Table Scraps for August x 2!

I've had fun this week finishing up two little projects for the August Table Scraps Challenge.  One was planned after I knew the RSC color of the month (orange) and the additional challenge from Joyful Quilter (embroidery), but the other was definitely a "Drop Everything and Make It!"

I started by looking through some finished embroidery designs that still need final finishing, and then dug through the orphan block drawer, too.  I came up with these items - Kathy Schmitz's "Flutterby" from the 2021 One Stitch at a Time Club, and some left over layer cake blocks from a quilt I made a few years ago.  To go with the butterfly colors, I chose from the peachy/salmon shades of orange.

I ended up deciding I didn't need the floral piece in upper left.

A little chopping, slicing, and stitching later, and here's what I ended up with!  This really wanted to be hand-quilted, so I enjoyed doing just that during my slow stitching time this past week.

Backing is some more Tula Pink Fairy Dust, and binding is a peachy solid I pulled out of my solid fabric bin.

This fits perfectly on the small chest by our front door!

All done!

But then there was the squirrel that showed up in my sewing room, inspired by Kathy's post last weekend, at Kathy's Quilts.  I love these little sewing machines she's been sewing up in every color of the month!  I finally decided I *had to* make one!

Pretty bright orange!

Just for fun, I finished it off into a little mini quilt!  I added some embroidery stitches to it, and bound it in a little bit of leftover rainbow dots from the backing of this quilt.  

This is the 9 inch size.

I decided this would fit right in on the wall of minis above my sewing machine table.

Linking up my small finishes with all the weekend parties:

The Joyful Quilter for the August Table Scraps Challenge 

SoScrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday

mmmquilts for the DrEAMi link-up 

Quilting is More Fun than Housework for Oh Scrap and

Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching