Oh , What is this?

 Well what have we here?

This looks like a box of leftovers 

from last year's rainbow scrap challenge!

Assorted crumb strips, 

 some chopsticks blocks, 

some weave blocks,

and it looks like some four square strip colour

 family blocks that were left over from 

a wedding quilt project and put in the rainbow scrap box.

( The wedding is next week!)

Lots of quilt seeds in here!

Last week was retreat and I think it's time to work on

all these leftovers.

I received another delicious box of scraps

so I'll start there by making some more crumb strips 

out of the little pieces.

Lately I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed by my scraps,

so I'm using the divide and conquer method 

to get them under control.

I'll put a random bunch of crumbs in a small bin,

and just sew them up.

Since the favourite in my sewing room is colour families,

I can take my random bunch right 

out of my scrap drawers.

The ideas are percolating for next year's 

Rainbow Scrap Challenge projects!

There may be strips and strings involved!

Stay safe and sew on !

 

Big News!

 A new resident has joined the work room as 

I am now the proud owner of a Bernina 820.

This machine was a donation to a local quilting club. 

They were selling it to raise funds for additional quilting materials. 

I had mentioned, at our monthly meeting,

 that my bigger machine I used for quilting lost its timing. 

It was getting quite costly to repair. 

Now it is a parts donor machine at the repair shop.

Anyway, I haven't been intimidated 

by anything in a long time,

but this machine has a lot of 

bells and whistles that I have yet to learn.

Here is my first block made with my new quilting partner. 

I found the tension a little tight. 

I was getting a tiniest bit of rippling in the seams. 

 I'll just rethread again and that may take care of the problem

It certainly sews fast.

 I'm not even up to half speed yet!

I would like to get a bit more comfortable before I try to quilt.

There  are two, pinned Legacy quilt tops on the to do pile.  

I would like to get them quilted it up this month.

The box that came with this new machine is pretty incredible .

It's more like a wagon for sewing machines.

It has a lovely pull handle and 

can carry  two small children in a pinch. 

Retreat supplies will fit nicely.

Next up on my sewing schedule,

 aside from doing more UFOs, is a 

project just found during with an estate clear out.

I was gifted a big bin of fabric and it turned

out to be mostly Halloween!

There was a pattern in the box that looked interesting 

 but I knew there was an easier way to put the pattern together.

I called my incredibly organized BB.

She remembered where we did it and managed 

to pull out the pattern! It really pays to have an organized friend!

 It is called "a shaded four patch".

 You end up with a square sitting next to a bigger triangle.

It's just wonderful and  should work 

very well with those Halloween fabrics.

I also have a very lovely Halloween panel

 that I can put on the reverse of the quilt.

I'll end up with a two-sided Halloween quilt.

I can't see it being given as a wedding quilt so I

 think I will actually be able to keep this one.

One of my quilting buddies youngest members 

is now engaged so we do all feel a wedding 

quilt coming on. 

Stay safe and sew on.

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