RSC #2 and Little Doll Quilt Beauty Shots

Angela chose dark & bright greens for our January Rainbow Scrap Challenge color. I pulled out my bin of green strings and decided it would be good inspiration pictured in my heading. I would like to make Bonnie Hunter's Pine Tree Point pattern, table runner size though. That is one goal for me this month. I need to make it happen ... er, at least get a start on it.

Last week I mentioned that I also wanted to get my Uptown blocks put together. I got the dark green setting and corner triangles cut out one afternoon and then I thought I'd get the blocks laid out. I won't be able to lay it out exactly like the antique quilt that it's based upon because my first 12 applique blocks have one background and the other 8 have another background. This situation arose because I ran out of the first background fabric.

Next I gathered up the 12 leaf blocks. Oops! I completely forgot that I was thinking about making the leaves scaled a bit larger than the original. Now I notice that I did exactly that on 3 of the blocks but the other 9 are the original size. I got out the pattern to see how I could arrange both differences (backgrounds & leaf sizes) into something that looks like I did it on purpose. Then I started arranging blocks.

Disregard the line -- it's the edge of the rug

OK, that looks good. Then I started sewing the blocks together.

Polly-approved!

The blocks are all sewn together. I hope to get the rows sewn together this week!

Another goal I had was to donate my doll quilt, which I did on Monday. Before I did though, I took some Finish Photos.

First finish of 2024!

Such a sweet little quilt. The finished size is approximately 13.5" x 18". Sewn with partial seams, so fun!

I finished this week's two designated Twilight Stars blocks from the Primitive Gatherings QAL.

And I also finished this week's block from the Red Threads SAL.

I'd say that pretty much sums up my week. Hope you had a productive week as well!

Thank you, Angela, for hosting our linking party HERE!

I Like Thursdays #134

I donated my doll quilt this week and made the shop's FaceBook page. I liked donating it, but not so sure about my picture! Hahaha! I also like that my friend Connie was the one to point out to me that my picture had been posted.

Lately there have been some beautiful sunrises. Sorry to bore you but here are a couple more pictures from earlier this week.

Polly went to the vet this week to get her teeth cleaned. I like making sure our pets are kept in good health but I didn't like the bill afterwards. Lol! Polly didn't like any part of it.

I started reading "The Ink Black Heart" by Robert Galbraith, aka J. K. Rowling. It's the 5th in the Cormoran Strike series. I'm enjoying it although some of it is beyond my comprehension. I don't have Twitter and there's a lot of chatter within that app in the book. I've just past 250 pages so I'm 25% of the way through. It's a VERY long book.

In the kitchen, there have been a couple of good things worth mentioning. My mom donated to Boys Town in the past and receives booklets periodically from them. There are usually 4 in a mailing: a Farmers' Almanac, Readers' Best Recipes, puzzles, and one other that I can't remember. Anyway I made "Third-Generation Banana Cake with Chocolate Frosting" and it was yummy. Not sure how to share that recipe with you though.

One morning on TV I watched a cook make something delicious only to find out that her recipe could be found in the NYTimes and you need a subscription for their recipes now. She mentioned that she has also published cookbooks so I immediately went to my library website and checked out two: "Dinner in an Instant" and "Comfort in an Instant". I chose these books because they pertain to the Instant Pot with alternative slow cooker methods for most. I tried her Classic Boeuf Bourguignon and it was a winner all around! I also made her Maple Chile-Glazed Sweet Potatoes for Mom & me. We loved it! Sweet and spicy just like us! Lol!! Both recipes happened to be from "Dinner in an Instant". I recommend looking for these cookbooks. I'll be trying other recipes from them and I'll keep you posted.

On the television front, we're still watching our NHL team, the St. Louis Blues. We're looking forward to the start of the Australian Open on Sunday. Have you caught the new game show on Tuesday nights yet? It's called The Floor and we've enjoyed watching that one too. Other than football, there's not much else on that interests us. Mom enjoys Perry Mason reruns. Yowsa!

I'll be joining the others (late, yes) sharing the things that have interested us this week and that we've liked. C'mon over and see what others have shared right HERE!

First RSC and FNwF Post of 2024

Happy Epiphany! We went to bed while the snow came down. The meteorologists promised not too much. Woke to a beautiful winter wonderland without too much snow on the ground. Here's a picture I took this morning on my walk with Gracie.

The snow brought out the husky in Gracie. She loved it this morning, romping around everywhere!

But I digress. This post is all about quilting. Cheryll in Australia hosts Friday Night with Friends every first Friday of the month. You can see what the others got done HERE. I did manage to slip away last night and have a date with my sewing machine. Previously I had put together a sweet little doll quilt. I decided it was time to get it quilted up. I'd like to turn it in on Monday during Quilt Club at my local quilt shop. It started like this ...

Look at this sweet fabric I was given quite some time ago. I thought it was perfect for the backing!

I quilted it with the familiar serpentine quilting, going along the twelve block seams and then diagonally through the blocks. After searching high & low, I found the navy piece of fabric that I used for the block centers. There was plenty left to do a sweet binding. When I shut down  my machine, I was at the point ready to hand-stitch down the binding. I know what I'll be working on today while I wait to see if the snow melts and the rain begins as promised by the weather folks.

Angela, our Rainbow Scrap Leader, has chosen bright and/or dark green for our January color. If you look carefully in the photo above, you will see some bright and dark green fabrics! Win-win! You can see more "green posts" right HERE at our RSC Linky Party. Feel free to join in also. There's always room to see what you're up to as well!

I would like to get another set of pineapple blocks completed this year to go with the ones from RSC2023. Because I don't want to make green pineapples (I'd like mine fully ripe, please! Ha!) I will try to get some of the tops cut so I don't have to scramble around when I'm sewing my colorful pineapples. I also want to make a few table runners and table toppers this year. I've got an idea using dark greens for my first one so I plan on working on that this month.

Do you remember these Uptown blocks? I plan on trimming them down all 32 blocks, making the setting triangles, and sewing this top together this month. The triangles are cut from the same dark green fabric you see in the photo above so I'll be in keeping with RSC.

I think that's a wrap. Stay warm if you're in the Northern Hemisphere and keep the A/C blowing if you're in the Southern Hemisphere!