Category Archives: Sunday Stash

Sunday Stash - Pausing

Sunday Stash

Just a smidge of usage this week as I made a quick cross-body bag for my business trip.  I also got the units for row 6 of the Diamonds in the Sky EPP quilt done, and am assembling them into a row this week (and in the next trip at the end of this week). I’ve also started quilting my panel challenge sample, which is a very bright and girly Christmas quilt.

I’m not feeling particularly productive, but rather the need to huddle and focus on maintaining mental health since I don’t travel particularly well - lack of sleep, out of my routine, weird food, inconsistent exercise, etc. If the mood strikes, I might record a podcast in the next few days, but I wouldn’t expect to hear my voice until August 22nd; the lack of sewing and surplus of unsettledness means I would only be whining about stuff, and that’s not fun for anyone!

Remind me to tell you all about the vikings and the giant Reese’s peanut butter bar in Las Vegas!

  • Used this Week: 0.75 yards
    • 0.75 yd for the Catnip cross-body bag
  • Used year to Date: 241.5 yards
  • Added this Week: 0 yards
    • Woohoo!
  • Net Used for 2014: 162.75 yards
  • YTD Used for Charity: 91.5 yards (38% of total used)

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Sunday-ish Stash: Nada

Sunday Stash

Well, not only did I forget to post the Sunday Stash report, I also didn’t finish anything last week! Alas. I did finish a top as a sample for the guild meeting, but who knows when it will get quilted given the crazy schedule I’ve got for the first half of August.

I did do block pick up for the the Saturday Sampler program so I got them stitched this weekend.  After all those feelings from last month’s Mum Medallion block (which apparently a lot of people shared - I feel bad for the shop owner and all the nice women that work there for having to field those phone calls!), this block went together fine and didn’t even require the specialty ruler.

Mum Medallion Block 8  B&C Block 3

And because apparently I can’t just follow directions, I substituted one of the fabrics from the Bonnie & Camille block for a solid lime green because I didn’t really care for the floral design in it. Or rather, how it looked with the other fabrics. But, it was all HSTs and went together smoothly.

  • Used this Week: 0 yards
    • Sad trombone!
  • Used year to Date: 240.75 yards
  • Added this Week: 0 yards
    • Woohoo!
  • Net Used for 2014: 162 yards
  • YTD Used for Charity: 91.5 yards (38% of total used)

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Sunday Stash - Purse-suant

Sunday Stash

WBaby's first knitted dishcloth!ell, I made a purse this week to donate as a raffle prize and forgot to take a picture of it. Instead, here’s the first knitted project I completed: a dishcloth from cotton yarn! I gave it to my friend Judy. It only took 2 false starts before I didn’t drop so many stitches it wasn’t recoverable and didn’t look like a hot mess. Yikes. Learning new things is hard!

  • Used this Week: 2 yards
    • 2 yd for Arabesque bag and small zippy pouch
  • Used year to Date: 240.75 yards
  • Added this Week: 0 yards
    • Woohoo!
  • Net Used for 2014: 162 yards
  • YTD Used for Charity: 91.5 yards (38% of total used)

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Edited to add: Random bowling picture of me and the kids.  We were asked to “meow” for the photo since it was a fundraiser for Good Mews. My daughter was not sure about those instructions.

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Sunday Stash - Quiltish

Sunday Stash

The big finish this week is the blue and tan quilt for Quilts of Valor, along with the presentation bag for it. I also started on the next round for the Twilters Round Robin and made my class sample for the totebag class I was teaching. The class ended up getting cancelled due to lack of sign-ups, but we’re going to try rescheduling it for the fall.

I also picked up my blocks for this month for Tiny Stitches.  The Mum Medallion block had some poor lighting due to the sun diving behind a cloud like it had all been all weekend, on and off.  The Bonnie & Camille blocks will be set on point, so I tried photographing it that way for interest.

Mum Medallion Block 7 Untitled

  • Used this Week: 13 yards
    • 1 yd for Tabby Stripe bag
    • 8 yd for Blue/Tan Quilt of Valor
    • 1 yd for QoV bag
    • 1 yd for Round Robin
    • 2 yd for totebag sample
  • Used year to Date: 238.75 yards
  • Added this Week: 0 yards
    • Woohoo!
  • Net Used for 2014: 160 yards
  • YTD Used for Charity: 89.5 yards (37% of total used)

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Sunday Stash - Birfday Edition

Sunday Stash

This week I finished up a couple charity projects - the Tabby Stripe quilt for Good Mews, and the blocks for Quilt of Valor.  I also received fabric as a gift from a couple people this week, so a little balance of the in-and-our scales!

  • Used this Week: 9.75 yards
    • 0.5 yd for QoV blocks
    • 6.5 yd for Tabby Stripe quilt
    • 2.75 yd for group project
  • Used year to Date: 225.75 yards
  • Added this Week: 4.75 yards
    • 4.75 yd for various fabric gifts this week!
  • Net Used for 2014: 147 yards
  • YTD Used for Charity: 79.5 yards (35% of total used)

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Sunday Stash - Vacation Edition

Sunday Stash

Owly ImagesWell, a week of vacation means no real usage this week aside from the 4 FQs I took to guild this morning to buy extra cards for Quilt-o (like Bingo, but quilt themed). I did win one round and got 3 FQs back for a prize! Woohoo!

Bonus picture of Nina on my lap, enjoying us being home from visiting my parents. Huzzah.

  • Used this Week: 1 yards
    • 1 yd for FQs for extra Quilt-o cards
  • Used year to Date: 216 yards
  • Added this Week: 0.75 yards
    • 0.75 yd for 3 FQs of Quilt-o winnings!
  • Net Used for 2014: 141.5 yards
  • YTD Used for Charity: 72.5 yards (34% of total used)

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Sunday Stash - Neener Nina

Sunday Stash

A fairly productive week all around; the kitchen got painted, two quilts for charity got both tops and backs pieced. One is sandwiched, and once I get more batting I can sandwich the second one. I also had my class on feather quilting with Sharon Schamber (eee!), so I’m looking forward to practice some of that on one of the charity quilts.

Nina and the Fat QuartersI learned last week that the East Cobb Quilters Guild is doing a block drive for QoV, so I made a couple string blocks to contribute and have pieces cut for four pieced blocks to mail in.

Meanwhile, Nina has been expressing herself on my fat quarters.

  • Used this Week: 3 yards
    • 2 yd for accessory tote
    • 0.5 yd for QoV string blocks
    • 0.5 yd for practice FMQ sandwich
  • Used year to Date: 215 yards
  • Added this Week: 0.5 yards
    • 0.5 yd of black Kona for future class with Esterita Austin
  • Net Used for 2014: 141.25 yards
  • YTD Used for Charity: 72.5 yards (34% of total used)

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P.S. - Bonus shot of Nina painting watching from the newly painted kitchen. Nina painting by me, bird on slate (just below Nina) painted by Grama Eddie.

 

Sunday Stash - Full of the Beans

Sunday Stash

BeanbagOne charity quilt finish this week, plus a pillow cover for my parents. I need to get the quilt out of the dryer (in the daylight) to take pictures of it, but in the mean time, here is a picture of the beanbag finish from last week. Yes, it looks like a lump. Or a beanbag.

I used this tutorial for it, but did have to tweak it a bit for the amount of available fabric I had in the outer home dec weight.

I also had to buy some muslin for my feather quilting class with Sharon Schamber next week! More excited about the class than buying muslin, but there you are.  I’m not sure what all I’ll be able to finish this week since my kids are spending the week at their grandparents and I have grand plans to paint the kitchen, but I do have two more charity quilts in progress - one is a blue/tan for Quilts of Valor and the other is the auction quilt for Good Mews.

  • Used this Week: 4.5 yards
    • 4 yd for Wolf Bricks charity quilt
    • 0.5 yd for parent’s pillow
  • Used year to Date: 212 yards
  • Added this Week: 2 yards
    • 2 yd muslin for class with Sharon Schamber (squee!)
  • Net Used for 2014: 138.75 yards
  • YTD Used for Charity: 72 yards (34% of total used)

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Sunday Stash - Multitudinous

Sunday Stash

Quite a productive week this week, given I was dragging my feet on making a beanbag and didn’t sew for a couple days.  I finished the two other disappearing nine patch samples, which will be donated to charity.  The beanbag itself is finished, but I ran out of stuffing, so no pictures yet since it looks rather deflated still.  And finally, my daughter wanted to make a small quilt so she picked out some squares from the stash and sewed them together on the Big Machine (aka, mine).

While you’re here, have you entered to win the Scrapideux quilt?

  • Used this Week: 11.5 yards
    • 4 yd for beanbag lining
    • 4.75 yd for Purple disappearing nine patch quilt
    • 0.25 yd for Bloomer’s project
    • 2.5 yd for Baby disappearing nine patch quilts
  • Used year to Date: 207.5 yards
  • Added this Week: 0 yards
    • Woohoo!
  • Net Used for 2014: 136.25 yards
  • YTD Used for Charity: 68 yards (33% of total used)

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Sunday Stash: Saturday-ish

Sunday Stash

Some good traction this week as I close the gap on 200 total yards used!  I might even make it today if I finish up another charity quilt, but didn’t want to count my quilts before they’re bound and all that.  I have finished one of the disappearing nine patches for charity as well as four smaller projects, as well as the blocks for the Saturday Sampler program at Tiny Stitches.

Mum Medallion Block 6 Bonnie & Camille Saturday Sampler
On the left is block 6 from Mum Medallion.  This month also “required” the specialty ruler, but I did some math and figured that I just need to cut the center part of the square-in-a-square to 3 3/8″ and then make the pieced outer parts of the SiS per the directions (fyi, Melinda, in case you are reading!).

On the right is the first block in the new program; I think the shop name is “Bonnie and Camille Saturday Sampler”, so I’ll go with that until a different name strikes me.  It is, appropriately enough, made with fabrics from Bonnie and Camille of Moda and Camille Roskelley fame.  The other colorways were Kaffe Fasset and a blue/yellow/white combo.

  • Used this Week: 8.75 yards
    • 4 yd for seekrit projects
    • 4.75 yd for Orange Pinwheel Disappearing Nine Patch
  • Used year to Date: 196 yards
  • Added this Week: 0 yards
    • Woohoo!
  • Net Used for 2014: 124.75 yards
  • YTD Used for Charity: 60.75 yards (31% of total used)

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