Another Finish for Table Scraps Challenge!

July finished up with a bang and another finish. A little July=RED tablemat, finishing at a mere 11.5" x 13.5". The pattern by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts was based on an old doll quilt. Hers was called Summer Blues and she worked hers up with a pretty blue reproduction fabric. Since the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color for July was red, I decided to use a reproduction red fabric that I kept looking at and never knew quite what to do with it. I think it looks beautiful as my Summer Reds.

I found a large basket filled with fabrics in my Mom's bedroom here at our house. I think they were from when I first started quilting seriously when we first moved here. Anyway, the back is a fat quarter that was in the basket, a sweet off-white fabric with tiny red flower buds scattered across from Blackbird Designs. I think it looks beautiful together with the binding.

Linking up with Joy @ JoyfulQuilter for the Table Scraps Challenge.

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.

Year of the Rabbit and the End of Dk Blues

Last year -- or was it the year before? -- I started a table mat for Light Blue RSC although there are all shades used in it. I never finished. Apparently I never even took a picture so we'll just move on to how I progressed this month.

This year we are doing ABC (RSC) Table Scraps and January's letters are C, R, or J. My inspiration has come from this book by Sheryll Johnson.

It's full of fun little quilts and I have liked this one in particular for quite some time.

Love that rooster! So I made one ready to bond to my already made top from a while ago. After all, through the ABC Table Scrap Challenge I was ready to use the R for Rooster!

I used some remaining fabric from the baby quilt I just finished to make my rooster for this previously made table mat. After deciding my rooster was too small, i was ready to make a larger version, All of a sudden it hit me that this was year of the rabbit and R is also for Rabbit! So I set to work. I tried a couple different sizes and came up with this. The size is good and I love this fabric with my scraps!

I'll need to get it quilted up but I think it's a winner! If you're wondering about why I didn't follow the pattern in the book, it's because of the size. This one will be perfect on the end table in our den. Time to get the Christmas one off and put away!

As for the dark blues for Rainbow Scrap Challenge, I did manage my 2 Scrappy Pineapple blocks.

With the baby quilt behind me, I'm ready to jump into the February RSC color for more pineapples. Wondering what the color will be for February!!??!!

Joining in with The Joyful Quilter for the Table Scraps Challenge and also with So Scrappy for RSC. Have a great weekend!