stash report march 31, 2024

I won a door prize at my last retreat. The fat quarters are just what I like.

door prize

stash report March 31, 2024

fabric added this week: 1/2  yards

 Still no purchases. yippee  

fabric added year to date for 2024: 9 1/2 yards 

fabric used:  -  0 yards 

fabric used year to date for 2024: 175 yards 

165 1/2 yards used more than bought in 2024

I sewed 2 days last week. 

My progress is slow since I have a self imposed restriction to hooking only at guild and for a couple of hours. Each picture looks much the same as the last. Still I am making progress on the big sky background.

june 19

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purple blocks

 I am Just finishing with purple scraps for the rainbow scrap challenge. I made the last of the hen and chicks

I made the last of the strip weave blocks from last year's challenge. I hope to get the quilt top made soon. 

And I have made a few monkey wrench blocks.

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split 9 top finish

At this point, I decided that since I have many more blocks left over, I would add them all a round the outside. Which took the better part of an open sew. It is better and quicker to do that while making the rows in the first place.

I was left with a few sections to sew at the end of the day. I was worried I would not make my one monthly goal to have the top finished by the end of March.

I did finish it in the nick of time. This quilt has been a challenge. But I love it. When I started the 2013 quiltville leader/ ender challenge, I was just using scraps to make blocks with no idea what it would become. I suppose that is why it took so long to finish it. By the way, if you see a mistake, tell me, but very gently haha

83 x 96

I am not adding a border to this and will piece a back, prepare binding, and add it to the to be quilted closet.

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glitter top

The top is together for my glitter quilt. This is a Jen Kingwell pattern from Quilt Lovely book. I began in 2017 using templates. I finished the blocks in 2018. I pulled the ufo out again in 2024 to try finishing the top as part of the 5 quilts project. The original pattern does not have a border, but, I am undecided.

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churn dash top

Churn dash is nearly a top. I have the inside sashing done, but I ran out of sashing material. I need to dig in my stash for a suitable match for the inner border before I can add the border and call it done for now. Churn dash is an older ufo that I plan to finish this year as part of my 5 quilts project.

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stash report march 24, 2024

I have a few new scraps from the free table at my retreat last week. They are small sizes that I will cut into strips and squares.

free table

stash report March 24, 2024

fabric added this week: 0  yards

 Still no purchases. yippee  

fabric added year to date for 2024: 9 yards 

fabric used:  - 7 yards - antique tile finished

fabric used year to date for 2024: 175 yards 

166 yards used more than bought in 2024

I sewed 6 days last week. 

I've decided to stay with the header on my Springtime cross stitch

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purple zig zag ripple

I made  few zig zag ripple blocks in purple for the rainbow scrap challenge. I am using 1 1/2  inch strips for these blocks. I didn't have that many long enough in my bag of strips. Actually, I don't have many purple scraps in any size.

I added another set of blocks for hen and chicks.

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antique tile finish

I added the antique tile quilt to the to be quilted closet in February thinking it would be a long time before I saw it again. My random number pick for March was this quilt. I was surprised. But, very glad that it is a finish. I used Suzies scraps tutorial on tile blocks made easy. using charm squares. We still don't have green grass, but, we do have Spring flowers. We had warmer weather and then, night freezes. I think everything is surviving.

49 x 49 = 7 yards

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split 9 again

I started this older ufo as part of the quiltville leader/ ender challenge. I figured out how I wanted to proceed with assembly here. Now, I am starting work on the bottom half of my split nine quilt. I am getting better at following the graph so it looks like I have it right the first time.

The top half is all sewn together.

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box kite start

I had a wonderful 2 day retreat with my quilt guild. We met at a new venue that was roomy and comfortable. I took 5 projects with me as I could tell I was having focus issues. I worked a little on all of them and then, rinse and repeat. As you can tell I am a spreader. 

Someone brought this yummy treat.

I opened the box on this older ufo from 2017. I have 120 blocks, enough to start assembly of the top. This is a Bonnie Hunter quilt from her book addicted to scraps.   

I began making twosies.

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stash report march 17, 2024

This was on the free table at guild. It is 7 inches wide by over a yard. I thought it was so pretty. I have a weakness for florals.

free table 

 stash report March 17, 2024

fabric added this week: 0  yards

 Still no purchases. yippee  

fabric added year to date for 2024: 9 yards 

fabric used:  - 28 yards show off finished

fabric used year to date for 2024: 168 yards 

159 yards used more than bought in 2024

I sewed 6 days last week. I had a sleep in your own bed retreat for two days and moved projects along

I am still ( and forever) working on the background of my Christmas rug. 

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purple blocks

 Today I am at a sleep in your own bed quilt retreat. Yesterday, I came back from lunch to find Florence the featherweight with a new accessory. She felt much appreciated with the new look, and, I have a new scrap LOL

This week I worked on sugar grove and the purple hsts I need for the rainbow scrap challenge. I made 180 for sets of 5, 4, 3,2,1. I didn't have any purple in the extra hsts drawer. I needed to cut and sew all of them this month.

sets of 5

I made the windmill blocks in purple

I made the new hen and chicks blocks and a lonely monkey wrench

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show off finish

I started this quilt as a means to use my large stash of up cycled shirt fabrics. Show off is a free pattern from quilted twins

I had the rows together in 2020 and it has waited for quilting. As part of my 5 quilt project, it has finally had it's turn on the long arm. It is bigger than I expected - king size - I love it. It is so soft and comfy.

102 x 102 = 28 yards

I used a plaid for the backing, free form bubbles for quilting, and navy binding.

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half of a split 9

I fixed my mistakes with my split nine patch quilt, and the top half of blocks are all right, and mostly sewn together before I ran out of time. I didn't mind having to quit, since I know these pieces were set and going to be ok when I return to it.

Preparations are underway for our 2024 garden. One of the first plants we need to start indoors are sweet potatoes. We used our own sweet potatoes from last year to grow slips for this year's garden. This is the first year we have tried the whole potato in soil and it has done well. Maybe, too well. It looks like we will be ready too soon to plant outdoors. But, planning in the Spring is the best part.

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churn dash sashing

Now that I have a plan for my churn dash quilt, I have started the sashing. I really don't like sewing sashing, so I will be slow going. I will have to bribe myself with happy rewards. Still, I am happy with how it looks and that might help.

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stash report march 10, 2024

I was gifted flannel for my stash. I would still like to make a few donation quilts and think these will be helpful.

4 1/2 yds

 stash report March 10, 2024

fabric added this week: 4 1/2  yards

 Still no purchases. yippee  

fabric added year to date for 2024: 9 yards 

fabric used:  - 0 yards

fabric used year to date for 2024: 140 yards 

131 yards used more than bought in 2024

I sewed 5 days last week. I had one day at an open sew

I worked more on the heading for my Spring Cross stitch. 

I am linking to:

Slow Sunday Stitching

Oh scrap

sunday stash at quiltpaintcreate
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wednesday wait loss

15 min to stitch at life in pieces