I have spent the year trying to finish a long term hexie quilt. The main part has been done for awhile and I am finishing the edges to a stopping point. It is a great big puzzle. I need to hand piece bigger sections together before I can add it to the mother ship. I am working on the last side. I have no idea on how I will actually finish the edges. But I have to get there first. Now that I can get outside, it may slow me down on the work.
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I am finally through the bag my friend gave me. There was a quilt kit and a bundle of fabric - I gave them to another quilter for a donation quilt.
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I kept the small pieces of scraps of Dr suess fabric since I am a fan.
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stash report April 28, 2024
fabric added this week: 0 yards
fabric added year to date for 2024: 17 yards
191 yards used more than bought in 2024
I sewed 2 days last week. I had a guild open sew
I am working on a cross stitch sampler designed by Melissa at pinker n punkin - I think it can be found here I finished the red work frames for my sampler.
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I have yellow traffic jam blocks finished for april and the rainbow scrap challenge. I am using my 2 1/2 and 4 1/2 inch squares.
The first 2 borders went on the quilt perfectly. The second 2 borders fought me, but, I won. The corners were most of the challenge.
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After all the great advice on sewing these blocks together, which, I decided was the right way to sew them together- in halves only. I went social sewing and was so busy chatting and sewing that, I forgot -doh. I didn't realize it until they were all done and I took a picture. oh wait geesh
What to do. take them apart... maybe, or try them with the y seam. and of course that is as far as I have gotten.
Box kite center is together and I have added the inner border. I am piecing the border but the corners are a challenge to me. I need to double down on this if I am going to finish the top by the end of the month for April's one monthly goal. I have skipped most of my social quilting and that is where I get more done.
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I have actually bought my first fabric of the year. I made it 109 days. It was hard at first, but it has become much easier to say no.
reason 1- I have enough of everything I will need.
reason 2 - Even the sale prices are too high for recreational therapy
reason 3 - I don't have any place left to stuff it LOL
reason 4 - I am slowing down
I bought 2- 3 yard wide backings that were on sale at Missourri star.
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stash report April 21, 2024
fabric added this week: 6 yards
fabric added year to date for 2024: 17 yards
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| 62 x 76 = 15 yards |
191 yards used more than bought in 2024
I sewed 2 days last week.
I decided to finish the red work frames for my Spring sampler cross stitch project. I have almost 2 more done and 3 to go. I haven't done anything on my Christmas rug hooking lately. I think I need to dye some more wool for the background to continue. I went to a fiber fair last week, hoping to just buy another piece of navy/ dark blue and I didn't find any in that color.
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Yellow is the color for April and the rainbow scrap challenge. I made 2 rows of Jo's checkers in yellow. I bet I could put at least two long rows together - I have enough different colors.
This is a 2022 ufo quilt from Jordan fabrics called dart -a free pattern. I had an unused jelly roll and wanted a pattern that would use it. It was ready for quilting in March I enjoyed the different look of this pattern and wanted to try it. It was pretty easy to do.
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| 62 x 76 = 15 yards |
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I was making strip weave blocks per color for the rainbow scrap challenge last year. I don't know why but, toward the end of the year, I forgot to finish the colors with this block. I took an inventory this year and decided to finish the 5 or so that I missed. I have all the blocks done and laid them out at an open sew. I have one more row to go and then, borders.
I am slowly piecing the rows for my box kite quilt. I have to be careful to turn each block the right way and start each row the right way, haha. I love the scrappy fun. This is my one monthly goal for April to have a top. The border instructions are a little bit confusing. They are not written like Bonnie's methods.
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Just a couple of seams and I will have the center done.
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I found another panel and a partial quilt top in the bag my friend gave me. There are more Dr Suess
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stash report April 14, 2024
fabric added this week:1/2 yards
Still no purchases. yippee
fabric added year to date for 2024: 11 yards
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| 70 x 83 |
182 yards used more than bought in 2024
I sewed 4 days last week.
I have missed 3 weeks with my rug hooking guild. I did stitch the first block in the second row of the Spring sampler including the red border. The Spring sampler has such sweet little birdies and signs of Spring.
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I am still catching up with purple monkey wrench blocks from March. I started making sugar grove hsts. These are the sets of 5 alike that I need in yellow. Next, I will be finding/cutting sets of 4. I have been through the big bucket of leftover triangles, and didn't find any. Most likely, I will be cutting what I need.
The strip tease pattern from sentimental stitches was a quilt that my friend and I both made. I started assembly in October of last year. The top was finished in December. Then, it went into the 'to be quilted' closet for a vacation. I was surprised that I drew the number to quilt it so soon for March. I love that it is a wonderful memory of sewing with my quilting buddy. And it was a great stashbuster.
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| 70 x 85 = 18 yards |
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This is an older ufo that has not been finished in years. I was able to sneak it in last month on the 28th to be quilted and bound as part of the 5 quilts project. It is Christmasy. So I am either, way ahead or way behind on getting this ready to use. This was a workshop using a half hexagon template by Nancy Zieman and 2 1/2 inch strips from many years ago. Now, if I only had a dining room table that was not used as a secondary sewing space, I would have a place to use it.
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| 20 x 36 inches = 3 yards |
In 2018 I was determined to use my scrap crazy templates or get rid of them. I saw a picture of a quilt that was different than the usual way of using the templates, that I decided to try. I sewed a print strip and a background strip together and used one of the templates to make 60 degree triangles. It has been waiting in the UFO closet since then. When I opened the box, there were 50 sets of 6 triangles pinned together. They are not very big and I wasn't sure how I would proceed. I decided I would sew them in halves and join them.
