Rainbow Scrap Challenge - Sunshine and Butterflies

I was ready for a weekend.  My Guy managed to make it home last night, in spite of canceled and delayed flights.  It's nice to have him home.  He'll be home for at least a couple of weeks before the next round of trips next month. 

I did make it into the sewing room a bit this week and finished up this month's scrappy butterfly block.

Scrappy Butterflies:  Available in EQ7 Block Library

I wasn't too sure about the bright print used for the top wings, but I like the end result. 

The wild flowers have been blooming here.  There is a field of Black Eyed Susans not far from the house. 

They remind me of the crayon suns I used to draw when I was little.  It's hard not to smile when I see whole fields of them.  

I do hope to get in some stitching time this evening.  We've got errands to run today.  Hopefully I have a little time this morning to check out the sunshine yellow stitching posted over at SoScrappy.  

Design Wall Monday - Still Puzzling

Sunday was a rainy day, just perfect for sitting up in the sewing room and listening to the rain.  I did get there eventually after seeing to a bit of laundry and household chores.  There was actually more cutting going on then there was sewing.  But I did finish up a few more blocks for Jigsaw. 

Jigsaw
pattern by Alyssa Clancy for Lehmann Quilting

Just 4 more blocks to finish up, then we'll need to figure out the borders.  Hopefully that won't take me as long as it did to work out the colors for all the blocks.

That's it for my design wall this week.  For more works in progress check out Patchwork Times.  

Stash Report - Week 24

My Guy gave me a sanity break yesterday, telling me to go sew rather than tackle laundry and the other typical weekend chores.  I think it was the traveler's guilt talking.  He's been gone for the last three weeks and is heading out again Monday.  He's hoping to be able to stay home the next week.  But there's a new project starting and the plant is in a hurry for it to get kicked off.  So thinking he'll be home the next week may well be wishful thinking on both our parts.  

I had a productive day in the sewing room yesterday.  So there is at least a bit to report out to go along with the incoming yardage.  It's hard to resist fabric prices when they are more than half off (that's my defense and I'm sticking to it).  Here's the damage:

Used last week:  0.49 yards
Added last week:  29.25 yards

Used in 2014:  9.23 yards
Added in 2014:  254.3 yards

Net stashed in 2014: 245.07 yards

The Fat Quarter Shop has these 24 hour flash sales and the discounts are really good, so it's ideal for buying larger yardages for back grounds and backings.  My stash is really weak on large cuts for backgrounds.  That's why these ended up my basket.

Summer Fun by Maywood Studios

The other purchase was 3 yard cuts to use for accents.

Sweet Things by Lakehouse

At less than $3.50 it was really hard to resist.  Obviously now there needs to be more foot pedaling than keyboarding.  

For more stash tales, check out the posts over at Patchwork Times.  

Rainbow Scrap Challenge - Sewing Sunshine

I'm not sure where this last week went.  I didn't spend a lot of time in the sewing room, though I did spend a fair amount of time on the computer playing with layouts in Electric Quilt.  Though I did manage to finish up 2 of the yellow Rainbow Scrap Challenge Sampler blocks.

 Rainbow Scrap Challenge Sampler
By Angela Feldbush of Soscrappy

I love sewing with yellow, it's like stitching sunshine.   The first few parts of this month's Inverted Star made it to the design as well. 

Inverted Star
by Jessica Boschem of Common Threads
available from Craftsy as a free download

The scrappy version of this block needs 16 different fabrics.  When I cut the fabrics for the RSCS blocks, I also cut either a 3"square or a 2.5" square to use in that month's Inverted Star block. It's just more efficient that way.  

I'm taking a mini vacation from household chores this morning. My batteries are low, with My Guy traveling so much I've been doing double duty in a few areas.  He suggested I just take some "me time" this morning and recharge just a bit.  Sounded good to me.  Drama Teen has a volleyball clinic this morning, so I'll have to run her to that in just a bit.  But then I'll be free to come home and stitch for the rest of the morning.  

For more fun with scraps, check out Soscrappy.  

Design Wall Monday - Putting Jigsaw Back Together

We had a quiet weekend, which makes for a nice change after the hectic week of travel.  Saturday was dedicated to laundry,  housework and a shopping expedition to replace the built-in microwave.  The microwave died last weekend. After finding that all the new microwaves on the market won't fit in the existing space without extensive modification, it's off to the shop to see if we can get it fixed. 

We all stayed home on Sunday, which allowed for a full afternoon of stitching.  A couple of the Jigsaw blocks have been restitched with their new "tabs" and blocks for the last row have been cut.  It's starting to come together again. 

Jigsaw
pattern by Alyssa Clancy for Lehmann Quilting

I'm much happier with the block placement, all the un-sewing of last week was definitely worth while.  

The last of the green blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Sampler project were also cut and sewn.  

 Rainbow Scrap Challenge Sampler
By Angela Feldbush of Soscrappy

The sampler is definitely colorful. The final setting will be different, but this one works for now.  I'm thinking of using a thin white sashing between the blocks.  There's still a half year of blocks left to make for this project, so there will likely be other thoughts as to the setting once those go up on the design wall.  

That's it for my design wall this week.  For more quilters eye candy, check out Patchwork Times.