My one monthly goal for May is a new project for the 5 quilt project. It is an older ufo from 2016. At the time, My daughter was visiting and we decided to each make one together. I made mine from shirt fabrics, and, she visited my stash. When I opened the box, all the blocks were made. I hope to have it finished by the end of May.
I purchased these at a guild table recently. I have an older ufo that will use the cw reproduction fabrics coming up on the list for the year.
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| 3 1/4 yds |
stash report May 4, 2025
fabric added this week: 3 1/2 yards
fabric added year to date for 2025: 25 1/2 yards
fabric used: 16 yards kaleidoscope finish
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| 74 x74 =16 yards |
fabric used year to date for 2025: 93 1/2 yards
68 yards used more than bought in 2025
I sewed 5 days last week
With the new year, I am restarting an applique project - across the wide missourri- I started this project again in 2025 primarily for in the car traveling while we were traveling. But, I have continued this after we returned home. I try to do a little every day. I want to finish this by the end of the year.... or next.
It's time for the berries.
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| raspberries? |
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15 min to stitch at life in pieces
The rainbow scrap challenge color for May is green. I looked through my older ufos to see which one I would pull out to work on this month. I had gathered oranges and juniper greens together, to make a bonnie hunter pattern called ditch lilies. It is a stand alone pattern from 2022. But, I didn't do anything with it. I decided whatever I get done this month will be enough progress for now.
I started by cutting the green into 2 1/2 inch strips and sub-cutting them into squares.
It's hard to believe that little stack of fabric will become this wonderful quilt someday. And if that is the case, my stash will make 100s of quilts - if I live long enough. haha
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I am so excited to have kaleidoscope finished. I took a guild workshop in 2016 with Mary Huey. It was a great class and I was really looking forward to finishing this quilt. It was in the UFo closet until 2024, when it returned as part of my 5 quilt project. It was lost for a minute, and I had to figure out the border. I hope I can make another one someday, as I really like the circle illusion it creates.
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| 74 x74 = 16 yards |
I made a scrappy binding with leftover fabrics from the quilt. And I still have enough for another quilt. A new quilt isn't on the horizon, but I would like to put the fabric away together for another adventure.
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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.
I finished 1 ufo in April
I came home from quilt guild with these lovlies. I have a small collection of whimsicals that I keep. She spoke at our guild once, and I loved her work.
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stash report April 27, 2025
fabric added this week: 4 1/2 yards
fabric added year to date for 2025: 22 yards
fabric used: 2 yards + 14 yards for peppermint candy finished
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| 60 x 70 + 14 yards |
fabric used year to date for 2025: 77 1/2 yards
55 1/2 yards used more than bought in 2025
I sewed 5 days last week including an open sew
With the new year, I am restarting an applique project - across the wide missourri- I started this project again in 2025 primarily for in the car traveling while we were traveling. But, I have continued this after we returned home. I try to do a little every day. I want to finish this by the end of the year.... or next.
I appliqued the bias stems for berry bushes.
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15 min to stitch at life in pieces
Red is the color for April for the rainbow scrap challenge. My choice for an older ufo that uses the color red was pfeffernusse. It is a Bonnie Hunter pattern from her book string fling. I started it with 72 string blocks in 2016. In 2017, I cut and made 288 red hourglass blocks. Here at the end of April, I have cut each string block and sewn a white hst with a brown one. They all needed trimmed.
All the red windmill blocks will join it's friends waiting for next month's color.
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