Finished one quilt this week, and didn’t buy any more fabric.
This week: + 0 yards, – 6.75 yards
This year: + 80.75 yards, – 122.50 yards
Net destashed added in 2018: 41.75 yards
Nibbling away at that yardage! How about you?
The Last Christmas Quilt
Well, no, not the last ever, just for this fall. Aren’t the colors here beautiful, both quilt and woods? No filter, just the light by the end of my photo shoot.
Here are the real colors from just a few minutes earlier. I managed to erase my photo of the back, but it’s black with fewer snowflakes than the inner border fabric. And I finally remembered to use black batting! It’s Quilter’s Dream Poly. It was thin and flat like cotton, so it was very easy to use. Now that it’s washed, it’s lighter than cotton, with just a little more loft, and probably warmer. I would use it again.
The metalic thread is Superior’s Glitter, and it sewed like a charm.
This is the last of my panels (I have one more for placemats that I’ll probably make next year.) and the one to which I did the least. I left it intact and just added two borders.
This quilt finished at 49″ x 63″. I originally had the outer border a little wider, but someone cut the backing a little short, so…
Have a great week!
October / November Goals
October was not a productive month for me in the quilting department. The weather was really hot until it was very chilly and wet. I spent the nicer days working outside and the rainy ones traveling around. Sewing only happened once or twice a week.
October Goals:
- Make a mat for a cart in my kitchen. Nope.
- Piece the cardinal panel Christmas quilt. Yes!
- Quilt and bind cardinal Christmas quilt. No. I’m almost finished with the quilting.
- Make blocks for a donation quilt (probably log cabins). No, not at all.
Bonus: Made a little pillowcase for a travel pillow.
So, a lot more nos than yeses. And I have no illusions that November will be better, so the new list is modest.
November Goals:
- Finish cardinal Christmas quilt.
- Secret Christmas project.
- Tiny Christmas project.
- Make blocks for a donation quilt (probably log cabins).
Are you sewing a lot for Christmas? I don’t usually, but I thought I’d try a couple of things. First the studio needs a clean-up.
Good luck on your goals.
Sunday Stash Report: 10/21/18
My only finish this week was this little pillowcase for a travel size pillow. I continue to quilt the Cardinal quilt.
But I didn’t buy any new fabric!
This week: + 0 yards, – .5 yards
This year: + 80.75 yards, – 115.75 yards
Net destashed added in 2018: 35 yards
With the sudden cold weather, you’d think I’d have plenty of time for quilting, but it hasn’t worked that way. There’s still lots to do outside and inside. My garden hasn’t had a frost yet (most around me have), so I’m still picking as well as cleaning up. I made a small batch of tomato sauce today, and stuffed peppers are on the menu for this week. I’ll miss my marigolds when they freeze.
Keep using your stash!
Butterfly Finish
The quilt is finished and the baby isn’t even a week old!
I used this tutorial from Missouri Star, but I made the blocks 9″, instead of 12″. Or, more accurately, I made them 9.75 x 9″, instead of 13 x 12″ in the original quilt. I hate rectangle blocks! But these were very easy, and I only needed ten of them. Jenny used 2.5″ strips. I used 2″ strips, and it was perfect for using up some leftovers from another project. My solid blocks used 5″ squares, so they would be perfect for a charm pack.
I quilted between all the blocks, and then used pink Fantastico to quilt wavy diagonal lines, some of them with butterflies.
And this one counts toward my low-volume goal!
Sunday Stash Report: 10/14/18
I made a baby quilt this week and I managed not to buy any fabric.
This week: + 0 yards, – 3.75 yards
This year: + 80.75 yards, – 115.25 yards
Net destashed added in 2018: 34.5 yards
Chipping away at it! As I looked back at a previous baby girl quilt, I notice I said that I had lots of light pinks. Not anymore! (My taste seems to run more to the magentas and fuchsias…) So pinks might be in my next stash enhancement purchase.
Keep using your stash!
Blue Christmas Finish
Here is the latest of my quilts from the pile of panels I purchased this summer. I was aware that I had almost no blue Christmas scraps to use with it, so I purchased some tree yardage for the side borders, and a charm pack of blue and silver batiks, which became the stars. It finished about 50″ by 65″.
Unlike a pieced quilt, this had a large center with no seams to hide any “foundation” quilting to keep things square. Instead, I machine basted a roughly 12″ grid of Dissolve Extra thread on top.
The stars are quilted with gray Bottom Line, the buildings and sleigh with black BL, and the sky and border with navy and white Fantastico.
I really like the way the quilting in the sky looks. I made sort of flame shapes from the center out. Close to the center, the thread hardly shows, but the white parts begin to show up in the dark edges of the sky.
I backed this with a blue batik with silver metallic snowflakes.
And, yes, it’s been tested for snuggliness.
Good luck on your finishes!
Sunday Stash Report: 10/7/18
Another finish! And no new fabric!
Yuri and I took photos of this one today, so look for a post soon.
This week: + 0 yards, – 6.5 yards
This year: + 80.75 yards, – 111.5 yards
Net destashed added in 2018: 30.75 yards
This quilt is totally made from fabric I bought this summer, but, hey, it was logged into the stash and now it’s back out. I have a scrap quilt planned to dive a little deeper into the old stuff.
So use your stash, whether it’s old or new!
September/ October Goals
I did well on my September goals.
September Goals:
- Quilt and bind Summer Stars on Fawn Lake. Yes! Here. DH claimed it.
- Piece top for Christmas quilt from truck and tractor panels. Yes!
- Quilt and bind Christmas quilt. Yes! Here.
Bonus: Almost finished with another (blue) Christmas quilt!
October Goals:
- Make a mat for a cart in my kitchen.
- Piece the cardinal panel Christmas quilt.
- Quilt and bind cardinal Christmas quilt.
- Make blocks for a donation quilt (probably log cabins).
You may notice that I’m not doing donation blocks for Kat as I usually do. Her Sept/Oct blocks are fun and easy, but I just don’t have the grown-up novelty scraps to make them. I’ll jump back in later. If you have the scraps, why don’t you make some?
Good luck to you on meeting your goals!
Sunday Stash Report: 9/30/18
In the two weeks since my last report, I’ve completed a quilt completed a quilt using 7.5 yards of fabric.
Also in that time, I purchased 17.25 yards of fabric. Three are large pieces for backings, one is a good binding stripe, and the four greens are just stash enhancement, since I’ve found I’m very weak on greens.
This week: + 17.25 yards, – 7.5 yards
This year: + 80.75 yards, – 105 yards
Net destashed added in 2018: 24.25 yards
One thing to note is that I’ve passed 100 yards of fabric used for the year. My net usage fell, but I have a few projects in the works, so I’m not worried. I still hope to destash 50 yards by the end of the year.
And I sent this quilt from 2017 off to Quilts of Compassion to donate the someone in the Carolinas. I really loved the colors in this, but it didn’t fit in anywhere here. They won’t be transporting them there until late November, so you have lots of time send one if you wish.
Now go sew that stash!
Evening in the Garden Quilts 