A Scrappy Quilter

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Stash Report

Well this is my first stash report in 6 months,

The end of June is here and I'm happy to report

that I'm always keeping close to the plan

of no fabric in this year.

My small purchase early on of

batik fabric, went right back out

as a donation to a gift basket for the quilt sale.

My most recent purchase of 3 1/2 m

of this beautiful yellow fabric

will turn into a backing for one of the tops

to be quilted this summer.

The stash report for the first 6 Months

of the year is as follows:

Fabric Purchased: 8.5 m

Used since last report 5 m, 3 m ( baby quilt)

Fabric In to date: 8.5 m

Used to date 2025 : 8 m

Total in .5m

Net Fabric in YTD: .5 m

There has been a lot of fabric

coming in the door in in the form of scraps.

Scrap Usage is like this:

4 medium bags in and the same out

as dog bed bits and donations so I am

holding steady .

Happy stitching.

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Stash Reporting

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Count Me in, 8s & 10s

Woohoo! It's turning out to be a good

morning here in the sewing room.

The bottom of a rabbit hole,

8 x10s are coming along nicely.

The real name for this pattern

is something like 6 and 8s.

I'm using an 8" and 10" variation of my own,

solely because it worked with what I have.

Strings of various widths are edged

by black on two opposing sides.

Here is my progress.

I have enough for about 1 1/2 twin

sized quilts. I'm aiming for 2 twins.

Here is my source.

A bin of string/scraps and other

hidden treasures. Look what I found!

A project ready to go:

A dazzling pile of chunks:

(look at this one!)

and a raft of light/low volume strips

I'm going to be stitching up the blocks into tops

as soon as I get the dividing

black strip on the last few edges.

Stay safe and sew on !

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Wait Loss Wednesday

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Jumping Onto a Spring Fling

The deep, dark hole of YouTube videos a

Facebook links, has coerced me into jumping onto

a Canadian scrap quilter's Spring Fling sew along.

I had a pleasant few evenings stitching up

even more low volume scraps strings and bits,

into sashing to to join other unknown

components to complete a mystery.

Sew far I am only up to clue two, but it has used up

a considerable amount of scraps and bits.

Clue number two looks like a diagonal

string block so it should be easy to stitch up.

The design wall has been cleared and

currently holds the start of the

sashed crumb squares. They got off to a bit of a false start,

as the frame I used for the crumb squares was

a gray that turned out to be just too dark.

It has been replaced with a gray print

that seems to be doing the trick.

I'm excited to get more crumb blocks

into a top!

This will end up hopefully using 16

of the scrap squares.

I found even more crumb squares

when I was cleaning up last night!

My BB is coming up for some stitching and

a quilt show so I need to make room for two!

Have a great week stitching!

Stay safe and sew on.

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Design Wall Friday

Monday, June 2, 2025

Hopping To It

The Hopscotch top is finally complete.

It was first finished up a few weeks ago,

but the size was a bit small at a 56" x 64"

so I upped the size by 8" so now it

measures a nice 63"x 71".

Here it is with the additional top row,

all sides pinned and ready to stitch and,

finally all sides on. A nice press

and it's time to audition some backings.

The organization bug bit me,

I tidied it up a closet and happened

to find a small bin of yardage for quilt backs.

This Hopscotch is getting a nice green check back

with small baskets of flowers.

There were enough 3-4 meter pieces

that 3 more quilts now have backings!

The Sea Glass will get this nice gold

enhanced backing.

The first of the blue scrap strip quilt is getting

a muted striped backing that

mirrors the stripes on the front.

The multicolor strip quilt will

be backed with a small floral print with a

black background.

It turned out to be a very productive start to the week!

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Off the Wall Friday

Monday, May 26, 2025

Making progress!

Well, lots of progress this week,

even the geese are getting things done.

Some more organization came into the sewing room,

as well as some more items that need

to be organized (that's another story).

41/2-in sashing strips for the sashed colour

family crumb quilt, are well underway.

Now I'm moving on to the eight and a half inch outside border.

This border is also low volume crumb pieced.

I have lots of pre-existing crumb squares,

mostly done on long winter evenings in snowy Alberta.

Once I get the borders and sashing done,

it should go together very quickly.

Halfway thru and the bin is empty!

However a glean of one big scrap bin

yielded a wealth of low volume bits,

a great restock!

There may be a slight detour in the middle of construction,

to enlarge the Hopscotch that's currently

taking up space on the design wall.

Otherwise, I'll start layering it up

and before I know it, there will be six layers

of partial tops on the design wall.

Onward and into the scrap bin I go!

Stay safe and sew on.

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Finished or Nor Friday

Monday, May 19, 2025

Get Moving!

Well my motivation wagon had a flat tire

but I think I'm almost on the way.

I spent most of my morning ripping

apart my printer trying to figure out why

All the colors will print except black.

The outlines showing here are dark purple.

According to the internet and some friends at Smart Ink,

the print head might be dirty.

So I opened it up and cleaned the printhead but alas

still no black ink getting thru.

The helpful gentleman on the internet website

did direct me to where I could purchase a new printhead.

Surprise, it's under $20. It should arrive in a few days and

I will once again try to repair my printer.

In the meantime, I'm starting this wonderful pattern that requires

4" low volume scraps as sashing

with a wide crumb low volume border around

crumb squares of colour families.

Lots of crumbs,

so it should be lots of fun.

I'm starting out with piles of low volume scraps,

a majority of which are strips so it should speed up the process.

A nice pile done so far!

Side story, (DD say this), I've finally figured out

how to facilitate credits for pictures.

Utilize the screen shot feature on both phone and laptop!

This will provided all the necessary information

needed for the source of the creations.

Keep an eye out for better credits in the future!

Stay safe and sew on !

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