The color for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge for March was yellow/ gold. Sadly, I was not as productive this month.
10 accuquilt yellow blocks
I only need one more of these scraptastic blocks to make a quilt.
This picture shows the basted block…
This was an experiment with hollow cubes…my measurements were a bit off. Notice the crooked bottom right corner. I know where I went wrong and need to fix it next time.
Hollow block with a twist…
I did not get a feathered star block made this month. I picked out fabrics, but it didn’t get cut out. Such is life!
April is pink. Time to dig into the scraps and get busy.
My wonderful mother-in-law gifted me this 1901 Singer sewing machine several years ago. I think it was in 2016. (That was the date on the receipt for the new belt.) At the time, I couldn’t get it to stitch. I gave up. My husband said that he has not seen this machine being used since before we were married…over 37 years ago.
127 model?
It has the original treadle. Everything moves freely…squeaky, but moving. Did you know that the treadle gets oiled, too?
It makes me sad when people turn these into a table base.
Someone painted the machine a lovely copper color and added new decals. They did add a layer of clear coat over the decals to protect them.
DecalsMy favorite!
This weekend I bought a book to help me get my iron lady stitching. The timing for the bobbin was WAY off. It only took two hours or so to figure that out.
Book of wisdom…lots of models…enough information for me…Bobbin case …could use some cleaning, too.
Now she is stitching like a dream!
The bobbin winder…humph!
The bobbin winder is still being a little difficult. It turns and spins, but the bobbin doesn’t…hmm. I added a small scrap of cloth under the spinning end. Voila…temporary success.
Last evening, I used temporary 1/4″ marking tape on the throat plate to mark the seam allowance. Now I am ready to sew.
Everything is blooming yellow here in West Virginia.
These are at peak this week.In front of my house, along the road. These keep the dust down in summer.driveway…behind the fenceTiger lillies are emerging.
Well, not everything is yellow…
Our volunteer compost peach tree is blooming.A close up of some peachy volunteers
I meant to post this yesterday, but my motivation got lost along the way. Oh, well, it gave me something to do today!
This is block 11 of 12 for my dresden crumb block quilt.
Also works as part of this month’s rainbow scrap challenge…
I pieced this block last week. It was not a total success, but it was not an epic failure either! I thought I could piece this using shapes cut with an accuquilt die. You will notice that it is no quite square. I wish I could blame it on something…drunk quilting, maybe…but I can’t.
Wonky 3-D square…
This is what I have learned about basting. Sometimes the prep work is well worth the time it takes to get it done. Thread basting is much less painful than pinning with applique pins. It is also quicker and easier than glue basting…no glue to wash out later.
I have been waiting for the time change. More daylight during my waking hours!! Hallelujah! The birds are singing. The spring flowers are starting to pop.
Along the back garden path…
I know it is not officially spring yet…but it’s on the way.
I was hoping that the RSC color for the month of March would be green. Not my lucky month. The color for March is yellow/ gold…hopefully, that is what I will find at the end of the rainbow!
A fluffed up bin of yellow pieces
My scrap collection does not have much yellow/gold. So I dug in the tubs of yardage to find more…still lame. I seem to have a lot of solids.
Not much better!
Look what I found mixed in with the scraps!
Cute 2 1/2 inch blocks…a little baggie of them!
Hopefully, I will be able to get as many blocks as I have for the past two colors. We shall see!
This time of the year drives me crazy. I want to dig in the garden and play in the dirt, but I know in my heart that it is too early. If I uncover those tender plants, they could freeze. I am fairly certain that the groundhog was wrong about an early spring.
Daffodils have a good start…“Daisies” have leaf buds…glad I didn’t trim the dead looking stalks! Tiger lilies are poking throthrough, too.
The time change is next week. I am eagerly anticipating the change…more daylight for being outside in the evenings!
My husband saw the first robin in our yard on February 8th, a good two full weeks early. Spring is coming…hope Springs eternal.
Finish a quilt top every month…didn’t happen this month.
Post to blog twice a week…almost…I posted three times one week and 1 time the week before. I am counting that as on track, because it averages out to twice a week.
Sew 80% of the year…still on track for this.
Read to self…one book a month…more like half a book this month.
Read aloud twice a week…we are crushing this goal. This is much better than the crap that is on TV. We just finished an Agatha Christy mystery. Now we are reading John Jakes.
Scrap to treasure…Accuquilt crazy quilt blocksAccuquilt feathered star
Remember, I said that I was not the only maker. My DH made this for one of my sister’s co-workers, who just lost her 30 something son unexpectedly. Tragic. He graphed out a poem that she had written and added butterflies from another pattern. He is amazing.
How are your resolutions shaping up this month? or for the year so far?
