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I have new fun layer cakes.

stash report March 26, 2023

fabric added: 6 yards

56 1/ 2 yards used more than bought 

I sewed 2 days last week. 

x marks the spot to hook this week for my village rug.

x actly

I am linking to:

Slow Sunday Stitching

Oh scrap

sunday stash at quiltpaintcreate
patchwork and quilts

wednesday wait loss

15 min to stitch at life in pieces

No change in the numbers.

The second border is on all pieces of the membership quilt, which I decided to name Remember Me.

One more border to go and the sections will be ready to quilt. No idea how I will quilt this one, but open to suggestions.

Fabric In: 18.5 yards

Fabric out: 2.675 yard

Net Fabric In: 15.825 yards

How did you do this week?

I  added 2 new layer cakes. I have very little editya sitar fabrics and I love all the colors in a kona pack of colors. 

fabric added: 6 yards

62 1/ 2 yards used more than bought 

I sewed 4 days last week. 

I have the W in sight to finish this week for my village rug.

I am linking to:

Slow Sunday Stitching

Oh scrap

sunday stash at quiltpaintcreate
patchwork and quilts

wednesday wait loss

No change in the numbers. There were opportunities to add fabric, but I just wasn’t feeling it.

My sewing room is a hot mess because I have too many projects going at once…again. I’ve made some progress on the Membership Quilt borders.

My other two projects are piled one on top of the other next to my other sewing machine. I will not start another project until I finish two of the three I have going. Wonder how many times I will have to repeat that in the next few months before it sticks?

Fabric In: 18 ...

I have a weakness for charm squares, I know I can cut my own, but, they seem like little mysteries to me. And, with the higher prices, these days, If I can find them cheaper...... I don't always resist.

fabric added: 1 1/2 yards

68 1 2/  yards used more than bought 

I sewed 2 days last week.  We had a non- covid cold, and didn't get much accomplished.

moving along

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No change in the numbers.

Yesterday I painted cheesecloth because sometimes a girl just has to paint fabric.

The rust version was intentional, the pink an unexpected result of color mixing and the blue both intentional and unexpected. That one will get additional colors added so that it fits where I plan to use it.

I am still behind on responding to comments and viewing links. I often do that very early in the morning and had another day of Blogger refusing to post comments. I am amazed at how much fabric some of you have used this year. You ...

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MaryFran was the high bidder for "Hidden Stars," the quilt I donated to the silent auction.

And I won a big gift basket with soup mixes and other edible delights.

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No change in the numbers.

I sewed the rows together on the membership quilt and added the first of three borders.

The next border will be piano keys, followed by another muslin border. I’m not usually one for a lot of borders, but the quilt needs more width. I’m only adding borders to the sides.

Fabric In: 18.5 yards

Fabric out: 2.675 yard

Net Fabric In: 15.825 yards

How did you do this week?

 Stash report February 26, 2023

I found these beauties on the free table at quilt guild. The key fabric is 36 inches, so is vintage. I am planning a patriotic quilt... someday, so, I keep a look out for red, white, and blue. I am collecting floral scraps, too.

fabric added: 1 1/2 yards

fabric added year ...

 I was gifted these 'scraps'. The middle one was 2 1/2 yards, the rest were bits and pieces. I don't count them in yardage, unless they are over 1/2 yard or are a fat quarter.

Stash report February 26, 2023

I didn’t get much time in the sewing room this week as a result of fallout from the previous week. I did take time to count some of the second bin of fabric from the estate sale. I also added some of my stash to the Guild charity box to redeem myself.

I’m hoping to get back in the sewing room today.

Meanwhile, here’s another block from the membership quilt.

The Dresden plate block is one of my favorite traditional blocks. I’m pleased that one of the ladies made me one for inclusion in this quilt ...

 There is a nearly local quilt shop going out of business, and, they are offering all their fabric for 4.00 per yard. Oh the temptation.

Stash report February 19, 2023

This week wasn’t the week I’d planned, and a whole lot of things didn’t get done. I did finish the runner, which I will post later as a OMG finish.

I hadn’t counted the fabric for the top in, but the backing and binding came out of stash.

Since I didn’t have anything new to show, I decided to post a picture of the block in the center of my membership UFO.

The applique is beautiful and needed to be showcased.

Fabric In: 17.5 yards

Fabric out: 1.375 yard

Net Fabric In: 16 ...

I found these pieces of woven plaids at goodwill for 99 cents each. The regular price now for  up to 1 yard is 3.99.  2 yards or more is 5.99. Someone didn't like these and marked them 99. I like them so I snatched them up to take home.

Stash report February 12, 2023

No fabric in this week.

I used a yard of my own fabric finishing the pinwheel quilt.

I’m turning binding on the runner. That will be a finish next week.

Before I set it aside, I did add more to the tree in the challenge quilt. That quilt really needs a name.

I’m behind on email, comments and reading everyone’s posts. I hope to catch up some this coming week. I’m not sure where the time goes, but mid-month is right around the corner.

Fabric In: 17.25 yards

Fabric out: 1 yard

Net Fabric In ...

I don't have new fabric this week. I have been cutting scraps. I cut 1 1/2 inch strips at the last, if I can't cut anything larger. There was 1 pound 2 ounces of scraps in this size. If there are 3 yards in a pound, I have a little over 1 yard.

1 1/2 inch strips

No fabric in or out.

I squared the pinwheel quilt and made the binding (out of fabric I bought last week). I hope to finish it this week.

I also made a runner out of strip sets and odd strips from the box I bought last week. Do you see a theme here?

It’s the perfect size for where I want to put it. It just needs quilted and bound.

Maybe the quilting gods will smile on me and I’ll finish them both before the next report.

Fabric In: 17.25 yards

Fabric out: 0

Net Fabric In ...

I had a great quilting month.

YTD fabric IN:   20 yards, free  (a gift from a friend)

YTD fabric OUT:  50-3/4    

Here's the new flimsy.   2-1/8 yards, 42 x 54.

The cheddar and gray/taupe solids were part of the charity quilt kits available at the guild meeting in December.  The charity chairmen said they'd put the kits together with what they thought might make a nice wheelchair quilt but that we could use the fabrics as we chose.  The kits I took turned out to be 20 yards and ...

2023 is off to a roaring start.  I already have four finishes which also means four UFOs off the list.  Yay me!  

The first thing I finished this year was this Churn Dash baby quilt.  Sometimes, a simple, traditional block is the best choice for a sweet quilt.

These two quilts were started at a retreat last July, and I told you about them here.  They're going to a local group that makes quilts for St Jude Children's Research Hospital. 

The very last of the orange Tom & Jerry fabric (read about that here and here) was used up ...

No fabric out this week.

I went to an estate sales yesterday that was 5 minutes from my house. Someone at work told me about it because the ad mentioned the deceased was a quilter. I went later to avoid the crowd, but there was still a lot of fabric left.

It may take me the entire year to use what I bought.

I didn’t count all the strips in the box. There are very few full strips, making it hard to tell how much is there. Fabric bits just thrown in a container always take up more space ...