star baby quilt finish

 yellow baby string quilt. is finished. When I decided to change my pattern for Blue skies, I had leftover yellow string blocks. This is the quilt that I made from those blocks. I was in Florida at the time that I was piecing, and didn't have border fabric with me. I found a men's shirt at a thrift store that I could cut for the border. I waited until I was home to quilt it. yellow is my favorite color which is why I was drawn to the pattern blue skies in the beginning.

46 x 54

I found the backing fabric in my home stash and used it for the binding as well.

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stash report July 12 , 2026

I decided to take a bag of scraps with me to sew group. I was not in the mood to take my sewing machine. This bag was given to me by another quilter. Everything was a delightful mystery.

I cut my usual sizes, set aside smaller pieces to make 1 1/2 inch hsts, and  kept some larger pieces together that ere coordinates. In the end, it weighed nearly 2 pounds. I hade made 6 yards of useable fabric. 

 stash report July 12 , 2026

fabric added this week: 0 yards 

 fabric added year to date for 2026:  16 1/2 yards  

fabric used this week:  0 yards 

fabric used year to date for 2026:  69 yards

I have used  67 1/2  yards more than I have added. 

I sewed 4 days last week. 

I am working on my last block for my applique project - across the wide missourri- I have the cabin base in  place.

 I have made a little progress on my stars and stripes rug. I am using a smaller frame to carry to guild each week. I have to move it more often. 

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aqua scraps week 2

 All the candy chains blocks are done in aqua.

 I have everything ready to make square play blocks in aqua. I didn't make these last month.

Last months ufo project, two bits , has the blocks assembled. It's time to find borders in my stash.

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5 quilt June and July 2026

 last report May 8, 2026

I try to work on these 5 quilts until they are done. Their turn in the UFO closet is over, and, they need to be finished one way or another. 

It's good to add a few completions to my 5 quilt report this time. I'm finding it harder to keep too many  quilts going at the same time. This year's ufo list has fewer near finishes, and more projects barely started. 

 pfeffernuesse quilt- Is a finish. 

86 x86

flying home is finished.

65 x75

blue skies is finished.

66 x 76

Hollow nine - rainbow scrap challenge from 2023 that needs the border appliqued. I have cut the flowers and the stem is ready. I just need to attach. This is still on the list for 2026, but, I haven't worked on it lately.

dresden blocks - I have the top ready to quilt

stars two bits  is ready for borders

 Looking forward to August

stars two bits 

Hollow nine 

Editya Sitar baskets - I opened the box twice, and then closed it. I have been busy with the other projects, and I have only little bits of time and I want to concentrate on it.

pumpkin patch if I can find it

halloween card trick

scrap cutting

I have added another goal to the 5 quilts project. I want to take one day a month and cut scraps. I will have plenty to choose from since I really didn't cut any for 2024, and the bags of uncut scraps are piling up, all over the fabric room.  Last year, the total was 36 1/2 yards of useable fabric. 

And I plan on continuing this in 2026, even though, I see no discernable difference in the scrap piles.

quilts to be quilted: 

 yellow string baby quilt on the frame

dresden plate

two bits

 wedding ring

  

 

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stash report July 5 , 2026

I found some scraps on the free table at guild meeting. I could not resist the bunnies.

free table

 stash report July 5 , 2026

fabric added this week: 0 yards 

 fabric added year to date for 2026:  16 1/2 yards  

fabric used this week:  15 yards blue skies is finished

66 x 76 = 15 yards

fabric used year to date for 2026:  69 yards

I have used  67 1/2  yards more than I have added. 

I sewed 6 days last week. 

I took my last block for my applique project - across the wide missourri- to Friday sew and started tracing and cutting. I have done a cabin before and I am not looking forward to that part, so I will do it first.

While I was working on my huge Christmas in new England rug hooking project. I did not want to carry it back and forth to guild every week. The huge rug weighs a ton. I found this topically relevant rug kit in my stash, and, decided to take it back and forth with me to guild. It weighs less and is easily folded and stored in a smaller bag. The strips came already cut. No thinking, just hooking needed. It wasn't a high priority. But, is is convenient.

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aqua scraps week 1

 This is the older ufo I chose to add for this month's rainbow scrap aqua color. It has waited a long time. When I opened the box, I realized that there isn't anything started. In other words, it is some fabric and a pattern. It isn't a real priority. what to do...

I think I am going to put this one back in the box. And work on my other projects this month.

Last month's ufo two bits  has 2 rows together.

layout

I took candy chains, to Friday sew with all the pieces cut and ready to sew. I thought I had all I needed, but I can't count. I was only able to sew 5 of these and parts of the others.

I made 1 block for the stashbuster quilt. I couldn't wait to see how it was going to look. I still need to make more row units to get a good variety.

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blue skies finish

 While I was in Florida, I made the top for blue skies.  I started this quilt in 2016 when Bonnie Hunter's string book was published. I made all the string blocks, and it became a ufo. Last year, I worked on it for the rainbow scrap challenge, but, when I opened the book and saw that I would need a gazillion small hsts, I decided to take what I had and run with it. I would have loved making the hsts back when I started it, but, not now. I feel like I have too many higher priority quilts I want to finish.

 I even went to thrift stores for cotton shirts to add the borders. Now, it is finished and off the list.

66 x 76 = 15 yards

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