It's a Rainy Scrappy Summer Saturday ...

... a good day to sew! 

I am sewing along today with the lovely people at

Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2018

where it is orange month.

I love orange!

I once used the orange Ninja Turtle as a reason to paint my sons walls a neon orange.
The boys loved Ninja Turtles at the time and orange was the  best match
for the curtains with their comic heroes
when we they got their big boys bunk beds and painted over the colorful cars and trucks that drove across the walls of their toddler years.
I think about those fun years sometimes while I sew.

I made three 6.5" blocks today

including this "transition" block which has other colors.

I have been sewing these 1.5" squares together as leaders and enders
for about a year and a half.

I started this scrap quilt Here for the RSC 2016.

I do have a stack of blocks now ... still not enough for a quilt ...

... someday ... :-)

Back To Nothing But The Scraps

Today's 6.5" Postage Stamp block

made with thirty-six 1.5" squares. 

I started these blocks Here in January.

Rainbow Scrap Challenge @ So Scrappy

Colors this month are rose red and gold.

I am using my smallest scraps for these blocks. 

I make pairs of these small squares as leaders and enders

and sew them into blocks on Saturdays

when I am home and have time to sew.

I am a few months behind,

but I never thought I would have enough

6.5" blocks to make a quilt this year anyway.

Many,  many more blocks to make. 

It is not the destination,

it's the journey.

This is a Scrappy Sojourn

;)

Orange You Glad it is Orange Month?

This pile of scrap fabrics landed on my cutting board as it is
orange month  at the

Rainbow Scrap Challenge

Orange scraps managed ... cut into 1.5" squares.

This months colors are orange with brown.
I am adding green and yellow and other colors to the mix so it does not look
too Halloweeny with my black and white background fabrics.

As these are scrap blocks, the squares fall where they may
but I do keep the same fabrics from bumping up next to each other.

When I sew these small squares I do not
cut the threads between rows.

I just fold each row over the next row as I sew.

I find this is a good way to keep my squares organized as I sew.

6" Orange Postage Stamp Block # 1

Lovely orange linky party HERE

with lots of wonderful inspiration.

I love orange!

The Traveling Scrapatch

Hello from the Pacific Northwest!

I have set up my daughter's Janome Jem

 and have sewn a ...

Postage Stamp Block 

I have also figured out how to save photos and

 type a post on the new laptop.

It has the newest Windows operating system and a touchscreen.

All of this is wonderful

but it is a learning process for me.

It has been raining ... a lot ... here.

Right now the sun is out and it is time to go out and play!

Will post more soon.

Have a happy day .. :)

RSC ~ Transition Saturday

My first "transition" block of the day.

It is supposed to still be brown with pink month over at the

RSC 16

... but I had to cut more 1.5" pink and brown scraps ...

... so I started cutting other colors, too.

The thought is that since I am making a Postage Stamp Quilt
and I want the colors to blend well throughout the quilt
that I need some "transition blocks"
that have other colors in them.

Here is Transition Block #2

It seems that mostly green and purple scraps found their way into

my pink and brown blocks.

Then I picked up a couple of left over blue scraps from January 

and sewed them in with the greens and pinks and purples ...

... into Transition Block # 3

I have no idea what the March colors will be.

I may make transition blocks on the first and last Saturdays of the month.

I got started late on this challenge and only got one blue block made for January.

I need to go back and make more.

I really like using up my small scraps in these blocks.

Here are all my Rainbow Scrap Challenge Blocks 
sew far = sew good

Linking up today with all the scrappy goodness at

RSC Brown Wrap Up

Looking forward to making the March blocks.

I am going to be travelling next month and need a small project to pack and bring with me.

I will be visiting my daughter abd will have access to her small sewing machine.

I think I am going to cut a couple of baggies of 1.5" squares and
make this my sewing project
when I need a little fabric play time.

Mostly I will be playing with my grand-darling.

Frozen in the Scrapatch

It is Scrappy Saturday on Sunday.

Linking  up with the happy and scrappy quilters at the ...

RSC 16 @ SoScrappy

Yesterday I fussed with  This Block so much in the morning ...

that I did not start sewing my

6.5 inch Postage Stamp Blocks

until late in the day,

when the window by my machine had iced over.

It is still iced over.

It is even colder today and tonight.

The Scrapatch is feeling like an igloo.

I do not have cabin fever, though, cause I have my sewing machine to keep me busy.

My feet are like blocks of ice though because the floor in my sewing corner 

is one of the coldest spots in the house, despite being directly over the furnace,

because it has a bay wall that extends over the foundation with no insulation underneath.

When I get up and try to make my feet work, I am always saying

"Cold ... cold ... cold ... cold ..."  like Anna in Frozen.

My toes feel much better after changing into new socks I have warmed on the radiator.

Ahhhh ... that is better.

I have four February RSC Blocks done now though.

Makes me happy

... the blocks, warm socks and a chai latte,
and a dark chocolate raspberry filled heart my Valentine gave me ...

Mmmmmm ... bliss <3

Also linking up today with all the lovely scrappers
@



Oh, Scrap!

'cause I love scrappy quilts!

Scrappy Saturday

6.5" Postage Stamp Block

made with Thirty-Six 1.5" squares

for  my 

RSC 2016

started HERE

shades of chocolate with pink

nothing but the scraps

sewing

I also made three blocks for the

Rainbow Scrap Challenge Sampler 2016

Instructions for this 6.5" block,

"Patience Corners"

HERE

Linking up with all the other lovely scrappers

@

Rainbow Scrap Challenge @ So Scrappy

I always find sew much inspiration in the links!

:) 

The Scraps, Ma'am, Nothing But The Scraps

The Scraps

The cut

Piecing The Cut

The Block

This is a 6.5" Postage Stamp Block

made with Thirty-Six 1.5" squares

I made this block to use up small scraps for the

Rainbow Scrap Challenge @ So Scrappy

Lots of great quilts in progress in the links!

:)