Welcome to Treadlestitches! How are your Rainbow Scrap Challenge projects coming along?
Each month, I make my blocks and/or rows in the month's color. Part of the fun of finishing a row is checking out how it will look with the other rows.
These are my Razzle Dazzle rows, named for a pattern from an old Quilters Newsletter. (Click HERE to find out more.) January's color was red, February was aqua, and this month is yellow.
Some of my yellow triangles are kind of pale, and don't contrast that well with the light triangles (looking at you, Care Bears and dragonflies!), but overall I think the zigzag shows through.
The fabrics are so much fun. I love scrap quilts!
The rows are so long it's hard to get a good photo. Every crayon has 18 different 2.5 x 4.5 in. bricks in the color of the month.
So is baking! I tried this Lemon Yogurt Cake recipe from Ina Garten. Big Buddy loved it for his after school snack. Grandpa and I did, too! And it was a great way to use up some leftover plain yogurt.
Unlike today, yesterday was warm and beautiful, 50 degrees and sunny in the morning. I'm so glad we went outside then. My Little Guy wore his (yellow!) Minions hat, and chased the robins into the trees. He did NOT want to go in, even at lunchtime.
Spring always arrives by fits and starts in Wisconsin. You just have to grab the sunshine when you can.
I shoved all the other projects aside yesterday to make this star for Ukrainian refugees. A lovely lady in Germany is collecting 8 in. finished blocks and making them into quilts for people fleeing the terrible war in Ukraine. Click HERE for the link to her information. She has been inundated with blocks, and is working with friends to make the quilts. With literally millions of people displaced, the need may be great for a long time, so I'm sending my little star.
Some of the donation quilts made by our quilt group have already been sent to help. A local business that also has a plant in Poland put out a call, and about 20 or so quilts we had on hand were delivered to them, along with toiletry bags filled with basic items. (Nice job, Colleen and helpers!)
In the face of this horrible war against civilians, our little contributions don't seem like much, but we have to do whatever we can.
Are you sewing happy this week? As always, I'm sewing happy and scrappy. Have a good week!
Cheers for reading,
Sylvia@Treadlestitches
Linking up with:
Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday
Angela at So Scrappy
Cynthia at Oh Scrap
Oops, I forgot!!! Happy International Quilting Day!!!
your yellow blocks are all cute and will make cheerful quilts.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen! Cheerful is definitely what I'm going for!
DeleteI just love your Razzle Dazzle rows, Sylvia! The great thing about scrappy projects like this is that when you stand back and look at the whole thing, you get the picture of a yellow row, even if some pieces are darker or lighter. The yellow and blue star is beautiful, and perfect to send for a quilt for a refugee. It's so great that your local group had Quilts all ready to send, too. And yum in the lemon cake! We would like that, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Diann! It's the best lemon cake recipe I've tried yet. Lots of lemon flavor, great soft texture.
DeleteAwww the Minion hat!! I love it!!
ReplyDeleteYour razzle Dazzle blocks are just awesome!! and that crayon.. what fun!
Thanks, Alycia! This Little Guy is kind of like a minion--he loves bananas and we can't understand most of what he says.
DeleteYou know I’m drawn to the Razzle Dazzle quilt! How can you not like Zig Zags? Those littles love to be outside, don’t they! Hooray for good outdoor weather, even if sporadic! I was looking for a new recipe! Lemon yogurt cake….yum!
ReplyDeleteIt's so good for me to have my little guy here, he gets me out into the sunshine. But he doesn't understand why some days are rainy and we can't go.
DeleteRazzle Dazzle rows look wonderful together, Sylvia. I do love also your crayons. Beautiful blue and yellow star block and for a great cause.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the Lemon Yogurt cake recipe link. Have a wonderful weekend
Obrigada, Ivani! I hope you're having a nice weekend too.
DeleteI like that project and to think I lt my old quilt magazines go.
ReplyDeleteI let mine go too, but first I tore out a few patterns, photos, etc. (We just can't keep everything, right?) This project is easy enough without the pattern, just 60 degree triangles. I even up the edge when the row is done.
DeleteSo nice that you are able to contribute to the cause for Ukraine and for Poland. So many people displaced! The zig zags are lovely. Yellow can be tricky with contrast, but they pattern is quite distinct.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Angela! I'm really trying to use up lots of my yellows, including the paler ones.
DeleteThe Sew Happy scissors will look wonderful on your wall and bring a smile each time you see it. Your Razzle Dazzle quilt really caught my eye, and the mix of backgrounds make the colors just pop.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sara! It's almost as much fun choosing the backgrounds as it is choosing the colors! I'm trying to cut the background triangles ahead so I can mix them up in the rows.
DeleteOh yes, the yellow zigzag definitely shows through!!! That crayon quilt is such a cute idea!!! Love your new studio decoration! I'm still looking for the first robin here in Minnesota!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nancy! We only saw two or three robins, that must make them the early birds. The rest are coming soon!
DeleteAwesome! Razzle Dazzle is simply AWESOME! Love your new pair of "scissors". Too cute! ;^)
ReplyDeleteMerci, Chantal!
DeleteI love the bright colors in your rainbow projects, and the colorful neutrals. For the crayons, since you are maybe setting them vertically, how about side by side without sashing—like in the box? It is so hard to know how to lend support in such distressing times isn’t it? It is heartening to see so many people pulling together to do whatever they can.
ReplyDeleteThanks, JanineMarie! Yes, that's the bright spot in all this horror, how so much of the world is standing up, speaking out, and helping the refugees.
DeleteI LOVE that chevron design. I really want to make one for myself. It is going to be hard to resist each moth. The crayons are cute too. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cynthia! It's an easy pattern, you know, just 60 degree triangles cut from 3.5 in strips. And it uses lots of scraps.
DeleteLOVE your scraps of sunshine, Sylvia!! Thanks for sharing that cake recipe, too. Lemon cake is popular at our house.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joyful! The cake is all gone this morning, I'll have to bake something else. My Little Guy loves cookies. Maybe he'll help me. Have a great week!
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