is foundation pieced on a printed fabric so the finished quilt will have three layers of fabric as well as batting. I am big stitch quilting it with gray 28wt thread. I am starting ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , thread house academy

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