Putting Little Bits to Good Use

Like a butterfly, I go from one flower (project) to the next. I know they will come to completion one day and it might all be on the same day by the way I'm sewing these up.

One light blue Scrap Jar Star was born this week. 

One more yellow Jericho Wall. 

One more dark green Jericho Wall. 

One dark green placemat. 

Oops! Wrong side. 

Thanks to the Table Scrap Challenge hosted by Joy, I now have 7 new placemats. The chicken fabric is from the kitchen curtains we had when we first moved here, 25 years ago. 

Next is a black one. Since the challenge of this month is met and I still have a week before Angela calls the next colour I might as well start on another colour.  

Four light blue Star Bloom Blocks. 

It looks so good that it might entice me to buy more light blue fabrics. 

The fourth scrappy border is growing fast. These are for the Hole in the Barn Door quilt. While looking for yellow scraps for borders, I found some crumb blocks almost big enough for Chaser blocks. So I got them finished. 

And painting the house! Phew! We rescued the orange paint by adding some of the brown paint to the orange. I like it now. I just wish it was done already, haha. 

The house before 

and after painting

The section above the garage (picture of before) is half done as I write this. It was washed, scraped the old chipped paint, repaired where needed, and primed. It's been raining since Monday. We need a minimum of two days of sunshine to be able to finish this. Please, please, just two days. 

I don't always sew 9-Patch blocks as leader-enders. When I have no fabric ready for a 9-Patch, I sew little 1.5" pieces together from the container beside the sewing machine. It was fun playing with little bits again. 

This is a future Idaho Square Dance quilt from Bonnie Hunter's "Addicted to Scrap" book. 

And that's all. Can you tell I was on vacation this week? I even cleaned the sewing room! Yay me! I need to set up a place for work. I am eligible to work from home but my workplace needs to be approved by Human Resources first. They have to make sure my work stays confidential and that it is ergonomically suited. Anywho! It was a good excuse to clean up. 

Have a great weekend everyone. 

;^) 

I am delighted today to join Sarah once again from Confessions of a Fabric Addict for a Whoop Whoop Friday. Welcome back, Sarah. 

Also joining 

Angela at So Scrappy

Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts

Joy for Table Scrap Challenge 

Cynthia for Oh Scrap!