ScrapHappy Saturday - 2 More Saturdays in 2025

And sew the countdown begins! Just two more Saturdays left this year. I will be back tomorrow with a new logo, rollout directions for 2026 and the color for January! Next week, please come back with an end of year wrap up. It is time to celebrate all the great rainbow scraps that you have turned into blocks, projects or quilts during 2025. Misterlinky will expire in 30 hours, so I will get that all straightened out and work on finalizing my plans for the new year. For now, we have had a change in plans and I will work on finishing up a few more projects and tidying things up around here. I dug a little deeper into my project bins and found one more block collection that was nearly complete. These Irish chain leader and ender blocks needed just 5 more blocks to be enough for a small top. Kurt is asking for more smallish cuddly quilts to use at the cabin. I pulled out all the 2 inch strips in brown and sewed them together like binding to make a couple of borders. I always think of brown and green for things at the cabin. 

Then I cut up a stack of flannel shirts that Sydney and I have been collecting from the Goodwill store. They had to be super soft and have the tag color that means they are half off this week. Size large or extra large is preferable. The green and red plaid was a set of XL men's PJs that were half off of 5.99. That is a lot of fabric for $3! It seemed like 14 inches was the largest width that I could consistently cut from sleeves and such, so I just made rectangles that were 14 inches by the longest size I get get. I have a pillowcase full of smaller bits that I can still use for other things. 

Then I cleared out the very last of the extra batting to sew together this collection of random softness. Karen Brown from Just Get it Done quilts calls is Frankenbatting. That is an appropriate name for what turned out to be a perfectly serviceable quit filling. I do have an entire roll of brand new batting, but I didn't want to open it up until all the odds and ends have been used up. The quilt is loaded on the frame and I got a few rows of fans quilted before Kurt made it home from the airport yesterday. 

Kurt had not planned to fly anywhere this week, but he got an emergency call from his dad on Wednesday morning that said, "Come, NOW".  Christine is his dad's wife. They were both widowed and then got married about seven years ago. You might remember that she got sick at Thanksgiving. Unfortunately she never really got better and passed away while Kurt was on the way. He stayed with the next few days with his brother to get arrangements started and we will all drive up together on Monday to bury the ashes. We are still playing things by ear based on when the arrangements come together. Kurt's brother and wife both stayed there and we will try to stagger out support so that he doesn't have to be alone right away. There will be a celebration of life at the end of next month. They had both planned to move into a continuous care facility next month, and the boys are both helping to work out those plans. They were both incredibly organized and pragmatic about planning, but it still seems to be complicated to get everything done following a death. 

I will spend the weekend here getting a few things cleaned and organized. Our washing machine broke last weekend and we got a new one delivered on Tuesday. It is both a washer AND dryer in one and it has been getting quite a workout to catch up and get everyone ready to pack and travel to colder climates. The laundry room needs reorganization as well which will keep Kurt occupied for a few days. 

So, if you have made it this far, let me recap. Come back next week with an end of year wrap up and then be ready with new plans for #rainbowscrapchallenge 2026. I feel ready for a new start and hope that you do to.