Scrap Happy in September

 Good heavens, it's been a whole month since I last posted! I can only say I have a list of excuses, none of which you want to be bothered with. 

Last month I shared the pink scroll I'd been working on. This is how I finished it off:

I backed the length of the scroll with that mottled pink batik and then also wrapped a short strip of batting with the same fabric. I included a loop of elastic cord when I closed up the batting "spool." It loops over the button at the end of the scroll. And then the whole thing rolls up and gets tied with some sari ribbon.

 I added a bead before tying on the heart charm at the end of the ribbon. That project was so much fun I went right ahead and made another one. 

 

Can I just say, scrolls are frustrating to photograph. I tried making a video but wasn't allowed to upload it here for some reason.

  I lined this scroll and then looked around for something to wrap it around. Finally I just gave up and wrapped a bit a batting around a wooden clothes pin, secured it with a few stitches, and then wrapped the scroll around that. 

(I do love variegated threads.) 

I wrapped this one in the opposite direction from the pink scroll. It just seemed to read better that way.

 Scrap Happy Day is hosted on the 15th of each month by Kate at Talltalesfromchiconia. We share something we've made out of scrap materials or something repurposed. Some of our makes are useful, others are more decorative like these scrolls. 😊

Kate, Eva, Lynda,
Birthe, Turid, Tracy, Jan, 
Moira, Sandra, Chris, Alys,
Claire, Jean, Dawn, Gwen,
Sunny, Kjerstin, Sue L, Vera, 
Ann, Dawn 2, Carol, Preeti,
Viv, Karrin,  Alissa,
Hannah and Maggie

 

Scrap Happy in August

 We are having uncomfortably high temperatures at the moment. It is August in the Northern Hemisphere after all. I have a couple of quilts that need binding but I just can't face working on them in this heat. I'm not even interested in making blocks for a future quilt. Gotta have the iron on for that process. So I have turned to hand sewing and working with some of the smallest scraps in my magpie's nest.

I started with a strip of muslin 2.5" high and about 23" long. On top of that I raw-edge appliqued various patches, mostly in pinks and purples as it turned out. 

Once I had the strip covered I began embellishing it with simple embroidery stitches. 

There are some lazy daisy or detached chain stitches and straight stitches in various configurations in the section above. 

I did a spider web rose, blanket stitches, tiny upright cross stitches, and more chain stitches in this section.

Eventually I added other embellishments like strips of ribbon and lace, charms, buttons, and a tag from a man's necktie. Following are photos from the left end to the right end. 

I believe that's a piece of antique lace in this section.

 

 The next step is to put a back on the strip and find something to wind it around for the full scroll effect. While I do that you can visit these other Scrap Happy Day participants. 😊

Kate, Eva, Lynda,
Birthe, Turid, Tracy, Jan, 
Moira, Sandra, Chris, Alys,
Claire, Jean, Dawn, Gwen,
Sunny, Kjerstin, Sue L, Vera, 
Ann, Dawn 2, Carol, Preeti,
Viv, Karrin,  Alissa,
Hannah and Maggie

 

Seven Months of Textile Postcards

 I've been stitching postcards along with Tori over at KoolKookyKreatures on YouTube. She gives us a prompt each month for inspiration. I shared a few at the beginning of the year but have slacked off since then. So I thought this might be a good time for a review and a reveal of the latest postcards. 😊

January's prompt was "Snow Day!"

 February was "Feathered Friends."

 March's prompt was "Time for Tea." I went with time for tea with Dr. Who. 😉

 In April we were invited to make "My Secret Garden."

May was all about "Faerie Tales." I went with flower fairies. 

In June we peeked "Under the Sea."

 And for July the prompt was "Wild Thing." A friend reminded me about Animal, the drummer in the Muppet Show band. Then I found these guys in my stash. 😁

 

 

  Now it's time for "Doggust." This should be fairly straightforward - I hope!

Scrappy Remixed Geese

 For Scrap Happy Day back in May I shared the progress I'd made on a scrappy version of the Remixed Geese pattern (free from Robert Kaufman Fabrics). This is what it looked like then:

 It would have finished at 54" x 72." I could have stopped there but I prefer the slightly larger size of 60" x 80" for unknown recipients. There would inevitably be more scraps to cut into geese and background patches so I put it away for a while. 

 I was able to get another ten or so flights of geese made recently. They've been added to the flimsy to make this quilt top:

 Now it will finish at 60" x 80." 😊 

 

Scrap Happy in July

The 15th of each month is Scrap Happy Day as declared by our hostess Kate. Once a month we show and share something we've made from scraps or leftovers. If you've been here recently you'll know I've been working to empty the tin of 2.5" patches that I've cut from scrap or leftover fabrics.

This is the tin when I began:

The stacks of patches reached up to the rim of the tin. Now the tin looks like this:

 All those patches were sewn into 16 patch blocks that finish at eight inches each. I ended up with something like 67. Obviously I could make a few more... and there will be new patches added as I work on new projects. 

Sixty-three of those blocks were put together to create this quilt top:

With all that variety in prints I used the dominant color that ran diagonally as the criteria for placing the blocks.  There were a few outliers but that helped a lot to organize the chaos. The print I used for the borders is black with tiny multi-color hashtags. Two inches down the long sides and 4" across the top and bottom brought the top up to my standard 60" x 80." 😊

You may remember that I was working on a scrappy version of the Remixed Geese pattern back in May. I  have added to that in the last week too but I'll talk about that in another post. In the meantime, here's the list of links to others who usually join us in scrappy goodness each month with out hostess at the top of the list. Enjoy!

Kate, Eva, Lynda,
Birthe, Turid, Tracy, Jan, 
Moira, Sandra, Chris, Alys,
Claire, Jean, Dawn, Gwen,
Sunny, Kjerstin, Sue L, Vera, 
Ann, Dawn 2, Carol, Preeti,
Viv, Karrin,  Alissa,
Hannah and Maggie