In the Merry Month of May

 Welcome to Treadlestitches!

The Rainbow Scrap Challenge color for May is red, so I'm making a start.

No matter how many Friendship Star quilts I make (3 so far, I think?), I just can't keep the piecing straight.  I have to pin up an example right in front of me so I get those triangles placed right.  Is this a common problem, or some kind of elderly dyslexia?

Come to think of it, I have the same sort of placement problem with other blocks, like these Poinsettia Stars.  It's especially bad since I only make them once a month.  

The large block is part of the Barbara Brackman Block of the Month, Hands All Around:  Alcotts at War.  April's block is for Louisa May Alcott herself.  (Click HERE for Ms. Brackman's first post on this quilt.)

Hey, dinosaur, come back with that quilt!

There it is, Little Buddy's new quilt, finally finished.  I bordered it with a light blue bandana print, and bound with dark blue.

He picked out all these fun/silly fabrics from my stash back in February. (Click HERE to see the top and it's transformation.) It was my Little Buddy's idea to pose the T. Rex on it and have it biting the edge.

Check out his haircut!  He's not too happy about it, but I think he looks very handsome.

The quilt backing is this Scooby-Doo print.  I bought it in an antique mall before the pandemic.  There were 10 yards of it!  When Bonnie Hunter was looking for Scooby fabric, I thought of it, but couldn't remember where I put it.  Once I found it, she already had what she needed.  There's enough left now to back a couple of baby quilts.

There's nothing like a grand child asking you every day if their quilt is finished to make a grandma buckle down and get done.  Ready for naptime.

The little Monsters or Aliens top I showed last week is done, too!  Baby Buddy very nicely posed for me with it.  It's ready to go to Little Lambs, as part of the Hands2Help charity quilt drive.

Here's the back.  I bought it as a remnant at a quilt show with my friend Debbie back in the good old days when we went to quilt shows in person.  (Remember?  Sigh.)

Do you recognize the kid TV show that inspired this fabric?  Are you humming the theme song now?  "Down the hills and round the bends, Thomas and his friends."  For a year or so, Little Buddy and I  watched Thomas the tank engine every day.  So of course I snapped up the fabric.  Maybe the child who gets this quilt will be a fan too.

A mad photographer was on the loose at our house yesterday.

He took this scary selfie...

and a sweet picture of his baby brother.

I'm a lucky grandma.

Whatever this week holds for you, I hope there's room for some fun.

Cheers for reading,

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

Linking up with these great hosts:

Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday

Sarah at Can I Get A Whoop Whoop

Angela at So Scrappy

Cynthia at Oh Scrap