Where has the summer gone?

 I can't believe it is the end of August, kids are back in school and Labor Day is quickly approaching. In the beginning of summer, I started a 100 day challenge to make 100 dress blocks based on the book, The Hundred Dresses. It wasn't easy making sure I took time each day to make a dress but I persevered and realized that I'm on my last 9 dresses! I also realized that I haven't blogged since July!

Many dresses were stitched since then but I will only post a few here. If you want to see all of them you can see them on my Instagram or Facebook posts. 

All the fabrics used in the dress blocks are from fabrics in my stash. 

 To involve others in my challenged, I asked those that wanted to vote for their favorite dress/girl. Several friends on Instagram and Facebook voted each week. It was interesting to see how varied everyone's choices were. This was a fun project with just a week to go!

What else have I've been doing? 

I finished my quilt based on Denyse Schmidt's class, The Proverbial Quilt. See my previous post. I will take photos over the Labor Day weekend. Stay tuned.

I made the August blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC)! August color is Aqua/Turquoise blue.

I finished the Scrappy Meets Thrift Challenge top. It is next in line for quilting!

Finally, my daughter and I spent last Friday indigo dyeing. Here are my results!

Another fun day of craftiness!

Quilt Class and RSC Blocks

 On June 27th, I was able to take a quilt class at a 'local' quilt shop, Quilter's Quest, with Denyse Schmidt! The class was based on her Proverbial Quilt. We were to come with a quote or saying that we would want to make a statement about. 

I chose the quote by Mayo Angelou 'Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.' The phase encapsulates the sentiment of the message in the song "God put a Rainbow in the Clouds." It inspired her to see the value in acts of kindness and to strive to be that kind of support for others. 

I came to the class with a loose idea of what I wanted to make. All the words except Rainbow were to be white with black prints and a black background. Conveniently, rainbow has 7 letters so each letter was a color from the rainbow with white as the background.

Denyse taught her process of making letters with her pattern for The Proverbial Quilt. We used scraps that we brought and background fabrics. During the class, I got many of the white/black letters and words finished. She encouraged us to make letters into words and words into phrases. She taught about spacing. There were large design walls to put our work as we completed words.

At the end of class, Denyse took all our finished words and phrases and tried to put them into a mixed up word soup. 

It was a fun class to take! It was similar to the improv letters class that I took with Nicholas Ball.  However, Denyse's pattern has a guide that makes it a bit easier. Both are great teachers and quilters! 

Here is the ABC's Sampler I made with Nicholas Ball.

At home, I continued to make letters and words and this morning I had a finished flimsy! YAY!

Thanks Elizabeth @emrohner for encouraging me to take the class with you!

Linking to Off the Wall Friday @Creations-Quilts, Art, Whatever, Finished or Not Friday @AlyciaQuilts, Wait Loss Wednesday @The Inquiring Quilter, ToDo Tuesday @QuiltSchmilt

So July has arrived and the RSC color for this month is purple! I was able to get my purple blocks for this month finished early! Both traditional and improv block!

Please ignore the blue tape on my design wall. 

I'm linking to Scrap Happy Saturday @SoScrappy!

100 Dresses Challenge

2 weeks went by in a flash and I didn't get to posting about my #100daysummer2025 challenge! I did post on Instagram and Facebook but posting here requires a bit more time. We had a busy week as we hosted our 2nd annual Mormor and Morfar camp (grandma and grandpa) which included 3 days of field trips, splash pads, crafts, learning time, reading, picnics, and plenty of ice cream! 

So here are 14 days of dresses!

My favorite from this week was # 35

Once again I changed up the hair and skin colors for the next week.

My favorite from this week's selection of dresses is # 42

If you're playing along, let me know which is your favorite for the week by noting the Day # in the comments! 

I appreciate your support and encouragement!

A few pictures from our camp field trips!

we rented a swan boat

Pirates Cove

 

Morton Arboretum

Linking to Off the Wall Fridays @ Creations-Quilts Art Whatever, Wait Loss Wednesday @The Inquiring Quilter, Finished or Not Friday @AlyciaQuilts, Sew & Tell @Melve Loves Scraps, and ToDoTuesday @QuiltSchmilt

Thanks for dropping by! Have a great week!

Orange RSC blocks

I am finally getting around to sharing my June orange blocks for the RSC! They actually have been done but I never shared. 

Here are the 5 traditional pieced blocks.

Here are all 6 month's colors together. I'm not sure of the final layout yet - whether in rows or intermingled.

Here are my 5 improv pieced blocks.

Here are 6 months of RSC improv blocks!

I'm linking up to ScrapHappySaturday over @SoScrappy!

Another quilt project that I made from a class through the @craftymonkies platform was a caricature of my pet, Nellie. The class was taught by SarahSpencer, @iothealien Sarah's methods were new to me and I really enjoyed the class.

After creating a likeness of Nellie (not her true colors) from a photo using raw edged applique, I outlined it using a technique new to me, quilted, and stretched it over a 12" x 12" canvas frame.

She has been a sweet girl to us and is now in her senior years of slowing down.  I really wanted to see if I could make a quilt from a photo of her. I may try one in her true colors!

Linking to Off the Wall Fridays @Creations-Quilts, Art, Whatever, Wait Loss Wednesday @TheInquiringQuilter, Finished or Not Friday @AlyciaQuilts, Sew & Tell @MelvaLovesScraps, and To Do Tuesday @QuiltSchmilt