The week is holding steady with lots of stitching,
organizing and layouts.
No increase in Stash numbers
The table of Discovery is still in chaos,
A busy week is ahead but making time for stitching
is always therapeutic.
Stay safe and sew on!
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New Years Eve was a quiet night as
the funk of the year hit me a bit.
I did manage to solitary sew and
made up for missing my evening buddies
by sewing with a large group the next day.
That group sew saw me bringing out
the block library and sorting
lots of orphans into sizes.
the blocks were compiled into a few groups for tops.
Funny story there, what I thought were orphans
from a past rainbow scrap challenge,
turned out to have a bunch of fellows in a box labeled "weave"!
Now it appears I have enough to make two twin size quilts.
The first is well underway cream/white joining triangles.
The second will have a different colour,
possibly grey, if I can find it.
By "find it" I mean going into my stash.
You can see above, there is one empty spot.
I made addtional blocks from strip sets
that were mixed in with the spare block stash.
Then a walk to the project boxes to check for more
pieces lead me to this box.
What treasures inside!
The new year is well underway and I am getting lots
of stitching done this year!! We'd better use up all
our new year style jokes while the year is young!
I'm also busy planning my stitching year ( loosely).
All these square bits will be going together.
get finished up. A basket by the sewing machine is
full of little ends to make the pieced portions. This is a
bit of an ongoing project.
Linking up with a varity of bloggers really keeps me
in touch and is a great inspriation for me. Try to
visit them when you see a linking up with note,
it is rewarding for them and fun for you!
Here is my record for stitching this year.
1Well, with the recent events, my stash reporting feels a bit
like a confessional!
I had a great time at a fabric clear out.
I did find some treasures and beautiful quilting supplies.
A conservative estimate of the new to me quilting fabric
is 30 meters. It was part of a creative estate sale and
I could not resist the great bargains nor the beautiful fabrics.
A majority of the haul is in color coordinated scrap bags.
Now I get to sew even more!! A few more log cabins will
be zipped up this year and I am looking for a new
go-to scrap busting pattern for
next year's Rainbow Scrap Challenge.
So here is the updated stash report.
2023 STASH TOTALS
Used last week: 0 m
Used year to date: 133 m
Scraps out 0.0 m
(1 bag=/.5 k=.5m)
Scraps In 0.0 m
Added last week: 30 m
Added Year to date: 177 m bolt 27m, bucket batiks 15m
destash gift 68m
Net added in 2023 9.5 meters
I will definitely enjoy working with these wonderful
fabrics . I even have a place to file them. It will
just need a bit of repositioning my shelves and
I can set up the new additions for optimum usage.
Let's get sewing!
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Our guild recently had a members yard sale.
We set up long rows of tables in an adjoining meeting hall and
after coffee time we all went shopping. The purpose was to raise
some money for rent and we ended up having a fantastic
social time and finding new homes for everything from
rulers to yardage! Fun was had by all and the guild got funds!!
My stash did increase a bit and here are my lovely finds.
and lastly, 6.5 m of this interesting house fabric
With all the great deals to be had, my totals for the
year now look like this!
2023 STASH TOTALS
Used last week: 0 m
Used year to date: 112 m
Scraps out 0. m
(1 bag=/.5 k=.5m)
Scraps In .5 m
Added last week: 17.5 m
Year to date: 147 m bolt 27m, bucket batiks 15m
destash gift 68m
Net added in 2023 4 meters
Back into the positive. I do always aim to be
positive so I am okay with the result. Lending
all of ours goods to each other, until the next sale,
is fun too. My usage will go up soon. There are quite a few
quilts waiting for binding under the table.
A bit of time at the ironing board making binding
and I should be well on my way to finishes soon.
Stay safe and sew on !
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Lots of items going out the door lately.
It feels so good to clear things off the list!
A stack of quilts went off to various organizations
with a few more still waiting for delivery.
Five more wheelchair quilts have been finished up
this week.
The hardest part always seems to be the backing.
It isn't that it has to match, I just want to make sure
the recipient will like it, and find it interesting.
Lots of yellow was used for this round of backings.
Yellow always make a project brighter and it certainly did
for this bunch of quilts!
Stay safe and sew on !
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What a great day for stash reporting! We are
fast moving into fall and the wheel chair quilts
are piling up! Another of my quilting buddies
joined in with a pair done up to give.
The busy week before my first fall retreat saw
me getting the remaining tops for donation
matched up with backs. An afternoon of
high intensity, and four more are ready for quilting!!
Let's see if they will be done by publishing time!
Sorting out binding for these friendly little quilts,
was quite entertaining. Two were bordered in a narrow strip
of black. Black would be a good match but would it
do them a favor or diminish their joy? I chose fabrics with a bit color
fun in them for uplifting bindings!
One has a hint of colored circles and some larger colored bows.
Trimmed down to binding width and the bows
will just show as bits of color.
The other is a binding to match the back and
keep a more cohesive color pallet.
It worked well.
That is a big hint that five wheelchair
quilts have been finished!
2023 STASH TOTALS
Used last week: 15 m
Used year to date: 112 m
Scraps out 0. m
(1 bag=/.5 k=.5m)
Scraps In .0 m
Added last week: 0 m
Year to date: 122 m bolt 27m, bucket batiks 15m
destash gift 68m
Net added in 2023 -21 meters
