First of the Year

Happy 2019, everyone!

We're having some very unusual weather for January in Wisconsin, but I don't think anybody is complaining.  It's going up to the 40s today, and the snow is melting away.  Hard to believe I can hang my little finished quilt outside.

It was summer when I got the flimsy done.  My Little Buddy is posing on it, wearing his favorite choo choo shirt.

I got the free pattern at a local quilt show in 2016.  It's called Cabin Steps.  Click HERE for the free PDF.  I made a small quilt in this pattern (and blogged about it HERE), and then this larger one.  I did change my block a little, making it 9 in. square instead of 12.  The print pieces are cut 2 in. x 3.5 in.

It was so much fun to use all these little novelty print scraps.
As soon as I get the label sewn on, it can go to a new home with a child who needs it.

It's Rainbow Scrap Challenge time!  January is red, red, red.  So far all I've done on this project is drag out the strips and scraps.  I can't wait to get on to sewing stars.

Speaking of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, I am finally quilting my Buckeye Beauty blocks from 2017.  I made them from a combination of 1930s reproduction prints and real feedsacks, and the border and backing are also feedsacks.  Wait til you see the weird back.  Maybe I'll be done in a week or two.  I'm leaving the RSC 2017 button up on my blog until I get both of the 2017 quilts done.

Pop-up Project!
Just like everybody else in America (or maybe the world?) I'm trying to get more organized.  I have goals for finishing my UFOs, or at least some of them.  But every now and then you have to do something new and/or spontaneous.  (Hey, I am not a robot!)
So here's my pop-up project--a cloth grocery bag.

I made it from a remnant I bought second hand.  The fabric is sturdy, like duck or denim.  I think next time I might like longer handles.

Here's what it looked like when I took it to the food co-op today.  It held up very well to the 15 pounds of beans and rice in the bottom of the bag.  (They had a sale, and I'm stocking up.)
I can't show you the rest of my cloth grocery bags, because they are so beat up and embarrassing.  I think I might make some more new ones.  It's good to have a quick project to finish.

I'm wishing you joy this week, whatever you are working on.
Cheers for reading,
Sylvia@Treadlestitches


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Linking up with
Angela at soscrappy
Myra at Busy Hands Quilts
Cynthia at Oh Scrap