Friday, May 29, 2026

Quilting Weather

Rain = quilting weather.
It was nice in the morning, but got cloudy in the early afternoon with rain off and on. 
What's better than spending time in the sewing room? Well, not actually a 'sewing room'. My 'sewing / quilting room' is the dining room table, because that table is big; 42 x 84 inches / 107 x 255 cm. I love that! 

I have just finished two RSC (UFOs) quilts, the Scrap Jar Stars quilts. Yes, I know; I have to take photos!!! I WAS going to take photos today! Then it got cloudy, dark and dreary! SIGH! 

I have two quilts to be quilted; UFO #20 (Country Charm) and #8 (Got the Blues), both thread basted. (UFO list


I'm quilting 'Country Charm' in loopy swirls design.


About 1/4 is done.
My goal is to get it done by the weekend. Let's see how that goes! 

 

Saturday, May 23, 2026

RSC Week 21 - Orange

Another week has passed (how did that happen?).
What has happened in your sewing room?


This is the only orange that happened in my sewing room - one 9-patches from 2" squares

In between working on my UFOs - mostly quilting - I've been piecing some scrappy 16-patches. As I've mentioned earlier; I have thousands (I'm not exaggerating!) of 2" squares from swaps as well as my own. Some are used, but there are still a lot. I just have to start somewhere, right? I've yet to decide what to do with these blocks.


Seven 16-patches (2" squares) from swaps

Now that I have 'Dear Nina' back home and in perfect working condition, I uses it for piecing and 'Helena' is set up for quilting. That way I can alternate between the two. It's good to take breaks from quilting big quilts, and piecing together squares is a no-brainer.


Daily life in Mauritius



Quatre Bornes fruit- and vegetable bazaar

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Linking up with


Melva Loves Scraps - Sew & Tell

Small Quilts & Doll Quilts - DWM (Design Wall Monday)



 

Sunday, May 17, 2026

RSC Week 20 - Orange / Small UFO Finish

Another week has passed and it's time to show what I've been up to with orange.
As I mentioned in my previous post, I don't have any orange yardage left. There are squares in different sizes. I have a few orange 5" squares left and I just couldn't leave these cute cats in the box! 


Two squares + leftover black = two mug rugs! 
The quilting will happen another day.

After finishing four big UFOs (I need to take photos!), it felt good working on something small. 


UFO #22 is FINISHED!


This is the table topper or candle mat I wanted to finish two years (!) ago! I ran out of the black garland lights fabric (narrow border) and it was put on hold. Some of the pieces were already cut, it was an easy UFO to finish!
Measures 14.5 inches / 37 cm square


Small table topper / candle mat, measures 11.25 inches square (28 cm square)


I had some leftover fabric in that bag and whipped up some cute Snowman mug rugs. 
I'm not in a hurry to finish these, the quilting will happen eventually. 

Linking up with

 Angela and RSC 2026 (Rainbow Scrap Challenge)

Melva Loves Scraps - Sew & Tell

Small Quilts & Doll Quilts - OMG (One Monthly Goal)