crumbing right along...

 

the RSC14 for the month of June is yellow. finally, on the 15th, I was able to slip up into the sewing room, and sort all my yellows. after only an evening of sewing, I was able to make these 9 blocks. I'm happy with that. now, if we could only get all the rabbits, deer and groundhogs that are eating the garden~ especially the broccoli!

just beautiful!

my oldest son, who lives (and surfs) in California took these two pictures. I just love them- the vivid, clear and crisp colors, the depth of field, the stones in focus in the foreground....

what's not to love? just wanted to share!

when it rains, it pours: Tell It To The Stars ~ May's blocks

after *just barely* finishing April's Tell It To The Stars blocks around 10PM April 30 (thanks to a rainy day that made it too wet to work in the fields), I decided I'd take advantage of the still-too-wet-to-work-soil, and get May's blocks out of the way.

TA-DA! love the way they look- and that we got to play with fabric #3 again!

it was all thanks to the rain...

although it still feels as if spring has not "officially" arrived, we're still SUPER BUSY in the fields and the gardens. we have many of our early crops planted, as well as the tomatoes in the high tunnel, for a good, early start on the CSA/Farm Share boxes which start the first Thursday in June.

 

today was a rainy day, so I only worked a half day. after a hot shower AND a nap, I was thankful to head up the the sewing room and work on my Tell It To The Stars blocks for April.

 

I like how they're turning out!

 

here's all 8 of my blocks so far. I was hoping that Judy had posted tomorrow's block a bit early- I'd sew some more as long as I'm on a roll. but- tomorrow promise to be rainy as well, (or at least too wet to work the soil) so maybe I 'll get  a bit more time in the sewing room again!

I did see that Angela dropped a huge hint about green for RSC14. I already did my green scraps into 6½" crumb blocks back in March, so either i'll pick another color to do, or it's just as likely i'll be too busy to be sewing anyway!

if you want to see more about what we do with our CSA and the veggies we grow for our members, you can jump on over to facebook, and like our farm page, "by the bridge"

a little bit of purple...

not too much purple in my scrap jars, and not too much variety, either. but I still managed to piece 11 6½" scrappy blocks.

 

now that spring has come, and the ground has finally thawed, life in the gardens and fields is getting very busy. there won't be too much time to sew, but hopefully I can find a few minutes here and there...

making progress on that mystery- TWO stars at a time!

Judy's Tell It To The Stars is coming along nicely. and I'm loving it so far! this months blocks were constructed a bit differently, but went together nicely. I think I did swap the colors a little bit- I wanted my stars to be yellow.

 

 

in which the blogger finally gets her colors right!

after a bit of confusion on my part, and suddenly remembering that I DID have teal/aqua scraps (neatly stored in a different place) I made some more blocks for RSC14. I'm loving how these blocks are turning out, and it's fun to look at all the other blocks that are being made, too...

click over here to see more blocks and inspiration!

RSC14- green!

May 10, 2014:

I pieced my green blocks back in March- the disorganized (or too organized?) quilter had stored the teal/aqua scraps somewhere different, and could not find them. so she used green that month instead.

but actually, my original mistake turned out to work very well. this month we're super busy planting (what farmer is NOT crazy busy in May?) and we also have a wedding (in Tennessee, no less!) at the end of the month, so there is not much sewing time here these days.

 

above are my green blocks- all 12 of them. and below is the general idea of where I'd like to go with all my rainbow crumb blocks. can't wait! (but it's definitely a work in progress, and will not be completed too quickly!)
 

 

I designed my rainbow quilt on EQ5-  I'm not even sure if it's an original! I was inspired by lots of the quilts I saw on so scrappy's rainbow pinterest board, and some ideas from Sunday Morning Quilts as well. ( Cheryl and Amanda designs are intriguing to me- I love to haunt their blogs!)

 

and on a completely unrelated note: have you heard about the new mystery quilt? I know I'm crazy, but I'm in!

 

one quick question: does anyone know if we'll be doing black/brown/grey/white as part of the RSC14? I know they're not technically "rainbow", but I do have a fair amount of scraps in those colors...

 

Design Wall Monday: a first for me!

the weather is still cold, snowy and ridiculous here, but not too many complaints from me... I think I'm the only person I know who doesn't really mind the winter weather. spring will be here before we know it, and then it's off to the gardens, fields and high tunnel for me.

this is the design wall in my sewing room (just a piece of 1" foam insulation, covered with batting. while there are usually a few random or lonely blocks slapped up on there, this is the first time I've made it "official" and linked up with design wall Monday. and heck, while I'm at it, I'll link up with RSC14, too!

 

the homespun blocks are some leftover 3½" squares (that I purchased) from when we made our new minister and his wife a quilt. I've had them for several years (they even made it onto my 2011 UFO list for Judy's challenge as UFO #12., and then again in 2012 as UFO #9!)  obviously, I changed my mind on how I would piece them. I settled on a simple 9 patch- with 3 lights/6 darks. I plan to set the blocks in an off-set barn raising pattern. I have about 40 blocks done, and need 81+.

 

in the upper left corner there are a few lonely scrappy trips blocks. the strips were leftover from a quilt that I pieced for my (baby) niece this summer. there are only 6 blocks, so not quite enough to do something with, but I was contemplating slashing into them and making something like this. still pondering that though, so there they sit...

 

the blue and pink blocks are from RSC14. this is my first year for participating in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, but I was all ready to jump in since I already had my scraps sorted by color. I've already been piecing 6½" blocks by (monochromatic) colors, but it's nice to jump in and let soscrappy choose a color for each month. January was blue; February is pink. I've worked through both of my scrap jars in those colors, and was able to use most of my scraps. I do have a quilt in mind that I plan on doing with my blocks, but that will wait awhile. be sure to check out the pinterest page she has with so many beautiful quilts for inspiration!

 

and one more thing: (thanks for reading this far, by the way!) out of the 18 quilts I had listed for the 2011 and 2012 UFO's with Judy, I finished 14 of them. not too bad, huh?

 

 

 

Tell It To The Stars: all that you wanted to know and more...

loving how Tell It To The Stars is turning out so far. each month until June, we'll be doing two blocks. (click on the link above to go to the original post about TITTS, and a link to each month's progress, AND everyone's linky's)

February 1: the next blocks for Judy's mystery quilt just came out, and I got right to it... they're done!

January's blocks: done!

here are my fabric choices. fabric #3 is the royal blue that I used in my wedding, #4 is Kona lupine.  fabric #6 is my favoritest ever~ stones!