stash report 2/19/2023

 There is a nearly local quilt shop going out of business, and, they are offering all their fabric for 4.00 per yard. Oh the temptation.

Stash report February 19, 2023

fabric added: 0 yards

fabric added year to date: 22 1/2 yards 

fabric used: 7 yards  I finished radiant star

fabric used year to date: 56 yards  

33 1/2 yards used more than bought 

I sewed 7 days last week.  including Friday sew. 

I am working on the alphabet letters with a dark red wool along the border of the rug. It doesn't take very long per letter, but, moving the big rug on the frame is challenging. That is all of them, finished. hooray - I will have a large border background to hook, but, the letters are all done.

I am linking to:

Slow Sunday Stitching

Oh scrap

sunday stash at quiltpaintcreate
patchwork and quilts

wednesday wait loss

go fish

I have made HSTS for fish school/ kismet in pink for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. hmmm

When I said I was going to keep the rainbow projects simple this year, I may have reduced the projects tooo much. Time to reconsider for the year.

I am actually finished with what I need for this year's rsc projects in pink. I looked around and found an older ufo in pink and brown, that, I am going to see if I can move forward until the end of the month. I don't have plans to finish it, yet, just move it along.

I am linking to:

rsc23 super saturday
oh scrap
wednesday wait loss

radiant star finish

May I introduce a very patient quilt that, now, has a chance to shine. I started radiant star quilt in 2012 as a class at a local quilt store.

I wrote the first blog post in 2016, mentioning that it might get a chance for a finish. Nope. not then.

I added it to 5 quilts in January 2023 by random number generator. I am glad I did, I finally could trust that it would get the attention it deserved.

I opened the project box, and realized it wasn't perfect, but, still very nice. I imagine the imperfect center was the reason I had left it undone in the first place.

It became a top by the end of January. and had to wait it's turn on the longarm. I have so many large quilts on my UFO list that is was a pleasure to finish a smaller one. 

48 x 48 - 7 yards of fabric

I used the border fabric to bind it and a stripe for the back

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TGIFF

TGIFF different   

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creations

peacock party

from bolt to beauty

oh scrap sunday

wednesday wait loss

boxed up

 I have decided to retire these projects to the ufo closet. They deserve a vacation, and, to meet up with their old friends. Both of the quilts were last year's rainbow scrap challenge. I sewed them into useable blocks, to the point that decisions are needed for assembly. Now, they will have to wait until their turn as part of my 5 quilt focus. It could be years or decades LOL

Couldn't help taking pictures of all the petty valentine flowers at the grocery store. and it smelled great.

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midweek makers 

 

wednesday wait loss

My quilt infatuation

Oh scrap

kristals

Flippy corners takes a lot of time... I started a new UFO project here. I really enjoy the colors, but, I am adding three more blocks to the quilt than the smallest size of the directions, and, I have to keep jumping back and forth on the number of pieces I need to sew. These are the very center of each "kristal".

I need to flip all 4 corners of the larger piece for the center.

small progress but worth it. This is one of my 5 quilt projects. And as expected, my buddy has one row together sashings and all.

I am linking:

design wall monday 

oh scrap

daysfilledwithjoy

monday musings

to do tuesday

wednesday wait loss

stash report 2/12/2023

I found these pieces of woven plaids at goodwill for 99 cents each. The regular price now for  up to 1 yard is 3.99.  2 yards or more is 5.99. Someone didn't like these and marked them 99. I like them so I snatched them up to take home.

Stash report February 12, 2023

fabric added: 3 yards

fabric added year to date: 22 1/2 yards 

fabric used: 0 yards 

fabric used year to date: 49 yards  

26 1/2 yards used more than bought 

I sewed 7 days last week.  including Friday sew. 

I am working on the alphabet letters with a dark red wool along the border of the rug. It doesn't take very long per letter, but, moving the big rug on the frame is challenging. I am half way on the letters

I am linking to:

Slow Sunday Stitching

Oh scrap

sunday stash at quiltpaintcreate
patchwork and quilts

wednesday wait loss

rsc strip weave

I made 2 pink strip weave blocks for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. Most of my scraps are smaller than I would need to get matching strips. 

I cut some of the pieces for garlic knots. It's a jedi mind trick to make that older UFO ready for finishing.

I am linking to:

rsc23 super saturday
oh scrap
wednesday wait loss