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Its been a few years. For those who have been with us for a while, welcome back! For those who are new this year, I will explain the concept. Many years ago, I had been quilting for long enough to have built up a bit of a stash of scraps. Enough of a stash that I was feeling a bit overwhelmed with how to use them. I had a set of colorful plastic bowls that the kids used to use for cereal, and so I started to sort each primary color of scrap into a matching bowl. It occurred to me, that I could just grab one of those bowls at a time and focus on that small bit rather than trying to use up everything at the same time. The bowls gradated into glass jars which eventually evolved into fabric scrap bins, but the idea continued. I invited others to join in. A monthly linky party turned into a weekly link, and so over the years, lots of people have joined in the challenge to use up some scraps to make something. 

If you want to join in, it is easy enough to do. Just dig into your scraps and find something to match the color of the month. This year we will start with blue for January. Blue is always a color that tends to overwhelm scrap bins as it is most the most popular favorite color. If you have too many blues to use up in a month, the segregate the blues into bright and baby. Save the baby blues for later when there will be a pastel month to catch up with the more overwhelming colors. We will circle back to those. 

Pick a project that is simple and will work with the scraps that you have. Square or rectangle based blocks are common, but you might have too many strings or crumbs. The Rainbow Scrap Challenge should work with what you want to use up. 

What do you want to sew this year?  Dig into your scraps and get started.  

If you have more than one RSC26 project in the works, or have a few ongoing projects from years past, these tracking sheets are a great way to keep track. Stephanie makes them for us each year and there are several formats available depending on whether you want to use them electronically or print them and go analog. 

Rainbow Scrap Challenge Tracking sheet in pdf - print in keep by hand

Rainbow Scrap Challenge Tracking sheet editable - edit and keep electronically

January - blue

February -

March - 

April -

May - 

June - 

July - 

August - 

September -  

October -   

November - block set completion and assembly

December - quilting and finishing