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Sunday, January 29, 2023

stash report 1/29/2023

These are mystery jelly rolls from last December. I am including in this years totals because I was hiding them from myself.

cute

Stash report January 29, 2023

fabric added: 6 yards

fabric added year to date: 19 1/2 yards

fabric used: 25 + 12 yards donated sea swept finished

fabric used year to date: 49 yards

29 1/2 yards used more than bought - Yippee I have flipped to the used side

I sewed 6 days last week. including Friday sew

Last week, I stitched and finished a hexie while traveling in the car. This week, I hope to add it to the mother ship. As I move up the side of my quilt, I want to work to straighten the edge. I have 2 sides to that point and I am adding a row to make it bigger. That is the row, I will work to a straight edge.

I am running low on scraps that are big enough for the last rounds

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Sunday, January 22, 2023

stash report January 22, 2023

I bought a few mystery solid fat quarters. I like all the colors, but, I don't use solids much. I wonder why.

Stash report January 8, 2023

fabric added: 1 1/2 yards

fabric added year to date: 13 1/2 yards

fabric used: 12 yards dotty bow ties finished

fabric used year to date: 12 yards

1 1/2 yards bought more than used

I sewed 6 days last week. including Friday sew

I made a winter wreath for Mr Snowman rug hooking project.

Today we will be traveling to see our son's family. I hope to work on a hexie or two for my longtime hexie project.

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15 min to stitch at life in pieces

Monday, January 9, 2023

cross and crown blocks

I am pretty excited to say I have made 81 cross and crown blocks over the course of the year. They are ready to be packed up and sent to the UFO closet ( I mean spa vacation). I have a wonderful collection of civil war reproduction fabrics, and, I rarely use them. I am going to add the scraps into the regular scrap population, so, they might show up occasionally. I have no idea how I am going to assemble them to make a quilt. I was interested in working on precision piecing with these blocks. I think I can say that I improved a bit.

I took advantage of the sale on cabbage for the new year and made a very yummy batch of sauerkraut. It is much easier than it looks. We were happy with the fermentation at about 4 days. The big jar was a goodwill purchase a few months ago. It was big enough for two heads of cabbage. I used peppercorns to add a bit of spice. I will definitely omit them next time. Biting into one is unpleasant, and, they are hard to pick out completely. haha

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Saturday, September 3, 2022

fish and crown

I did a head count of the fish blocks for the year and I have 190 which is about half of what I need. I have the colors ready to cut from this years rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I think I will set this aside until next year and start making blocks. I bought the pattern kismet from quiltville of her fish quilt, and, will use that as my pattern for the top.

oops I have a fish swimming in the wrong direction - silly fish

I finished the orange crown blocks for last month. and, I have 22 more of them to do for the top I want to make. Looks like this will be next years project for rsc as well. Although, I can still use black and brown this year, it won't be enough. Am I the only one thinking about next year already? I have 1 new project planned.

and no mowing

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Friday, July 22, 2022

crown blocks

I finished the blue star and crown blocks from the June rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I was a bit behind and dawdled finishing. I have at least cut the purple blocks for the July blocks, but, haven't started them.

We have had a good rain this week and milder heat ( 89 instead of 90) The garden appreciates it. We had a small batch of beans, and Indiana corn is on the corners everywhere, 7.00 a dozen here. Last year it was 5.50 a dozen. and when we started our family it was 1.00 a dozen ... good times.

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Saturday, May 28, 2022

star and crown blocks

I started the green blocks for star and crown a little late this month for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I only have 4 of them done, but, the other 4 are cut and ready to go. I need to dig out some background scraps. I am running low on those fabrics.

I did 2 zipper blocks as leader/enders. I need to cut some solids. Finding scraps in print fabric isn't hard, but solids are not something I use very often. I have been through the 2 inch drawers and have pulled as many as I could find. It is time to actually cut, actual fabric.

Carrots were 97 cents a bag at Kroger this week so I bought, and canned. I used pints now that we are mostly just the two of us.

Our supply of peanut butter was Jiff and was part of the recall, and we had eaten some of it. The interesting thing I discovered, was the best buy date was May 12 2022. And I bought it at sam's club a month ago. I am guessing it sat at the port on a container ship for awhile. So check new food you buy for dates.

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Saturday, April 23, 2022

pink star and crown blocks

I found some lovely pinks in my reproduction fabrics and scraps to make these star and crown blocks for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy

The farmer around us "cleaned" our fence row with a skid steer and claw. He did a lot of damage to our trees and made a big pile to burn 12 feet behind our property. He did pick a misty morning to burn it, but, I was very anxious about it spreading to our place.

Trees are being destroyed all around our area for "progress" I think the green people should be more concerned about that. It will take generations to restore that ecosystem. sigh....

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

star and crown blocks

I love the yellow/gold colors of civil war reproduction fabrics. This month for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy, I made 10 star and crown blocks as part of my ongoing project. I am making them using 2 inch strips. I am practicing better piecing with these blocks instead of rushing.

my aqua blocks

my red blocks

I planted carrots and spinach in tubs on our back porch. We have not planted this early before, so we will see.

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Friday, March 18, 2022

baskets ufo top

This is One of the 5 quilts I am working to finish

It was a buck a block from a store in Indy in 2014. I loved the colors and fabrics so much so that I bought the finishing kit, too. So, the monthly blocks were just the baskets. I am not sure why it has been an Ufo for so long, but, it needs finishing. I pressed and trimmed, and added the inner borders, and the outer border.

It is officially a top with a back and binding ready for the "to be quilted" closet. I need to change the name closet to vault. At least the quilts have each other for company.

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Monday, March 7, 2022

5 quilts march 7, 2022

My 5 quilts progress report.

1. Rainbow scrap challenge - yellow/gold I am working on my hole in the barn blocks. I didn't think I was going to add these this year, but, I did. SO, I am catching up red from January, and aqua from February.

I used adding machine tape to see if I like it. Yes, I did, but it was a pain in the neck, so, I thought I could eyeball 2 1/2 inches and just started sewing long strips. Much better.

2. full stop quilt that Angela is doing for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy.- I joined a few rows at open sew with my Friday group.

3. rhododendren mystery - hunter - I have half of the first block sewn. I am having trouble matching points - so discouraging. I am not sure how, or what I did wrong that the squares are not matching the angle point on most of them.

4. basket blocks from 2014- I used a random number generator for the next UFO to fill this spot- This quilt was a buck a block from a store in Indy in 2014. I loved the colors and fabrics so much so that I bought the finishing kit, too. So, the monthly blocks were just the baskets. I am not sure why it has been a Ufo for so long, but, it needs finishing. I need to trim the setting triangles and add borders. It is smaller than I usually make, so it will be quicker to finish.

5. use a jelly roll - Love jelly roll This is the 4th jelly roll used for the year.

MY next on the longarm of my own quilts in the 'to be quilted' closet

1.. Christmas sparkle- on the frame - quilted

2. shine

3. bricks in the barnyard

4. tiger, tiger

5. EPP green - I hope I can find it

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Saturday, February 26, 2022

aqua star and crown

This is the last Saturday of the month for the rainbow scrap challenge. I made the star and crown blocks in aqua. Again, I think some of them are just blue or green, but, they are the closest I could find in my civil war reproduction fabrics. Sprinkled in with the others they will be pretty. I think I have all the projects done in aqua.

Hopefully, I am at a guild sewing day today. I missed last month because of covid, but, I have a few projects I want to move along. I am thinking I will take full stop quilt and maybe another jelly roll quilt. Oh the possibilities.

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