…Yuri and I are hard at work on Sports Baby Quilt #3.
Sports Baby Quilt #2 and Stash Report
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
Sports Baby Quilt #1
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!
Stay tuned for the next two soon.
Find this for sale in my Etsy Shop.
Sunday Stash Report: 6/16/19
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!
Sunday Stash Report: 6/9/19
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!
May and June Goals
Boy, May went quickly! But I kept my goals modest and achieved them all.
May Goals:
- Finish Clue 4 for the Handy Dandy Scrap Quilt. Yes! Here.
- Complete Clue 5/Reveal for the Handy Dandy Scrap Quilt. Yes!
- 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:
- Make back and binding for Handy Dandy.
- Baste and begin quilting Handy Dandy.
- Make a baby quilt from recent scraps.
I hope you enjoy whatever you’re woking on this June!
Sunday Stash Report: 5/26/19
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!
Sunday Stash Report: 5/19/19
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!
Stellar II
This is the Supernova pattern again. When I made this quilt, using the tutorial from Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Jaye said she thought I should make some variations. Here’s one; you never know if I might try more.
This floral fabric is too pretty to be called a stash dog, but it had been hanging around my stash for way too long. Like, I have no idea how long. Many years. I bought this pretty ombre recently to use with it, so until I bound it, this was a two fabric quilt.
Here’s the first layout.
And the second.
And I finally went to the top-to-bottom color wash layout.
I quilted in the ditches from the center out with pink Bottom Line, and used a serpentine stitch in between in pink Sulky. I used all light pink Bottom Line on the back and I can’t believe how well it blended with all the colors. I guess it’s a thing that light pink does that, but I didn’t know.
I’m very happy with the way this turned out, and with my binding fabric.
Yuri’s happy, too. We hope you have some good finishes this week.
We’re linking up with Whoop Whoop Friday at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
Design Wall Monday
A two-fabric quilt.
Evening in the Garden Quilts 