End of June, End of Blue

It's time to wrap things up for June, the month of light & bright blue. For the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, I managed to get four pineapples done.

And because I was curious as to how they might look together with all the pineapples from this year, I laid them out on the floor. Pretty, huh? I also have 2 dark blue pineapples from January. I'll see if I need to add a couple more to balance things out at the end of the RSC year. These pineapples are quite large, approximately 8" x 14".

As for my PHD, I managed to complete this table mat (meaning it also qualifies for the 2023 Table Scraps Challenge). I started this last year and got the top pieced. This month I quilted and bound it. My inspiration was a quilt that I love from Temecula Quilt Company's book "Quirky Little Quilts" called Ruby Rooster. I changed up the ROOSTER for a RABBIT when I learned 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit on the Chinese calendar.

The background is actually showing more brown than the true gray. It finished up at approximately 15" x 20" and is just adorable. All the different blues fit the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. The Table Scraps letters for June were D and/or I. This project started the month as Incomplete and, by month's end, was now officially Done! How's that for using the appropriate letters??!!

Here are a couple of close-ups of the quilting and also a backing/binding pic.

Of course I've got other projects in the works around here. My EPP block for the month is nearly finished as is the applique Uptown June block. I'm adding a few more hand-quilted stitches to a sweet little Fall wall hanging. There are only the borders to add to the Fat Quarter Shop's Haunted Halloween Mystery wall hanging. I've got a date with a longarm machine at my LQS later in July so that should be another UFO project crossed off the list.

So June is over, July has begun, and that's a wrap from me. I hope you have wonderful week and are able to celebrate the 247th birthday of our magnificent country which offers so much freedom.

Linking up with Angela @ SoScrappy, Gail @ QuiltingGail, and Joy @ TheJoyfulQuilter.