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No fabric out this week.

I stopped at SewEndipitous in Rock Hill, SC on our travels and bought a panel. It was shop hop week, and the panel was on sale. I thought it would make a cute charity quilt.

They had other fun things I hadn’t seen in the shops back home, but I tried to limit my purchases. My “want to make list” just keeps getting longer.

Fabric In: 29.3 yards

Fabric out: 6.875 yards

Net Fabric In: 22.425 yards

How did you do this week?

I attended a quilt show in Lafayette last week and bought some flannel for donation quilts at 2.00 per yard. I was thinking of the trip around the world quilt I made earlier this year. I didn't take any quilt pictures. oh well

 stash report September 17, 2023

fabric added: 7 1/2 yards 

 We traveled to Pendleton Indiana for a lovely quilt show. It was held in the county historical museum. Behind the beautiful quilts, was all the historical museum pieces which was an interesting bonus. I did add a few fabric pieces to my stash from their fabric sales. haha

 stash report September 10, 2023

fabric added: 0 yards 

In this WIP Wednesday episode Vanessa will be discussing:

– The bag projects she taught at her recent bag making retreat

– NEW Half Yard Fabric Bundle #8 on sale!

– New tools: Sew Magnetic Cutting System by SewTites unboxing

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What we’re covering:

1:26 – New fabric bundles!

9:31 – Crescent Tote Bag Pattern

15:30 – Emerson Crossbody Bag Pattern

25:17 – Crescent Tote Bag Pattern measurements

26:28 – Sew Magnetic Cutting System by SewTites unboxing

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Quilt backs or backing! It’s a hot topic around here. We often receive questions about preparing quilt backing fabric, such as cutting and assembly techniques, working with 108” wide fabric, pieced backings, and how to make the backings ready for a longarmer.

Over the years, we’ve come to find a few techniques to use for our quilt backs, and we’re sharing them with you here today, along with a FREE Quilt Backing Reference Chart that gives you quilt piecing diagrams at a glance, along with some helpful tips.

Top 3 Quilt Backing Tips

To find out some ...

 I bought a layer cake.  Well, actually I bought a lot more than a layer cake, but we'll leave it at that shall we?  At least this goes with a border print that's been in my stash for many years, AND I have a pattern that will work with all this stuff.  So it's good!  Well, except for the part where I'm not supposed to be buying fabric.  Ahem.

Even Coco thinks some of DH's t-shirts should go in the trash bag.

At our open sew last week, there was some fabric brought in from other quilters for the free table. I snagged these pieces.

top 2 are flannel

 stash report September 3, 2023

fabric added: 3 1/2 yards 

 I had a finish this week which makes me happy, and, helps with the yearly stash numbers. 

At open sew, yesterday, someone, surprised me with a quilt top that she had made with fabric that I had donated last month. First of all, the turnaround time was impressive, and, the fact, that she knew it was my fabric donation. It makes it much easier to let go of my precious fabric knowing someone will enjoy it. She has plans to add a border, too, from some of it. 

wow

stash report August 20, 2023

fabric added: 0 yards 

This was the last full week of August. September starts in just 4 days!  I'm ready for cooler weather, but definitely not ready for it to be so far along in the year.  It just seems the last half of the year really flies compared to the first half.  So getting in my stitching time is really important the next couple of months.  I did pretty well on that front this week. 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/August = 24/26 days
• 15 minute days/2023 = 203/236 days
• Success rate = 86.02%

I am doing it again!! Stitching Heaven asked me to teach on another quilting cruise, and I had such a wonderful time last November that I didn’t even think about it. I said yes!! I decided to give myself a nice padding of time to get familiar with the quilt that I will be teaching. And since I had access to advanced yardage of Michael Miller’s new line Summer Dreams, well, it was a match made in heaven!! Y’all, this is Turn Style Quilt. Isn’t she lovely!!

 I am working on an older ufo called spoolin around. I found the pink I wanted for the setting triangles in my stash, but, I couldn't find a green I like with it for the border. I went through everything on the shelves. anything, I liked I did not have a large enough piece. I have a million yards of fabric, how could I not have what I needed? I checked my back up storage, ahem, yes it is a real thing. Still nothing. I even tried to change colors. So, I repeated the process with blues. I had ...

      One of the joys of life is receiving fabric in the mail. Knowing someone trusts you enough to make comfort quilts with it and sends it to you is an awesome humbling position that I have blessed with. Gwen has sent me fabric, especially backing fabric, before and it has so helped me to complete quilts to give away.
     Her latest box had all kinds of goodies in it. How exciting! I sorted by size and type, color. It got my brain thinking.

I didn't buy any new fabric this week. I did find a pile of leftover fabric from my Kristal quilt, and thought I should decide what to do with it, since, I didn't want to put it away. haha

stash report August 13, 2023

fabric added: 0 yards 37 days without acquiring any ...

 I haven't added anything new this week to my fabric stash. I have cut some scraps from trimming quilts. I cut some 4 1/2 inch squares from cream for an older ufo of shirts.

stash report August 6, 2023

fabric added: 0 yards

I added more neutrals to my stash. I had cut background for a quilt, and, I feel better if I replace it right away.

stash report July 30, 2023

fabric added: 3 yards

I added a bright yellow and clear blue to the stash. I don't really need 2 yards of each, but, missourri star is selling 2 yard or 3 yard cuts, and I like the colors and the price, so, I have more than I need, but, there are worse problems.

4 yards

stash report July 23, 2023

fabric added: 4 yards

  Other than cutting, no movement in or out with my stash.

stash report July 16, 2023

fabric added: 0 yards

My guild had a garage sale yesterday, and I behaved and didn’t buy much fabric. The hand dyed fabric came with the pattern on the far left. The thread came from Goodwill, a later stop.

Then we stopped at a thrift, and for the first time in over a year they had a lot of fabric. I just couldn’t leave a few of the pieces behind. I also bought bleached muslin, not shown.

I did put some fabric in the garage sale, but it didn’t sell. I plan to give Destashify a shot. Unfortunately, no other fabric ...

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