So, the fabric that came in. Did you know that Fat Quarter Shop has its 12 lb. “Grab Bag” boxes again? I stumbled on them unexpectedly (on sale), and I’ve wanted one for so long I just had to get one. I know. I know. Well, some enhancement was part of the goal. This is just a…big chunk of enhancement. (Note: Today I can’t find these Grab Bags. I guess you’ll have to check back till they have them again.)
I was initially a little disappointed in this box. I was looking for bright colors and bold prints, and it took awhile to find any. Are reproduction calico prints really making a comeback lately? I sure got a lot of them. Also, I started sneezing non-stop as I went through the box. Please tell me I’m not allergic to cotton! I assume it was the finishes, so they all went right into the washer and dryer.
As I was folding them, I began to look upon the fabrics more favorably. I got a ton of white-to-cream neutrals, a stack of black prints, various navys, greens, and grays that I really like, a little bit of Grunge, and a single piece of Kaffe! Maybe a third of the fabrics were prints that I would never have chosen. But that was the point of a grab bag, to give depth to my stash. So.
One difference I noticed from several years ago is that there weren’t too many one-yard cuts. There were lots of half yards, and lots of smaller pieces, even a broken layer cake. I’m sure it will all be useful.
With all the smaller pieces of fabric, I can’t begin to measure it. I’m just going to go with Fat Quarter Shop’s estimate and say twenty yards. That’s bad enough!
The sewing! It pales in comparison, but I did use four yards this week to make these wall hangings from printed panels. Now you see where those little stars went! Look for them soon in my Etsy shop.
This week: + 20 yards, – 4 yards
This year: + 74.5 yards, – 72.75 yards
Net destashed added in 2019: 1.75 yards
Ah, well, back behind the starting line. I still have three and a half months left to destash this year!
Better luck to you!
The sun came out for a while yesterday, so Yuri and I raced out to take some quilt photos.
I had a variety of sports fabric scraps left from some baby quilts I’ve made as gifts and commissions. I planned to make one quilt, but it turned out I had enough for three.
Some of the fabrics were already cut in 6.5″ squares, and I wanted to keep the large prints visible, so I stuck with squares for this one. I found the blue ombre semi-solid that I think adds interest to the alternate squares.
Since this turned into three quilts, I had the opportunity to assembly-line them a little, making all the bindings and labels at once, basting two at the same time, etc.
And, yes, I had it checked for snuggliness. It passed!
This is the Supernova pattern again. When I made 
Once I finally got all my ducks in a row, this baby quilt (36″ x 40″) was easy and quick to assemble and finish.
This is made from 90 4.5″ half square triangles units I had left over from a twin-sized flying geese quilt I made last year. I didn’t know what I wanted to do with them until I saw 
I didn’t occur to me till I looked back at these posts and 
I have some finishes this week. I made this tote bag for me! Mostly I made it so that I could incorporate parts of a favorite old sweatshirt I was discarding. (My Canadian friends will understand about Roots!)
Also, I was tired of my water bottle falling over and leaking in whatever random tote bag I grabbed for the gym. I added loops of some wide elastic belting I had.
Also, sloths.
Yesterday I made this tiny zipper pouch for my friend’s birthday.
And today I finished up this baby quilt made from scraps from a recent project.
I quilted it all with the walking foot.