Quilting and Stuff by Knitnoid

Category Archives: Charm Tote

Goals for the Week of May 5, 2025

Last week’s goals

  • Bind these 3 quilts: Blooming 9-Patch, Illusions, and the 2011 Mystery Quilt. – DONE

  • Assemble, quilt and bind 2 more President’s Challenge quilts – DONE

    • Make a charm tote bag.  – DONE

 

 

So what’s on my list for this week?

  • Make the rest of the Lemoyne Stars for the Compass Lone Star quilt.

  • Find something to use for my Leader/Ender Project — I’m thinking it will be my Rainbow Charm Swap.

  • Clear the tables AGAIN and go through at least 1 of the DOOM bags.

I took my main machine to the Sit-n-Sew and when I got back I thought I would clean it since I’ve been sewing so much.  This is the accumulation after just 2 weeks.

That led to resuming the deep clean of the quilt studio that I started several months ago. It always looks worse before it gets better.

But I wiped down the window sills, baseboards and swept behind and under the middle table and sewing table and circled back and swept behind the other table as well.

But I was eager to get the bindings on the two challenge quilts, so nearly everything on the sewing table got swept off into those 2 bags sitting on the floor next to the broom — aka DOOM bags — Didn’t Organize Only Moved.

 

Chubby Charmer & Stash Report for Week Ending 5/3/25

The first Saturday of the month there is a sew day for Rankin County quilters.  Both my quilt guilds are in Rankin county.  I haven’t been in a position to attend frequently, but made the effort this month as they were having a class to make a large charm bag tote. I cut my own squares from my stash, using the lining fabric as my inspiration.

Yes, this is the backing fabric I bought 9 yards of for quilts, then 2 more for other projects including my stove backsplash.

I used 2 pieces of each fabric laid out in this formation.

It was a fun bag to make.  I think next time, I’ll skip the flap, and may use fusible foam instead of multiple layers of fusible fleece.

I’m considering attaching this Dorset button I made to the flap.  I learned the basics at the Quilters By Hearts Desire meeting last month.

Now on to the Stash Report.

Fabric Added Since Last Report: 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date:  82.58 yards  — this number is higher than last weeks apparently the math was off at some point.

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 8.2575
Fabric Used to Date: 65 yards

Net Fabric Stash: 17.58 yards