Follow the Rainbow

 Welcome to Treadlestitches!  Happy New Year, everyone!  Can you believe it's 2022 already?

Like I always say, I love the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  I got carried away this year making blocks from my kid-friendly scraps, but it's all for a good cause.  These small quilts will go to Project Linus to comfort children in tough situations.  It's a lot of work, but I regret nothing.

(Oops, too much sunlight!  That is usually not the problem around here, sorry!)  I made two baby quilt tops from the log cabin RSC blocks, and got this one quilted yesterday.

The blocks were made from 2 in. cut strips.  I used up most of these strips.  (That's the idea, right? Then why does it make me a little sad?)

I tried something different with the quilting on this one.  Using a stencil (remember those?) I drew lines on the front with a purple disappearing quilt marker and quilted right over the blocks.  As soon as I finished the quilting, I washed the quilt in cold water, and all the purple came out.
 

On the back is a cute carrot print I got at our guild's recent silent auction.  With these quilting lines, I can imagine a carrot field after the tractor went through.  I bound it with orange, of course.

Today I'm quilting the other log cabin.  This is a more pastel rainbow.  Carrots on the back here, too.

After these two are done, there are only two more, and they are layered and basted, ready to quilt.  That will make 20 baby quilts from Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks.

So what are we going to sew for the RSC this year?

I have a lot of 3.5 in. squares, triangles, and strips in bright colors and novelty prints.  Not sure what I'll do yet, but these need a quilty home.

The RSC has helped me make lots of progress with most of my scraps, but these multi-color ones keep piling up.  I need to think of a project for them.

And back before Christmas, I bought some new Accuquilt dies.  I can't wait to try them out!

I don't do New Year's Resolutions, but I make an annual More or Less list for my quilting, which is kind of similar.  On it go 3 things I want to do More of, and 3 things I hope to do Less of.

More in 2022:

Cleaning the sewing room.  It's so easy to just sew when I have time off, but stuff piles up and the amount of thread on the floor is ridiculous.

Quilt As You Go.  Big quilts are often intimidating to quilt on my domestic machine, but QAYG works fine.  And I actually like doing it!

Organizing the stuff in the basement.  I tend to just pile stuff up there, too.  It's a horror show.  No pictures.

Less in 2022:

Buying fabric.  I know, everybody has this one on their list!  I have an insane amount of fabric.  I need to buy fabric for specific projects, not just because it's fun.  Exception:  second hand fabric.

Starting new projects just because I ran out of leaders and enders.  Have you ever heard of a sillier excuse for starting a new project?  I have lots of old projects that could get closer to being done if I used them for leaders and enders.

Watching TV without a handwork project. I actually like handwork, but you couldn't tell it by the quilts I finish.  This rule is suspended for suspenseful shows, but fully in force for baking shows and news.

So, Happy New Year!  It is a joy to look ahead and think about our hopes for this year, even given how difficult the last couple of years have been.  In the days and weeks ahead, we can look for ways to make things better for all of us.

Many, many thanks to Angela for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (a bright spot every week!) and to all the quilters and bloggers that make this corner of the internet such a friendly place to be.

Happy Holidays from our little Santa and his elf!

Cheers for reading,

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

Linking up with:

Angela at So Scrappy

Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday

Sarah at Can I Get A Whoop Whoop

Cynthia at Oh Scrap