Mini Colour

 

I am having some colour fun. Mini hanks. I am playing with the colour and yarn to see what I can do. I needed a couple of small ones to go with some others I had dyed already. At least 3 of these are to go with a bigger cakes of yarn. 

Your going to laugh at me. I do not like grey. But I dyed a small one at the left end, well I had to add some more colour on it. HA PINK

I am liking this set together. I think it is very garden flower like. I might have to do more soft colours still. All of these have a touch of pink. 

Lime is over dyed a bit more blue so not so much yellow. The dark blue is also a over dyed as it was not deep enough yet. The medium blue is an over dye of sprinkles that was not great. Better now. Pink is half hank and just to have more pink. You can never have too much pink. 

My experiment with recycled yarn. A few years ago I bought an old sweater at the 2nd hand store to take a part, dye, and reknit. Well I am part way there. 

The cakes need to be put into a hank and washed to get the kinks out. But it is getting some where. It is 100 % wool so I am thinking I might use it for mittens or fingerless gloves. Socks would break down too quickly. 

Ok Pink is in every photo today. 

Yellow Scrap Saturday

 

Sister's Choice blocks were the first to do on my yellow list of blocks. Some of the yellow triangles get kind of lost but maybe that makes the blocks sparkle more. 

Then the next big one of the list was Yellow Pinwheels. I want to have a baby quilt done soon so I needed these. 

I kept going and made more pinwheels, this time in Orange, Turquoise and Blue. So many Pinwheels. 

Next was to lay out my blocks. I have this up on the wall ready to sew together. I am hosting a zoom sew day for the Edmonton and District Quilter's Guild today. I still get so sew.  Getting this top sewn together is my goal for the day. Then I will move on to more yellow. 

Last Saturday I was still not done all my pink. I have been looking though all my blocks and seeing if I have some colours missing, or just need a few more blocks to lay out a top. I needed these 16 patch blocks in Pink, So I got 9 blocks done. 

Then while I still had some pink on the wall, I added the last few blocks. Here is my final wall of Pink for January 2021. I also did 2 more sister choice blocks. I have no idea how many blocks I need to a sister's choice quilt. 

Nadine's Blocks 

My good friend, Nadine, has plans to follow along with us at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge this year. She has asked me to post her blocks on my blog for her. This past month she got two pink blocks done. One is Broken dishes, she chose this block because she has broken a few mugs and glasses this month.  I am so happy to have her join me in the adventure of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2021. 

I will get this post linked up with Soscrappy. Check out what else everyone is working on. 

Pink Scrap Saturday

I worked hard to get the Pink log cabin blocks done. They are a 7 1/2" block when finished and they have 29 strips of fabric used. I have been paper piecing them so when I am done I also have papers to take out the back side. I am so in love with this cute blocks. I try to use a few lights that have a bit of pink in them too, so many pink fabrics. 

I have 8 done in total. I am so looking forward to a quilt made with so many log cabin blocks. 

Scrappy Play Time

I have picked a date for my next class. I am teaching another class of Scrappy Play Time on Zoom. I have a few quilt friends interested in another class. So I am teaching Monday night Feb 15th 7 MT and then the main class Saturday Feb 20th 9 am till 4 pm MT time zone. The class will be on Zoom so anyone around the world can join us. Cost is $35.00 so a good price. Email me or comment if you would like to join or are looking for more information. I will be making up my supply list soon and will start to take fund right away for the class.  There will be so much fun scrappiness !

Next up is the square in a square in pink. These are also done like log cabin but I keep the same fabric all the way around. I used 1 1/2" strips to do these. I made 5 starting with the light pink and ending with dark. Then another 5 starting dark and ending light. I could see doing a one colour quilt like this. I am going to keep making different colour this year. 

So here is the month's quilt blocks done. I love a full wall of one colour. These are my favorite photos of my blocks. Looking back at all one colour and se many different blocks.  

I have a few more blocks to do today, using up some 2" squares. I found a hole in a group of blocks and they need some pink 16 patches done. So I guess I am not quiet done with pink yet. I also have some pinwheels to work on too. I need a pinwheel baby quilt soon. 

I have added my post to Soscrappy and if you want to see what others are working on go see the link up page for many more bloggers post about Scrap Saturday. 

 

Teaching Scrappy Play Time

Wow I love this quilt. Today, I am going to teach 20 ladies how they can use their scraps and make this quilt. Or they can work towards another scrap quilt. This class is done on zoom and should be a ton of fun, I have a slide show full of ideas. 

 This quilt was started in 2012 because of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge and the Soscrappy blog. I have had years of fun with my scraps because of the challenge. Now I am spreading the word about rainbow scraps. and how you can store and use your fabrics. Monday night we had a 1 hour zoom meeting and I told them about sorting and storing scraps. 

If you are interested in taking my class, I am planning to teach this class again by zoom. I still need to pick a date, maybe February 20th. But please contact me by sending me an email and I can add you to the list. 

So this month we are working on our Pink scraps I have some strings sorted and ready to use. I need a t least as much of the light fabrics too. 

I have a few Log Cabin blocks started. I hope to have them finished by the end of the month, So just a peak at them so far. I am paper piecing them, the logs are 1/2" wide.  

Pink Scrappy

 

Planning to join in on the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2021. It has been a few year since I played along. To start with I made the Sister's Choice block that Anglia also made last week. 

If you want more ideas for your scraps You should check out the links to the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2021. There are so many more links to see and so many great ideas.  

I had many of the units cut and ready to go so they went together for me very quickly. I might make one more before the month is done. 

This Month the Colour is Pink. I have many pink scraps and my box is well sorted. 

Also this week I built pink pinwheel blocks. They will finish up as 4". I am in need of a finished baby quilt by March, a gift for a friend. 

All the Pink I did this week.

 I am kind of a day behind, but yesterday I zoomed with some of my local quilt friends. It also got my mom to join us for a bit. Next week I will try to be on Saturday and not Sunday. 

I will need more pinwheel blocks before the end of Feb so I went ahead and made Red, Green and Purple pin wheels to add to the pink ones. I know I am not following just so for the rainbow challenge but I need more done soon. This should be around half the blocks done. I have not thought what size and I am ok with extras, I might make 2 quilts. 

So The other pink in my house this week is this Pink Amaryllis. I had a bright red one for Christmas but started this one two weeks later. I have a 3rd bulb that is at least another 2 weeks behind, so maybe by the end of the month I will have another one. I hope to keep the plant growing for the 8 months then hope I can get it to bloom again next year.  

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day

I am making some heart blocks again for a group hug quilt. So far I have 7 pink heart blocks done. 

These finish up to be 6" square. I start by using 2" units. I work hard at mixing up all the different prints of pink I have. Some have a little more orange or purple but it all works. 

Tonight we are having a family dinner at home. I have baked a Blue berry and Raspberry pie for desert. I got Chocolates from my sweet heart. 

Paula Rafferty Class

I got to do a Paula Rafferty class for 2 days earlier in May. She was in Edmonton. 

I am slowly hand quilting this painted hand dyed fabric. I am using hand dyed thread too. 

It will be my background for my collage. I also have some stenciled leaves in gold also on it.  

Then I will add my paper bits and more stamped parts. 

Pink Scraps

All kinds of pink was used up this week. I got a good hold on all those pink bits of fabric. 

I love to see the design wall full of one colour of blocks. 

I got three 7" sampler blocks done. I still plan to do the 10" blocks too. I had them laid out ready to sew and they fell on the floor. Maybe next week I can get them done. 

All the 7" sampler blocks together. Again I love seeing so much up on the wall. I did not do small light blue blocks. I might have to fix that but I think I will just wait and see. 

Migrating geese. 

So many pinks. It is a good exercise to work on the shading of one colour. 

Next up was getting some pin wheel blocks done. I have no idea how I will use these, but they are getting done. 

I have more to do next week. Here is the ironing board ready to keep using up the pink scraps. 

I have added my post to Soscrappy and the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2018

Also got up early and watch another Royal Wedding, I think it must be at least #5 I got up to watch early. My grand mother and I got up together to watch Princess Diana and Charles.  

Saturday Scraps

I worked hard this week to finish up my Yellow. Yellow was April's colour for the Rainbow scrap challenge. I do not have any string blocks but I got the rest done. Here is my big wall of yellow all together. Sampler blocks both 10" and 7 " blocks,  then pin wheels and to the far right is 6 migrating geese blocks. I love blending the colours on those blocks. Sometimes yellow was challenging to get the light to dark. 

I have a few interesting yellow scraps. Love the little doggy. 

My pin wheel blocks. 

So I worked hard on my pink scraps. I cut and cut and trimmed and started to do some sewing. This block was I close as I got to having something to show you. 

Pink is May's colour for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2018. So much left to do. 

Trimming many triangles up so I can do my sampler blocks. 

I have added this post to Soscrappy's linky page.  I have had trouble with it so not sure if it is all working but give it a try. 

More lined up for the iron. So I have lots on the go and should have more by next week. I hope to get a little time to sew on Mother's day. Then my mom and I are going to a quilt show together. Then supper together. 

Friday's Wallet Finished

Last week I bought this pattern and at the Red Deer Quilt show I got some of the notions I needed to get started. Wow look at me, I got it done. I think Thursday I pulled the fabrics from my hand dyed fabrics. I thought this purple marbled fabric needed a special place. I love the bright pink framing it. 

Inside I used another purple and the pink again. I have card holders. Lots of pockets and one zipper pocket perfect for change. The pattern is from Emmaline bags. 

Here are the fabrics, so you see I could still make more. I did make a second front flap just to see which one to use. The all Mable fabric flap is also got more stiff peltex so might work well over time. 

This wood deck was covered in snow earlier today. Yes we had snow again. The snow has never really left us for 6 months. I can't wait for a real spring. The sun is nice but I want warm no coat kind of weather. 

Inside photos and colour is just not showing off as well. 

Last night I got the latch part done. Wow that was new experience. 3 Tiny screws luckily the kit had an extra screws as one is lost on the floor. Cutting into my fabric and using glue. Well I got it done and it works well. Looks good too. 

All parts cut and have the interfacing in place. Now to think about the next one. Not sure what colours for the new wallet. I might change a few things next time. 

I have added this post to Crazy Mom Quilts and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.