Welcome to Treadlestitches!
It's purple time for my Razzle Dazzle quilt! July is purple month at my favorite internet quilt along, the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.
I found a few purple novelty prints, including the very hungry caterpillar,
and some little purple bunnies. For the rest, I had a handful of Kaffe Fassett scraps, some dots and stars, and a floral or two.
Now that the COVID isolation is more or less over (for now?), we had a chance to finally go to the Field Museum in Chicago. I've been promising my Buddy to take him to see the dinosaurs, especially Sue the T Rex that we've read about in several books. Above, the family poses inside a life size Quetzalcoatlus model. What an amazing animal this must have been.
These little guys loved everything, especially all the exhibits that say, "Please touch".
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He and I organized the rows just like I usually do, with slips of paper and clothespins. The Thomas fabrics on the right are being considered for borders. I'm hoping I can persuade him to make the quilt wider. He really didn't understand when I tried to tell him it would be smaller after sewing because of the seam allowances.
This whole project just warms a grandma's heart.
In other scrappy news, look what I won at quilt group! Our amazing block of the month organizer, Nancy Queen of Scraps, has been showing us fun ways to use up our bits and pieces and make great quilts. Each month, she gives out a block pattern. All of us who make the blocks turn them in, and a winner's name is drawn. This month it was me! I won 21 waffle blocks (one is not pictured). I will have to make some more blocks to get this up to a larger size, which will be fun.
So there's lots of sewing to be done, and lots more summer fun to be had before the kids go back to school.
I hope you're having fun, no matter the weather or the season. Have a great week!
Thanks for reading this,
Sylvia@Treadlestitches
Linking up with
Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday
Angela at So Scrappy
Cynthia at Oh Scrap
I really like your waffle blocks, are those 2" finished squares and strips? Very special to have your grandson participating and making his own quilt. Mine have loved helping me too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Vicki! Yes, those are 2 in. finished squares and strips, the block finishes at 10 in. So easy! And they use stuff I always have on hand.
DeleteHey Sylvia! I didn’t make it to guild this month, but I did make one of those blocks which I’ll mail to you so you have it right away. - Jeannine
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jeannine! No need to mail if you haven't already, it may be a while before I get to this project. You can just give it to me at guild.
DeleteRazzle Dazzle in purple is so pretty, Sylvia! We visited the Field Museum many years ago, when my dinosaur loving son was about 10 (he's now 38!) only to find the dinosaur exhibit was closed and under construction. Glad you got to take your little buddies there!
ReplyDeleteOh, no! It would be awful to find the dinosaur exhibit closed!
DeleteLove your purples
ReplyDeletebut!! I have to say - I love the dinos the best!! what a fun trip for them!!!
Thanks, Alycia! We all had a good time. My Buddy is still talking about it as "the first time I got to see Sue the T Rex". First time? Oh, boy.
DeleteRazzle Dazzle definitely dazzles. Buddy is a budding quilt designer. How fun that he wanted you to take a pic of him lying by his first quilt. What memories were captured with that photo.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cathy! I was so surprised he wanted to make a quilt. I hope he doesn't get tired of it before I can sew the squares together!
DeleteI like your RSC project.
ReplyDeleteIt continues so hot here that I have up to 5 spontaneous bloody noses a week. I'm trying to drink enough water and spray myself to cool down plus an a little humidity to the air. With temps that effect me that way I don't get much done.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry you're having to deal with this awful heat wave.
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