Rainbow Scrap Challenge-Purple

The month may be nearly over, but I got the purple blocks done in time.

There wasn't a lot of purple here, so only four main blocks,

and a string block.

It'll be interesting to see what colour comes next, it's quite nice not having a lot of scraps around.

Purple Socks

 I'm enjoying this pattern, it is so easy and quick to knit.   These socks didn't take long to knit up at all.

As there is still plenty of this wool left over, there will be a few more purple items appearing.

Table Topper

Being home has it's advantages, it means I get to use the sewing machine again. That's twice in a matter of days and the result is another finished item.

 This crumb block runner was waiting for a backing, quilting and binding.

The binding was fabric that I already had, but I had to buy backing.

That's two items finished, but there are still thirteen left in my pile.  They are all waiting for borders, backing, or bindings, or even all three.  I should be able to get one more done this week as I now have stocked up on the white fabric I needed.  The others might just have to wait a little longer, but it is progress, even if a little slow.

Purple

I seemed to go on strike during the purple month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, so when the theme for this week's Creative Tuesday was announced, I knew I had to make up for it.   I don't know why, but the first thought I had was tulips.  I was going to do a single tulip, but while I was looking for a suitable picture to adapt, I came across a couple of tulip patterns that took my fancy.  I ended adapting a pattern from freepatterns.com

Unfortunately, I didn't have enough batting to finish it into a wall hanging or table topper, but hopefully, it should arrive later today.  With a bit of pink in it too, it will fit in with this month's Rainbow Scrap Challenge too.

All the pieces are fused to the fabric then, using invisible thread in the top of the machine,  I stitched them using a zig zag stitch.  The petal details are done with a straight stitch. 

This was the first time I've done mitred corners on the outer border, and, though not perfect, I am happy with the result.

If you click on the Creative Tuesday link over the next couple of days, you'll be able to see how other artists have interpretated the theme.

Another Table Runner

It took a little while, but I finally got some fabric to use for the backing of the table runner blocks.

Yesterday, I got everything cut to size, quilted and finished.

Another purple finish, and a very tiny dint in the pile at the side of my table,  Now I need to do some more finishing,  There are a couple of more tops that require backing.

In the meantime, I'm working on a needle case for a swap.  The stitching has been done, but I can't show you until my partner has seen it, I don't want to spoil the surprise.

Friday Night Sew In

Finally, I'm beginning to get some projects completed, and it feels good.   There's nothing like knowing that lots of people will be joining in on the FNSI to get you motivated.

This is the first of the purple table toppers to get completed.  I used simple quilting on this one.  I went around the ditch of the inner square and then diagonally across from the inner corners.  The binding was machine stitched on, and a quick finish was the result. 

The rest of the evening was spent adding more back stitch detailing to the the cross stitch.  Hopefully,  a couple more evenings will see this done.  In the meantime, the garden is calling out for some attention.

More Purple

With the next lot of my purple scraps, I used the block from Challenge No 2 from the Small Quilt Talk Yahoo Group.  I am finding working the smaller blocks a challenge, they are less forgiving than larger blocks, but I am sure, with practise it will get easier.

I've got to the stage where it's all sandwiched together and ready for quilting.  I didn't feel like quilting it at the time, so worked on making some purple crumb blocks.  These are still a work in progress.  Hopefully, I can get back to it later in the week.

Mystery Monday-Week 10

Last week was a practise run for this weeks Mystery Monday.  This week, nine squares turned into triangles.  I am now getting intrigued as to how these will all fit together.

After doing the Mystery Monday, I played with some more purple.  I enjoyed making the ball so much, I've made another one, this time a small one.

It does get more fiddly when they are small, but it was still fun.

In preparation for the next purple day, more pieces, small pieces, have been cut ready for piecing.  I really should put the blue quilt together next, but as I am now out every day, I'm not sure when I will get enough time to get it done.

Rainbow Scrap Challenge-purple

The colour chosen for this month's Rainbow Scrap Challenge is purple.  Having gone through all my fabric, there wasn't a lot of purple to play with.  I'm not sure if I should be happy or sad, but it won't mean there will be a lack of things for me to do.

As I didn't have much to play with, I thought it might be a good idea to use some of the ideas from the Small Quilt Talk Yahoo Group.  I went back through the files and went back to Challenge 1 for the blocks.  Even though I knew these were small quilts, the 11/2" squares were still a surprise.

I just made as many blocks as the fabric let me, and as there were only four of each, I've made it into a table topper.

I did have enough of the heat proof batting, but no fabric for the backing.  This will have to go and sit in the unfinished pile for a little while, but I did enjoy making some small blocks.