stash report January 9, 2022

 This is the first time I have had an amaryllis. It has been a lovely experience. And I still have Christmas cactus blooming.

stash report January 9, 2022

fabric added -0000000yards

fabric added year to date0000000yards

fabric used 8 yards destashed

fabric used year to date 8 yards

8 yards used more than bought. I am starting the year ahead on fabric. 

I have so many scraps to get through, I really don't need to buy anything this year. This will be my next bin of scraps to cut. It is a 15 quart cheap plastic container. It weighs 8 pounds -if there are 3 yards in a pound = 18 yards of fabric. I need to remind myself of this to keep from buying.

I stitched at least 15 minutes 5 days this week. But, I didn't spend much more than 15 minutes each day.

 Once the friendsheep exchange began in my rug hooking guild, we have been passing them around pretty quickly. 

jan's rug -I did the dark green in the middle

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Slow Sunday Stitching

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sunday stash at quiltpaintcreate
patchwork and quilts

15 min to stitch at life in pieces

  

red scraps and rsc

I started sorting for the  rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy with 1 1/2 inch strips in red. I went through the entire gallon bag of strips and pulling any that were not at least 12 inches long. I had a nice little pile. I cut as many as I could into 1 1/2 inch squares for easy breezy blocks if there was 4 matching. If there was at least 3 inches left I put them together to make 4 patches, some will be used for blossom time and some will just be made into random 4 patches. The goal is to clean up the strip bins this year. I have used strips for pieces of scrap blocks and left the bits and pieces to get in the way,

For 2 inch strips I went to my civil war reproduction scraps to make a block I saw on pinterest, that I want to make. It is an old block called star and cross, a variation of churn dasher. I cut 9 sets from the red scraps. I still need to cut hsts before I can sew them. And I am not sure they will get sewn each month. But, at least I will cut each month.
 

I get a pass on Boho heart this month, since, all the red and pink blocks are finished. 

I found my pattern for razzle dazzle and I think I am waiting to make that at another time, but it is still early in the month.

I sewed the hsts for candy. They are ready to go

Not very exciting, but, progress. We have single digits here in Indiana, still no real snow.

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put your foot down

borders

 Day 7 of January and I have not bought any fabric - This is a big deal for me. I wonder when the shakes will stop. Of course, I haven't been anywhere, but, I know how to use the submit now button on a website. I have at least 2 feet of floor cleaned up and vacuumed back from my sewing machine. For as nice as it feels, why can't I remember to keep it that way. I am barely energetic enough to sew. I have been trying to finish the gazillion hourglass blocks for rhododendron mystery. I thought I would not ever get to sew anything else. But, I added the inner border to my drunkards path quilt.

I opened a big bucket of scraps and took a deep breath and put the lid back on again. sigh...

Today my Friday group will meet again after the holidays. It has been 3 weeks and I sure have missed it. But, I was also not well enough to go.

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oh scrap sunday

taming the scraps

 My favorite tool for taming my scraps is my creative grids stripology ruler. I have the strip dies for the accuquilt and I use them a lot. But, when I have odd sized smaller pieces of scrap that I plan on using to add variety to my bins, I like to use the template. I have both sizes. I use the original template with a larger scrap, and, the smaller one for ( wait for it) smaller scraps.

It is a quick cut or 2, and I can make several sizes from one scrap.

This is a scrap print that never ends

I like to use it with the 0 at the bottom right

The left piece will go into the string/crumb bin. The middle is a 2 1/2 inch strip, and the right will go into the trash- no waste.

The left piece is 1 1/2 inch, then 2 inch, then 2 1/2 inch. All with out moving. I enjoy this in the evening when I am too tired to do much of anything. I find it very therapeutic. I don't worry about cutting it the wrong sizes anymore, because, I have a huge collection of scraps. If I want matchy matchy, I have plenty of other options as well.  I am sure the red bear print will show up in a scrap bag for years to come. And at my estate sale, if 5 people buy my fabric. It will be in each of their bags. It is just magical fabric.

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wednesday wait loss

5 quilts january, 3, 2022

 My 5 quilts progress report.

1. Rainbow scrap challenge - color red -candy - I cut the background pieces for candy quilt

2. full stop quilt that Angela is doing for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy.- nothing new done

3. rhododendren mystery - hunter - 

I am still working my way through clue 4. Lots of cutting needed and chain piecing took forever.

I discovered that if I chain piece my qsts like this through the machine

They will be webbed together for an easy sew to get the hour glass. I missed about 1 in 10 - turning them the wrong way, but, an easy fix.

We have had the crud over Christmas but, a negative covid test. It has certainly cramped my style. I haven't gotten much done at all.

4..  too many circles - Nothing new here at all

5. use a jelly roll - I want to make dart. Time to cut.

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

1. hourglass leader ender challenge - hunter - on the frame - quilted - needs binding - trimmed

2. end of the rainbow rsc - on the frame - no change- started quilting -quilted - needs binding

3. row rainbow rsc

4. gray baby flannel

5. Pineapple blossom - hunter

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stash report january 2, 2022

 Last year I accumulated 173 yards of fabric - which had to weigh 519 pounds. No wonder my house is creaking. If each quilt averaged 20 yards that is 8 1/2 quilts. I used 233 1/2 yards in my quilt making. In my mind I pick up a little here and there, not almost 200 yards. If I say I won't buy any over 100 yards this year. what will I do if I buy all of that in January. That leaves 11 months of no fabric.

fabric I cut from gifted fabric

I need to tame my scraps better this year and try not to buy much at all. My weakness is the "great" deal so now, I own a great deal of fabric sigh.....

should I still take free scraps? probably not, but I bet I can't resist. 

It's good to start all over at the beginning of the year.

stash report January 2, 2022

Fabric Used this week: 0 yards

Fabric Used year to Date: 0 yards

Fabric Added this week: 0 yards 

Fabric Added Year to Date: 0 yards

net fabric: 0 yards used more than bought

 I stitched at least 15 minutes 2 days this week. We have been sick since before Christmas

 Once the friendsheep exchange began in my rug hooking guild, we have been passing them around pretty quickly.I have Vivian's rug to work on today. I haven't done anything on Vivians rug, but I don't expect to either today. I will have to join in next week, I hope

vivians rug

I am linking to:

Slow Sunday Stitching

Oh scrap

sunday stash at quiltpaintcreate
patchwork and quilts

15 min to stitch at life in pieces

 

one monthly goal and rainbow scrap challenge

 I worked on crumb stars last year for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I have 72 blocks made which will make a nice lap size. I am moving it to the ufo list since I don't know what I want to do with them yet. I thought I might make a straight setting until I took the picture and then I like them on point. we shall see

I am anxious to move on to something new.

I want to make  5 quilts for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I seem to have a thing for the number 5.

1 .sweet tooth,     inspired by Cathy at sane crazy crumbly

2. razzle dazzle, a bonnie hunter pattern that I haven't found yet

3. cut hunters star,  I think I will just cut this year and sew next year

4. boho heart - Jen Kingwell

5. blossom time a bonnie hunter pattern

This year, I have filled a good size rubbermaid with scraps in various colors and I hope to use that for the scraps I will need for my projects. If that is not enough or adequate variety I can go to my scrappy wire bins for additional goodies.

And since this is the first day of 2022 I have chosen a quilt to finish for my one monthly goal at elm street quilts. It is an older ufo from 2016 - Bonnie Hunter of quiltville  leader/ender challenge hourglass in rainbow colors.  I have the top together and it needs finished. I can't find a picture of it as a top.

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