Hark — a mid-week post and progress on the Blue Disappearing 9-Patch. Six more rows to go.
What’s On My Design Wall
Late yesterday evening, I turned on my book and sewed for a bit. Before making the 9-patches, I ordered the blocks and pinned a number to them, that way I can sew from a pile of blocks and a printout. After two hours, I have the first four rows of 13 completed. I’ll add three more rows to each section and then joint the section together. Once done, I’ll do two sections of 7 rows, join them and then join the top and bottom of the quilt together. I’m guessing 5 or 6 more hours and it will be ready to quilt.
Hop over to Patchwork Times to see what others are working on.
Stash Report
There’s been no change in the stash report. On the other hand, I have 156 quilt blocks ready to be sewn into a quilt top. I might just get to count fabric out by the end of the month.
Here’s the stash report:
- Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0 yards
- Fabric Used Year to Date: 0 yards
- Fabric Enhancement Since Last Report: 0 yards
- Fabric Enhancement to Date: 22.932 yards
- Net Fabric to Stash: 22.932 yards
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What’s On My Design Wall
Progress has been slow for a variety of reasons, but after 6-1/2 hours of stitching over the past two weeks, I have 23 of the 49 9-patches made for the Disappearing 9-Patch. I had no idea it was taking this long. I’ve been using the audio book Fall of Giants by Ken Follett as my timer while stitching, but I have no idea how long it look to prep the shirts and cut the fabric. Normally I don’t care, but as this quilt was commissioned, I’m trying to pay attention.
See what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.
Stash Report
This is year is off to a slow start quilting wise. I have yet to complete 1 quilt block, let alone a quilt top or quilt. So, not completing anything means the count is still zero in the used column. As mentioned previously the fabric in the purchased column is for the Blue Disappearing 9-Patch that I’m currently working on.
This week, and it should have been last week, I’m adding the fabric I received I received in a box of quilting stuff I won from Prairie Moon Quilts as part of the 350 Blocks Project:2015 to my stash report.
It’s an awesome gift box. I’ve thanked Shelly privately, but want to thank her publicly as well and encourage everyone to join the 350 Blocks Project:2016.
I’m off to a slow start. No blocks for January. But I hope to rectify that this month.
Here’s the stash report:
- Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0 yards
- Fabric Used Year to Date: 0 yards
- Fabric Enhancement Since Last Report: 0.182 yards
- Fabric Enhancement to Date: 22.932 yards
- Net Fabric to Stash: 22.932 yards
Hop over to Patchwork Times to see how others are doing with the stashes.
Progress – Blue Disappearing 9-Patch
It’s taken me all month, but cutting the fabric for the Blue Disappearing 9-Patch is now complete. Next up pairing lights to darks so I can start sewing.
What’s On My Design Wall
Progress is being made on the Blue Disappearing 9-Patch. I finished cutting the light squares a week or so ago. This past week I started working on the dark squares. 39 sets of 4 matching squares. I just hit set # 20 of the dark squares. My goal is to get at least the 9-patches made this week. We’ll see if I can make it happen.
Check out what others have on their design wall over at Patchwork Times.
The Best Laid Plans
At the end of the year, I compiled a list of quilts that I wanted to finish in the first quarter. Of course I listed EVERYTHING on my UFO/WIP and To Be Quilted list as well to cover all the bases. Then I went beyond that and listed several kits (some purchased, and other I put together from stash) that I was considering for the year.
Friday afternoon I realized I couldn’t lay my hands on the finished section of my Star-A-Day quilt — the one which ideally I should have finished this past September and that I’m only 1/3 of the way through. After work I went over to the LQS where a retreat was going on and the ladies oohed and aahed over the single tiny star I had with me. While I was there I spent time tracing and cutting out a couple of stars. But when I came home I was determined to find the wayward section. I did – it was in a box with fabric I’ve pulled for additional stars — more or less right where it should have been, but the box is not labeled and there’s other stuff in it as well.
Anyway, before I found it I tripped over a few things. The leftover backing from the Eeyore quilt. I was looking for it before Christmas and couldn’t figure out where I put it. The section measures 44″ x 70″ so it’s nearly big enough to be its own quilt. I think another 6″ to 10″ to the width and it will be ready to quilt. So, add this to the list of quilts to be finished this year, possibly this quarter. Of course since I know where it’s headed I want to get it done “now”.
Then I found a bundle of brights with some Caterwauling and Cool Cats fabrics. Last summer I was trying to figure out what to make with these fabrics and bundled them together. I think I’ll use them to test the new pattern I’m writing. It won’t be exact as the pattern just calls for 5 fabrics – a focus/border, background and 3 other fabrics, but for the initial test, this will work just fine – just as soon as I settle on a background fabric. This is another get it done “now” projects.
So, 3 new quilts are added to the list for this year: the music quilt, the initial test quilt and then the test BOM when the fabric arrives.
It’s no wonder my WIP/UFO list is so long.
Stash Report
There’s no change in my stash from last week, however, I missed two stash reports. The first weekend of in January I purchased the fabric for the center square, binding and pillowcases for the Disappearing 9-patch (is anyone besides me getting tired of me going on about this quilt?). Of course since I’ve not been sewing, there is no fabric used.
- Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0 yards
- Fabric Used Year to Date: 0 yards
- Fabric Purchased Since Last Report: 3.25 yards
- Fabric Purchased Year to Date: 22.75 yards
- Net Fabric to Stash: 22.75 yards
My goal this week is to at least get the 9-Patches made. We’ll see if it happens.
See how others are doing with their stashes over at Patchwork Times.
Radio Silence Is Over
It’s been a long 2 weeks. I’d love to say the silence was because “I was busy sewing and here’s what I got done” but alas, that’s not the case. It’s been a combination of things – the crud, reading, back out of whack, working, and my hosting server had issues.
Have you ever heard someone say “Could you repeat that? I didn’t have glasses on.” Well apparently for me “My blog and e-mail are down, I can’t sew.”
During this ‘down time’ I’ve read The Bone Labyrinth by James Rollins, Started reading Volume 2 of The Outlandish Companion by Diana Gabaldon, and read a ‘stack’ of romance novels — most if not all of them by Grace Burrows on — my phone.
The crud has run its course, the chiropractor re-aligned my back, I couldn’t find anything I wanted to read the other night, and the blog and e-mail are back up since I changed to a new hosting provider.
I’m getting back to the quilting. All of the light squares for the latest Disappearing 9-Patch are cut, and I’ve started cutting the dark squares. Friday evening and Saturday morning I worked on my Star-A-Day quilt and this afternoon/evening I’ve been playing in EQ designing a quilt for the LQS to use as a block of the month.
Up next – get the Disappearing 9-Patch done, work on the instructions for the BOM and get my sewing machine into the shop! I need it to working to finish up the Cream and Green Swap quilt and the Compass Lone Star. I’ll use my Mini Ultra for the D9P.
