Quilting and Stuff by Knitnoid

Stash Report – Final for 2015

December 27, 2015 11:09 am ⋅

nutcracker

 

My sister gave me a 3 yard length of this Nutcracker fabric for Christmas, it is the last of the yardage to be added to my stash for the year.

scraps

Week before last, I was given a bag of scraps – some with batting still attached. I finally sorted the bag out and have a lovely pile of fabric.

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The binding for the Black & Bright quilt, plus the pillowcases, is the last of the yardage that is used for the year.

Overall for the year I think I did very well.  I personally only bought 59.448 yards of fabric — the rest , another 172.017 yards was either given to me or I won it.  You truly will be amazed at how much fabric there can be in a bag of “scraps”.

Total fabric brought into the house this year: 231.465 yards

Total fabric used this year: 177.859 yards

Net fabric in my stash: 53.606 yards

How did you do with your stash this year? Do you anticipate a different outcome next year?  I know I do. I avoided the thrift shops this year, but I’ve been asked to make another quilt from recycled shirts, so will be bringing in more shirts after the first of the year – at 1-1/2 yards of fabric a shirt and at most only using 1/4 of a yard from each shirt, I expect to have plenty of fabric left over. I’m guessing nearly 60 yards.

Hop over to Patchwork Times to see how others did with their stashes.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

The Hardware Panel

December 26, 2015 12:07 pm ⋅

hardwarefinished

 

This started out as a panel. A friend bought it and the peg board and border fabric at a quilt retreat several years ago. Then it sat. When I was helping her move her sewing room I offered to make it for her and brought it home — where it sat a few more years. I added it to the Crazy Challenge II list in October. It was delivered on Sunday.

It was about 55 x 75 before washing. Although not really visible in the picture, I used Susie’s Magic Binding, using a rusty-red for the accent color. It nearly matches the red stripe in the border and more importantly allowed me to use the remaining peg board fabric as the binding.

It has Hobb’s Tuscany 100% cotton batting in it and I used Cairo-Quilt thread in Military Gold in the top and a beige pre-wound bobbin.

Bill

This quilt is on my 4th Quarter Finish Along List and will be linked up to On the Windy Side when the linky opens.

Posted in: Challenges, Finish-A-Long - 2015

The Red Disappearing 9-Patch

December 20, 2015 1:39 pm ⋅

reddp92

 

This is the 3rd of 3 Disappearing 9-Patches – for this year.  Since I made it the same as the Green Disappearing 9-Patch, I’m going with the same measurements. It measured about 79″ x 94″ before washing. Based on the picture, I’m guessing it’s about 75″ x 90″ after washing. Hobb’s Tuscany Bleached 100% Cotton batting was used (it’s what I had on hand). It was quilted on my DSM. I used my CarioQuilt thread in Military Gold. The quilting on this one is in a diagonal pattern similar to the Orange DP9.

All the fabric is from recycled shirts, except for the red. I purchased two yards of it, and had enough fabric to make the quilt and a pillowcase. Again I made the cuff narrower as I needed a red cuff on another pillowcase.

I started cutting the squares on May 19th, finished the top July 17th and finished the quilt on December 13th. It is on my 3rd Quarter Finish Along List make that my 4th Quarter Finish Along list that On the Windy Side is hosting and of course it is a quilt on my personal Crazy Challenge II list.

Here’s the pillowcase — it’s the body of the case is from a bolt of fabric I bought several years ago.

Jeremiah

Posted in: Finish-A-Long - 2015, goals

Stash Report

December 20, 2015 10:06 am ⋅

Lot’s of fabric used last week. It happens when you make 10 pillowcases, bind a throw and quilt a 103″ square quilt! And in all of this,  I only brought home 1 yard of fabric to use as cuffs for pillowcases.

Fabric Added Since Last Report 1.0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 221.465 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 20.242 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 174.679 yards

INCREASE in Stash to Date:  46.786 yards

See how others are doing over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

Green Disappearing 9-Patch – The Blog Post

December 20, 2015 9:56 am ⋅

greenD9ptemp

 

Well, I  had great hopes and dreams of a cool photo shoot of all of the quilts, but that simply is not going to happen.  I haven’t been able to get out during the day — except when the wind is blowing hard or it’s raining — neither are conducive to a quilt photo shoot of a single quilt, let alone multiple quilts. So this is it.  The quilt pinned to the shelves in the sewing room.

This is the 2nd of 3 Disappearing 9-Patches.  It measured about 79″ x 94″ before washing. Based on the picture, I’m guessing it’s about 75″ x 90″ after washing. Hobb’s Tuscany Bleached 100% Cotton batting was used (it’s what I had on hand). It was quilted on my DSM. I used my CarioQuilt thread in Military Gold to do some basic straight stitching.

All the fabric is from recycled shirts, except for the green. I purchased two yards of it, and had enough fabric to make the quilt and a pillowcase — well, I made the cuff narrower so I could make a cuff for Nifty Thrifty as well. Bottom line, there’s no green fabric left.

I started cutting the squares on May 19th, finished the top August 20th and finished the quilt on October 31st.  It was part of the November UFO Parade at Aunt Marti’s, one of my finishes for UFO Busting over at Field Trips in Fiber, it is on my 3rd Quarter Finish Along List (it was on the 3rd quarter list, but it’s the 4th Quarter Finish Along List that I need to link to)  for that On the Windy Side is hosting and of course it is a quilt on my personal Crazy Challenge II list.

Ooh — nearly forgot the pillowcase.

greencase

Posted in: Challenges, Finish-A-Long - 2015, goals, UFO Busting, UFO Parade - 2015

Pillowcase Marathon

December 16, 2015 10:39 am ⋅

Pillocasemarathon

 

On the Crazy Challenge II list there is an entry for 4 pillowcases and 1 pillowcase. It’s listed as 5 pillowcases on the 4th Quarter Finish Along List Well, I counted wrong and it should have been 7. I made these assembly line fashion and each has a label inside the cuff saying who it is for.

As I recently got 3 quilts far enough along to know what fabric I had for pillowcases, I made these 3 cases as well.

quiltcases

 

I would like to say I’m done with pillowcases, but I have either 4 or 5 more to make – just as soon as I get the quilts far enough along to know what I have to use for the cases.

Posted in: goals, Pillowcases

What’s On My Design Wall

December 14, 2015 12:08 am ⋅

 

RedDp9The design wall proper is empty, but the Crazy Challenge II is progressing. The Red Disappearing 9-Patch is done. It just needs washing and photographing.  I’ll wash it as soon as I get the pillowcase made.

hardware

 

The hardware quilt is done. I’m so glad I couldn’t find the extra backing fabric. I love the pop of red. I need to get this quilt labeled and it will go into the wash when I finish the pillowcase. BTW I finally found the extra backing fabric. I had decided it was too dark for the neutral box and not dark enough for the brown box and it ended up in the yellow and Halloween box.

yawn

 

This Black and Pink 4-Patch Stacked Posies quilt is a hug quilt. I need to finish cleaning up the threads, make the label and finish the pillowcase, then it will go in the wash.  I think Butterscotch is trying to tell me something. I know I’ve stopped for the night. The pillowcases will be finished up this evening.

pillowcases

I re-evaluated and realized I needed two more pillowcases for a total 7 not associated with quilts. These are cut to size, but before I can put them together, the inside of the cuff will get a label and I need to make two more labels. Maybe Tuesday?

So, what’s left?

thelast3

 

That lime green needs to be made into a backing for the Black and Bright quilt. The quilt needs to be put on the zippers and I have to figure out how I’m going to quilt it on Saturday. That’s got to be Wednesday’s project.

The Cream and Green hanging to the shelves and under the lime green needs to be finished, as does the Compass Lone Star on top. They will need labels and pillowcases of course. I think these two will be necessity get pushed to next week.

And the mystery quilt?  I think I printed off the instructions and put them with the fabric — but at this point, I’m not sure. But clearly there is no more work on it until after the first of the year, and possibly not until February. I’ve been given two commissions for quilts which need to be done in January.

If you don’t hear from me, you’ll know why. I’m buried under quilts!

Check out what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.

 

 

Posted in: Challenges, designwall, goals, UFOs

Stash Report

December 13, 2015 2:33 am ⋅

I ended up buying 2 half yard pieces of fabric this past week because I guessed at the color — it was on sale for $5 and I didn’t know if I was going to be able to get out since I was working Saturday.  The color was way off and I finished up around Noon. After a stop at the box store for thread, I grabbed scraps from the quilt and headed across town.

No peg board fabric – didn’t surprise me, the fabric is at least 3 and possibly 5 years old. No green – that fabric is at least as old if not older, but found one the same color, but it wasn’t right. Ended up with an red-orange that is perfect.

On the usage side of things, binding for 3 quilts – the Red Disappearing 9-Patch, the Hardware quilt and the Black & Pink 4-Patch Stacked Posies. I also pulled a backing from stash for the Black & Pink quilt.

So, here’s the yardage tally.

Fabric Added Since Last Report 1.0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 220.465 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 4.727 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 154.437 yards

INCREASE in Stash to Date:  66.028 yards

See how others are doing over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

What’s On My Design Wall

December 7, 2015 10:03 am ⋅

dw1207

 

This past week has gone by in a blur – lots of errands and not much time at the sewing machine. The good news is I have finally finished the quilting on the Red Disappearing 9-Patch and I have the binding cut. This means I now have two quilts to bind as the Hardware Quilt still needs binding — and I don’t have those strips cut.

MQ1207

While I had the cutting board cleared, I made one set of clue 2 of the mystery quilt. I started with just a single headless goose, using the Companion Angle ruler, which came out OK. But then apparently the next 3 I cut wrong as they almost have their head. I finished up the set using squares and the stitch and flip method – which I think I’ll use going forward.

Looking at this week, I have 2 evenings of activities which will limit my quilting time, so I doubt I’ll get much done on the mystery – I’ll have to focus on getting the Crazy Challenge quilts done.

See what others have on their Design Wall over at Patchwork Times and how others are doing on their mystery quilt over at Quiltville.

 

Posted in: Allietare, Challenges, designwall, DP9, goals

Stash Report

December 6, 2015 12:16 am ⋅

Try as I might, there has not been much quilting going on at my place. There simply has been errand or household chore which simply could not be put off any longer. That’s not to say NO quilting has taken place. 12 more lines of quilting on the Red Disappearing 9-Patch and it will be time to bind it.  All this is to say, no fabric has been used this past week and I had that backing + purchase on Wednesday.

So here are the numbers:

Fabric Added Since Last Report 12.875 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 219.465 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 149.71 yards

INCREASE in Stash to Date:  69.755 yards

See how others are doing over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report