It seems like last week was one of those weeks with very little piecing.  But I did get the center of the spool challenge quilt done and I added 4 more blocks to the Quilting Gallery’s Aiming for Accuracy Quilt-Along. But after mid-week, there was no sewing.  It was simply too hot when the A/C went out.  We have a temporary solution in place, but it looks like there’s a new A/C in our future sooner than later. Good thing I like scrappy quilts, as I don’t see any new fabric in my future.

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The Leader/Ender challenge started August 2013 was spools.  I until I started writing this post, I thought it started in July and I was late starting.  As you can see from this post I started the challenge on August 20, 2013.  365 days after I made the first three spools I completed the center of the quilt.

I’m not sure how much of the distortion is the quilting/trimming and how much is the photography.  As a result, I didn’t proceed with the borders.  I need shove a few things around in the room to be able to lay the top out completely and see what if anything needs to be done to add the borders.

To see what others did with their challenge spools check out the links over Quiltville.

The spool blocks are nearly a quilt.  The missing blocks are on my sewing machine waiting for sashing to be attached.  As as frequently happens, it’s not until you see a picture that a turned block is noticed.  I seem to have the top left setting triangle assembled wrong, so a bit of ripping will be done before the borders are attached.

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Last week I started assembling the spool blocks, but since it hasn’t reached the flimsy stage, I still can’t count the fabric. And since I found the sashing fabric in my stash, I didn’t buy any fabric either.  Bottom line, my stash report has not changed since last week.

Fabric Added Since Last Report: 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 122.087 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report:  0 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 72.662 yards

Net Used for the year -49.425 yards

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

Is the orange going to overpower the blocks? There will be dark green cornerstones.

I’m now sewing my 3″ spools into 9-patches.  My original intent was to use a solid orange/cheddar for the sashing with purple cornerstones. But since I’d like to finish this top sooner than later (can I get it done by the 19th?) what ever I use has to come from my stash.

Several years ago I bought 3 yards of this fabric because I liked it, but I had no idea what I was going to do with it.  It was some of the last “speculative” fabric I bought. The fabric is Fancy Cat Leaves by Makower UK.

The print is small enough it won’t look weird when I cut my 1″ (finished) sashings.  So although it’s not a solid, the orange is strong enough the print won’t compete to badly with the mishmash of prints in the spools.  That just leaves the cornerstones.

I  have a length of purple, but because it is a hand spray the cornerstones will vary widely in color since only a 1″ square will show.  But I found a dark green tone-on-tone which works nicely with the leaves. Since it’s a piece I have used for other projects I may have one or two spools make with it, If I do, I’ll just have to make sure those spools are not in a corner of the 9-patch.

First up is this week’s block from Quilting Gallery’s Aiming for Accuracy Quilt-Along. I love the center fabric. I bought it years ago when I was living in Texas – probably early to mid-1990. The selvage doesn’t list a date. It just says © CRANSTON PRINT WORKS – SCHWARTZ LIEBMAN TEX. – U.S.A. I know I bought it with the intention to make a dress, but never got around to it.  After we moved to Kansas City, I finally made a nightgown only to then discover quilting and thinking the fabric would make a great Stack-N-Whack quilt.  Oh, well.

Next up is this month’s block from Dorothy Young’s alphabet block-of-the-month. It is Hayes Corner.

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Last week (as if I didn’t have enough going on) I started the quilt-a-long sponsored by Quilting Gallery. The 7th block was released over the weekend.

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This past week I made 6 blocks for the Aiming For Accuracy Quilt-a-long. I finished all of the spool blocks that I think I need and have started sewing them into 9-patches. I also made 5 table runners for my nieces wedding and two slip covers to cover mis-matched milk crates for a piano to sit on. Too bad I only count the fabric when the top/project is finished and it’s from my own stash.

That is to say the only fabric I get to count is the fabric I used for the slip covers.

No fabric was purchased this week.

So here are the numbers:

Fabric Added Since Last Report: 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 122.087 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report:  3.1 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 72.662 yards

Net Used for the year -49.425 yards

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

I recycled the curtains I made for one of my husband’s former classrooms to make the slip covers.