This week was the big “frog”. Not only did I rip out the knitting – well actually tossed it in the trash, I spent a several hours ripping out the quilting on the big quilt.  The only movement forward was creating a couple of applique flowers for a quilt I may or may not make. But since I count my fabric when the top is done there no fabric to count.

Fabric added this week: 0 yards
Fabric added to date: 4.729 yards

Fabric used this week: 0 yards
Fabric used to date: 27.747 yards

Net used to date: 23.018 yards

To see how others are doing with their stash, checked out the links over at Patchwork Times.

This week I pieced and quilted a baby quilt to practise the quilting for Deadline III.  That’s 4 1/2 yards used. Yea!

Saturday my friends and I gathered together – the first time in several months all of us were in one place – to give T her finished birthday quilt. There are pictures, but I don’t have them. It was a big hit. We also had a little white elephant exchange and I brought home some quilty goodness.

Fabric added this week: 2.25 yards
Fabric added to date: 4.729 yards

Fabric used this week: 4.5 yards
Fabric used to date: 27.747 yards

Net used to date: 23.018 yards

To see how others are doing with their stash, checked out the links over at Patchwork Times.

No new fabric and just a little bit used on the Tetris quilt, but I’ll take it.

Fabric added this week: 0 yards
Fabric added to date: 2.479 yards

Fabric used this week: 0.57 yards
Fabric used to date: 23.247 yards

Net used to date: 20.768 yards

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More music fabric came into the house. A friend ordered this charm pack for me when she placed an order and Saturday was the first time we’ve seen each other since it came in. For now it will reside in the music stash until I’m ready to make another music quilt.

This fabric is balanced out by a little quilt I made from orphan blocks on Saturday.  Pictures tomorrow.  Now if I can just figure out what I’m going to do about Deadline III, I’ll have a large backing to count soon.

Fabric added this week: .729 yards
Fabric added to date: 2.479 yards

Fabric used this week: 1.5 yards
Fabric used to date: 22.677 yards

Net used to date: 20.198 yards

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It’s been another big week usage wise.  It started with quilting and completing Deadline IV and a matching pillowcase. The week ended when I completed Scrappy Trips, which I’ll show  on tomorrow’s Design Wall Monday.

Additionally, I magically got rid of two UFOs – not that there’s any fabric to count in that.  They were incomplete block sets given to me. Sydney sewed them together and made a quilt top for her teacher’s daughter who has been in the hospital. I’ve got about 1/4 of it quilted so should be able to count the backing and binding on next week’s report.

The only thing purchased this week were 3 rubber rings for the bobbin winders on the two Genie’s and the treadle machine and the service manual on the Genie.

So here’s the report:

Fabric added this week: 0 yards
Fabric added year to date: 1 yards

Fabric used this week: 8.526 yard
Fabric used year to date: 17.065 yards

Net used: 16.065 yards

Don’t get too excited about my fabric usage — many of the UFOs I plan to work on this year have already had their fabric counted or will require the purchase of fabric to complete.

To see how others are doing this second week of the year, check out the links over at Patchwork Times.

Welcome to my new home — Pamela.AvaraArts.com. I’m still tweaking things, but hopefully I’ll get everything the way I want it and then can focus on what I love to do — quilting.

Last week was a very good week as far as the stash goes.  I bought a yard of fabric to use for binding the quilt I’m currently quilting (Deadline IV) but then removed a tad over 8 1/2 yards from the stash.  Pillowcases, backing & binding for the Frog Quilt, took a recycled shirt out of the stash when I realized it was a poly/cotton blend, the backing for Deadline IV and I cut a few more pieces for Syd’s latest quilt.  — She called Friday and said she only had 95 blocks and there were supposed to be 105.

Had I stayed home instead of running around doing errands Friday night and setting up the new blog location, I might just have finished the quilting on the current quilt.

Here’s the report:

Fabric added this year: 1 yards
Fabric used this year: 8.539 yards
Net used: 7.539

To see how others have done this first reporting week of the year, hop over to Patchwork Times.

There was a lot of cutting taking place in my sewing room, but I’m not reporting it yet since it’s the logs for my leader/ender log cabin.  There’s enough light logs for 180 blocks (I think that’s 12 blocks too many) and I think I’ve got logs for 65 dark blocks cut – including the 40 blocks I did the other day.

As far as reportable fabric goes, there are those 34 4-patches which I’m probably going to remake, but I haven’t been near a fabric store to see if I can find the right shade of creamy white.  When I put that project on hold, I pulled the Christmas Row Quilt back out and started working on the borders – one border done, so one border counted.

So the numbers:

Fabric Added Last Week: 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 99.634 yards

Fabric Used Last Week: 1.368 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 136.906 yards

Net Used for 2011: 37.272 yards

See how others are doing with their stash by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

I dug into my stash this week and found fabric to use for the backing and binding on True Friends.  Friday night I pieced the back so it was ready to quilt Saturday morning.  I’ll finish stitching the binding down later this afternoon and I’ll show it tomorrow for Design Wall Monday.  I also made a decision on the spacer border for the Christmas Row Quilt, so cut and have that attached waiting for the rest of the borders.

Fabric Added Last Week: 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 99.634 yards

Fabric Used Last Week: 3.533 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 135.538 yards

Net Used for 2011: 35.904 yards

To see how other’s have done check out the links over at Patchwork Times.

Week before last I won a FQ for Bingo and it arrived this week.  A deep peach.  Other than that I’ve stayed out of the quilt shops – which has given me plenty of time to work on my Christmas Row quilt.  I have 4 of the five rows completed and just need to sash three more blocks of the 5th row.  This quilt top just might get completed this month. Oh, I also get to count the backing and binding of the baby quilt I finished early in the week.

Fabric Added Last Week: .25 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 99.634 yards

Fabric Used Last Week: 4.4 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 132.005 yards

Net Used for 2011: 32.371 yards

To see how other’s have done check out the links over at Patchwork Times.