RSC Week #46 - Long Road to Catching Up on RSC

Hello! Remember me? 😊

How come it's middle November already?!

I've been busy sewing for my Etsy shop, mostly Christmas and some fall items. I love using up bits and pieces. Mug rugs, trivets and coasters are perfect items for small fabric pieces. Did it make a visible dent in my fabric stash? Nope! Doesn't look like that at all! At least I can say some fabric are used up and out of the way! What I couldn't use in those items, were cut into squares. 

The last couple of weeks I've been playing catch-up on RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challege.

First up are Sherri McConnel's A Quilting Life's BOM 2024

BOM September / RSC Dark (black and brown) 

I made this block in brown

BOM October / RSC Lights and Catching Up

Since RSC September were Brown and Black, I chose black for this one

BOM November / I 'moved' RSC October to November

and made it in light blue

There's one more block (beginning December) and I'm running out of colors! 

 AQUA from July

1 Scrap Jar

 5 Zipper blocks

ORANGE from August

4 Split-9 blocks were born.

I do love that black cat! 

2 Scrap Jar blocks

7 Zipper blocks

I had to go through a lot of 2" squares (collected from swaps) to get a variety for the aqua and orange scrap jar blocks. 

Fun, indeed! 

BROWN from September

I decided to go for brown.  I have a lot of brown squares in sizes from 2" to 5". Fun going through some of those squares, some are from years back when I started quilting. 

4 Split-9

4 Scrap Jar

3 Zippers

I could have made a few more of these, but got bored with them! 

BLACK for September too

4 Split-9

4 Scrap Jar

I added in a few greys too

I've cut fabric for black zipper blocks, I'll do them later

Pat Sloan - 182 Day Solstice Challenge

 Block #13 - Studio Time (Brown)

Block #16 - Friendship (Brown)

Block #18 - On the Go (Black)

Block #24 - Lucky Girl (Black)

As I can recall, this is the first time I've done black & white blocks and I really love how they turned out. 

Not much going on on the sewing table the last days, except sewing together some 2.5" squares, the box was filling up again. How come?! lol

RSC Week #33 - ORANGE

Hello!

It's already past middle August! How did that happen?! 

I've been busy with this, that and everything. Finally this week I have the time to dive into the RSC color for August; ORANGE!

As said, I've been busy sewing the last days and here's the result.

First up is the August block from Sherri McConnel 'A Quilting Life'

182 Day Solstice Challenge - Pat Sloan

Block #2 - Day Into Night

Block #10 - The Coffee Shop

Don't you just love that black cat?! 

Keep the Home Fires Burning

5 Four-patches

1 Friendship block

1 Bowtie block

1 Pinwheel block

2 different Nine-patches

...and if my math is right, ALL blocks - except one - are done for this quilt! 

I'm sooo looking forward to get the top done, but that won't happen now. First priority are fall and Christmas items for my Etsy Shop

Linking up with Angela and RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge

(I'll do that as soon as her today's post is up).

RSC Week #25 - Never ending Blues

 How did it come it's midsummer already?! 

This year, so far, has flown by with record speed.

I missed last Saturday's RSC posting. We took advantage of the sunny weather and did some (never ending!) yard work. I'm glad we did, Sunday it was pouring rain, and rain showers ever since. I did grocery shopping and went for a walk this afternoon, it was pouring rain just after I returned home.

What has been going on the last two weeks? 

I've quilted and added pockets to 6 blue Advent Calendars for my Etsy Shop. Sleeves are added too. I ran out of red for binding, re-ordered and it was delivered yesterday.

I thought I had enough silver metallic thread for to quilt three other blue calendars. I'm quite organized when it comes to sewing threads, they are all in plastic containers, sorted on brands. When I found one almost empty silver metallic spool, I knew that is what I have left. It was just enough to quilt one calendar, not enough to stitch down the pockets. More is on the way, I should get it by next week. (Sorry, no photos of the calendars yet).

More Step blocks have been made for Star Streams

'Of course' I ran out of white-on-white background fabric! More is on the way, not sure when I'll get it. 

Some Zipper blocks were made too.

I'm also working on a blue table runner for the buffet in our TV-room. Hopefully I have photos for my next 'blue' blogpost. 

Linking up with Angela and the RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge

 

RSC Week #23 - More Blues

June is a busy month here at Grandma's Red Needle. 

BLUE was selected by Angela at SuperScrappy as the RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge - color for June. 

I have several blue WIPs and with the head start last week, I made several blocks for some of the WIPs. 

This week I've made 

4 Scrap Jar blocks

New BOM block from Sherri McConnel, 'A Quilting Life'

I'm currently working on BLUE Advent Calendars (no photos yet) for my Etsy Shop 

I like to start early, to avoid 'stress-sewing' closer to the Advent Season. 

Linking up with Angela and RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge

 

RSC Week #22 - BLUE for June

Welcome June! 

Goodbye PINK - Welcome BLUE

Angela at Super Scrappy has chosen BLUE for June's  RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  

Since the last Saturday in April was on 25th, we got an early start on blue! 

All the blocks for 'Keep the Home Fires Burning' are done:

4 Bowties

4 Nine-patches

1 Pinwheel

3 Friendships

6 Four-patches

...and then over to other blocks: 

8 Split-Nine blocks

182 Day Solstice Challenge

Block #4 - Cobble Stones

Block #7 - Tidy Rows

Some of you may remember I worked on 'Star Streams' last year? 

Today (Wednesday), I dug deep in the box containing UFOs and pulled out the already made blocks. I have a few more blocks to make before I move on to the 'Step blocks'. 

These are the six different Star blocks

Update Friday; all 28 star blocks done! 

I've also made 5 'Step blocks', I was curious how they would turn out.

I have to make 23 more, total 28. 

I still have a few blocks to do; zippers and scrap jars. 

This month my goal is to get the 'Star Streams' into a flimsy. 

Linking up with Angela and RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge

RSC Week #20 - No more PINK...

 ...I said, in my previous post! 

I have admired the Hollow 9-patch blocks some of you are making and since some 2-1/2" pink squares were hiding on the table, I decided to make a few blocks

I got 3 blocks

I've been lurking at Pat Sloan's '182 Day Solstice Challenge Blocks' for some time and I really love how her quilt turned out. Isn't it pretty? 

Today (Thursday) I decided to jump into it and make a few pink blocks! It doesn't harm to use up more stash, does it?! 

 

 

From left; 

Block #1 - Churndash

Block #3 - Tide Pool

Block #23 - Eureka

There are 25 blocks and I'll do them in RSC (Rainbow Scrap Challenge)

Now the table is free from pink! lol

Linking up with Angela and the Rainbow Scrap Challenge

RSC Week 19 - more PINK

 It's PINK - again! 

Pink is May's chosen color for the RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge 

I ran out of background fabric for the BOM from Sherri McConnel; 'A Quilting Life'. 

For the previous blocks I have used Moda Marbles 'cream' (not available anymore). 

Instead, I purchased 'Baby White', which is slightly more yellowish, but that's OK. It's scrappy, after all! 

BOM: May 

When I joined RSC last year (2023), I sorted most of my fabrics on color. 

After I made Arreli's quilt, I don't have much pink left. I had to dig deep into my stash and found only one I had missed earlier and one I knew about (purchased for a custom order), just enough to make the outer border on this block. 

Love this block, but it was a pain to make with all its HSTs! 

...and I think this is the last pink for me, this month!

Linking up with Angela and RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge

RSC Week 18 - PINK for May

 Welcome May! 

May already! How did that happen?! 

Angela at Super Scrappy has chosen PINK for May's RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

This year, I'm making different blocks in the RSC colors. 

As I have mentioned earlier, I like to do all the blocks at the beginning of each month so that I can concentrate on other things when the blocks are done.

Since the last Saturday in April was on 27th, we got a head start on Pink! 

All the blocks for 'Keep the Home Fires Burning' are done 

6 four-patches

3 Friendship blocks

Different 9-patches

2 Pinwheel blocks

5 Bowties blocks
(note that I did get the bowties right this time! lol)

8 Split 9s

4 Scrap Jars

Zipper blocks

Since I used up most pink yardage for Arreli's quilt (last year), I had only three pink fabrics to cut the long strips and squares for these blocks. 

May's BOM block - Sherri McConnel, 'A Quilting Life', will be published Monday, May 6th.

Linking up with Angela and the RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge

HAPPY SCRAPPY WEEKEND!