Part way there

My OMG  for March was to get my ever increasing scrap pile sorted into colours, make a start on getting them cut up and throw out anything less than  2/12" square as well as having something teal completed.

So far this is the result of that goal - scraps not sorted into colour but a start has been made on getting some of them cut up into various sizes.    Of course this cutting bigger pieces into smaller pieces has created a big pile of future  21/2" squares as can be seen below.  

I did however manage to finish off something teal.    There is a big leap from teal to aqua - which most of my scraps were - so I did fudge it and call my scraps light teal.    This was moved from being sandwiched and quilted to being bound and declared another finished quilt for PICU.   

Thanks goes to Patty at Elm Street Quilts  for organising us again into moving projects along the line.

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Quilt without Guilt

I have been spending a little extra time in the sewing room this week as well as doing some work in the garden now that the weather has settled down somewhat it is very pleasant spending an hour or two outside. During the week more scraps were cut into 6 1/2" squares,  2 1/2" squares,  6 1/2" x 3 1/2" rectangles and 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" strips.

I also cut some binding strips.

After doing some 'domestics' and seeing that it was too hot to be outside gardening and the  pantry is quite well stocked with no shopping needed to be done an early start was made in the sewing room after lunch.    I managed to get these  rectangles sewn together, sandwiched and pinned ready for quilting.   This one also used up some more  light teal scraps.

I am going to turn this negative of the COVID-19 virus into an opportunity to do more sewing as more and more closures are enforced on us.    All activities relating to the hospital auxiliary that I am a member of have been cancelled until further notice as is my quilting group.   Fortunately hubs and I are in position where we are not overly exposed but are  mindful as we go about our daily activities.   I guess life as we knew it has changed but hopefully we can all pull together and get through this with common sense.

Thanks Wendy for hosting us again for another fun night of sewing and crafting.

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Making us Laugh

Is the theme organised by Calico Joan of MooseStash Quilting  for Worldwide Quilting day.    I had to have a bit of a think about this and wondered what  to create that would give us all a laugh.   After  much deliberation I decided to continue on with the flip side of my mini celebrations  quilts and seeing that it is  worldwide quilting day it was the perfect excuse to create a mini quilt to reflect this.  

Now it can be quilting day everyday in my house when I have this mini on display.     I hope that this at least brought a smile to your face and maybe even a laugh.   

In order to finish off the 4 mini quilts (the others can be seen here) I went on to make one for Halloween.

These are so much fun to make that I will have to think of some more to add to my lovely  collection. 

Head on over here to visit more blogs for a good laugh. 

Wednesday March 18

Life in the Scrapatch

The Darling Dogwood

Words & Stitches

Websterquilt

Bejeweled Quilts by Barb

Creatin' in the Sticks

Podunk Pretties

Thursday March 19

Just Let Me Quilt

BeaQuilter

Patchouli Moon Studio

Selina Quilts

Phoebe Moon Designs

Den syende himmel

Karen's Korner  - you are here

Friday March 20

If These Threads Could Talk

Kathleen McMusing

Samelia's Mum

Seams To Be Sew

Quilt Fabrication

Ms P Designs USA

Monday March 23

One QuiltingCircle

Kathy's Quilts and More

Devoted Quilter

Tuning My Heart Quilts

Home Sewn By Us

Farm Quilter

Tuesday March 24

Songbird Designs

Bumbleberry Stitches

Quilting Gail

Just Because Quilts

Patchwork Breeze

MooseStashQuilting

I hope that everyone takes the necessary precautions to try and protect themselves and stay safe against this virus that is sweeping the world.  

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This week in the sewing room

A half hearted attempt was made on getting more sorting of those pesky scraps but as usual it was more interesting to grab some and start cutting and sewing them together.   First up I started with the teal container which had more aqua  so they have been re-named light teal and ended up with this.

All that needs to be done is trim and bind and there is another small PICU quilt finished.   These come together very quickly.

Then it was onto some more "bricklaying" of pink scraps and this is how that ended up.

Again this just needs to be trimmed and bound and another small quilt for the PICU.

So now you can see why the scrap sorting is not really progressing as I keep finding ways to use using the rotary cutter and sewing machine.

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Brick by brick

I am supposed to be sorting out my scraps and getting some type of order to them but as usual getting sidetracked can happen very easily when doing such a boring task.     While going through the white and pink scrap containers temptation got in the way and I soon found myself measuring and cutting 2 1/2" white squares and 2 1/2" x 6 1/2"  pink strips which are coming together like this.

I have divided the pinks into light, medium and dark groups and mixing them up in each row.   My "building" when completed will end up by 24" x 30"  if my calculations are correct.

Thanks Cheryll for being such a fun hostess and organising FNwF .   You can pop on over here to see more projects that were worked on or completed last night.

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Show me Something Rainbow

Is this month's theme over at Sarah Goer quilts.  This month I did not have to scroll too far back and    decided to  go with my rainbow log cabin quilt where a block was made each month last year for the rainbow scrap challenge.    A log cabin quilt had been on my to do list for ages and I love the end result.

Head on over to Sarah's blog to see more rainbow loveliness.

Don't forget that it is the first Friday of the month tomorrow which means that it is FNwF and you can join in all the fun by signing up over here.

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OMG for March

Being the first of the month means setting a goal to reach by the end of the month.   At this point I am going to embarrass myself and admit that I have a big scrap management problem.

And that is only half of my scrap pile.   At one stage they were all colour coded but over time they have become jumbled as I have rummaged through the containers to find that "just right piece".

So my OMG for March is to get these sorted into colour, throw out anything less than a 2 1/2 '' square and make a start on getting some of them cut up.

Teal is the rainbow scrap colour for March and hopefully I can show you something made entirely out of these scraps in teal at the end of the month.

I am working on my Making Us Laugh item which has a reveal date of 19th March so this will take priority.  

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