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It was time to make another double handed oven mitt with my selvedges.  I had a bunch of brown ones, as I thought, but some were autumn toned with a touch of orange, so that worked well. I always stitch the pockets first, just to see how many selvedges I have to work with.  That done, I had enough  over for the body of the mitt, and used plain orange fabric for under the pockets.  Just as well I have a walking foot as stitching the binding on the mitt through all those layers is quite a job.

Stitching slowly ...

 Each month for my Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) I've been stitching up oven mitts in a bid to finally  use up my decreasing selvedge collection. The RSC colour this month is red, and I had a small group of red and mostly burgundy selvedge strips to work with.  There were just enough of these to make the two outside pockets on my double handed oven mitt.  There is quite a bit of stitching in these, but at last I was up to stitching the binding down.  I started this job last night, and finished it outside under the Archgola ...

Call me crazy but I've decided on another  RSC project - it's not as if I don't have enough from previous years waiting to be completed.   I had found a small bag of selvedges sitting and looking rather lonely.  "Don't forget about us", they cried.   I used to collect these but over the years had used quite a few up.  So why didn't I just discard the last remaining handful?  Probably because I thought it would be a good idea to stitch up a few double handed oven mitts to make use of them. My daughter ...

 It seems to have been a long time since I had a RSC finish to share.  In fact, it is a "two for one deal" as it  also ticks the box for the Chookshed Challenge number 3 which was chosen for August.  These selvedge blocks were started in Rainbow Scrap Challenge during 2020 and each month I stitched one in the nominated colour.  I had decided to make these blocks for a tote bag, and also stitched a couple of handles, and sone extra selvedge strips in burgundy for the top of the bag.  Then it was put aside.

Bag ...

From time to time (OK - every day), I check the stats on this blog. I'm not sure that I even understand how to read them, but I LOVE how the numbers change depending on the topic. The ketchup story? Lots of readers - so can you tell me who is searching the internet for ketchup? Appears that lots of people are. 

I'm happy (OK - thrilled) to report that today is Friday! What does that mean? Well, it's Step One of reopening in our province, and that means non-essential stores are open (if they choose to be), and so ...

Strawberries and Cream ~ 60" X 68" I finally finished piecing and quilting this scrappy quilt from years ago, it was inspired by an antique quilt that I saw at a  Quilt Guild "show and tell" and fell in love with. I drafted the pattern and set to work. This may just be one of my favorite all-time quilts.  I backed it with this precious strawberry print. Naming this one was a natural.  I don't

Strawberries and Cream ~ 60" X 68" I finally finished piecing and quilting this scrappy quilt from years ago, it was inspired by an antique quilt that I saw at a  Quilt Guild "show and tell" and fell in love with. I drafted the pattern and set to work. This may just be one of my favorite all-time quilts.  I backed it with this precious strawberry print. Naming this one was a natural.  I don't