A Purple Finish

Purple was July’s colour for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge hosted by So Scrappy. See THIS POST for more details.

I have attempted to make at least one baby or comfort quilt for each month’s challenge … but unfortunately, I haven’t been totally successful. Here are the ones I’ve made so far: January: pink, February: Blue (3), March: yellow, June: Orange, July: purple (2) I did miss April: red and May: green. Does it count that some of the months I made 2 or 3 quilts? All of these quilts were made with Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics), Hobbs Batting, and pieced and quilted with Aurifil Thread.

Stitching Stuff

Kate, from Life in Pieces, is hosting “Stitching Stuff” and the goal is to sew for at least 15 minutes a day. I use Kate’s guideline, but my personal goal is to sew for 30 minutes a day. On those “blah” days, it does motivate me to sit at my machine and 30 minutes often turns into several hours. Thank you Kate for the motivation!

• January – July: 207 / 211 days
• August: 24 / 24 days
• Total: 231 / 235 98 %

Design Wall Mondays

Judy, at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, hosts a linky party for “What’s on your Design Wall” every week.

Piecing projects:

• “Bloomers:” I decided to use fabric from the Radiant Burst collection! And the main blocks are started with Eggwhite and Solid White. All the embroidery blocks and hexi and half hexi blocks are done! Need to add the borders.
• Rainbow Scrap challenge, Teal fabrics: making Jacob’s Ladder blocks … so pretty!
• “Sliver of Silver” for the guild’s 25th Anniversary.

Quilting projects:

• Splish Splash is webbed together and needs a backing, sandwiching and quilting.

Sunday Stash

Donna at Quilt Paint Create hosts a weekly linky party where you can display your stash numbers. This has really kept my stash from growing (somewhat!) Before I buy anything, I am always mindful of the fact that I need to report it on my blog … That sometimes stops me in my tracks!

I used at least 7 yards of fabric for the Butterfly Quilt.

• Fabric used in the last week: 7 yards
• Fabric Used in 2025:     163.5 yards. {53 yards of non Island Batik fabric}
• Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
• Fabric Added this year:    24.5 yards 
• Net Fabric used:              139 yards

To Do

Carol from Quilt Schmilt is hosting “To Do” every week.

To Do from the last week:

1. Piece backing, sandwich and quilt Jelly Roll Twist / Splish Splash. XX NOT DONE XX
2. Finish quilting  Purple for Rainbow Scrap Challenge & bind √   DONE. 
3. Continue to work on Bloomers – get to flimsy stage √   DONE. 
4. Cut out Finish blocks for Rainbow Scrap Challenge – Teal √   DONE. 
5. Start on October Island Batik Challenge. XX NOT DONE XX
6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE. 
7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for this week:

1. Finish “Sliver of Silver” (this is a project for the Boundary Bay Quilt Guild’s 25th Anniversary.)
2. Piece backing, sandwich and quilt Jelly Roll Twist / Splish Splash.
3. Finish quilting  Purple for Rainbow Scrap Challenge & bind
4. Sandwich “Bloomers“
5. Get- Teal blocks to flimsy stage.
6. Start on October Island Batik Challenge.
7. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
8. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Free Sew Along

Denise at Quiltery has done a fantastic job of designing this beautiful quilt! The directions come out every 2 weeks. If you want to purchase the embroidery designs, they are also available to purchase for some formats. (I used the embroidery designs!)

Don’t Forget

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

Linking to:  

• So Scrappy @ Scrap Happy
• Frédérique  @ Quilting Patchwork Applique
• Sunday Stash @  quiltpaintcreate
• Oh Scrap @  Quilting is More Fun than Housework
• 15 Minutes to Stitch @ Life in Pieces
• Design Wall Monday @  Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
• Monday Musing @ Songbird Designs
• Sew and Tell @ Melva Loves Scraps
• Craftastic Monday @ Sew Can Do
• To Do Tuesday @ Quilt Schmitt