Purple Princess, Thrifty #1, RSC blocks, and a Camel

 Welcome to Treadlestitches!  Thanks for stopping by!  

I hope you're keeping warm today, and don't have to go out in the snow!

I have a little finish today, that I'm calling the Purple Princess quilt.  It's my first finish for 2026 that was actually started in 2026.

This is the second quilt made from a giant pile of over 300 charm squares my friend Lorie gave me at quilt guild. This one only uses 49 squares, so I still have lots to make more quilts from.

The pattern is a simple Trip Around the World, and measures 40 in. x 40 in.  I will be donating it to our local Community Baby Shower.

I used a swag stencil I've had forever to mark the quilting in the border.  Luckily, I had the border, backing and binding fabric in the stash.  (Buying fabric comes in handy again!)

Here's the back, a soft lavender.

I've been home most of this week after being in Arizona for a funeral, so in between getting the laundry and groceries caught up I've had time to put together another top from last years Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks.

It has been so good to have time to sew!  I set 20 of these blocks with a flowered sashing, and cornerstones and a blue border of Horton the elephant print.  I may have mentioned before how much I like Horton before.  He's a character with good character, faithful to his promise to that bird Mayzie, and standing up for the Whos when those Wickersham brothers wanted to destroy them.  An example for us all.

One last photo.  I won't be quilting this one, I'll be donating it as a top to the Children's Advocacy Center.  A volunteer will be doing the quilting, and then it will be given to a child.

Now for the RSC blocks!  This one is called Dawn Chorus.  All the pieces are cut from either 2.5 in. (the dark fabrics)  or 1.5 in. strips (the light fabrics).

The pattern for Dawn Chorus is the first quilt in this book Jelly Roll Quilts:  the Classic Collection, by Pam and Nicky Lintott.  I really like their books, they have clear patterns and lots of great ideas.

My biggest problem has been finding different light prints, but that's easier now that I've organized the light fabrics.

One more!

Because I was gone last week I have two sets of RSC blocks to show.  These are Whirlygigs, made from the fun tutorial by Preeti Harris.  (Click HERE to access it.)  This batch are my light to medium blue blocks.  Each block uses four charm squares, two light and two dark.

I also made 6 darker blue blocks.  I'm still working my plan here for the eventual quilt(s).  It is still January, though, we'll see if I can follow through all year.

We spent last weekend in Arizona to attend a family funeral.  The weather was beautiful, and such a change from winter in Wisconsin. 

We arrived early, long before we could get into the hotel, so we went to the Phoenix Zoo which is very close to the airport.  And yes, I rode a camel.

He was a younger camel, named Crockett.  The young man leading him was very knowledgeable and told me all about the camels at the zoo.

It was kind of a crazy thing to do, but nice.  Sometimes you have to do the crazy thing.

For all the people stuck in the extreme winter weather, stay warm!  I'm planning to stay home and sew all day.  For everyone, have a lovely week doing what you like to do.  Even if it's a little bit crazy.

Thanks for reading,

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

Linking up with:

Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday

Angela at So Scrappy