Rainbows in Winter

 Welcome to Treadlestitches!

We've got a snow storm this morning.  By springtime, we'll be tired of snow, but for now it makes the neighborhood look like a Christmas card.

Outside, the weather may be frightful, but it's warm and cozy inside.

Not much sewing got done this week, but I did finish the Shoofly quilt, one of my projects for this year's Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

I chose a warm brown binding from my stash.

There were some places that needed a little more quilting, but I wasn't sure how to mark them.  Then I hit on this idea, which I should have thought of before.  My machine has a quilting guide.  I set the guide on a finished line of quilting, and quilted the next line.  Eureka!  I will have to remember this trick for other Baptist Fan quilting projects.

This came in the mail.  My family had no idea why I was so excited about it. 

Thirty yards of 96 in. wide cotton batting!  I've been having to go to the store for batting too often, especially with the pandemic getting worse all the time.  Now I won't have to go for quite a while.  And I have no excuse for not finishing more tops.

All the sashes and cornerstones are cut for the next RSC project, my 1930s style house quilt.  I'll be using up batting scraps for this one, instead of the new batting, because I'm going to quilt it by the block.

Speaking of the RSC, are you planning what to start in the new year?  I've been thinking about Lemoyne Star blocks.  This one was just a practice block.  It turned out okay, which is weird because I did everything wrong.  Maybe this will be a good challenge for me.

I wasn't going to make yet another Christmas quilt, but there was this bag of scraps...  How many times has this happened to me?  (Does this happen to you, too?)  I'm not sure what I'm going to do with these pieces, maybe a string quilt.  But a SMALL one, like a wall hanging.

Guess who's hiding behind the balloon?

 

It's Little Buddy!

It's hard to get a picture of him when he isn't moving!  As his shirt says, he's a true original.

This week, I would like to ask you to do me a favor.  Please, do something good for yourself.  It's the darkest time of the year, and the news is mostly depressing.  Let's take some time this week to do something joyful.  Read a good book--even if it's what my sisters and I call a "trashy romance novel".  Watch something silly and fun on TV.  Dance around in your pajamas.  Take a break from all the stress, and just breathe.  

Every morning this week, Baby Buddy and I listened to classic rock music.  He bounces up and down, I sing along, and everything just seems a little brighter.

Have a great week, whatever you do.

Cheers for reading,

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

Linking up with:

Angela at So Scrappy

Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Cynthia at Oh Scrap