This was the week for quilt backs. I made two quilt backs early in the week for this weekend’s quilting, but when I got home last night I changed my mind on what I am going to quilt this afternoon. As a result, I made two more quilt backs. I also made the binding for “Summertime”. It’s still not completely sewn down. So lots of fabric out that I’m counting this week. I’ve got about 1/2 of the fabric cut for the Crossword Puzzle (CP) quilt, but I’m going to count it when I get it all cut. I expect to get the rest of it cut this week and it will nicely offset the backing fabric I expect to arrive later this week and count in next weeks report.
Early in the week, I bought several more red FQs for CP, but after I got to cutting I realized I needed more and why just buy 4 FQs when you can buy 8 FQs? Actually I ended up with 4 half yard pieces since several a couple of the pieces were $5 and FQ were $2.50. At this point if I don’t have enough fabric, I’m making the quilt smaller!
Here the numbers:
Fabric Added last week: 5.875 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 67.019 yards
Fabric Used last weeks: 19 yards (got to love weeks with backings)
Fabric Used to Date: 83.923 yards
Net Used for 2011: 19.904 yards
Checkout the links over at Patchwork Times to see how others are doing.
Good Job! I need to do bigger quilts! My backing only used a little over 3 yards. Happy Mother’s DAY!