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WIP Wednesday: Birds on Their Way

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I didn’t sew any today (so far), but I did package up these Birds in the Air blocks for the Twilters! block exchange and take them to the Post Office.  Thank you, Tina!

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I used pieces from a floral remnant collection I got years ago from eQuilter.  Most were the perfect size to cut one strip to make five blocks, leaving behind a string or nothing, so I busted these right outta my stash.  Most of them were very large florals, and I like how they turned out.  (The red, green, gold on black is not Christmas, it’s an Asian fabric with red chrysanthemums.)

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Missing from this photo is the red geranium fabric.  I was neatly stacking these when I realized I only had 35 blocks instead of the 40 I had made.  I searched for several minutes before I found them hiding on a quilt where I’d been signing them.  Nice try!

Hope you’re making progress!


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Sunday Stash Report: 5/8/16

Okay, some fabric was purchased this week!  Five yards.  But here’s the story. DH and I were out shopping and dining, and found ourselves seven miles away from Fabric Shack on the evening they stay open late. 

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What would you have done?  I think it’s amazing I only bought four yards of Kona white and a yard of black Grunge.  I did look around a lot at possibilities for finishing some of my current projects, but restrained myself from buying any.

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I’ve been using up my white on these Twilters! exchange blocks.  I made ten more this morning, for a total of twenty, so I’m half way there.  I’ll count them out when I mail them off.

So the only fabric out this week is .75 yards for the eight blocks I sent to Kat.

This week:  + 5 yards,  – .75 yards
This year: + 53 yards,  – 71.5 yards
Net destashed in 2016:  18.5 yards

Hope you’re keeping your purchases under control and really using that stash.  Happy Mother’s Day!

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  This picture is from two years ago, but I like it.

I’m linking up to the Stash Report at Patchwork Times.


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Coral and Aqua Finish

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Yesterday I finished this baby quilt.  It’s 39″ square, with 7″ blocks.

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The part I enjoyed most was quilting the roses free-hand (or free range!) in the solid blocks.  Roses are all different, and can’t be “wrong”, can they?

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I also liked the tiny chevrons I used for the binding.

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We think it’s a success.

Hope you have some great finishes.


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WIP Wednesday: The “Fly” Fabric

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Today I finished Clue 4 in the Scrappy Stars Around the Corner mystery quilt.  I like the way they turned out.

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Here are the blocks laid out without any sashing.  The Snow sashing will lighten it up a lot.image

I’ve gotten questions about this very…interesting fabric that keeps popping up in my quilts.  I bought it about ten years ago, and I’ve been trying to use it up ever since.  Yes, I think those are flies.  Almost look like mosquitos.  Surely not supposed to be butterflies?image

I bought this fabric (probably at JoAnn) for my niece’s cat quilt.  (I’m sorry about these phone photos of film photos.)  I needed a “light” black, and this seemed whimsical.  I bought a couple yards because the entire background was supposed to be black.  And it looked great, design-wise.  But it made a very dark quilt for a graduation gift.  So I bought the pale green (with it’s own insects) to finish it out.  And I was left with lots of cut triangles and yardage to use up.  The best place I found to use a lot of it was the second of these Rail Fence quilts.  And maybe the last of it has ended up in SSAtC. image

Yes, this is the “Tidy Cat” on the yellow patches.  Tidy Cat briefly offered their litter in printed feed sacks about 12? 15?  years ago, so I had saved one or two and they were the genisis of this quilt.  You just never know.

Hope you’re making good progress on your projects!


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Sunday Stash Report: 3/20/16

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This week I made these three spring wall hangings for my Etsy shop.  Each one took about three quarters of a yard.  And I didn’t buy any fabric!  These were quick and lots of fun to work on, and came almost all from old stash.  However, in the last few weeks I’ve used up all my light green Kona solids, so I need to replenish those…

This week:  + 0 yards,  – 2.25 yards
This year: + 47.5 yards,  – 63.25 yards
Net destashed in 2016:  15.75 yards

Hope your stash is headed the right way!  I’m linking up to the Stash Report at Patchwork Times.


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WIP Wednesday

2016-03-16 13.48.15This week I’ve been making wall hangings/ table runners.  This is finished.

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What are you working on?


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Sunday Stash Report: 3/13/16

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It was a pretty good week with the Stash.  I did buy three quarters of a yard of a spring panel fabric.  But I finished this little zebra quilt.  I spent one afternoon just cutting up the scraps and putting away fabric.

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And most of the week went into assembling Clue #3 for Scrappy Stars Around the Corner, so that finish will be way down the road.

This week:  + .75 yards,  – 3.5 yards
This year: + 47.5 yards,  – 61 yards
Net destashed in 2016:  13.5 yards

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Have a great week, and use that Stash!
Linking up to the Stash Report at Patchwork Times.


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Two Wild Finishes

IMG_2604I bought these animal prints (zebras and giraffes, and a fun text print) on sale over Christmas and I think I intended to use them together in one or two quilts.  When it came down to it, they wanted to be two very different  baby quilts (and a third still to come, since I made double the blocks for one, but that’s another story 😉  )  They’re an interesting mix of quilting cotton, batik, and flannel, very fun and tactile.

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These both have more quilting than it looks, because I did some structural quilting in the ditch before I did the fun decorative parts.

Thanks for looking!  These are in my Etsy shop now.


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Sunday Stash Report: 3/6/16

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I bought some fabric this week, but I had some finishes, too, so it works out.

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I used about a yard making donation blocks for Kat and Alycia.  The top and back of Bricks, Cobblestones and Pebbles came to nine and a half yards (it’s ready to go off to Quilts of Compassion, where I will let them long arm it, as I have no good ideas for quilting it).   And I made a baby quilt that I’ll show later, three and a half yards.

This week: + 8.25 yards,  – 14.00 yards
This year: + 46.75 yards,  – 57.5 yards
Net destashed  in 2016:  10.75 yards

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Hope you’re making progress with your stash!  I’m linking up to the Stash Report at Patchwork Times.


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Sunday Stash and February/March Goals

PicMonkey Collage2-28This week I sewed and didn’t buy, so that’s good news for stash reduction.  The Cool Colored twin quilt took 9.5 yards.

This week: + 0 yards,  – 9.5 yards
This year: +38.5 yards,  -43.5 yards
Net destashed added in 2016:  5 yards

 

February Goals

  1. Complete the second clue for Charlotte’s Scrappy Stars Around the Corner.  Yes!
  2. Continue Gyleen’s Bricks, Cobblestones, and Pebbles mystery quilt.  Yes!
  3. Unpack fabric lockers and get help moving them over a foot.  This will help with locker and floor access and make it easier to vacuum.  Well, no.  I did unload the lockers and attempt to move them, but they’re heavy and on carpet, so I gave up.  Instead, I moved a lamp in the way, and the roll of batting.  I also tidied up my cords, and changed the sewing machine so it wasn’t plugged into the same outlet as my iron (bad for the computer).  And I vacuumed and dusted.
  4. Find a new home for the little project bins that live under the cutting table.  Yes! There is clear floor space there.
  5. Make donation blocks for Kat’s February Challenge.  Yes!
  6. Make a quilt for my Etsy shop.  Yes, I made three!

Bonus:  I made a blue and green twin quilt to keep at home.

March Goals

  1. Complete the third clue for Charlotte’s Scrappy Stars Around the Corner.
  2. Make a back and donate it with the top from Gyleen’s Bricks, Cobblestones, and Pebbles mystery quilt.
  3. Clear the area behind the door in my studio.
  4. Make donation blocks for Kat’s March Drive.
  5. Make some summer-themed wall hangings.
  6. Participate in Darla’s March-A-Long, where we sew a little every day.

So February was a good month for goals, but it usually is.  As we creep toward spring, outside work and other activities call, and I sew a little less.  Luckily, Darla has her March-A-Long this month to encourage us to sew/prep for at least a few minutes every day, and that helps keep me going.  Hope you join in, too.

2016-02-27 11.02.35Good luck with your goals! I’m linking up to Judy’s report at Patchwork Times.