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February 10, 2025

Weekly update: SAHRR, Old Town, and reading from With Strings Attached

How nice to get this FB message first thing on Saturday!

This is the quilt that she won. (Working title: "Go Scrappy or Go Home.")

The weather cooperated Saturday morning for the spaghetti dinner delivery. All our "customers" (neighbors mostly) were appreciative. We had two of the dinners ourselves -- tasty!

Saturday afternoon I went to the last hours of an estate sale. The advertised German nutcrackers were long gone by the time I got there but I got a nice office chair on wheels for $7.00. The seat-lifter on the Steelcase chair I've had at my sewing machine ...

added by Nann 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , reading , sahrr 2025 , sew and tell , weekly update

February 7, 2025

Weekly update: OMG February, placemats, and the top-along + reading from With Strings Attached

My One Monthly Goal for February is to get Old Town to the flimsy stage. One motivation is to reclaim the design wall. :)

The Quiltville FB group has photos of many versions of the design with different colorways and different sashings or settings or borders. I'm going to stick to the sashing as patterned but I may do something other than the checkerboard border.

I made six placemat flimsies from units in the parts department. The tan/green/red one has been around since 2007 (gulp!). I always thought I'd piece it into a quilt back. The one ...

added by Nann 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , omg 2025 , placemats , reading , sew and tell , top-along

February 3, 2025

Dress Maker - Sew & Tell ~ February 3, 2025 from Melva Loves Scraps

Welcome to Melva Loves Scraps & The weekly Sew & Tell party! Also... welcome to February... the shortest month of the year. Blink and it will be gone in a flash!

I did a variety of little things this week. Among them I wrapped up the use of my pink scraps and finished a second pink scraps baby quilt. I shared a few thoughts of The Great Scrap Bin Phenomenon here.

Head over there to read my correlation of the never-ending scrap bin to doing laundry (naked).

added by Melva 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under sew and tell

January 28, 2025

In The Pink ~ Sew & Tell - January 27, 2025 from Melva Loves Scraps

Welcome to Melva Loves Scraps and the weekly Sew & Tell party!

I finished up the Red Skies quilt last week! I am so very pleased with it. In case you missed it, you can see some additional glamor shots that I shared HERE.

Since the design wall empty, I returned to my pink scraps. It was in my dreams (again) that I was quilting... This time I saw that I was using bigger pieces of pink and a stack of fabric squares that were purchased in Hawaii in 2004 when our daughters earned and made a 2-week trip with the ...

added by Melva 3 months ago. under sew and tell

January 27, 2025

Weekly update: placemats, pink stars + reading from With Strings Attached

The last Monday of January?! Slow down, 2025!

The parts department had two 80" lengths of neutral-squares-neutral (6.5" wide) intended for a border that I didn't use. I added another strip of squares, then sewed the lengths together, and cut into four 20" pieces.

I'm using the serpentine stitch to quilt these placemats. The photo shows the borders sewn on but not yet sewn down.

The pink Ohio Stars are a basted flimsy. 9" blocks = 36" x 45".

# # # # # # The ALA Retired Members Round Table Book Club met by Zoom yesterday. Instead of reading one book and discussing ...

added by Nann 3 months ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , placemats , reading , rsc 2025 , sew and tell

January 23, 2025

Sew & Tell ~ Red Skies Flimsy ~ January 20, 2025 from Melva Loves Scraps

Welcome to Melva Loves Scraps and another session of Sew & Tell... the party where everyone gets to share the progress of their projects... or, in some cases, the lack of progress. ;) It happens... and that is ok, because sometimes life happens.

I made lots of progress, little by little, this week with the Golden Afternoon quilt that I have renamed Red Skies. This scrappy red and white(ish) quilt graduated to finished flimsy on a ~~cold~~ FRIGID and snowy Saturday. ~~(I am contemplating a border of some sort... Hmmm...)~~

~~Does it need one???~~

Yes, it needed it. Though I am ...

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January 20, 2025

Weekly update, part 2: in the studio from With Strings Attached

See the previous post for Stevens' 85th birthday weekend!

The cat's cradle blocks are assembled.

Justification for a ginormous stash: this floral print and the backing fabric (not shown), both just right.

One of my 2025 goals is to make 52 placemats. Last Monday I posted a photo of two. I made six more. (After I took the photo I bound the red and black pair on the left.) All of these are made from already-pieced panels and units from the box at the left.

None of these are the Old Town mystery, obviously. That box is sitting on ...

added by Nann 3 months, 1 week ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , placemats , sew and tell , weekly update

January 16, 2025

Sew & Tell ~ January 13, 2025 ~ RSC & Golden Afternoon from Melva Loves Scraps

As the snow came down on two separate days last week, I stayed tucked away in my studio making slow but steady progress on the scrappy red Golden Afternoon.

There are lots of pieces in each unit... and because I am working with scraps, strip piecing for the 4-patch units didn't really happen.

Here's what I have so far...

I need 13 of the star units and 16 of the chain units. I need many more low volume 4-patches... many many more.

On Friday I shared some thoughts about the losses our family experienced in 2024... three members ...

added by Melva 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under rainbow scrap challenge , sew and tell

January 13, 2025

Weekly update: RSC pink + SAHRR from With Strings Attached

The weather hasn't been conducive to walks . . . hope I can get out this week. Meanwhile, in the studio:

My 52 Placemats project is underway with these two in pink.

I came across a design for my 2025 RSC project. Eight 6-1/2" 9Ps each month.

I started a batch of Ohio Stars just because.

(I am avoiding dealing with Old Town.)

I'm determined to stick with the Stay at Home Round Robin this year. Here's my starter block. It was the starter block for the guild 2018 round robin that I switched up (see how it began ...

added by Nann 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , rsc 2025 , sahrr 2025 , sew and tell , weekly update

January 9, 2025

Sew & Tell ~ January 6, 2025 - A Grand Finale from Melva Loves Scraps

Happy New Year!

added by Melva 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under sew and tell

January 7, 2025

Weekly update: card shower request, Old Town, estate sale + bargains from With Strings Attached

I'm starting this week's post with a personal request.

Stevens will be 85 on January 18. Can you mail him a birthday card? If you don't have our address, indicate that in your comment and I will PM it to you. Five years ago he was quite surprised to get so many cards. This year he's alert but he's declining, so now is the time. THANK YOU!

# # # # # #

I've made 12 out of the 25 blocks for Old Town. I haven't begun to cut, let alone sew, the turquoise and neutral units for the ...

added by Nann 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under design wall monday , estate sale , mystery quilt , oh scrap! , quiltville , sew and tell , weekly update

January 2, 2025

Sew & Tell ~ December 30, 2024 from Melva Loves Scraps

Wow! The year of 2024 is nearly gone... tick, tick, tick. I can hear the clock counting down. Can't you?

This is my current view... I am spending every free moment I have at my Babylock Jazz quilting wavy FMQ lines on my Camping Journal Quilt. I know (and understand) that you are tired of hearing about this quilt. Trust me! I want it D.O.N.E. as well.

I promise that (after today) the next mention of it will be that it has the binding complete, and it is ready for the bed in our camper.

This ...

added by Melva 3 months, 4 weeks ago. under sew and tell

December 31, 2024

Weekly update: Christmas week, visitors, and an unexpected project from With Strings Attached

My internal calendar was thrown off with Christmas in the middle of the week. We went to the 5 p.m. Christmas Eve service at North Prairie UMC (the "other" Methodist church in town because we didn't want to go out at 9 p.m. for the service at our church). My sister came for lunch on Christmas Day. (Her husband is an HVAC guy and had several service calls (gotta have an operating furnace!).) She and I talk fairly often but we hadn't met in person since last spring.

On Thursday Bob posted that he was enjoying ...

added by Nann 4 months ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , sew and tell , weekly update

December 23, 2024

Weekly update: solstice, ornament bombing, and a little sewing from With Strings Attached

On Thursday Zion Woman's Club members helped with the Elf Network. The bags contain sorted Christmas gifts, personalized by age/gender for each family. Bags are numbered, people present their number and get their bag. It was very efficient.

We did nothing to observe the solstice but now there will be a minute more daylight in the morning and in the evening. I love this poem. A friend said she rereads Cooper's The Dark Is Rising series this time of year. I'd like to revisit them but there are so many other books in the queue. . .

On ...

added by Nann 4 months, 1 week ago. under design wall monday , mystery quilt , oh scrap! , quiltville , sew and tell , zwc

Sew & Tell ~ 12/23/2024 from Melva Loves Scraps

Hey there my quilty friends! It is Christmas week, and I know that many of you are busy... maybe with last minute gifts or maybe simply celebrating the season so this will be very short.

I finished up the last of my small "multiples" gifts that I wrote about last week... I decided to make fabric corner bookmarks. I had fun pulling coordinating fabrics from the scrap bin.

I have a special Christmas gift FOR YOU that will be revealed in a story published on Christmas Eve.

Let's get the party started. :)

Merry Christmas and Keep Piecing,

Melva

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December 21, 2024

Weekly update: many activities, little sewing from With Strings Attached

Who says we can't try new things? After decades of a Saturday luncheon, this year the AAUW gathering was on Friday at Lamb's Farm. It's a residential vocational center for adults with disabilities. Their restaurant servers are clients. Of course we don't just eat -- we raise money! There's a white elephant/silent auction, a 50/50 cash raffle, and the quilt raffle.

The winner is a member of the Naperville branch. She and I will meet up sometime soon for the handoff.

The quilt raised $390 for the AAUW Greatest Needs Fund (unrestricted support for ...

added by Nann 4 months, 1 week ago. under design wall monday , lcso , oh scrap! , raffle quilt , sew and tell , table runners , weekly update

December 16, 2024

Camping Journal Quilt ~ Sew & Tell - 12/16/2024 from Melva Loves Scraps

It's D.O.N.E! The Camping Journal Quilt (top) is done. As I shared on fb and instagram...

This quilt has been a labor of love for years and documents each and every camping adventure we have been on.

It tells the stories with one block for each night's stay at a location. It includes small things and big things... when we saw a bear or deer or bighorn sheep or a tarantula...our transition from our truck camper to the 5th wheel camper... as well as the loss of an awning and our beloved Shelby.

I ...

added by Melva 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under camping journal , favorite finish , sew and tell

December 13, 2024

Furs & Pillowcases ~ Sew & Tell - 12/92024 from Melva Loves Scraps

I started off last week with a few ideas of how the week would look... and then it all changed. I switched out the quilt on the guest bed to be a little festive with the Christmas season. This classic quilt was pieced by my Great-Grandma Myrtle Werden before she passed away. My mom quilted it and used it on their bed for several years. It has a few stains and some wear on it, but it deserves to be shown off for a bit.

That was as far as I got... the phone call telling me that my sewing ...

added by Melva 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under sew and tell

December 9, 2024

Weekly update: holiday events, UFOs out and in, OT part 3, and the new flimsy from With Strings Attached

Holiday events are underway!

Luncheons Tuesday (Zion Woman's Club) and Saturday (Lake County Women's Coalition), both at the same local restaurant.*** I was hostess for ZWC and brought my vintage Christmas tablecloths to decorate (we were in one of the restaurant's small rooms) but I was so busy presiding that I didn't get a good picture. (***Local as in four-tenths of a mile from my house!)

On Friday we joined friends Bill and Debbie for dinner before going to the high school performing arts center We all enjoyed the high school's holiday show by the ...

added by Nann 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under design wall monday , oh scrap! , scrap quilts , sew and tell , string blocks , weekly update

December 6, 2024

Sticks & Stones II Finish - Sew & Tell ~ 12/2/2024 from Melva Loves Scraps

Time flies when you're having fun! Apparently, I am having a blast! LOL. We have turned the calendar page to the final month of 2024. December is a month that is filled with preparation for festive celebrations and, for me, a time of reflection.

I'll share thoughts of my reflections over the past year later in the month. For now... I'm celebrating the finish of my Sticks & Stones II. One week ago, I had it ready for quilting. GREAT! Except that then I was stuck with how to quilt it. I had considered feathered wreaths (like my ...

added by Melva 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under sew and tell

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