Design Wall - March 30, 2015

Here's my design wall this week. All the Stripes and Stars blocks finished.   Hope to get them all sewn into rows this week. This may be wishful thinking considering how many other commitments for the week that I have.  We'll see how far I get.

QOV Stripes and Stars

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Finishes and Fabric Report - Week 13

Spent time sewing on the Stripes and Stars blocks, and I finished quilting two quilts.  One was gifted to my hairdresser, the other was a customer quilt. I do plan to finish 2 more pillowcases before the end of the day, so I'm counting 2 yards out. All my blocks are finished for the S&S quilt but I won't count yardage until top is finished.

Yellow Brick Road for Sherry

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Pattern - Federation (a log cabin block)

Week #13 Fabric Report

Fabric Added - 0

Fabric Used this week- 2 yds 

Fabric Added YTD - 0

Fabric Used YTD - 35,75 yds

Net used in 2015 - 35.75 yds

I just noticed when I was cutting and pasting the format from last week, that the amount used for the week was incorrect.  The overall YTD totals are right though. On my spreadsheet everything is correct, so I'm still on track with YTD totals.

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OTN - March 27, 2015

This week I attended two quilt guild meetings and spent many hours in the quilting studio working on customer quilts. I was on a roll until an unfortunate accident happened, and I spent two days frogging. Grrr! You know how much fun that is, right?  Needless-to-say, I was very frustrated and really upset, so I picked up my knitting needles to calm down and try to regroup and get into a better frame of mind. It worked so well, that I ended up starting not one but two knitting projects. lol

The first is another pair of socks.  The pattern is Hermione's Everyday Socks and it's a free download on Ravelry HERE.  The yarn is Glenhaven Cashmerino from Three Irish Girls in the colorway Maeve. It feels very soft and cushy and has 10% cashmere in it.  I love that it pooled a little on the cuff. I am anxious to see if it will continue doing that when I get into the textured pattern on the leg.

The other project is a shawl called "Pretty Basic", but it is only a very small start--3 rows to be exact. Maybe next week I can get a picture my yarn and see how much more gets done on it.  

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Design Wall and Stash Report-#12

Oops!  Is it really Monday already?  What happened to Saturday and Sunday?  I swear my calendar didn't have them on there last week.  I remember Friday and then it was today.  The weekend was a blur.  Yes, you are right, my eyes need checking and I did take care of that.  Now they are really blurred with a new prescription that seems a bit too strong. The computer, TV and road signs are not clear at all.

Well, I did do some sewing BEFORE my eyes got blurred.  More pillowcases, but not the dragon ones this time--watermelons.

Another 2 yards out of my stash!  And none bought in 2015.

I also spent a little time working on my Stripes and Stars QOV quilt.  All the Ohio Stars are finished and only a few log cabin blocks to go. Soon they will be ready to be put into rows.  Here is a shot of my Design Wall when I first started this project.  Disregard those stack and whack blocks vying for attention.  It's been 7 years or more since these were started.  I think that is long enough to procrastinate, don't you?  They really are starting to bug me, but that's all the fabric there is so I was stumped as to how to use them. Maybe a baby quilt with an alternate block?.  

Week #12 Stash

Fabric Added - 0

Fabric Used this week- 7.16 yds 

Fabric Added YTD - 0

Fabric Used YTD - 33.75 yds

Net used in 2015 - 33.75 yds

Linking up with Judy's Design Wall. If you haven't checked out, you should.  Lots of eye candy there.

Fabric Stash Report - Mar. 15, 2015

I used up a little more stash this week making pillowcases and cutting out star blocks for the Stripes and Star quilt.

3 more - dragon pillowcases

One of these was made for me by Coleen-- Thanks so much Coleen for adding that bright orange to your case. That's one more I don't have to do.  It's getting a little boring doing so many of the same print.  So far, the total is 25 of the dragon pillowcases and 16 of various other prints.  There are still 30 more dragons living in the sewing room. I wonder if they are reproducing and I don't know it! :)   

Patriotic Ohio Stars 

Here are a few of the Ohio stars.  Actually there are 5 finished and 4 cut out and ready to go later today.

Week #11

Fabric Added - 0

Fabric Used this week- 5.16 yds 

Fabric Added YTD - 0

Fabric Used YTD - 31.75 yds

Net used in 2015 - 31.75 yds

I'm pretty proud of myself for not adding to my stash.  I really can't see any difference in my shelves though.  It's like they say, who will notice if you remove a gallon of water from a lake.  I fear there are many more gallons of fabrics in my stash before I'll see any difference too. 

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Off The Needles - Friday, March 13th

The blue variegated socks using Knit Picks Stroll fingering are finished and off the needles.  These are just a plain pair, since I thought the yarn could do the all the design work.

Now to decide which yarn to start another pair.  Remember these two skeins I bought last year?  They are from The Loopy Ewe Legends - Judy's Favorite Quilt (green/purple/white) and Denise's "Mandarin Duck", both in fingering weight dyed by Lorna's Laces.  I love both of these and am not sure I want to start socks or make something else.  I only have one skein of each.  Has anyone used this yarn for other things besides socks - shawls, hats, scarfs,?  If so, please share what pattern you used. The yarns are both long color lengths of variegated and high contrasting colors. 

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Finished UFO #3 and Fabric Report - Mar. 8, 2015

Here are my numbers for the week and pictures of what I finished.  I'm still on track with finishing a UFO each month, but this may not last much longer.  After all, Spring is here, and we know what that means -- lots of time spent playing outdoors.  

Numbers for Week 10

Fabric Added - 0

Fabric Used this week- 0.875 yd - a binding and  2 blocks 

Fabric Added YTD - 0

Fabric Used YTD - 26.59yds

Net used in 2015 - 26.59 yds

Here's my finished UFO#3. This quilt was started with my piecing group in December, 2012.  I had a bolt of funky tulips that I wanted to use and get out of my stash.  So, this Disappearing 9-patch quilt was started.  I'm calling it Retro Tulips because of the backing fabric.

Here's the backing fabric that started it all.  Still have one side to bind. I'll be working on this today. 

This quilt initially started with a huge 9-patch block using the tulip fabric in the center.  I gave a square of this fabric to each of my piecing group to make a BIG 9-patch with the tulips in the middle and adding their own reds, whites and greens (18+inches). After getting them back, I cut them horizontally and vertically through the middle to end up with 4 smaller blocks that were automatically bordered on 2 sides with 2 white rectangles and 1 cornerstone. This is only one possible arrangement of many depending on how you cut your original 9-patch.

Blocks for Barb P.

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Fabric Report - Week 9

I didn't get to spend very much time in my sewing room this week, but I did use a little from the stash.

Two more pillowcases made - one was a gift that went with a quilt (forgot to take a picture when I delivered the quilt), and the other will be added to my growing pile for children at St. Louis Children's Hospital. It reminded me of blackboard drawings of kids - little stick figures..

Numbers for Week 9

Fabric Added - 0

Fabric Used this week-  2.0 yd - pillowcases

Fabric Added YTD - 0

Fabric Used YTD - 25.71 yds

Net used in 2015 - 25.71 yds

I'm making my way slowly to my goals.  Take a look at Patchwork Times and see how others are doing on their fabric management.