Emerald Jubilee is Coming Together and RSC from 2015!

You may remember a few years ago I completed Ruby Jubilee from Quiltmaker Magazine that year in red.  Becky and Bonnie did it in purple.  I copied Bonnie's fill ins for the white spaces as best I could.  My friend Barb made those same blocks in green and gifted them to me instead of completing the top.  Here and there I have gotten it out and worked on strings or figuring out what I needed to make to complete it.  I finally started putting it together last week.  Here is the first section.

Here is the second section attached.  

The third section was a bit of a nightmare.  There were more missing parts and not enough room in my sewing room to spread them out and figure things out.  I finally hauled it out to the living room and my gaming table and laid it out.

You can see there are lots of missing parts!

A few days later and the whole top (sans borders) is together!  We happened to have one nice weather day which coincided with this top coming together so I ran outside and took some pictures.

It still needs half square triangles around the outside and a string border when I get back to it.  I am thinking the pair of quilts will be for Hazel and Indie after they are quilted.  They can tuck them away for someday.

I went to Lora's and picked up my three baby quilts that she quilted for me (and dropped off a Bonnie quilt too).  These were rainbow scrap challenge quilt blocks from ???  I thought they were from 2015, but I completed that top already so must be from another year.  I had to do some serious searching to find out.  The link above is to the patterns and plan that Angela of SoScrappy who hosts the RSC put together.  Huge shout out to her for doing this for over a decade and inspiring so many amazing rainbow quilts.  It is one of my favorite projects that I return to over and over again.  This year I inspired my friend Barb (no blog) to make a rainbow quilt each month too!  She is doing the same block as me but many more of them as she wants a giant quilt in the end.  I am thinking I want two smaller ones for the grands.  Mine will have more white space while hers will be full butterflies.

This one is Bonnie's Princess Crown quilt.  I got all three of these bound one day last week.  

Lora did a spectacular job (as always) quilting them with I love you hands which is my go to favorite pattern!
                
I bought three backings on sale/clearance from Missouri Star a month or so ago.  The middle one is at the longarmer now with Old Town from 2024.  That reminds me I need to update my Quiltville Parade of Quilts page as I am a few years behind!

Last week I also got motivated and did some reorganizing and folding of my fabric.  My shelf is looking a lot neater now!

 

Lots of Sewing Going On!

My August UFO became a top last week.  These are all the Quiltmaker Bitty Block Houses I made starting at lockdown until I got tired of making one a day.  

This is my Kimberly quilt top from Gudren's quiltalong the end of July.  I made my own layer cake and like how warm and fallish it looks.

I quilted and bound this Simple Gifts baby quilt that has been patiently waiting for me to do.

I did the September Butterfly Bush and Log Cabin Love blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  

Becky finished clue five of the Ruby Jubilee Mystery Quilt.

Barb caught up with clue four and five too!  The three of us have started sewing together more often and have picked another mystery to sew together after the new year.  We chose "Arizona" from Laundry Basket Quilts  but now are also tossing around the idea of Double Delight from Quiltville.  I have made it before but they have not.

 

Making Progress!

I  got my Ruby Jubilee all cut and sewn (two blocks not pictured, but they are all done).  Loving all the reds!  This may not be for my RSC but they are all red so linking up!

Barb got her first two blocks done too!  She is doing green.

Finished this book today.  It was alright.  Sending it on to my mom.

Still reading this one with my book club.  Much better than "The Iliad" in my opionion!

I did the simple little clue for Kathleen Tracy's Valentine mystery today.

I finally started assembling R Trail tonight.  I cannot tell you how tricky this one is for me.  I started out doing both ends at the same time like I usually do.  Then I realized that the butterfly blocks are tricky and I should check that both ends were the same.  They are not.  Unsewing and reusing what can be reused with less unsewing commenced.  I also realized that every other row the first half block and last half block switch.  So lots of checking and doublechecking before sewing.  The one inch sashing and cornerstones also require time and attention and pins!