Embroidery, Quilting and the Rainbow - Sew & Tell ~ June 2, 2025

We've turned the calendar page to a new month! And I am ready for some new adventures. :)  Last week was an easy-going week and I had lots of creative time.  I enjoyed several of the Making Zen workshops.  Though I didn't make any of the projects I learned plenty and used inspiration from the workshops to implement some ideas as I improved the condition of two pairs of jeans. 

Close up of the buttonhole stitched patches...

And here's a shot of the finished embroidery showing the before and after... The very bad repair looks so much better!

I finished the CSU-Pueblo quilt for Heather... You can get the full story on the TGIFF party story.

With a new month comes a new color for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  Orange is the color.  I don't tend to quilt much with orange.  With the exception of Denver Bronco t-shirt quilts or Fall/Halloween quilts, it just isn't a color that I navigate towards.  I was surprised at the amount of scraps I located between the scrap bins and the (smallest pile of fabric) from the stash closet.

"Big Dreams"

As I picked through the scraps for some of the smallest strips for my Korner Kabin Blocks, I (re)discovered a few small pieces of a "word" fabric.  I was excited to include some all of it in these blocks.  I loved it so much that it even warranted a need for a bonus 5th block.

As I added them to the collection of other Korner Kabin Blocks, I decided that I wanted to see how all of the blocks might layout together.... 😍

Of course, it will change a little as I add in a few more colors, but I am excited for the potential of this project!

Quilt the rainbow!

Next up... I'll be prepping orange hexagons.

With the holiday weekend in the rearview mirror, we are ready to kick-off our summer camping adventures, and the hexagons will be a good project to take along.

We hope to be a little more intentional about short getaways than we were last year.  But then again... we did have the major move and down-sizing for Mom.  I am more than pleased that she has no regrets about it and (while not necessarily liking the fact that she has neighbors) she does LIKE who her neighbors are and enjoys having visits with them.  We have lots of National Forest campgrounds within two hours... we simply need to pick one!  AND GO!!!  Maybe if I start restocking the camper Dave will pick up on the hint ;) 

It is time for the weekly feature... This week it is Diann at Little Penguin Quilts.  She and Gwyned have been working on finishing their 2024 RSC quilts.  

She is using the Quilt-as-you-go method and will join her rows together when they are all done.  

She also shared her progress on an orange peel QAL that she is doing and using Kaffe Fassett charms.  It's lovely!  Head over there and take a peek.  

I love that she is using the information and skill learned in the Pieces of My Life sew along (QAYG) and using it again!

Have you ever used the QAYG method?

Leave a comment... I'd love to hear from you.

Keep Piecing,

Melva

Linking with:

Oh Scrap! at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework

Sunday Stash at QuiltPaintCreate

Slow Stitching Sunday at Kathy’s Quilts

Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

Craftastic Monday at Sew Can Do

This & That at Days Filled with Joy

Scrap Happy Saturday at Super Scrappy

Patchwork & Quilts at The Quilting Patch 

To Do Tuesday at Quilt Schmilt

Wednesday Wait Loss at The Inquiring Quilter

Creatively Crafty at Creatively Beth

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