Midweek Update

If you've visited Charleston, you might know about the group of houses called "Rainbow Row."  It's a group of row houses on E. Bay Street painted fun bright colors.  Google Map it and you'll see lots of photos.  Here's my photo from our trip.  There are lots of trees and cars parked near them, so it's not easy to get a good picture, but this gives you an idea!

A very fun souvenir to bring home is some of the Art Gallery fabric line inspired by Charleston and the Rainbow Row colors.  I found a quilt shop to visit while we were there, and bought a few quarter yards.  I'm not sure what I'll make with them yet, but they will be fun to have in my stash!

Now that we're home, I'm ready to get back into my sewing room and work on my current projects.   I left them on my cutting table, piled up and waiting for some attention.

- Blocks for mmmquilts' QAL, "Lyra"

- jelly roll strips and fat quarters for block 8 

of Melva's Little House sew-along 

- and the basket of orange fabrics for the 

Rainbow Scrap Challenge for May

The hardest part is deciding what to work on first!

Linking up at The Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday Wait Loss.

Shelling - not Stitching

We have had a wonderful time visiting Charleston, SC, with our Navy friend group this week!  I brought along some cross-stitch supplies in case there would be some time to work a few stitches in to the Summer Stamp project.  And this is as far as I got...

Instead of stitching, we've been doing things like going on a shelling tour, which is a boat trip out to an island where you can find all kinds of shells.

This is Captain Rod's Low Country Tours out of Georgetown, SC.

We found lots of shells!  I was not planning to bring any home, but you know how that goes.

In fact... there is a table-full here!

So much fun!

It has been a wonderful week away, exploring a different part of the country!  We have one more day here, and are planning to find a beach to hang out at.  Heading home tomorrow (Monday).  We've had a great time, but it will also feel good to be home again.

Linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  Maybe there'll be a little more stitching time this evening before I pack my suitcase up again!

And at Melva Loves Scraps for Sew and Tell Monday.

I Like Thursday #482

 Hello, friends!

We are in Charleston, enjoying the scenery and history - 

and good friends - 

If you've left a comment recently and haven't heard from me, that's why!

Back to regular posting next week.

Joining in with Not Afraid of Color for I Like Thursday.

Little House QAL - block 7

It is handy that the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color of the month for May is orange, because I had decided that my next Little House block would have more orange in it.  And I did pretty well with that!   

This block is called Kit in the Corner, and goes along with the story from Little Town on the Prairie where the Ingalls family needs a cat to take care of the mouse problem.  I also loved the part where Laura got a job helping a seamstress in town sew men's shirts.  I remember this book being one of my favorite stories of the series, even as a young girl, reading about Laura wanting to help the family, and especially her sister, Mary.

It didn't take long to add the log cabin borders to this center block.  I'm getting more efficient with that as we go along!  And only two more blocks to go!

My favorite print in this jelly roll has been the text print.  It comes in the orange colorway and also in turquoise.

I think I've used either an orange strip of it or a turquoise one in every block!

Thank you, Melva, for these block designs!  I'm enjoying sewing them!

Linking up at Melva Loves Scraps for Sew and Tell Monday 

and at the Block 7 block parade.

The Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday Wait Loss 

Alycia Quilts for Finished or Not Friday 

And at SoScrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday.

Quilting is More Fun than Housework for Oh Scrap!

Summer stitching...

This week I finished stamp #1 for the Summer sampler stitch along, designed by Melisa at PinkernPunkin.   I love all those flowers!  The white blooms don't show up very well, though - I'm thinking I might have to outline them.  

I moved right on to stamp #2 - ⬆️

      veggies and fruits from the garden!  

I'm enjoying all the different colors in this project!

For now I've packed my Summer stitching, some floss colors, and tools into this project pouch, and stuck it in my suitcase because we're going on a trip this week!   

I don't know how much time there will be to stitch on this,

but at least I'll have it just in case!

Linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.

    

 

Ideas for Orange

Orange is the May color of the month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, so I got out all the orange I could find and started sorting!

I think the cute elephants/trees/houses print will go in my May placemat.

Those robins could make a fun house for the Quilters Cove project.

And look, there's even a tiny 16 patch, all ready to be finished into a gameboard block!

But what about the Jacob's Ladder project?  See the orange Grunge and fall leaves print up in the top right of the above photo?  I thought they might be work together in a block.

Yes!

It was a little more challenging to find two more oranges that would work well together for the second block.  They need to go together, not contrast with each other.  Then I remembered that there are some orange pieces in the fat quarter bundle that I made this year's SAHRR from.  How about this combination?

I think that worked!

Here are all the blocks together - I enjoy seeing the collection grow.

And along the way, the orange gameboard block was sewn up, too!

I'm already having fun with orange - how about you?

Sharing at SoScrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday.

And at Quilting is More Fun than Housework for Oh Scrap!

I Like Thursday #481

We've had a gray and chilly week here in northern Colorado, and finally some rain came!  So nice to finally get a little of that precipitation we need so badly!   It's been cold enough that I need to wear my down coat when I go for a walk.  But not too cold for the neighbor's iris to bloom!

We've done some spring clean-up in the yard when it's been nice enough.  That includes cleaning off our back porch (it gets really dusty over the winter!) and getting out the furniture for enjoying it.  We both enjoy spinners and yard art, and have been replacing the cloth ones we had previously (that get destroyed by the sun and wind) with metal ones.

I think this one's my favorite right now.

I think LeeAnna's question of the week is about Spring cleaning, but I can't seem to find the email about it.  (Must have been Spring cleaning my inbox, lol!)  When it comes to cleaning, I seem to go in spurts.  Sometimes there is routine cleaning or cleaning because company is coming.  Sometimes I see that something in particular needs to be done so I just do it.  But I rarely do a large "Spring Cleaning."  

This week we have been cleaning out/collecting our old electronic items for an e-waste collection drive that we can take them to.  Think old phones, laptops, charging cords, VCRs, and that type of thing.  It turns out we have a lot of them!  It requires looking in  junk drawers and places where those things hide.  And finding things you forgot you had - like this... never opened.  I've been retired for 11 years, and I stopped wearing nylons to work long before that.  Wonder how long this has been in that drawer.  

I got a good laugh out of this find!

Do they even sell these anymore?

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