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Inspired by Diann at Little Penguin Quilts, in 2021 I made this top as part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge that year. Somewhere along the way it got quilted, but has been hanging in my studio closet waiting for binding as I got carried away with newer projects. In a frenzy of binding-making a few weeks ago, I got one made for this quilt, sewed it on & put it in the queue for evening hand-binding. Finally, it is a finish! I’m calling it “Zig-Zag”. (So original, I know.) It may be a future graduation quilt, or turn into a donation, if it sits around long enough.

July finishes out purple with Moda Blockheads. I finished all the ones I want to do from Set #1, so these + the aquas & teals are from Set #2. I only need 5 more blocks to finish up the layout I want to do.

Another finished small banner for my sideboard. True, it was after 4th of July, but it’s still July & my goal of a new one every month has changed to one every other month this year & then I’ll fill in the other months next year. It’s all good.

This was my big goal for this week: getting the top done for my auction quilt & getting it to the quilter. Done! I really power-sewed to get it all done, but I had it ready when I got the text that my others were done so I could pick up & drop off. This turned out really well, so I hope it makes some money for Primary Children’s Medical Center in December.

Now for some purple sewing! Got my Scrap Stash Plus blocks from Quilty Love done & there are only aqua & teal left from the jelly roll I cut up in January, so hopefully that’s the August color. Then I can put one of this year’s projects together. I also got my Strippy Slab Star made & again this month, I made some string blocks for future donation while I had the string bin out.

I got a donation WIP ready for my quilting partner to quilt for Joyful Welcome, a local group we donate to that gives quilts to new moms in hospitals that are teen or unwed. I still have several of these cut & ready to sew with various donated fabrics. It’s a quadrant of Quilty Love’s Star Pop 2 pattern.

Below is Melissa Corry’s Scraptastic Stars. I’m getting so excited to get this to a finish by the end of the year. I had planned at the beginning of the year to make 9 blocks & have a smallish square, but on recent reflection, I want a longer lap quilt, so need 12 blocks. Choice: make a couple extras this year to get it to the finish line in 2025 or let it drift to the first part of 2026’s colors? Not sure.

The top are my County Fair blocks by Amy Smart & I’m also getting excited to get this one put together at the end of the year. The 2.5″ square rail fences are a continuation from last year’s RSC projects, so some day I will have to throw them all on the wall & see what I have!

I started sewing the previously cut auction quilt for Festival of Trees, so maybe in a couple weeks I’ll have a flimsy to show. Our theme this year is 12 Days of Christmas.

Not very fun but necessary for finishes, right? I made eight bindings for quilts hanging in the closet ready for them, or currently at the quilter, or hanging in the queue to go next. Two were sewed onto quilts so I’m hand sewing them in the evenings.

But this IS fun! I finished the large potion bottles for June, then the Frightful Fun! BOM cat block for July dropped, so I just went ahead & made it while the FPP mess was all over. It’s big: 18×18. I’m not squaring up any of these until I get the finishing directions, so yes, there’s a little wonkiness on the edges. Only two more blocks to go, then I can put it together. Can’t wait!

On the left is my Strippy Slab Star made with small pieces from my crumb bag in the center & strips from the bin for the points. That’s the last of my 8 designated RSC2025 projects so I’m caught up! While the string bin was out I made 15 string blocks at 6.5″ that will go in a donation pile for later.

This month’s blocks for the Frightful Fun! FPP BOM are potion bottles, so I got the blocks of small bottles done & now I need to make the large bottles, then on to July.

Finished the binding last night on my quilt group project from last year using the Wholehearted pattern by A Bright Corner. I used part of the Albion FQ bundle by Amy Smart that I was gifted by the hubby last year for Mother’s Day & it turned out to be a perfect choice!

This is my WIP completion for the month. I have several of these Rainbow I-Spy kits cut & ready for webbing. I’ve made five of these for donation in the past, but these kits have been sitting around for at least five years & need to be sewn up & donated. So I got busy & it’s ready to send to Many Hands and Many Hearts with my block drive contribution. I use Amy Smart’s tutorial if you are interested. They are cute, use fun novelty prints, & could be done in several limited palettes rather than the rainbow.