Purple month is done

Back to my purple quilt and it’s time for borders.

 I have played with purples again while I had the mess out on my table

A scrappy stripped border is done

Then with the leftovers from the last group of placemats and this border I made this placemat.

Making this no. 38 out of 50. I’m getting closer.

I’m linking up with Angela

And now for the colour for AUGUST… it’s AQUA

***** EDITED ***** May CHOOKSHED challenge is # 8…. FlipLa K ruler bag

 Ok. So my challenge item this month is # 8… To make a bag for my Flip La K rulers. It was on last year’s list but never got done. I just went to get my fabrics out and the embroidered sign wasn’t in there. That’s 2 I have lost now. A friend did the signs for me. Mmmmmm

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Another friend had my embroidered sign mixed up with her sewing. AND it’s GREEN too.

You can read on my Previous 2024 post to learn more about it.

LINK UP

And it’s green month at RSC. Maybe this project will be green.

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2025/05/green-in-spring.html

Slow stitching my blue Kawandi for RSC

 I have been enjoying a few relaxing nights/days doing some hand stitching. 

I am working on my tablecloth and there is not much to do.

You can see in the centre, the navy blue section, is all I have to cover in

All covered now. Let’s get sewing

When I started to sew a while back I was drawing the lines. Then, clever me thought, I don’t need to draw the lines I will just sw round and round. It will be ok. Ummmm NO it won’t. I went crooked, close together and up and down.

So now I am back to drawing the lines.

So I can link up with scrap Happy Saturday for RSC

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2025/02/scraphappy-saturday-short-blue-month.html

and Slow Sunday Stitching

https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2025/02/slow-sunday-stitching_0292525876.html

Storm at Sea Sew-a-Long

 So I have pulled all my blues and started to cut the sizes required for them to be put through on Saturday. It is a slow job but I will get there.

Here is my plan

Starting with the outside border colours

It’s a slow start

The pile is going down

There is still more to cut.

The trimmings to be thrown out

And I am linking up with Angela for scrap happy Saturday with my scrappy blues

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2023/01/back-to-normal.html

Happy Birthday Chooky - ZOOM - RSC 2022 - TABLE SCRAPS 2022

 What a weekend I have had so far. I have not done much sewing since being unwell but Friday that changed. I was in the mood to sew. Hubby was away for the night. So I cleaned off the kitchen table to use as my cutting surface, put on the QUILTED HUG tutorial on YouTube on the main tv and away I go.

A couple of years back I took a tub of all my scrap green fabrics to retreat, used the go cutter and cut them all into 2.5” strips. They were all different lengths but I had so many. Now they are finally getting used.

This quilted hug project you need 33 full of strips. I’m sure I had plenty and I wanted to make 2 Hugs. I went ahead and sewed all the strips end to end until they were all joined. When I measured I had more than 66 metres of length. Plenty enough.

I cut my polar fleece to rough size and started to sew my strips along the selvedge edge. This is different to how the tutorial says. They say to sew all the strips together to make a top then layer and quilt it to the fleece. Of course I changed things. Sewing straight on to the fleece, quilt as you go style, saves a lot of time because you are only sewing the seams once and not having to go back and quilt them.

As I said earlier hubby was away. I enjoyed sewing away with myself and I kept sewing. Looking at the clock it was now 2am but I was nearly done sewing the strips on. I kept sewing until I finished covering the fleece. I went to bed at 3am. 

Next morning I got up and joined Chooky’s 10th birthday on zoom. CHOOKYBLUE

I continued with my HUG. I made the pockets and attached them. Now the binding gets done. I made the first hug with machine sewing the binding on but my machine didn’t like this as I had many skipped stitches. I changed the needle a few times and it still skipped. 

First HUG nearly completed. This one just needs the closure tab.

On to the second HUG. This one I machined the binding on to the front.

Don’t you just hate sewing on a binding and you come to a corner and there is a join in the binding at the same point. So frustrating. I was not going to unpick and redo.

I spent the rest of my Saturday, still on zoom, to hand stitch the binding on the inside. Much happier now. Zoom finished about 10.30 pm and I continued to complete the hand stitched binding.

I am very happy with my finishes. One is for charity and one is for my mother in laws 90th birthday in June.

I am linking up with Angela and Soscrappy Saturday and RSC 2022 where the month of May was to sew with your green scraps.

And linking up with Joy and The Joyful Quilter and her Table Scraps Challenge. This year we do not have to stitch something  made for the table just anything small. So long as it uses scraps and the colour of the month for RSC 2022.

Now to spend my Sunday quilting a quilt for Aussie Heroes.   See next post.

 

Scrap Happy Pink Saturday...

 With the weather being very warm here on Saturday I thought I would play in my sewing room. I cleaned up a container per of scraps and sorted through for all the pinks. This months colour for the RSC21

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2021/01/still-one-more-pink-saturday.html

I wanted to make some library bags and pencil cases  to send to Jan Mac in Melbourne.

https://sewmanyquiltstoolittletime.blogspot.com/2021/01/something-different.html

I made 4 sets with the scraps and cleared most of the pile. It was a great day of sewing.

If you want the pattern to make these super easy bags & pencil cases have a look at 

THREADING MY WAY... . They are free and have tutorials.. EASY ..

PENCIL CASES  & LIBRARY BAGS

FNSI & SCRAPHAPPY SATURDAY

HELP NEEDED...... Can any one give me suggestions how i can get my links to work. When I am doing my post I click on the link button, paste the copied address, but when my post shows on my blog nothing shows. No link or address shows. I have tried everything I can think of. Logged out, updated, logged in,tried again manytimes over. Nothing is working. I have never had this problem before....AND I cant get spaces between my paragraphs or when i want something to start on the next line it just continues into one body of text... 

EDITED ...... I got link button to work

Well, I didnt sew these on Saturday but I did do them during the week so I could link up today. I was given a bag of brown scraps that had already been sewn together into strips and crosscut into 1 1/2" strips. What was I to do with them.

I know.. Cut some 1 1/2" strips of neutrals and sew them together. Round and round we go.

Until they get bigger

Then make more.

So I will continue to work on these as a UFO challenge this year.

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 So you can see what others did at 

FNSI with Wendy.   https://www.sugarlane-designs.com/2021/01/a-new-yearlets-fnsi.html

Scrap Happy Saturday with Angela.  https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2021/01/scraphappy-saturday-sew-much-pink.html

Hearts for ANGELS IN GUMBOOTS NEW ZEALAND.

Everyone is shattered with the tragedy in New Zealand.
This is my way of showing that I care.
I will be posting these on Monday so they can be part of the healing.

I normally sew for my RSC PROJECT and this month is green.
http://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2019/03/scraphappy-saturday-11.html
Today's sewing was in green but sewing for NZ was my aim.

ANGELS IN GUMBOOTS have this amazing heartfelt drive happening.

Read here for the story and how you can help.

https://m.facebook.com/AngelsInGumboots/posts/2262385557157129?__tn__=K-R

Please support this worthy cause and have a read and see what Sarah made.

https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2019/03/i-may-have-scrap-problem-using-your.html?showComment=1553115031612#c7956822706064909616

My birthday flowers opened beautifully
Life should be celebrated.

RUBY RED BUTTERFLIES.

ITS RED MONTH WITH ANGELA.

I am sewing my scraps together.

Just throw them into the work table and go for it.

Look at the pile of nothing.

Just sew all those crumbs together. You don't need many to get a piece the size you need.

Start cutting the made fabric into the sizes I needed.

All the red scraps work nicely together.

Here is one of my CREATE YOUR OWN BOM with Deana for January
Have a look at what Deana is up to
http://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/2019/01/create-your-own-bom-linky-progress-party.html

I am loving how these butterflies are looking

I'm linking up with Angela for a super RED scrappy time over @

http://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2019/01/scraphappy-saturday-3.html

Get the butterfly pattern

 https://www.canuckquilter.com/2017/02/rsc-butterfly-block-tutorial.html

It is an easy to follow tutorial.

I have also linked up with Cynthia with my scraps sewing.
http://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2019/01/oh-scrap-more-rsc-blocks.html

Glowing yellows

Scrap happy Saturday working with yellows.
EDITED... I have had a lot of queries of how I make these... go over to this post to see the measurements.     Double ended oven mitts
The extra wadding I add in for the hands protection is a square of insulbrite wadding...

Last weekend I started sorting out my yellows tub and wondering what could I do you use it up. I wanted a project that could be finished and not just added to a pile of UFO's...

Start making some crumb block fabric on wadding...

Decision has been made. Mobile phone holders and double needle oven mitts.

I love using these oven mitts. I find that as soon as I make them they disappear for presents...

Do I add the flowers for a bit of decoration... mmmm I'll think on it. With or without ????

These are the rubbish scraps going in the bin. All my crumbs are used up...

I'm linking up with Angela at
http://superscrappy.blogspot.com.au/2017/06/scraphappy-saturday-mellow-yellow.html