Green Scraps Chapter III

Crossroads

7 x 9 inches

Green is the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) color of the month. Most of this week of beautiful weather I've been working out in my gardens for 6-10 hours per day. I did spend a few minutes here and there working to use up some green scraps. 

Crossroads

7 x 9

I have 61 blocks out of a goal of 64 for a 56 x 72 inch comfort quilt. I do have a little baggie of pieces cut for more blocks so I know I will surpass my goal for one quilt. I think I will just keep making blocks with scraps until year end and see if I I can make a couple of quilts. It would take 48 blocks for a kiddo comfort quilt 42 x 56 inches. The blocks are easy to make from 3.5 inch or 4..5 inch width scraps long enough for four 3.5 x 4.5 rectangles. I've been using brown for the cross pieces in all blocks and red for the middle square. 

Cheerios

10 inch blocks

This is another block I will make until year end. I have 68 blocks and need 24 blocks for a kiddo comfort quilt and 48 blocks for a larger comfort quilt.  I almost have enough blocks for one of each.

Four Patch

5 inch

Made with 3 inch squares.

Last year (or was it the year before?) someone gave me a bag of 3 inch squares. I've added to it as I've processed scraps. I have used the squares in a couple of quilts and now I'm just making Four Patches to empty the bag.  I now have 65 blocks and will figure out what to do with them later. 

Do you remember that earlier this year I participated in the 2025 Stay At Home Round Robin  (SAHRR)? I made 5 kiddo sized row quilt tops. Well, all participants were entered into a random drawing for prizes and I won an Oliso Smart Iron. In order to try it out I was forced to clear off my ironing board so I could put on the new ironing board cover. For many years now I've used my $6 Black and Decker iron from Walmart and have had no complaints. If I need steam I have always used a spray bottle of water and have never put water in the iron. So, anyway, I tried out Oliso without water/steam. The iron sits in the position above raised on little legs up off the ironing board. When I touch the handle it lowers and is ready for ironing. When I remove my hand it raises up all by itself again. Well, it's not really all that smart because I still had to move it around to iron the quilt blocks. But, I have to say I'm one thankful and happy winner! I'm not quite sure I'm ready to give up my spray bottle if I need steam but time will tell. I may get brave and take a risk! 😏

And sew on...

RSC ScrapHappy Saturday

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REMEMBER, TREASURE, GROW, READ (my words of the year)

** I was the lucky recipient of lots of treasure this week from some lovely friends.  Pat and Dawn sent me scraps and fabric and Teresa sent me batting. I am so thankful for such treasures. I love sewing with scraps and making comfort quilts and am so lucky and thankful to have several enablers!

Not sure how much sewing I'll get done the rest of the month.

     Hubby John is still struggling with health issues and is scheduled for a CT scan at the end of the month now that he has finished with an antibiotic and steroid to hopefully address something seen in lungs on an Xray a few weeks ago. He is also rather depressed that the recent swallow test showed that he still aspirates across all consistencies of food/drink. He had hopes that some speech therapy would allow him to start trying some pureed foods and such but for now that is on hold. There is too big a risk for aspiration pneumonia again.  

     Also, our grand-niece is getting married on the 22nd and a lot of John's family will be in town to celebrate. He comes from a family of 8 siblings (2 now deceased) and lots and lots of nieces and nephews and grand-nieces and grand-nephews and more recently a few great-nieces and great-nephews.

**Since last week's post I've finished reading a couple of books -

The Photographer's Secret  by Ellie Midwood. It is WWII historical fiction. The main character is a WWII war correspondent. I didn't even know there were women war correspondents during that war so did a little further research on that after I finished the book. One other underlying theme is how child abuse affects the lives of women. 

The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict. WWII fictionalized account of screen star Hedy Lamar who was known for her beauty but not recognized for her scientific discoveries. She and composer George Antheil patented a radio guided technology for Allied torpedoes that used frequency hopping technology. 

"Although she died in 2000, Lamarr was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for the development of her frequency hopping technology in 2014. Such achievement has led Lamarr to be dubbed “the mother of Wi-Fi” and other wireless communications like GPS and Bluetooth."...from National Women's History Museum.

** I mentioned earlier in my post that I've been spending a lot of my waking hours out in the gardens. You would think an old lady would reduce the amount of gardens instead of increase them every year but I love gardening and growing flowers and food and sharing the bounty with others. It is a amazing and miraculous to watch what one little seed can do. I have a veg garden, herb garden, cut flower garden, cottage garden with lots of roses, native wildflower gardens and a perky goth/moon garden.