I tried to get into my sewing room every day this week and managed to get lots done. First up, I finished the rest of my green blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I have to look and see if there are enough darker green scraps to make a 5x5 HST block. I don't have a lot of dark green fabric in my stash.
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There was more green stitching this week and I completed five green drawstring bags for the foster kids. So I'm quite pleased with that. I'm always amazed at what is tucked away in my big bag of bits and pieces. It doesn't seem to be getting much emptier.
Bag making bits and pieces
So what did I find to work with? There was an already made elongated nine patch featuring frogs, and a farmyard scene with a red barn and roosters.
A fat quarter of dark green Japanesy fabric was enough for two bags, plus two small ...
read moreIn the Rainbow Scrap Challenge internet group, green is the chosen colour for February. No problem, I can do that. so I set to and got to work on my two easy peasy blocks sets. First up were the baby blocks, featuring a base fabric of white with tiny blue flowers. I chose a pretty apple green floral to use - this fabric was purchased to use in my daughter's 60th birthday quilt but the colour was not right, I decided. But it looks fine in this project.
In May of last year, Mary Helen reached out to me with a request for a T-Shirt Quilt. I said Yes, but it would have to wait till the end of the year.
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I'm taking part in the Chookshed Challenge again this year, and have listed ten projects to work on. Some of the ten had been started and put aside, and some are new projects on my wish list. Number 3 was chosen for January, which for me is a blue and lemon cot quilt. There is just the quilting to be done on this one, the top has already been stitched, layers pinned, and the binding made. Blue is also the chosen colour this month for Rainbow Scrap Challenge in January, so this project ticks both boxes.
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read moreWelcome back to the deep freeze version of Sew & Tell. I've heard that something like 75% (it may have been 90%) of the United States is below normal temps. I also heard that in the wee hours of Friday morning our region (Southeastern Colorado) entered into a predicted 90 hours of below freezing temperatures. read more
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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 ...
read moreIt'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 ...
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 ...
read moreOf 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 ...
read moreGood 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 ...
read moreGood 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 ...
read moreI 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 ...
read moreGood 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.
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