Poppies and a RSC Finish

School is DONE for the 2025-2026 school year.  I did not work on any orange scraps this month.  I do have these beautiful orange poppy blooms to show:

I do need to thin out that hosta.  The yellow buttercups (to the left of it) have not bloomed yet.  They need thinned as well.  I'll have plenty of time for that this afternoon!  Woohoo!  I'll also move more of the purple sedum to another bed.  I checked on the deer-resistant plants that some of you mentioned or e-mailed to me.  I have most of them.  Yeah!

I finished this RSC project this week.  I call it Kite Girl.

Kite Girl started as part of one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenges (RSC) in 2014 (I think).  The block is made from 2" squares.  The block pattern can be found at Q is for Quilter blog.  I then started to learn to do the chain stitch for the kite strings and stems in May of 2017.  In enjoyed finding things that fit easily into my school bag that made me feel productive vs. doing cross stitch projects where I had to focus on counting and couldn't keep a good eye on students in study hall.  I randomly stitched kite strings with pieces of floss from my grandma's tin. I made the last orange block in 2017 and waited until I knew what I wanted to do with the border and sashing.

This quilt does not have a specific recipient in mind yet.  It measures 61" x 87".

I was going for an old-fashioned look when I picked the green for the sashing and borders.  It was a great fabric deal when I purchased it at JoAnn Fabrics years ago using a 50 percent off coupon.  I miss JoAnn Fabrics.  But then again I save money by not going there so much when I have to wait on our son to finish one of his activities in the area.

I backed it with a gently used sheet that one of my friends gave to me.  The quilting design is Baptist Fan (using my Circle Lord giant template board).  I used taupe thread to blend into the backing.

It has been such a busy month.  I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders with this eight-week long-term sub job complete.  I will be going back to the same job at the start of the school year in August.  

Graduation has come and gone.  Thank you so much for those that sent him a card in the mail. Special paperwork for our son and the next chapter of his life is 75 percent complete.  Bring on summer.

I'm linking up at Angela's blog, SoScrappy, for the RSC26

6 finishes this (Spring) quarter

Here's my Spring 2026 Ravelry UFO Club Projects:

1.  Bit Con quilt -- Needs more rows of strips sewn together -- size yet to be determined

2.  Rail Fence 3.5" RSC block -- 900 blocks needed/need arranged

3.  Piccadilly Circle -- Need a few more circle blocks

4.  Kite Girl --finished 5.28.26 -- 6th finish

5.  Folk Art Birds -- Need more birds and alternate blocks

6.  Hourglass Mini -- Needs a quilt back and then quilted

7.  Maroon Sampler -- Needs two more blocks

8.  Dicey -- Blocks need sewn together with sashing and cornerstones

9.  Fireflies Wall Hanging -- Blocks need appliqued

10.  Red/White basket crib quilt --finished 5.15.26 -- 5th finish

11.  D9P Red/White -- finished 5.11.26 -- 4th finish

12.  HST -- Needs more blocks made and sewn into rows

13.  Red/White House in Center baby quilt -- finished 5.2.26 -- 2nd finish

14.  Fish -- a 12-block RSC26 project

15. Scarborough Fair -- Needs more blocks made

16.  Random Blue Blocks -- Hand Quilting -- In the hoop

17.  Acorn Harvest -- Quilt top needs assembled

18.  Horsen Around Crib Quilt -- needs a back and then quilted

19.  Horsen Around Scrap Quilt -- needs blocks cut and sewn

20.  Pink Houses crib quilt -- Needs blocks made

21.  Lupine and Laughter (Bonnie Hunter 2025 mystery quilt) -- in the piecing process

22.  Christmas Memories 4-patches sewn, need more

23.  Dinner Party (school print blocks) blocks cut, needs blocks sewn

24.   Layer Cake Lattice -- pink blocks cut -- needs blocks sewn

25.  True Blue Sew Along (started 1/15/26) -- needs corners sewn to blocks

26.  Zip It Sew Along -- finished 5.1.26, 1st finish this quarter

27.  Classic Meets Modern QA from 2014 -- block complete, need sashing

28.  King Rosebud embroidery quilt --finished 5.5.26, 3rd finish this quarter

29.  Kathleen Tracy Mini #1 (pinwheels)

30.  Kathleen Tracy Mini #2 (squares)

31.  Kathleen Tracy Mini #2 (HST and a Square)

32.  Cheddar Jack crib quilt -- cat blocks are sewn, some 2.5" squares are sewn

You can find the 2026 Spring Ravelry UFO club here.