Betty’s charity block and a placemat

 It’s time to make Betty’s block. I have been advised to make a practice block. Well, I am so glad I did. Those angles were a challenge. 

So now what to do with it. Another placemat of course.

Now for the right block. Betty cent the centre square fabric and we were to choose the other 3 colours.

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I got there in the end but ,oh my, it was tough. We were also asked to not trim the block down as Betty will do this when she has all the blocks.

Rainbow strips for Betty

 I have been taking part in making rainbow strips for Betty. 

Explanation here. https://rainbowconnectionquilters.blogspot.com/2026/06/rainbow-show-and-tell-so-far.html

Out come the yellows. I had previously used up all my smallest pieces of yellow fabrics. I worked with the smallest out of this tub.

I just cut 2.5” strips and made 10.5” blocks. I wasn’t really happy with them. I then paired them up and sewed diagonally and cut. My brain wasn’t working and it’s not my best strip. As we had to cut down to 56” wide I took off 1 strip from one block. It has made it a bit odd. 

Here is my orange tub

I made blocks in a log cabin design.

All my blocks have been sewn together into a 56” strip.

 Making another row for Betty. This month for RSC the colour is PURPLE. Out comes the purple tub.

I have these pieces leftover from a recent quilt. Cut 2” * 5”.

Sorting out the smaller pieces that I’m cutting into.

More pieces are cut and sewing is started. 

I have made 2 lengths of braid. Now to decide which way to join them.

I have stitched a strip in between so I didn’t have to match seams but I think they matched very well

After making all my rows off they went in the post and I received another 6 strips back. These were made by all different ladies.

 

Now to work out how to put them together. This is the layout I chose. Look at the fun backing.

I decided to cut all the leftover strips into 2.5” strips for the binding. Nothing went to waste. 

Here is the finished quilt. I even quilted it with my triple zig zag stitch. I changed it to full width and 3.5-4 stitch length. I then drew a circle and stitched away. When I had enough of that circle I drew another one. It was a lot of fun.

RSC Red for Betty

RSC so scrappy Saturday March colour is red. I made this ahead of time 

Here is my red row for Betty. I have chosen different size squares in 2.5”, 5” & 10.5”.

They work from one large block and slowly work down in size. 

The planning and layout .

All sewn together. It measures 10.5” * 56.5”. One end has a slightly larger block so the row can be trimmed once sewn into the quilt.

Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) BLUE for Betty

I have jumped on board with Betty over at 

 https://rainbowconnectionquilters.blogspot.com/

Betty has a group of ladies that make wonderful quilts for charity. They meet monthly but as I am in a different state I join in on their 1/2 hour zoom on the 1st Saturday of the month. In the past we have done a specified block and posted it to Betty. This year is a bit different. We are to make a row of any design we like but it must be made in one colour. All shades or scraps. Your own choice to measure 56” wide and up to 10.5” high. We were told the 6 colours to make. 1 per month in what ever order we choose.

As I also follow Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) I will be making mine in their colour choice. January’s colour is BLUE. That’s easy to do. Out comes the blue tub. 

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2026/01/scraphappy-saturday-last-blue-saturday.html

 I used up some potato chip (PC) blocks 

Blocks are made.

Then joined into a row.

This has been posted and I’m off to find some more designs while I wait to see what February’s colour will be.

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY, zoom & GREEN sewing for Betty

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY

last night Chooky held a zoom session and continued today, AUSTRALIA DAY.

https://chookyblue.blogspot.com/

It was so hot here today so it was best spent inside and under the air conditioner.

I think we got to 45 degrees Celsius, 113 Fahrenheit.

Tomorrow is supposed to be 48 Celsius, 118.4 Fahrenheit.

I finished the day working on my Bonnie Hunter mystery, Lupine and Laughter, border.

I started Sunday night and continued on Monday with my sewing for Betty @ https://rainbowconnectionquilters.blogspot.com/ for her charity rainbow row quilts. I decided to jump ahead and do a green row of terry Roland blocks. These measure 4.9” finished.

And here they are all joined together in a row.

Now, on the blogger, google and apple (iPad & phones) front for doing posts and adding photos. What a nightmare. I have spent hours trying different things. Signing in and out, a different log in, emailing to blog and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. So if you see a photo know that I have been pulling my hair out.

So cheers to everyone for a great AUSTRALIA DAY.