Hold On to Your Bloomers

Good morning, sweet stitchy  friends. Welcome.  

Last Friday night I was dreaming- dreaming of rainbows and quilting.

  As soon as I woke up on Saturday, I  ran to the computer like a kid on Christmas morning to see what would this month's Rainbow Scrap Challenge color would be.  

Then I read the colors- teal or aqua marine.😳 Hmmm! This is going to be a challenge . Woo hoo! Bring it on! 

Then I began to skip to  the Quilt Nest -day dreaming  of the lovely colors of the ocean. Then I stopped mid skip and exclaimed to no one in particular " Oh No!  I do not have many of those colors in my stash at all!!!" What to do ? What to do? , I thought.   Will I be able to meet the challenge? Beads of sweat began to form on my forehead as I pondered this question. 

 I entered into the quilt nest eyes wide open scanning. "Yoo Hoo!" I chimed, " Are there any teals or aqua marine fabrics in here? " Complete silence except for a lone cricket. 

 I scanned the first shelf then the 2nd. Nothing! Third and fourth. Nadda!!!!

That's it I thought! I am diving into the bins!  "Hold onto your bloomers !"  I told myself. 

First bin - no teals. Second bin - no aqua marines. I'm diving down deep into the next bin. Fortunately, it was a good ole' trusty  bin of fabric from the Goodwill . "Yee Haw! " , I  screamed in glee. Happy teals and aqua marines danced their way into my greedy little  hands, and off I went skipping in glee  to the house to play with my scraps.

 But ... the sweet little bundle of scraps made it as far as the table ,and there they sat all week  smirking at me - just waiting - mind you for some action. Well that did not take place until yesterday.  "Ok you guys are you ready to play? " I asked my sweet little scraps. 

"Yes!" , they screamed. "What has taken you so long? "

          

Which color jumped into my happy hands first? None other than the Aqua Marine scraps. With a clip and a snip , I soon had a pretty little bowl cut out . Other happy colors even joined the party.  And Wah Lah!  A wonky posy bowl block .

 Two blocks down and more to go. "Uh hu! Oh yeah!  I'm doing the scrappy dance!!!"💃💃💃 

Later as I waited in the school pick up line, I began quilting a freebie from Temecula Quilt Company called  Box of Chocolates 

 By night's end, guess what? Yes! I was doing the scrappy dance again . I finished the quilting and binding.

                     

 "I am on a roll !"I cheered. I rewarded myself by starting a new cross stitch. 

Can I roll on today and complete it? I sure hope so.  Thank you sweetie pies for stopping by for a visit and as always...

Happy quilting and stitching, ya'll

Melisa 

P. S. Don't you forget- you are fabulous!!!  Hope you are happy dancing your day into a spectacular weekend. - Hugs!

Challenges are what makes life interesting. 

Hugs and Stitches!!!

Dedicated to my sweet sister, Amy who always was up for a challenge. Love ya. 

I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needleworkers to meet. 

Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday- Thursday

Alycia's of  Alycia's Quilts for Finished of Not Friday

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict  for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop-Friday

Rebecca Grace at Rebecca Grace Quilting for TGIFF- Friday

Michelle  at From Bolt to Beauty for Beauty Pageant  - Friday

Wendy at Wendy's Quilts for Peacock Party - Friday 

Frederique at  Applique Patchwork Quilting   for Patchwork & Quilts     - Saturday

Angela of  So Scrappy  for Scrap Happy Saturday