Sunday, April 7, 2024

stash report April 7, 2024

A non quilty friend gave these fun Dr Suess panels to me after cleaning out a relative's stash. I have a sack that I have only started to sort. I am a big fan of both the Lorax and oh the places you will go books. Not sure what I will do with them, but, I really like them.


stash report April 7, 2024

fabric added this week:1 yards

 Still no purchases. yippee  

fabric added year to date for 2024: 10 1/2 yards 

fabric used:  -  0 yards 
fabric used year to date for 2024: 175 yards 

164 1/2 yards used more than bought in 2024

I sewed 2 days last week. I did have an open sew as one of the days.

Both, the first row, and the header for my Spring cross stitch are stitched. It has been so nice to stitch Springy things while I watch Spring unfold.




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Saturday, April 6, 2024

yellow scraps

The color for April and the rainbow scrap challenge is yellow. I dug out my yellow 2 1/2 inch strip bin and started cutting for my projects. The drawer was nearly empty, but, I found enough to cut for windmills, checkers, and this year's stashbuster. The pile on the left is a collection of shorter strips that I can use for sugar grove hsts and monkey wrench hsts. I am ready to sew


I am still using purple monkey wrench blocks as leader/ enders for other projects.



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Friday, April 5, 2024

churn dash top finish

The churn dash top is finally finished even with a border. I really like the border, it is richer than the picture. I have found a back and prepared binding and have added it to the 'to be quilted' closet. It is happily chatting with friends and waiting it's turn.

I added this Ufo to my 5 quilts in February, and have been assembling it since then.


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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

box kite rows

It's a start to a top. All the blocks are in sets of 4, and I have the first two rows of box kite together. It has a wonderful secondary pattern. I am hoping to have a top finished for my one monthly goal in April. It is full of lovely scraps. I made the blocks in 2017 from a Bonnie Hunter pattern in her book addicted to scraps. Last year, as part of the rainbow scrap challenge, I started cutting and sewing the borders. This year as part of my 5 quilts project, I plan on finishing it.


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Monday, April 1, 2024

5 quilts april 1, 2024

 Last report February 28, 2024

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. My top priority this year are the quilts in the to be quilted closet.

 I finished 3 ufos in March. 

I wanted to finish 2 quilts In the 'to be quilted closet' before I did any other UFOs. I finished....

quilts to be quilted from the closet -top priority

1. strip tease is quilted

2. antique tile is finished 


3. falling charms is finished



I worked on these older Ufos to finish them

1. mini churndashes  -is a top and sent to the ' to be quilted closet'.


2. glitter - the rows are together and I need to decide about borders. The pattern does not include borders but it is not very big.



5. split 9 patch - This was my one monthly goal  for March and The top is finished


And my March  PHD report



Looking forward to April:

 quilts to be quilted from the closet -top priority - I have 24

1. dart jelly roll

2. gnome layer cake

ufo projects for April:

1. glitter - borders? if not back and binding and to the ' to be quilted closet'

2. split 9 patch -I need a back and binding and then add it to the 'to be quilted closet'

3. box kite -new in March I have all the blocks in foursies and have started the rows. I think this will be my one monthly goal for April to have a top

4. scrappy twirl new in March - I needed another piecing project for retreat and began planning and

 sewing blocks together. 

5. cathedral stars will be new if I need another piecing project.

If these finish early, I will add an older UFO I called dark strings. My notes say it needs a border.

next on the longarm

1. show off is finished


2. faux table runner is quilted

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3. scrappy log cabin

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4. lucky stars

5. scrappy mountain majesties

6. maple leaves

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Sunday, March 31, 2024

stash report march 31, 2024

I won a door prize at my last retreat. The fat quarters are just what I like.

door prize

stash report March 31, 2024

fabric added this week: 1/2  yards

 Still no purchases. yippee  

fabric added year to date for 2024: 9 1/2 yards 

fabric used:  -  0 yards 
fabric used year to date for 2024: 175 yards 

165 1/2 yards used more than bought in 2024

I sewed 2 days last week. 

My progress is slow since I have a self imposed restriction to hooking only at guild and for a couple of hours. Each picture looks much the same as the last. Still I am making progress on the big sky background.


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Saturday, March 30, 2024

purple blocks

 I am Just finishing with purple scraps for the rainbow scrap challenge. I made the last of the hen and chicks



I made the last of the strip weave blocks from last year's challenge. I hope to get the quilt top made soon. 




And I have made a few monkey wrench blocks.



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