This is the third of the five block sets I’m making for the SBS swap. I finished F10 – Aunt Sukey’s Choice last night, and now I’ve finished C1 – Contrary Husband. Two more sets are needed, but my goal for August was to just get two sets done. Cross that goal off my list.
SBS Swap Block Set # 3
Stash Report Week # 32
No fabric in this week. Found fabric in my stash for 3 of the 4 remaining sets of SBS blocks, but have only counted one set since that’s all that’s cut. Also finished up the star blocks to go with the birthday swap blocks.
Check out how other quilter’s are doing with their stash at Patchwork Times.
Fabric Added this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 163 yards
Fabric Used this Week: 1.605 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 58.753 yards
Net Stash: +104.247 yards
SBS Swap Block #2
Here’s the first block of the second set I’m making for the SBS Swap. It’s F10 – Aunt Sukey’s Choice.
I still need to make the flying geese for the rest of these blocks, but I’ve been called away to assist with swim suit design. I’ll enjoy the time I spend with my mom this afternoon, but I’m not looking forward to the designing. She promised me she’ll have the cutting board cleared by the time I get there. So I best get a move on it.
All Stars
Not athletes, but rather all of the star blocks are done that I need to go with my birthday swap blocks. Cross one thing off my August list.
I still need to decide proper placement, but tomorrow and tomorrow. I guess it’s time to work on one of those tiny blocks.
First Quilt Revisited
Back in February, I posted about my First Quilt. It’s still missing in action, but tonight while my husband and I were looking through our box of pictures I uncovered this one.
Here it is on my bed shortly after I finished it. You can clearly see that there’s next to no quilting in it. I also can date the quilt a little more precisely. On the back of the picture I wrote:
My quilt I made in Clothing. 11th grade. Apr 80
Shoot, the first picture I found tonight had it scrunched up on the bed and one of the cats laying on the bed — proof that I still had it and was using it later. Of course I found this pic and then tossed that one back in the box. Now I wish I had kept it out. Flipping back through the box just now I didn’t see it. Oh well. Maybe the next time we dig through our box of pictures.
SBS Swap Block Fabric
This evening after making the BOW, I dug through my blue, brown and cream fabrics to see if I had what I needed for my swap blocks. Since these are small blocks, I don’t need much, but I do need to deal with scale.
I’m thrilled that I was able to find fabric for 3 of the remaining 4 sets. From top to bottom:
G10 – Arizona
C1 – Contrary Husband
F10 – Aunt Sukey’s Choice
I still need to pick out the fabric for L6 – Steps to the Alter, but I’ll save that for another day.
SBS Block Due 8/9
L-1 Friendship Quilt
This is a simple enough block, but the stripe units are supposed to be cut 1 3/16″ wide. I figured my cutting wouldn’t be accurate, so I pulled up the block in EQ and paper pieced it.
August 2009 Quilting Goals
When it comes to quilting, I’m all over the place as far as getting things done. I’ll say I want to finish XYZ, but then I’ll get distracted by something else — and it’s not always new fabric or a new quilt.
So, I think I’m going to start listing my goals here on my blog, as well as a large printout by my computer, to see if it helps.
So, in no particular order, here are my August 2009 Quilting Goals
(5 sets are needed by mid-Octber, 1 set is already done)
(10 done, 10 more needed-block kits already cut)
(5 1/2 blocks to hand quilt, and machine quilt the borders)
What’s On My Design Wall? – 8/3
What’s on my Design Wall? A wider longer wall for one thing. This is a 60 x 102 tablecloth. I folded over about 19 inches at the top. This reinforces the buttonholes and shortens the tablecloth. I didn’t center it on the fireplace this time since I needed to avoid the grout. The buttonholes are spaced about 9 1/2″ apart and there are 7 of them.
The quilt is my Birthday Quilt. The blue and white Pennsylvania blocks are from a swap I did on the QIAD Forum. Last Thursday I decided I needed to work on something mindless and bigger than the 6″ blocks with lots of pieces. This was the project since it involved working on a UFO, cutting fabric, and seeing quick progress.
The stars are not in their final location. I’ve got to see how the other blue and yellow stars turn out. I also have to decide if I want to float the center or make 1/2 Pennsylvania blocks to take it to the border. Right now I’m thinking a narrow yellow border and then a wider blue border, but I’m not there yet, so who knows.
To see what’s on other quilters’ design walls, visit Judy’s page over at Patchwork Times.
Stash Report Week # 31
You would think 20 blocks would use up more than a smidgen over 2 yards. But when most of them are 6 inch blocks, it just doesn’t use up the fabric. I did break down and buy 3 one yard cut of white on white fabric to use as backgrounds in the star blocks I’m making.
Fabric Added this Week: 3 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 163 yards
Fabric Used this Week: 2.072 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 57.149 yards
Net Stash: +105.852 yards
