…Yuri and I are hard at work on Sports Baby Quilt #3.

Here’s the next quilt made from my sports fabric scraps. I had ten different 2.5 inch wide strips (aka jelly roll strips). I used Missouri Star’s “Cutting Corners” tutorial, and the blocks made up very fast. The solid is Kona “Dusty Blue”.

I would definitely use this block/method again. I think it would be more effective with smaller prints or solids where you could see the stripes better. I’m putting this one in the donation bag.

This week: + 0 yards, – 3.5 yards

This year: + 50 yards, – 57.75 yards

Net destashed added in 2019: 7.75 yards

The Fates smiled on me as I finished this week’s baby quilt! (The black marker lines show how much I stretch the binding as I sew it on, so that I don’t have extra fullness when I sew it down on the front.)

Here’s a peek at it, but it’s way too dark and stormy here for good photos, so look for those in a day or two.

And no new fabric!

This week: + 0 yards, – 3.5 yards

This year: + 50 yards, – 54.25 yards

Net destashed added in 2019: 4.25 yards

Creeping along! Have a great week!

This week I bought four yards of fabric, and I didn’t finish anything. However, I have three baby quilts in progress to use up a mess of sports print scraps. These backs, etc., will help with that. Don’t you love the chain-link fencing?

This week: + 4 yards, – 0 yards

This year: + 50 yards, – 50.75 yards

Net destashed added in 2019: 0.75 yards

Look for some better destashing in the next few weeks!

Boy, May went quickly! But I kept my goals modest and achieved them all.

May Goals:

1. Finish Clue 4 for the Handy Dandy Scrap Quilt. Yes! Here.
2. Complete Clue 5/Reveal for the Handy Dandy Scrap Quilt. Yes!
3. Make a baby quilt from fabric that’s been hanging around for too long. Yes! Here.

Wet weather and traveling have put us behind in our house and yard, so I don’t expect much quilting time this month, either.

June Goals:

1. Make back and binding for Handy Dandy.
2. Baste and begin quilting Handy Dandy.
3. Make a baby quilt from recent scraps.

I hope you enjoy whatever you’re woking on this June!

I traveled several days this week, so I didn’t sew. I did purchase four fat quarters at the Ailsa Craig (Ontario, CA) Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival.

Why, yes, I did make the Maori-style basket myself!

This week: + 1 yards, – 0 yards

This year: + 46 yards, – 50.75 yards

Net destashed added in 2019: 4.75 yards

More about the Festival soon!

This week I finished this baby quilt, and used a piece of fabric that had been in my stash for a long time. And I didn’t buy fabric this week.

This week: + 0 yards, – 3.5 yards

This year: + 45 yards, – 50.75 yards

Net destashed added in 2019: 5.75 yards

Slowly heading in the right direction.

Keep using your stash!