The fabric is just laying on my ironing board, but I’ve got to get this fabric made into two pillowcases this week.
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Stash Report
I’m running behind on the stash report. Originally didn’t think I had anything to report, but there was one stop looking for fabric for a couple of pillowcases.
Fabric Added this Week: .444 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 175.955 yards
Fabric Used this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 
102.453 yards
Net Stash for 2010: 73.502 yards
Links to more Stash Reports can be found at Patchwork Times.
Judy’s UFO Challenge 2011
I’m not doing so well with Finn’s New Year’s Eve UFO Challenge. I had great hopes to finish 3 pretty good size projects, but as usual when I make plans like that life gets in the way. I don’t see myself finishing anything else this year – not that I’m not still plugging away on various projects. They are just going slower than I anticipated.
That’s not to say I’ve given completely up on my UFOs. One day (in a time far, far, away) they will become finished quilts to be used. To help me whittle down my extremely long list (see the Tops To Be Quilted and Quilts In Progress tabs above), I’m going to play along with Judy and her UFO Challenge next year. Instead of listing quilts I’ve “got” to finish, I’ve picked quilts that I’ve passed over in the past to work on something “more important” or “more fun” (i.e. a new quilt). My list of quilts and the rules which I’ve tweaked (Judy said we could :-)) are on the UFO Challenge 2011 tab.
If you have UFOs which need to be completed come join us over at Patchwork Times. Sign ups begin Friday.
What’s on my Design Wall
Thanksgiving weekend I discovered I didn’t have anything really portable to take to a sew in. I’m working on the Cream & Green quilt, the Double Wedding Ring and No Blue Geese — but currently it’s all in the hand work stage and rather large to tote around. Not wanting to start anything new, I pulled down my box containing this quilt –well really just the letters and prepped about 1/2 of my letters. This project can’t be completed until sometime in May, so I’m sporadically working on it.
In the meantime, I’m still working on my Double Wedding Ring — Started the 6th row last night. I’m also working on No Blue Geese. I quilted a large pleat into the backing, so I’m having to stitch it down by hand. Once I get that done, I’ll put the binding on and post a photo. The Cream and Green quilt is still waiting on some handwork as well.
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As Seen Out and About
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Stash Report
I’ve hit 100 yards used! The backing for No Blue Geese pushed me over the mark. No new fabric was purchased in this week – even though I was in 4 different quilt shops over the week. Oh, but the thread! I also bought Judy’s books Weekend Quilts. Pictured above is a quilt block and two FQs I received in the mail. There was no return address on the envelope, just a Hope Mills, NC postmark.
Here’s my report:
Fabric Added this Week: .5 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 175.511 yards
Fabric Used this Week: 5.865 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 
102.453 yards
Net Stash for 2010: 73.058 yards
Between now and the end of the year I don’t see much more fabric going out — maybe a binding or two — but we’ll see.
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November Recap/December Goals
This past month I had 4 quilting goals:
- Continue quilting the Double Wedding Ring
- Make progress on Cream & Green quilt
- Complete center of Blue Ridge Beauty
- Finish quilting center of Compass Lone Star
The only one that I missed completely was finishing the center of the Compass Lone Star. I started quilting on it, but discovered my tension was off. I’ve got ripping to do before I can work on it again.
I made progress on the DWR, but not as much as I hoped. At this point, I’m still 7-8 weeks from completing the quilt. I figure 2 weeks per row for 3 more rows and then another week or two for the binding.
I definitely made progress on the Cream & Green quilt – I finished quilting 12 blocks and have two rows together — although I’m still working on the hand work on the last seam I completed. We’ll see if I get this done by the end of the year.
Complete the center of Blue Ridge Beauty. That I got done. One of these days I’m going to have to see about getting fabric for the border.
Additionally, I quilted and bound my Red, White & Blue Chain of Stars and made two pillowcases to go with it. I made a cute little bag, and 4 string blocks. Finally, I quilted No Blue Geese in my Tropical Garden. Alas, about the time I ran out of bobbin thread I discovered I managed to quilt pleats into the backing. The good news is since the backing is so busy, I’m going to be able to stitch the pleats in place and call it good.
Now on to December’s goals. They suspiciously look like November’s goals.
- Continue quilting the Double Wedding Ring
- Make progress on Cream & Green quilt
- Finish quilting center of Compass Lone Star
- Fix the pleat and bind No Blue Geese
The first three quilts are on my list for Finn’s NYE UFO Challenge. The DWR is on two other challenge lists and the Cream & Green quilt is on one other challenge list. We’ll see how much I get done by the end of the year. I’m not tossing in the towel, but I am realistic enough to realize that I’m not going to finish all of these quilts. Fortunately these are just goals.
Now, if I can just stop starting new stuff or working on quilts not listed.
I’m off to put in another Harry Potter DVD and do some hand quilting.
What’s on My Design Wall
Technically these blocks are still on my design wall. Last week I quilted the Red, White & Blue Chain of Stars, prepped the backing for No Blue Geese in my Tropical Garden, cut out a few letters for a future project and worked on my Double Wedding Ring.
Tomorrow I’m off to quilt No Blue Geese.
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Stash Report
After last Sunday’s tour of the area fabric stores, I stayed home and quilted. Which means I my report is not as bad as it could be. I used 7 yards in the backing, binding and pillowcases I finished yesterday.
Fabric Added this Week: 10.5 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 175.011 yards
Fabric Used this Week: 7.0 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 96.588 yards
Net Stash for 2010: 78.423 yards
It looks like I’ll definitely hit 100 yards used by the end of the year. I’ve got another backing to make before Tuesday! Oh, and if anyone has any recommendations for how to quilt the piano key border on my flying geese quilt, I’d appreciate the suggestions. I think I have everything else figured out.
Check out how others are doing with their stashes by following the links over at Patchwork Times.
Chain of Stars is Finished
This is my Red, White & Blue Chain of Stars. Started in 2007, this was the first mystery quilt pattern I wrote. I did this scrappy version and a version in Pink & Black using just three fabrics. The photo is not great, but if tomorrow is as pretty as today was, I’ll take it outside to see if I can get a better picture.
It is quilted with basic straight line quilting on the diagonal, through the blue chains and diagonal sides of the star points. This extends to the red border. Stitch in the ditch between the red and beige border and then curved stitching in the red border reminiscent of bunting. At least that’s what I was trying to do. I used my favorite khaki thread for the quilting.
The quilt measures approximately 62 x 79 and there are two matching pillow cases.
Although this is not one of the three UFOs I plan on finishing for Finn’s New Year’s Eve UFO Challenge, it was a UFO.
