The String Ornaments quilt used a nice chunk of fabric, including some real scraps, and no new fabric came in.
This week: + 0 yards, – 7.75 yards
This year: + 74.5 yards, – 89 yards
Net destashed added in 2019: 14.5 yards
Making some progress!
Check out how Jaye’s been busting her scraps with these great blocks.
Keep using your stash!
My quilt full of String Ornaments is finished, and I love it! It feels clean and modern, but still very Christmasy and cozy.
The top was inspired by this ornament fabric I’ve had for awhile and wanted to use for the backing. I love the contrast between the Victorian ornaments and the modern ones.
The red and green fabrics are all from my Christmas scraps, I didn’t cut into any yardage for them. It was fun to remember all the projects and it really did clean up my scrap bin. I pieced them on seed catalog and phone book pages, which came away very easily. Usually I remove the paper as soon as I’m finished piecing, but this time I left it on until I had added the white corners. That made the blocks stable enough to sew together without the paper.
The various white-on-white background fabrics were all from that 12 lb. box from the Fat Quarter Shop last month.
I used the backing fabric to make the binding.
And, yes, it’s been inspected.
We’re linking up to Whoop Whoop Friday at Confessions of a Fabric Addict, and Finished or Not Finished Friday at Alycia Quilts.
No new fabric, and I used two yards of scraps to make these twelve donation blocks for Kat’s Covered in Love. Can’t wait to see all the designs they’ll make with this Split Nine-Patch.
This week: + 0 yards, – 2 yards
This year: + 74.5 yards, – 81.25 yards
Net destashed added in 2019: 6.75 yards
Creeping along, but it’s in the right direction.
Continuing to bust the scraps with these string blocks. Don’t these put you in the mood? And, for once, I can see a difference in the scrap bin!
Good luck using your stash!
Happy October! We’re having a few hot days this week, but it has been feeling and looking like fall here.
I did well on my September goals.
September Goals:
Bonus: I sewed a small zipper pouch for my purse.
This month I’m giving Handy Dandy another try. I’ve wanted to make a scrappy Christmas quilt for a while, but when I got out my Christmas scraps I saw I really had to do something! And Kat’s blocks this month are easy and great scrap busters.
October Goals:
Good luck to you this month!
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