Quilting and Stuff by Knitnoid

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I made my first quilted item as a visual aid for a math project in 7th grade. Over the next 25 years quilting was hit or miss, but quilting took over all the other crafts I've done in 2003.

What’s on My Design Wall

March 29, 2010 12:15 pm ⋅


Poinsettia Stars from Carolina Christmas are on the design wall. I’m not finished but I’ve put the rest of the pieces back in their bin since if they are out, I’ll want to work on them. This will be one of the projects I take to my quilt retreat in April.

In the meantime I doing some utility work for my brother. At Christmas he sent home a dozen shirts for me to add about 3″ to the tail so they’ll stay tucked in. Since mowing season is about to begin he needs them back. So this week I’ll be working on his shirts.

Check out other design walls over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall

Stash Report

March 28, 2010 12:01 am ⋅

This week I took Music Lessons into the quilt shop as it is one of my UFQs for the year. It’s been done for a while, but I hadn’t had a chance to get to the shop and remember the quilt on the same trip. I got out of the store with only a single FQ from the American Jane collection as my reward for finishing the quilt.

I finished a few more Poinsettia Star blocks from Carolina Christmas. That fabric is counted, so I only was able to count the squares I’m using as my leader/enders from Oklahoma Backroads. I also completed 2 more blocks for my Sylvia’s Bridal Sampler.

Fabric Added this Week: .25 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 25.778 yards

Fabric Used this Week: .337 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 22.001 yards

Net Stash for 2010: 3.777 yards

See how others are doing with their stashes by checking out the links at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

SBS D-4 Rambler

March 27, 2010 9:41 pm ⋅

D4 – Rambler

This block was partially pieced, so tonight I decided to finish it so I could put the fabric back in my box.

Finished 48 blocks containing 1197 pieces.

Posted in: SBS

SBS Block Due 3/28

March 27, 2010 9:10 am ⋅

F7 – Big T

I started this project three years ago and had I kept up, my last block would have been made a couple of weeks ago. Well, at the beginning of the year, I was way behind (around 100 blocks). As a result, one of my quilting goals is to keep up with the blocks this year. That’s not worked out too well for me either. So, moving forward I will try to keep up with the blocks. And if I get a missed block done, that’s one more block closer to 140.

Finished 47 blocks containing 1164 pieces.

Posted in: SBS

QA Wednesday

March 24, 2010 5:15 am ⋅

It’s been a while since I’ve participated in a Quilting Accountability Wednesday.  Life has just gotten in the way of my quilting.  In fact I’m not certain that it won’t happen again this week.  However, I’m going to attempt to carve out the equivalent of 15 minutes a day to sew, probably on Carolina Christmas, but maybe on Dancing Flowers.  The other thing I want to do is get these scraps that I pressed weeks ago chopped up.

Check back next week to see if I was able to do it.  In the meantime check out Bari’s site to see what other quilters are planning on doing this week.

Posted in: goals

New Tab – 2010 Goals

March 23, 2010 6:00 am ⋅

I’ve added a new tab to my blog, 2010 Goals, listing my quilting goals for the year and my quilting support network. Quilters are some of the nicest people and they’ll cheer you on as you try to reach a goal. Hopefully, with determination and the support of quilters worldwide, I’ll reach most of my quilting goals for the year.

Posted in: goals

What’s on My Design Wall

March 21, 2010 11:31 pm ⋅

Not much quilting going on at my house lately. I did sneak in about 20 minutes simply so I would have more than one block on the wall. I’ve now finished 3 of the Poinsettia Star blocks and have half of a fourth one completed.

Hop over to Judy’s page to see what others have on their design walls.

Posted in: designwall

Stash Report

March 21, 2010 7:54 am ⋅

The plan early in the week was to go to a friend’s home and quilt all day Saturday. Winter Spring had other ideas. It snowed all night and day Saturday. My husband and I took my niece home Friday night. It had started to sleet and snow by the time we left at midnight. The hour drive took 2 1/2 hours. Needless to say, the gathering was canceled and I slept late Saturday. The snow seems to be stopped. I haven’t ventured out to see how much snow is on the table.

This past week I spent most of my quilting time chopping up the shirts from last week. I ended up with just over 14 yards of unique cotton plaids and stripes for my quilts. Not bad for a bit of time and roughly $18. This count does not include the shirts I liberated from my husband. They have not been cut up yet.

I finally sat down at the sewing machine for the first time in a month last night. I sewed a single Poinsettia Star from Carolina Christmas. This fabric is already counted, but when I opened my leader/ender drawer I discovered a stack of Oklahoma Backroad pieces which were sewn when I was working on my mom’s quilt which didn’t get counted.

I’m in the red at the moment — maybe I’ll put off chopping up my husband’s shirts until after I work on something which uses fabric from my stash 🙂

Fabric Added this Week: 14.264 yards (all recycled shirts)
Fabric Added to Date: 25.528 yards

Fabric Used this Week: .043 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 21.664 yards

Net Stash for 2010: 3.964 yards

See how others are doing with their stashes by checking out the link’s at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

Stash Report

March 14, 2010 8:58 am ⋅

Nothing out. Only shirts in. But I haven’t figured out how to measure the shirts yet. I guess after I cut them up I’ll figure out how much usable fabric I got from each one.

Fabric Added this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 11.264 yards

Fabric Used this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 21.621 yards

Net Stash for 2010: -10.357 yards

See how others are doing with their stash at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

Retail Therapy?

March 13, 2010 8:15 pm ⋅


After a tumultuous seven weeks, today was the first day I didn’t have to be anywhere or have anything that absolutely had to be done. That’s not to say that I didn’t have things which needed to be done — there’s always the house which needs to be cleaned – and it’s getting deep even for me — but I couldn’t sit still and didn’t want to stay home. Ultimately, I got out and headed to one of the thrift shops (then came back and napped).

I’ve been resisting shopping for thrift shirts, but today was the day. The store had a sale — all yellow tag clothes 5 for $5. Pictured above are 9 of the items I bought today, a few shirts which I bought last summer and a couple I’ve been given. The tenth item from today is a ladies Christmas jumper which I hope to recover enough fabric for a border on a Christmas quilt I’m working on.

So now I’ve got questions:

  • After I cut up my shirts/shirts  Bonnie Hunter style, do I mix it in my bin with the rest of my pre-cut fabric, or do I start a new bin for pre-cut shirts?
  • How do I count this fabric for my weekly stash report?
  • Do I count the fabric in my husband’s old shirts when I pull them out of the “outgrown” closet and add them to my stash?

I’d love to hear how you handle your thrift store finds.

Posted in: Bonnie Hunter, scraps