Pink Chapter 2.5

Most of my scraps fall into the 4.5, 2.5 or 1.5 categories. 

Today I'll tell the tale of some 2.5 inch scraps. 

Most of the above scraps were left over from making a Pickle Dish quilt.  They were 4 inch pieces that I cut into 2.5 and 1.5 inch pieces.     I turned the 2.5 into some 4.5 inch hearts that will someday mix and mingle with a rainbow of other 4.5 inch blocks. 

In other 2.5 inch scrap news... I made 4 - 6.5 inch Twinklers, 2 - 8.5 inch Depression Blocks and a few pinwheels...

...and some other miscellaneous 4.5 inch blocks. 

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In the Pink - a UFO Finish

54 x 66

99 - 6 inch Thrifty Blocks

(Yes, I do see now that a couple of blocks had the corner four patches oriented the wrong way)!!! 

I completed my July Lovely Year of Finishes goal  (#103 on ALYoF goal setting page).   Actually, I did more than my goal. I only wanted to complete the top but I've not only completed the top...I quilted it on my plain Jane Janome DSM and then finished sewing down the binding by hand. 

I swapped a different color of Thrifty Block (directions from Block Lotto) each month with a group of ladies on a Yahoo Group in 2010. (I think it was 2010 or it might even have been 2009. I left the group long ago).  I finished a Rainbow Thrifty Quilt late last year with some of the other colors. 

I quilted it, as I previously mentioned, on my plain Jane DSM. All 99 squares have free form (very free form) flower quilted on it. 

The back is a 100% cotton PINK sheet in excellent condition from the thrift store. 

I think I know a PINK loving little girl who will love the quilt. 

From Whence Did These Pink Scraps Come?

This week I used my pink scraps to make some 9 inch wonky log cabins and...

...4 -8 inch string blocks. 

I don't like pink so I was wondering from whence did these pink scraps come?  I'm a sucker for butterfly and heart/valentine prints. I won a couple of fat quarters that I've cut up and used in other scrap quilts. I made a couple of shirts, dresses and shorts for the granddaughters.  And I made a couple of quilts for the granddaughters.  Oh, and I like polka dots and I'm a sucker for novelty prints when they are on sale (like those dogs I used in a quilt for the granddaughters).  I think I might have made a pillowcase or grocery/book bag with a few of those prints too. 

We (Rainbow Scrap Challengers) are using up our pink scraps this month. Check out how this fine (well, kind of fine) ScrapHappy Saturday at SoScrappy. 

Unpicking Flowers

When yellow was the color of the month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge I didn't have many yellow scraps so I combined them with orange and red to make some crumb blocks which then, when combined with some pink, turned into bow tie blocks and then the whole thing turned into a quilt top. 

I decided to free motion quilt some five petaled  flowers on my plain Jane DSM and when I got about 3/4 of the way finished I happened to notice I had horribly (and I mean horribly) bunched up the backing and quilted over it on about 1/4 of the quilt.  It was a yucky mess so I threw it into a pile to linger which is where it's been since about June.  Since it was a crumb quilt and going to be a donation quilt I didn't want to take the time to rip it all out. I thought the whole mess would probably stay a UFO forever. 

Then I remembered I had a four hour car trip to and from my niece's wedding Labor Day weekend. So, the seam ripper and quilt went with me.  It took the whole trip there and half the trip back - 6 hours of  UNPICKING FLOWERS. 

I'm not sure I ever want to do that again.  

But anyway, now the quilt is finished (well, it's not really finished until it is washed) and I kind of like it even though  I would never list pink, yellow or orange as a favorite color. 

This quilt has a lot of fun built in...cats and gingerbread boys peeking at you...

 ...Spiderman hanging out and where else will you find taco chips and sunflowers next to each other?

And here's another kitty that wants to play and, look!....there's Spiderman again.  Who would think he would show up in a predominately pink quilt? 

This quilt will go to Wrap a Smile  - quilts for kids undergoing cleft lip/cleft palate surgery. 

I'm linking to:

Can I Get a Whoop Whoop? at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Finish it Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts. 

Pink Fluff - A Fab Feb Finish?

I need to declare a project I want to finish in Feb for 

So, my goal is to finish (quilt and bind) my scrappy Pink Fluff quilt I sewed up from all my pink scraps during the Jan Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2013 - another donation quilt for Wrap-a-Smile. 

Here's the Pink Fluff flimsy 42 x 54

Lots of fun fabric scraps went into this top. 

I spy a bee, a cherry, a cupcake, some broccoli, paperclips, candy canes, grapes, a present and an eye. Who could believe so much could be contained in a tiny scrap? These were corners cut off another I Spy Snowball quilt I made one of my granddaughters about 5 years ago or so. I think each of these little hourglass squares is less than 2 inches. 

There are no quilt police here...I've found the perfect 100% cotton hot pink backing in my sheet stash and there will probably be enough left over for binding. 

I don't have a longarm...I quilt on plain Jane (DSM). Whenever I buy batting I try to buy Queen-size on sale. Then I zig-zag together the leftover pieces and use them in smaller quilts. I don't think you can see the zig zag in the photo but I guess it serves to show I'm ready to pin, quilt and bind for a Feb Finish.  In fact, I'm participating in a Super Bowl Sunday virtual sew-in with Sunshine Quilt Guild Yahoo Group Sunday and I think I'll work on it then.

Foofoo Flimsy or Pink Fluff?

Urban Dictionary:   Foofoo - adj. a word used to characterize something that is fancy, frilly, excessive, generally above and beyond the norm; overdone; girly; gay.



And, so, I call what I have accomplished with my pink scraps this month a FOO FLIMSY I need to round up some batting and a backing and get it quilted and then it will go to Wrap-A-Smile. 


As you can probably tell, I'm not a fan of PINK. So, how does an anti-pinkie happen to have so many pink scraps?  At the age of 2 one of my granddaughters chose pink as her fav color and, at the age of 8, she still LOVES PINK.  I guess I've made a few things for her. And I sometimes participate in I Spy swaps where others must love pink too.

I have to thank the Rainbow Scrap Challenge for the courage to dig into my scrap boxes and bags so I'm linking up there. Please visit to see what others have done with their pink scraps. And, you may want to participate next month when the color changes! 

In the Pink Part II

 I'm participating in a Rainbow Scrap Challenge at SoScrappy. This month's scrap color is pink.  Last week I used up most of my pink crumbs and this week I used up some 2.5 inch scraps, 3.5 inch scraps, some wonky HSTs from the scrapbag and a few other scraps to make 7 - 12 inch blocks and 4 - 6 inch blocks Between last weeks crumbs and this week's blocks I now have pink scraps sewn together to make a 42x54 quilt for Wrap-a-Smile.   I have challenged myself to see how many quilts I can make this year from my scraps and so far this will be #4 and the scrap bins are far from empty.

 I can't believe I actually made the block on the left which was left after I cut the corner's off snowball blocks I used in an I Spy quilt many years ago. They are pretty small and pretty wonky (because I don't evenly trim the corner or sew before cutting) There are some little pictures in there of bees, ants, rainbows, crayons, candy canes and there's even a rainbow. It's fun to see what comes out on a little scrap. I may make a whole xoxo quilt like the blocks on the right. Maybe that will be my leader/ender project.

I sometimes swap I Spy 6.5 inch blocks with members of the I Spy Yahoo Group.  I used a couple of stray blocks, some 2 inch pink scraps and some HSTs left over from a swap I participated in long ago to make a couple of "Hole in the Barn Door" blocks.

To see some other PINK projects visit the linky party Rainbow Scrap Challenge at SoScrappy. You may be tempted to join in!

In the Pink!

This year I challenged myself to see how many donation quilts I can make from scraps. Most finished quilts will then go to Wrap-a-Smile or Wrap Them in Love.    I also ran across Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2013 that I will follow along with this year. PINK is the color of the month so I used my tiny pink scraps today. I used most of the larger strings on a string quilt for donation. 

I ended up with 29 - six inch blocks.  And I didn't think I had that much PINK! I left a bunch of 2.5 inch pieces to work with next weekend. 

There's a Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC 2013) linky party in case you want to see what everyone else does with PINK.

Some Crazy Stuff

First up is my work on Wendy's Angel themed block. I hope the motif looks like an angel. I used organza ribbon for her skirt, gold metallic cord couched for her wings with some hairy type yard couched down in between the cord. I used perle #8 bullions for her hair and gold metallic effects DMC for the trumpet. I am not real happy with the trumpet and was ready to rip it all out and use the finer gold sulky...but it is what it is.

Next...my pink color study block arrived home. Jenni, Ruby and Nina did all the stitching on this lovely block.  And, I just finished my stitching on Jenni's pink block...

Someone before me left that dark pink rose all by itself on the block so I added more around it - a pink yoyo, more pink roses and some other flowers. Now it's not so lonesome.

Someone had added this feather stitch so I further embellished it with bullions. I also crocheted the butterfly and added a body of beads...

...again, someone before me left these bead flowers out in the middle of nowhere on this block so I added a bunch of feather stitch with variegated lazy daisy stitches and a few bullion roses on the seam. I know...the photo is dark.

This is Jenni's completed pink block ready to be sent home when I can get to the P.O. She dyed a tea towel with that teapot motif pink and added other fabric on it. I had a very hard time doing my stitching on this since there were so many buttons on it when it came my turn and my threads kept getting caught up in them. Oh, and I added the crocheted flowers in the upper right corner to balance the butterfly in the lower left.

And finally, these are all the color studies I've participated in so far. I always piece my naked blocks with a heart.

Going a Bit Crazy

Between trying to get out into the garden to get my flowers and veggies in and working my real job that pays the bills (6 years to retirement) I've managed to stitch on a few crazy quilt blocks as follows:

Above is Janet's "For the Birds" block.

We were also supposed to contribute some stitching toward a joint block so I added some fluffy thistle, a crocheted sunflower with prairie point leaf, some "kiko flower stitch" and added a few flowers to the stem stitch that was already on the block. Below is the total block after my addtions.

Above is my addition to Nina's "Pink Color Study" block. The button cluster was already there but I added a few beads and drizzle stitches to the largest button. Also added a tatted butterfly, some bullion and silk ribbon roses, some ribbon, a couple seam treatments and a crocheted heart. I really didn't think I liked pink before I started on this block. Now that I've picked up some pink supples I will probably make a few things for a granddaughter who has loved pink since she was old enough to say the word.

This is Nina's pink block after me and ready to pass on to the next stitcher.

This is my stitching on Carol's "Anything Goes" block. She has a wonderful valentine theme going with her blocks that I just love. She is going to make a wallhanging with all the blocks separated with black sashing hence the black additions. I've been working on valentine blocks for my own valentine bedrunner so had a bunch of supplies on hand to add to Carol's block. Even tho' I never get much for Valentine's Day and even though I am not much of a decorating or holiday celebrating person I must say for some reason I love Valentines.