Stash Report - end of September

Well, I added 7 meters back into my total 

but the fabric is lovely and inexpensive!

Isn't it nice?  It will make a fine backing 

with lots left over for scrappy endeavors. 

I had a wonderful time chatting and folding 

material for a stash busting sale too!

We all need to have a plan for our fabric stash.

My plan is to sew it all up!! Isn't it nice to have dreams!?

Here is the new total for the week. Still into 

the negatives and a few more bindings 

will put me back on track!

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                 .0  m

Added last week:        7 m

                                  Year to date:            129 m bolt 27m, bucket batiks 15m

destash gift 68m

Net added in 2023         -14 meters

Older UFOs on my shelves should really be included in

the mix to work on, but it so much fun to finish up  a 

newer project! I may browse thru the stacks this evening. 

Till then Stay safe and sew on!

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OMG For the Spoooky Month

 Isn't it fun to have goals?!

I just had to add in this picture of my small 

town looking like Brigadoon!

Sure getting ready for spooky month here!

This month I am going to be finishing up 

from the the pinning and quilting frenzy of 

September and bind everything in sight! 

Actually all of my items in the finishing 

up phase, (quilting , trimming, binding and 

labeling), usually hang out underneath the 

big work table with the flannel bins and 

the odd bags of scraps.  I think I have 

posted a few pictures of the work pile under there. 

Currently there are: 

four baby sized quilts,

(one needing a fix on the backing)

and two twin quilts to bind. 

Getting these all done up before holiday and 

travels months kick in will give me a great 

start on , dare I say it, next year?!! Time sure

flies when you are stitching!

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Lots of Little Finishes

 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.

This little one gave me some difficulty. The blocks

 were quilt as you go orphans and had to be joined.

 

This border print really lent itself to a nice lap size. 

The next two are cousins, same design but 

different widths and colors. 

I do love color family quilts!

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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Oh Scrap!

Table Scraps Challenge

Monday Musings

Design Wall Monday

Sew & Tell

Wait Loss Wednesday

To Do Tuesday

Midweek Makers

Needle and Thread Thursday 

Put Your Foot Down

Finished or Not Friday

TGIFF

Off the Wall Friday

Peacock Party 

Friday Foto Fun

Brag About Your Beauties

Whoop Whoop

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Button, button who's got the button?

 A great gift of quality wool came my way recently, 

so I am trying to be crafty and make some button 

embellished hearts that can be used a pincushions or key fobs.

Here is what they are supposed to look like:

 

So far, here are what mine are looking like. 

A perfect plan, in place for a road trip, fell

in a bit as I stitched up all the buttons I had 

in just a few hours. 

That lead to a nice afternoon, sorting buttons!

We quilters and crafters always seem to have 

lots of buttons.

 

  I also found a very weird 

assortment  of items in my big button box. 

Here is the list: 

a belt buckle

a rod for permanents

2 red 1/2" pom poms

1 larger gold trimmed pom pom 

3 keys, one being a windup key

a pinch shower rod clip

a drapery clip, very sharp

1 fresh water pearl

2 black grosgrain shoe bows

1 push-in curtain tie back

3 1/2" ribbon roses

1 blue game piece

1 metal feather charm 

1 3/8" machine screw

1 elastic eyeglass older

I seem to be a very eclectic collector!

The harvest was successful and 

I can move on with my stitching.

Stay safe and sew on !

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To Do Tuesday

Monday Musing

Midweek Makers

Put Your Foot Down 

Needle and Thread Thursday

Finished or Not Friday

Foto Fun

Peacock Party

Off the Wall Friday

Whoop Whoop Fridays!

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Oh , Moving into Negative Numbers

 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! 

That brings my reporting well into the negatives!!

If I count the size of my stash, I still have 

a long way to go!

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

Lots more stitching ahead this week. 

Stay safe and sew on! 

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Pin, pin, pin!

 Wow, I had a very productive week! 

Sometimes ones sewjo just kicks into 

overdrive and lots of good things happen!  

    The magic happened last week 

and I layered up four tops

from my quilt top vault. I found some 

great backs in the my bin of large yardage 

off to the races I went! 

    First up was the purple log cabin.

It got a lovely yellow back with a purple, mid quilt insert

to make the yardage wide enough for this twin quilt top. 

Next up was the twin green log cabin.

It too, got a yellow back split by a back matching 

floral insert for width. 

Then it was time for the next quilt to 

finish up the last of the yellow using it as 

side strips for a center strip of  20" squares.

This back was used on a small, crib sized log in green.

The last of this pining frenzy,

was a beautiful 1/2 square top that 

was part of a stash rid out by a friend's neighbor. 

The piecing is very precise. 

This baby sized top got the last of the 

princess patterned cotton in the box. 

A perfect choice for this lovely little top. 

Four tops ready to quilt!  

It should be a very busy week ahead. 

Stay safe and sew on!

Linking up with :

Design Wall Monday

To Do Tuesday

Monday Musings

Sew & Tell

Wednesday Wait Loss

Midweek Makers

Needle and Thread Thursday

Put Your Foot Down

Finished of Not Friday

Whoop Whoop!

Design Wall Friday

Friday Foto Fun

Oh Scrap

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Sunday Stash Report

 No change of numbers for this week.

There is a nice stack of pinned items

to quilt up so this week may show some 

finishes!

No fabric in or out so that is all good!

2023 STASH TOTALS

  Used last week:     11 m

Used year to date:       97  m

                                      Scraps out               3.5. 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         -6 meters

Have a great week sewing!

I'll be working on stitching up all

those pinned tops! 

Stay safe and sew on !

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