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May 2, 2024
Pin in the Quilt - YIKES! from Grandma's Red Needle

Finally! A UFO is under the needle!


This quilt was a result of the RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2023.
I had all those purples I wanted to use and ended up making two purple quilts. 
After the tops were done, both were put away. The main reason I wasn't sure how to quilt them. 

2-3 weeks ago I pulled the tops out from their 'hiding places' and got both sandwiched. The biggest one, the one I'm currently quilting, has a partly pieced backing (to use up more purple). It wasn't enough for the backing (no other fabric ...

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November 25, 2023
Indigo Way Gets Going! from The Modern Diary

I changed my mind about my colors for Indigo Way several times, but in the end I wound up with brown, cheddar, and indigo.  The first clue had Bonnie using indigo, and I followed suit.  Made about two thirds of the parts before I realized her indigo is my brown!  Oops, so I then started over and made all of the clue in brown.  You may remember I did this once before with a clue in En Provence!  

                                                     

                                           

I made two more Christmas stockings.  These are for Wren and Chava, I think!


Here is one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge ...

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September 30, 2023
The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt and More! from The Modern Diary


Barb sent me "The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt" for my birthday and it inspired me to whip up a little quilt to match.  
This is an Eye Spy I finished at the old house that I am not sure made it in the blog.  
Hazel enjoyed doing some art work at my house yesterday.  She made a pom pom jack o lantern and then several monsters.  She is three now--time flies so fast!
I decided to machine stitch around the flowers and all for September Golds by Kathleen Tracy.  I then quilted around those same things and got ...

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September 16, 2023
RSC Week 37 - September is Aqua + RSC August was Yellow from Grandma's Red Needle

 Hello, dear readers and followers! 
Days & weeks seem to keep me busy with other stuff than blogging. The last months have kept me busy making Advent Calendars for my Etsy shop. I've made some new calendars this year and some that sold out last year. I'm almost done! I was not going to make any fall items this year, but ended up making some small items.

In between making Advent Calendars, I've kept up with the RSC, the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.
RSC color for September is Aqua. I knew I don't have more then a few ...

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September 14, 2023
September Sewing Homework! from The Modern Diary

Aqua is the color for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge for September.   Four blocks in two different sizes.
Also did the next block for A Quilting Life's BOM.  

 Here are all the blocks for that so far.  Looking forward to it coming together.

I also got the binding made for another quilt and it is half attached.  Hopefully today I will get the other half of it done.  

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August 27, 2023
Two Wedding Quilts, Two BOM's, Two Grandbabies! TOO BLESSED! from The Modern Diary

Now that I have a table in my library/office I have really gotten into puzzles (and audiobooks).  Here is a quilty one I made last week.  
Here are my A Quilting Life BOM blocks.  Keeping up with them!
This is my Dakota Farmer Rainbow Scrap Challenge block and below, more of them.  I have many of these blocks in different colors and sizes and am looking forward to seeing them come together into quilts.  I think next year I am going to do Bonnie's new Morning Glories paper pieced pattern.  I enjoy paper piecing but like the idea ...

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August 24, 2023
Avantika from Sew Preeti Quilts

I first made Avantika for the Island Batik catalogue. The working title was Mosaic Stars but once the quilt was completed, it needed a better name. Avantika means princess :-)


Avantika, the original princess :-)



Sunset Backing and Binding


Made using Island Batik Juicy Mosaics fabric collection, Avantika finished at about 64" by 84". 
Juicy Mosaics is a beautiful collection and I love every fabric in it. 




Of course, we took her out for a photoshoot, thanks to Paul!


Ooh, the reflection!!!


I was so much in love that I chose to make these blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2023. 

Since ...

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August 5, 2023
More Island Batik Goodies from Sew Preeti Quilts

This week, we received the remaining supplies from Island Batik and I am happy to share them with you.

Solids - Four yards each of White, Dark Gray, and Black 




Summer Precut - 2.5" Strips of Vintage Charm. This is a Signature Collection designed by Kathy Engle for  Terri Vanden Bosch of Lizard Creek Quilting. It comes with matching yardage, two yards each of Valentino (dark pink) and Dandelion Crumbs (beige).





Stash Builders - 5" strips, 20 per pack.


Angela has announced the color for August. It is Yellow :-)

I love Yellow. It is the color of warm sunshine and flavorful curries ...

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July 29, 2023
RSC Week 30 - End of the RED for July from Grandma's Red Needle

Hello everyone! Have you missed me? lol 
I can't believe my previous blog post is dated beginning June! Where did those weeks go?! It was not my intention not to blog, it just happened without any particular reason. 
July has kept me busy making Advent Calendars for my Etsy Shop. There are some new calendars this year and some that sold out last year. So far 36 (no, it's not a math mistake!) calendars are done, left to sew binding on some. The pockets can be a bit tedious, but it is mindless sewing and I do love ...

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May 30, 2023
RSC Week 21 - End of the Orange Month from Grandma's Red Needle

 Goodbye RSC ORANGE - Welcome DARK & BRIGHT BLUES for June! 
I haven't gone through my blue colors for June, not sure what I have. I do have a lot of blues, but dark & bright? 

Well, May and the color orange is nearing its end. I don't have a big variety of orange, just enough to make the blocks for the Swirling Star Quilt


The big block


...and the two small blocks

What to do with the remaining orange? 
Do you remember the '70's, when orange & brown were hot colors? My first sewing machine, a Husqvarna, (not my photo ...

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May 25, 2023
A Whole Lot of News! from The Modern Diary

For some reason I do not think this Kathleen Tracy sampler ever made it to the blog after I quilted it with a baptist fan and bound it.  Love how it turned out.
Managed to do the next block in A Quilting life's BOM before the move.

                                    

Made some of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks before and some after the move in orange.

We bid on SIX houses before finally getting our forever home!  After we closed we spent a few weeks making treks over and putting things away and each weekend we painted.  The library/office room is ...

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May 20, 2023
RSC Week 20 - May is Orange from Grandma's Red Needle

 Hello everyone! 
Any progress on Orange - the RSC color for May, hosted by Angela over at SOScrappy
I'm a bit behind, but will get there eventually. I have been busy finishing the purple quilt top. More about that in another blog post. 

Orange. Orange has never been a favorite color and that is visible in my stash; approximately 4.5 yards.


Some of them may be seen as yellow with orange, like #6 from left. The spots are orange and since I have only a few, I chose to use it as orange. I had already cut the squares ...

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May 6, 2023
Positivity QAL 2023 - Sponsors and Prizes from Sew Preeti Quilts

Happy Weekend to you! 

I have added a new page - Positivity 2023 QAL. See top left of the blog page. It contains important links and these will become active/live as we move through the QAL.

I am working on the Positivity QAL blocks in preparation for the Quilt Along, beginning on May 28, 2023.

Kaffe Fassett Love!

Here are the gifts/prizes we have secured for the Positivity 2023 QAL. We appreciate the generosity of our sponsors!!! Do take a look at their stores/shops.


LEVEL 1 (Flimsy)
All QAL participants (anywhere in the world) who link up their ...

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April 15, 2023
Vicky and the Zips from Sew Preeti Quilts

The Island Batik challenge for April is Crazy Quilts with Aurifil Threads.  

The Zippered Pouches - in progress


The challenge is to show off the thread from the Color Builder set in a Crazy Quilt! Try out different block combinations and layouts and experiment with decorative stitches and embroidery to highlight the tread you received.

I received the Frangipani Color Builder from Aurifil Threads.



To ensure that these threads/embroidery/stitches showed well on the fabric, I decided to use Island Batik solids.  Since I also wanted to make a modern interpretation of Crazy Quilts, the solids were a perfect choice ...

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RSC Week 15 - Purple Progress and a Few Finishes from Grandma's Red Needle

 It's Saturday again and time for RSC
I completely missed last Saturday and now we are already halfway through April! How did that happen?! Cooler days (beginning 'cold season') although the last days have been HOT and humid with thunderstorms. 

Slow progress on the purples. First I did was to make the blocks for the Swirling Stars quilt 


The small blocks (not very clever to photograph white on white!)


The big block

Do you remember the bunny fabric
A little purple here too and part of the bunny stripes has become placemats, mug rug and tea cozy. I used ...

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April 10, 2023
Bourbon Street Bash from Sew Preeti Quilts

Designing for the May/June 2023 Issue of Quiltmaker Magazine, I chose the fabric line Celebrate. Designed by Kathy Engle, this fabric line will be available in stores in May 2023.




Imagine my surprise when the magazine was published in March 2023.  It is Island Batik's guidance to release patterns as close to the fabric availability as possible. If the fabric is not available (at the time of pattern release or shortly thereafter), then it feels like a tease or even a torture, especially when the fabric is this gorgeous!!!

For this reason, I have been slow/reluctant to ...

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March 25, 2023
RSC Week 12 - GREEN Flimsy and Pieced Backing from Grandma's Red Needle

 It has been another busy GREEN week. 
My goal this month has been to use as much green fabric from my stash as possible, and I think I have succeeded, IMO. Last week I had made 48 scrappy Churn Dash blocks for the green scrappy quilt and made a couple of crumb blocks for the pieced backing (here). 


A flimsy!!!


To get a better variety of green, I pulled out what I had of 5" squares in green. Not that it was that many, but fabric used is a good thing, isn't it? :) 


It didn't take long piecing ...

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March 19, 2023
RSC Week 11 - Green Updates from Grandma's Red Needle

Another GREEN week, inside as well as outside. 
It has been raining and Friday at around midnight we had a spectacular thunderstorm that lasted about 2-3 hours. Some fishermen were interviewed on the news, they said they'd never experienced such a heavy thunderstorm. 

March is the Green month. RSC (Rainbow Scrap Challenge) hosted by Angela over at SOS Scrappy.

Rainy days and what is better than stay inside playing with stash?!
I have finished the 48 Churn Dash blocks for the boy's quilt. 


Churn Dash blocks are fun and quite fast to make. 


Some leftover pieces I plan ...

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March 11, 2023
RSC Week 10, GREEN all over from Grandma's Red Needle

 GREEN and wet outside - GREEN and cozy inside!
It's week 10 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge - RSC hosted by Angela over at SOS Scrappy. March is the GREEN month. It has been more rainy (and h*** humid!) than sunny days this week hence no venture out (except grocery shopping).  

I've been working on green, trying to reduce some of the approximately 30 yards measured. Where did all that green come from?! Someone must have done some purchases! LOL 


After making the pink quilt (left to add binding) for the little girl, I decided to make a GREEN quilt ...

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March 8, 2023
Too Many Bunnies and Busy Quilting Week from Grandma's Red Needle

 One week into March! Any progress on my sewing table? 
Let's see what I've done: 
- Table toppers from this post are quilted and trimmed, bindings cut. 
- Table runner is thread basted (ran out of quilting thread, more on the way)
- Pink girly quilt is trimmed and binding cut
- One big and two small GREEN blocks for the Swirling Stars Quilt and RSC
- two small blocks for the same in BLUE
- Cut white background fabric for the Swirling Stars Quilt's remaining blocks
- 4 Pinwheel star blocks for the Star Streams (blue) quilt

Any progress on UFOs? Nope! 
The ...

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