RSC Week 12 - GREEN Flimsy and Pieced Backing

 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 together the blocks. What took time was the pieced backing. Quite some brainwork getting the pieces to fit. 

I'm happy to say lots of bits, pieces and 'ugly' green have gone into the backing. 

The batting was delivered yesterday, guess what I'm going to do next week!

 The crumb blocks are made from 'table scraps'.

Together with the batting I got yesterday, I also got thread to finish more items; trivets and placemats (previous post). Please note I DID NOT buy anything I didn't need, EXCEPT two quilt magazines! LOL  Did I need the magazines?? Yes, for inspiration! :) 

Did you notice I haven't said anything about the weather? It did improve and this week we have had some sunny days and 'of course' hot and way too humid for me. We are heading towards the 'cold' season and the nights and slightly cooler, which is a good sign! 

Our coffee trees (we have four trees) are thriving in the hot and humid weather condition, lots of coffee beans (actually coffee berries) this season. 

Linking up with Angela over at SOS Scrappy  and the RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2023

RSC Week 11 - Green Updates

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 to use for a pieced backing

Table scraps turned into big crumb block!  

... and a small one! The crumb blocks are for the backing too. 

Some rectangles I didn't need for the Churn Dash blocks

I turned them into a small table topper 

...and a smaller one, all batiks. I love these greens, 'sour' greens, as I call these bright green colors. 

A pillow cover top for my friend in Norway, it has two different greens.

More green emerged from the shelf! It's going to be some round placemats for my shop. 

...and outside; avocados from the tree! 

Linking up with Angela and RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge

RSC Week 10, GREEN all over

 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 for her brother. 

The first idea was to make a Rail Fence quilt but decided against it. Curious to what block I've chosen? Scrappy Churn Dash! This block would make a more fun scrappy quilt, IMO. (A Rail Fence quilt is still on my bucket list). 

I have 22 blocks, each block 12" finished). I'm aiming for a 72 x 96 inches quilt. The kids' two uncles are 6.56 feet / 2 meters tall, the nephew may take after them, who knows? 

The first I did this week, was to make the blocks for the Swirling Stars Quilt

This is the big block, 22.50" square

Two small ones, 11.50"

They look pretty in green, don't they? 

Slow progress on my UFO; two more 'trees' made. Now I have all the 'trees' needed. It's going to be a Christmas Card Holder. 

A dear friend in Norway has asked me to make two throw pillows and a table runner. We decided on 'Granny Squares' for the first pillow and maybe reverse the colors for the second one. Two different greens (Moda Marbles) will be used. 

I began this post with 'Green and wet outside', and that is exactly what it is right now!

Taken from our porch less than 30 minutes ago. The mountain in the distance (west) is covered in clouds and rain. Not sure if you can see it; the berries on the trees in front are coffee beans (berries). Click on the photo to enlarge. Then there's some banana trees and in the background a palm tree, known as latania palm by the locals. 

Bananas! Fresh from the garden! No pesticides or herbicides. We usually get the bunches off the trees before they are ripe to prevent birds eating them.

Linking up with Angela and RSC (Rainbow Scrap Challenge)  

HAPPY SCRAPPY WEEKEND! 

 

Too Many Bunnies and Busy Quilting Week

 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 goal is to get at least one UFO off the list this month! 

Have you ever had too many bunnies?! 

I think I have! But they are on fabric! lol

I've had these cute bunny fabrics for awhile and I don't know how many times they have jumped to and from the shelf, lost count! Easter is approaching and I have a few ideas for some Easter-ish items. 

What quilting thread color would you use on the bunny stripes? I was thinking maybe blue as the background (sky)? I'd love your opinion! 

Isn't this tulip fabric pretty? 

...and this one?

The tulip fabrics went hiding when I gathered pink for the February RSC! 

These fabrics have GREEN too so I think I'll add them to the RSC GREEN MONTH and let's see what can be done!

Progress on the blue Star Streams quilt,

5 out of 5 Pinwheel blocks done

Two small blue blocks for the Swirling Star Quilt

Will I succeed in reducing my stash with 9.50 yards and hopefully more this month? 

Bunny stripes: 3 yards

Bunny galore: 3.5 yards

Watercolor Tulips: 1.50 yards

Pink/Multi Tulips: 1.50 yards

Total: 9.50 yards

RSC - GREEN for March, February UFO Finish

Happy March!

How come it's March already?! Many of you are waiting for spring. Living on the Southern hemisphere, I'm waiting for 'winter in Mauritius'! 'Winter' here does not mean snow, it means the cold season. Beginning April the days are getting cooler. One more month to go, can't wait!

RSC (Rainbow Scrap Challenge) color this month is GREEN

Do I have green? Ha-Ha! Silly question of course!

Update: Approximately 30 yards! 

What do I do with green? My goal is to use up as much as possible. Just got a bright idea to make a bed quilt for the little girl's (to whom I made the pink quilt) brother. I may not do the same D9P pattern, rather a 'rail fence'. I got so inspired by Cynthia over at Quilting is more fun than Housework, admiring several of her Rail Fence quilts.  

A dear friend has ordered two pillow cases in green and brown, hope to get them done this month.

A Christmas UFO I would like to finish. This is UFO #14 on my UFO list.

Any progress on your UFOs? 

I've not been working on UFOs so far this year as I intended to. However, I do have one finished UFO for February:

This is my UFO #13 - UFO list 2023

It was an easy finish. I ran out of Superior quilting thread and had to purchase online. Shipping is slow and when it arrived, it was passed the Advent Season. Well, now I can say it is done in time for this year's Advent Season!

Off to measure green fabric yardage!

HAPPY GREEN MONTH!

Linking up with Angela and the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) 2023