Stash Report 4.18.10

Yesterday was the annual Stash Builder's Bazaar sponsored by the local quilt guild. I went with a plan instead of just going crazy for what I found. I wanted backgrounds, reds, pinks and lavenders and pieces for a small project I have in mind.

I found a couple fat quarters that I had to have--the socks and the cute novelties. The Elvis fabric was gifted to me by my friend Gloria and the pile of smaller scraps from Crystal. I included all of them in my count. The cones of thread are almost new, the beads are gorgeous.

I only spent $48 and figured my purchases values at close to $300 regular price. And I seldom pay regular price but when I am figuring a bargain..........

I'm closer to my 100 yards used......good thing I wasn't going for 100 yards net!

Head over to Judy L's and see how everyone is doing with their stash.


Used this Week: 11.25 yards
Used Year to Date: 80 yards
Added this Week: 20 yards
Added Year to Date: 84.25 yards
Net Used for 2010: -4.25

Early To Bed, Early To Rise...

...Without fuzzies in my eyes!!! I know I am a morning person, I don't normally go back to bed because when I wake up, I have days like yesterday. Staying up is my normal and I think I need to stick to my normal.



After doing a couple morning chores, I turned today into a sewing/quilting day. This is newest block from Moose on the Porch Quilt Along. Today is the 3rd time I've made this one block. Block 1, I had the steps going the wrong way, took it apart and resewed it. Block 2 didn't measure 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 because someone cut the light blocks the wrong size. I wonder why someone didn't notice this after block 1! This morning someone took out the too small pieces and replaced them with the correct size and now we have block #4. Someone is now happy.



Next on the list was to put the final borders on Grandson Elliot's train quilt. Now that the top is finished, I am going to fold the last load of clothes then make the backing, cut the batting and get to quilting. My goal is to have this quilt finished today!

Making This A Fun Day

I'm having on of those kind of days today. You know, the one where you can't concentrate on much so you just do the easy stuff??? I went back to bed this morning and when I do that, I pretty much wake up a zombie! So I spent some time cruising blogland.
I visited the sky is pink and read her post on reusable Swiffer WetJet Cloths. I love my WetJet and hate buying cleaner and cloths. I've tried making a couple and didn't care for them so I decided to try this one. It works fabulously!!! So I went back to the machine and made 5 more......I have old towels (you know the ones that aren't quite bad enough to cut up for rags!) and lots and lots of elastic. I think I will finish cutting up the old towel and make it all into floor cloths.

Oh, I read the comments and saw one about drilling a hole in the bottom of the bottle and refilling it with your own floor cleaning solution. Why don't I think of these simple things?!?! Now my kitchen floor is clean and maybe the rest of the floors will be clean today too.

This cute bag is for my niece, Nacloe. Baby Charlie is due in a few days and her nursery is construction equipment themed. I made it to give her at her shower but I didn't get to go--still sick and didn't want to share--so I had to wait to post a picture until after she got it.

I'd like to work on Elliot's train quilt but I don't trust myself today with measurements. I only have the final border to put on it. Maybe tonight......maybe tomorrow.

Design Wall Monday

It has come to my attention that I have not made grandson Elliot a quilt. He is 4. Do I feel like the worst Gramma in the whole wide world? Yes, yes I do. I have quilted quilts for him, I have put together a quilt for him that friends made blocks for but I never made him one that was strictly from me to him.

So I am making it now. Elliot Express has been designed in EQ5 and is now if full production. Hopefully one day this week there will be a finished picture of Elliot with his quilt. Until then, this is my focus project.

Head over to Judy L's and see what everyone else is focusing on this week.

Stash Report 4.11.10

Yes, I'm trying to distract you with chocolate chip cookies! Did it work?

My friend, Sonya, went to a quilter's sale. I don't understand how anyone could get rid of all their quilting stuff but this lady wanted to. Sonya was nice enough to call me to invite me to go but I was sick. She had been there the day before so knew what the lady had to offer. She had bags of scraps and strips, my weakness. I do fine with yardage, I usually have a plan when I buy it but if I see scraps and strings in bags, I want them and I want them all, especially if they are $1 a bag! So I asked her to get me 10 bags.

So I kind of spread out what was in a bag of scraps and estimated about a yard in each bag. The strip bags probably have 2 yards or so in each bag. So that's what I'm using for my stash report.

I even know what I want to do with the strips and can't wait to get started on that project. I've already used lots of the scraps on the project I'm working on now.

I'm still working toward my goal of 100 yards used by May 1. Weeks like this are going to slow me down but I have my plan. ;-) Wait until you see my next week numbers!

Used this Week: 0 yards
Used Year to Date: 69 yards
Added this Week: 13 yards
Added Year to Date: 64.25 yards
Net Used for 2010: 4.75

Go over to Judy L's to see how others are doing with their stash.

One More Off the Goal List

I have a notebook where I write my monthly quilting goals. If I don't accomplish a goal within the month, I move it to the top of the next month's list. The list is helping me keep my focus. I am still starting new things but I am also working on my goals. I am happy to mark the deer quilt finished. Hubby will deliver it to his hunting club and it will hopefully raise some money for them. I think he really wants it for himself.

Next project on my list is grandson Elliot's train panel quilt. I learned so much from this quilt about panels that I've got no problem with the next two quilts that both have panels.

We are having some crazy weather here today. Snow, rain, sunshine and cold wind. I'm ready for some warmth. I started my tomato seeds the other day and this morning saw an itty bitty green spot in one seed pot. Exciting! It amazes me how tiny the seeds are and how huge the plants get! I am soooo ready for a good homegrown tomato to put on my bacon sandwich! Yumm Now I will go fix a pb&j sandwich and dream of summer.

Design Wall Monday

Design Wall Monday! You come around so fast! With the crazy week I had, my quilting time was fast and furious! Today I have blocks from 4 different projects. It amazes me what I can accomplish in little bits of time.

Top left is block 3 from the Jelly Roll Sampler Quilt Along at Moose on the Porch Quilts. Top right is one of two April BOMs for the BOM Quilt Addicts Yahoo group. The second block is a paper pieced star, it's ready to sew when I have time to sit at the machine.

The two blocks in the center are blocks for April and May for my small online group. We are about to the end of this BOM with just 2 more months to go. I think I know how I am going to set them and still need to play around with EQ5 to make it work. It will be fun.

The bottom row are blocks 1-3 for the Pinwheel Party at twiddletails. You know, the one I wasn't going to do. But darn, it's so cute. I kept going back and looking at the finished quilt and loving it more and more. I had to buy some black and dig in my stash for the colors. The blocks go together pretty fast (if you read and follow directions) and I did these 3 during my Friday night frenzy that started with sewing on a button.

Jump over to Judy L's and see what others have on their design wall.

Easter Fun

I always say

I have the BEST girls in the world!

Stash Report 4.4.10

Happy Easter

I have had a very busy week. Monday I did some stash enhancement for myself and Taylor. I bought 3 yards of black background fabric for The Pinwheel Party that I wasn't going to start and 3 yards of muslin for an embroidery project.

Between sewing with Taylor and babysitting while Crystal and Mike moved, I haven't had a whole lot of time to use up fabric.

I'm still working toward my goal of 100 yards used by May 1. I better get busy quilting some of my tops!!

Used this Week: 0 yards
Used Year to Date: 69 yards
Added this Week: 6 yards
Added Year to Date: 51.25 yards
Net Used for 2010: 17.75

Go over to Judy L's to see how others are doing with their stash.

Spring Break Sewing-Days 2 & 3

Day 2 was spent mostly lounging around. Striped pants were cut out and sewn up. After a final fitting, Taylor didn't like them. They fit funny (she always wears jeans) and the legs were too wide. They made her feel like a clown.

So Day 2 evening was spent lovingly with the seam ripper. I took everything apart except for the back center seam. Brought back memories of Aunt Sharon telling me if it isn't right, I need to take it apart and redo it. I really miss my Aunt Sharon.

Day 3 brought out a different pattern and I re-cut the pants and sewed them up to a perfect fit. Elliot and Maemae were here during the sewing so it took quite a while to get them sewn. But I got it done. Just in time for the hat model to try them on. She is so funny! I'm glad there is more than enough fabric left over to make her a pair or 2.

After they left, I got busy and sewed up Taylor's peasant top. I think it looks very cute with the striped pants. And she must too because once she put them on for her model shots, she hasn't taken them off.

I think before bed tonight, I am going to sew up a quilt block and the very last seam on the backing for the deer quilt. I think...or go in the hot tub...or both.

Edit: Quilt block is done, backing is done, hot tub is done and now I am done! This has been an awesome day!

Spring Break Sewing-Day 1

Miss Taylor is on Spring Break. With Mom and Dad both working, she is going to spend the week with Gramma. We are going to sew.

Yesterday we went to JoAnn's to get some fun fabrics. We needed fabric for pajama shorts and pants, spring and summer shorts and short pants, tops and I think we got one piece to make a skirt.

After dinner, we cut out the pajama shorts and Taylor learned to use the serger. Gramma sewed in the elastic and hem. Sometimes you just want your pj shorts done so you can put them on, model them and go to bed.

Today's fun will be some cool striped short pants and a paisley top. We'll share photos when the outfits are finished.

I love teaching my grand-kids to sew! While she is still snuggled down in bed, I am going in to finish the back to my deer quilt.

Design Wall Monday

I am having a heck of a time with the backing for the deer quilt! It's just me, I think I still have Yuckiness brain or Nyquil brain or OMG my focus has slipped!!! Yip, that's it, my focus has slipped!

Here's the sad, pitiful story! I wanted to use up the last of the deer panels in the backing. So I framed it up to make it 12 1/2". Then I had the little rail blocks left over so I used them to frame up a couple of the bigger leftover chunks of the small deer print. Then I remembered I had cut pieces off another big print so I got those and framed them to size. I laid them all out, carefully calculating to get my filler pieces the right size so my length measured 88". Then I start to sew my block strip to my big piece of fabric, get almost halfway sewn and smack myself right in the middle of the forehead!

I forgot all about my extra fabric needed for the longarm and my careful calculations were now a waste of somewhat good brain matter. I took the block strip off, laid everything out on the bed, laid the top centered against the block strip and mark which pieces have to be moved where. Got that all sewn together and notice the bottom piece on the block strip has a seam was just about where the bottom of the quilt will hit it. So out comes the seam ripper and off comes the bottom 2 pieces. Directional fabric means I have to take the those 2 pieces apart and switch them to keep the seam away from the binding. I was done for the night and this is how I left the back so I will remember this morning how to fix it.

Send me positive vibes, I still have 2 more pieces of fabric to sew together for the final strip of the backing. I think I am getting out the tape measure again just to triple check the numbers. My seam ripper is tired!

Head over to Judy L's to see what others are working on. I love Mondays!

Stash Report 3.28.10

I love Debbie Mumm designs! I haven't made one for a long time and now I want to go in and start one right now but I won't.

I think I'm over the Yuckiness of last week so my numbers this week look darn good. I finished the deer quilt top and have the backing almost complete. Since I wanted this quilt to be finished last week, I think that will be my focus today. That and the laundry.

I've spent the last few days being head babysitter while Crystal and Mike work on their new house. You get so much more done when Gramma has the kiddos and let me tell you after a few hours with them, I sleep like a baby at night!

Here's this weeks stash report. I wonder if I can hit 100 yards used by May 1st!

Used this Week: 12.5 yards
Used Year to Date: 69 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 45.25 yards
Net Used for 2010: 23.75

Go over to Judy L's to see how others are doing with their stash.

Yuckiness!

I've been side lined with the nastiest cold I think I've ever had! Yuck!!! I've had a few colds over the years but this one took me out. Monday afternoon I started to sneeze and cough. Allergies? Cold? I didn't know, but by Tuesday morning I was out of it.

So my deer quilt was put on hold. I have the last 2 borders to put on. I went in today and the top and bottom of 2. There is no way I can sit there and concentrate on a pieced border. It's all sewn together but the block must line up and it wasn't working so I gave up.

I have girlie movies that I've recorded and I can't even concentrate on those. Good thing HGTV is always available. Hopefully tomorrow will bring about better things. Until then, I need a cup of tea and a cookie. I don't have any cookies. :(

Design Wall Monday

This is the quilt I am doing for Hubby's hunting club fund raiser. All the pieces are safely cut now and it's going together fairly fast. The kit is called Safe Haven.

My project today will be to get the top finished and the backing made so I can quilt it tomorrow and stitch the binding down on Wednesday.

I hope people buy tickets for this. I know we plan to! Wouldn't it be great if after all the work, I get to own the quilt!

Go over to Judy L's, see her design wall and then enjoy what everyone else is doing.

Stash Report 3.21.10

I have done no sewing since Tuesday! BOM blocks and blocks to finish the Sunny Lanes quilt are all I've sewn.

I started cutting the kit to make the hunting club's quilt. Fabric 2 is directional. I didn't follow the directions, I ordered new fabric to replace that and I ordered the backing fabric. Then fabric 7 had lots of different cuts. When I started to cut for the 3rd dimensions, I skipped to fabric 8 for those and they weren't the dimensions for fabric 7. Oooyyeee! I ordered more of fabric 7 and because I was ordering, I added a cute little charm pack for a baby quilt. Now someone needs to have a girl! Fibers & Stitches is loving me as much as I love them! Talk about super duper fast service. They are located in St. Helen's, OR so both of our mail hubs are in Portland. I ordered one day and my order was here the next! Isn't that amazing!!! Now I have to be brave and cut into the new fabric so I can sew this top during the week.

What have I been doing instead of sewing? Bulldozing my way through my sewing room. Spring cleaning! Getting stuff organized. I have the perfect plan, finally. I'm almost ready to call in the muscle to help move things around. Scary, what if my plan doesn't work and I have to make a new plan??? That will put all my other plans in complete turmoil!

Used this Week: 3 yards
Used Year to Date: 56.5 yards
Added this Week: 7.5 yards
Added Year to Date: 45.25 yards
Net Used for 2010: 11.25

Check out how everyone is doing with their stash by visiting Judy L's page.

All Caught Up

I'm all caught up with the March BOMs. I'm working hard to keep current this year. See, the focus sign is working! I have a list and I love crossing things off. Even when I add something, I am still focusing.

Photo 1 is for my small online group where I am using white on white and fabrics from my scrap bin. We have 4 months to go with this one.

Photo 2 is for the BOM-Quiltaddict group, this year's theme is stars, one traditional pieced and one paper pieced with black background and brights. That pink star was a bit of a challenge but I love the way it turned out. I say you can't go wrong with a Carol Doak star.

Photo 3 is the Moose on the Porch Jelly Roll Sampler Quilt Along. The block on the right is the 2nd one posted. The center was supposed to be a plain block but I have so many small strips from the scrap bag that I'm using, I decided to piece the center. So far these blocks are going together nice and fast.

Now on to the quilt for Hubby's hunting club.

Design Wall Monday

I participated in a birthday block swap with my small online group. We each chose a block and everyone that signed up made you a block for your birthday. I chose Sunny Lanes from Quilter's Cache. I wanted easy and I wanted scrappy.

I made a couple for myself and then put them away with great plans to finish it up soon. Fast forward almost two years. I got the bag of blocks out of the bin and put them up on the wall. There were 14 blocks so I sat down and made 2 more. After looking at it for a while, I decided I wanted it to be longer.

So I sat down and made 4 more blocks, moved more blocks around and now this is no longer on my wall but sewn into a top waiting for the final pressing.

I like nice lazy Sundays. Hubby went into town and brought dinner home with him, we ate and then he watched TV and dozed and I sewed. Now I can mark progress for this on my UFO list. Hopefully I will mark this one as done in a couple days.

Visit Judy L's and see what everyone else is up to.

Stash Report 3.14.10

With my super productive week, my stash numbers seem a bit low. My finish numbers are extremely high--2 hats, 1 tote bag and 3 quilts. I only needed backing and binding for one quilt and the yard it took for my tote bag. Then I added up the yardage for the quilt kit and that put me in the hole for the week.

Go over to Judy L's and see what other stash busters are up to.

Used this Week: 6 yards
Used Year to Date: 53.5 yards
Added this Week: 8.75 yards
Added Year to Date: 37.75 yards
Net Used for 2010: 15.75

**Taking my knitting to the NRA banquet was a brilliant idea. I bet next year there will be oodles of knitters........ The photo is of my view at the table. Roses were sold as part of the fund raiser raffle.

Friday Finish

March Madness continues.

Crystal and I went to the quilt show yesterday and wow, the inspiration I left with. I couldn't get home quick enough--meaning I forgot to run my other errands after leaving Crystal's. I even had a note~~~~

I got home and all I wanted to do was sew. I made the backing for Leland's quilt then hubby came home and for some silly reason he wanted dinner. Hulloooo, I have my mojo going here. So I reluctantly fixed dinner--the best chicken soup I've ever made. After dinner, I loaded the quilt and quilted it. I thought maybe I should spend some time with him....but after just a few minutes, he went to bed. I went back into the sewing room and put the binding on and finished Leland's quilt!

This morning is a sewing morning for me. Then it's date night--NRA banquet. He is such a romantic guy!!! Would I be considered rude if I took my knitting with me? I'm going to, they have a speaker---gosh what if I get bored and fall asleep and then fall off my chair.......I'm going to knit!

Is it March Madness?

It has to be or maybe it's the return of my mojo. I have no idea where it went but I'm sure glad it returned. 2 days, 3 finishes!! WaaHoo!

Quiltville's Boxy Stars is finished! Patchwork Times Freeze Frame is finished! And I decided to make myself a new bag.

I have had that chunky button for a few years and for the last few months it has been laying by my machine waiting for it's home on this bag. Most of the fabric in the bag is left from a jacket I made myself a while back. I really like the jacket but I've never worn it out of the house. You see I pulled the classic mistake of not measuring before I sewed the sweatshirt sleeves back together and I have fat arms. Do I need to tell you the rest? I could take it apart and do some adjustments. Good idea, wonder why I just now thought of that.

Today is going to be a fun day. Crystal and I are going to a quilt show. We will be meeting up with some of our friends and they haven't seen Leland for a while. They will be shocked when they see how much he has grown.

Hope my mojo doesn't escape while I'm gone.

The Hat Model & Her Brothers

This is the Hat Model doing her job, modeling baby brother's new hat.

This is baby brother modeling his new hat while holding his Poppy down in the recliner.

This is big brother who just found a roll of tape.
"Tape is fun."

Design Wall Monday

This is all that is on my design wall today. I put it there yesterday when I wanted to start another project. I have enough projects started right now and I want to get them done!

I have put away the bins of strings and crumbs. I have put the blocks in the bin with the 6" string blocks and other 6" blocks. I have a stack of quilts that I want to quilt and I have my leader/ender project that is organized with blocks made into rows and counted, 1/4 blocks made with the total of how many and how many more need to be made. When I get the urge to sit and sew for a minute or 5, I can put rows together.

My boxy stars quilt needs the binding sewn on, Leland's cowboy quilt needs the backing sewn so I can get it quilted this week. I have a stack of quilts that need backings made for them and I have a baby shower gift to make. It's not like I run out of projects to work on, I run out of focus to work on them.

Then, while minding my own business and traveling from Judy L's blog looking what other's have on their design wall, I find my friend Diane has been working on an Easter stitchery. And now I will be working on one today. I actually was thinking about making an Easter wall hanging and this one is perfect. She found it here.

I'll start that focus project tomorrow!

Stash Report 3.7.2012

This week was a slow one in the sewing room. I'm in more of knitting mode right now. I made 2 BOM blocks and 40 more crumb blocks--and still the bin is full!

I knitted hats for the hat model's brothers but need to take pictures of them. Then I started knitting my very first sweater. And it's for me! I've got about 3" complete for the back so have a very long way to go. I keep telling myself it isn't a race but it was a race to get those hats done so I could start it.

Here is my stash report for this week. It is fun to see the used number climb. Maybe one of these days it can take a gigantic leap, but until then baby steps are fine with me. Check out Judy L's blog to see how other stashes are shrinking or not.

Used this Week: 3 yards
Used Year to Date: 47.5 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 29 yards
Net Used for 2010: 18.5

Bbbaaaaaaaa

I am such a follower! I was minding my own business yesterday, checked Diane's blog to see how she was doing, thinking maybe she posted snow pictures. No snow but she did have a very inspiring and taunting post! McTavishing, a super cute dog and jelly roll sampler block with a taunt.

Well, I have a few jelly rolls in my fabric stash so I thought that would be a great project. I clicked over to Moose on the Porch Quilt Along 2010 and started reading. Then I read scrappy and remembered a bag of blues and whites/creams that I bought last year at the guild's sale. A big zip bag full of 2 1/2" strips with squares and 1 1/2" strips. Plus I have lots of blues in my stash. And she is posting a new block every 2 weeks. I like that! So I'm following along with this Quilt Along!!! Bbbaaaaaa Go ahead, click the link, become a sheep like me.

Monday and Tuesday I made 40 more crumb blocks. I now have 100! With enough crumbs and strings for 560 more. ;) Still, I wonder if I will ever see the bottom of the bin, the more I dig, the bigger the mountain gets. I'll just keep making them......they are like potato chips, you can't eat just one.

Design Wall Monday

I couldn't stand it, I couldn't leave all the crumb blocks in their bundle of 10. I had to put a bundle up on the design wall to see what they looked like together and to wonder if the idea I have is going to work. I'm thinking of picking a light and a dark fabric to sash the blocks with and then setting them light, dark, light, dark. I'm also thinking about just sewing them together as one very gigantic crumb block. I have time to think about it. 60 6" blocks are not enough. I have enough fabric for about 600 more blocks!


After finishing the purple hat, I got out this ball of blue to make the boy's hats. I had made Elliot's hat from this yarn and then the dog got ahold of it. I wanted to cry but instead put it in the garbage--the hat, not the dog. Damn dog! He does like what has the kid's scent on it. He is getting better now but sometimes I wonder if he will ever out grow the puppy stage!

Grab yourself a cup of something and visit Judy L to see what she and a bunch of other creative friends have on their design walls.

Outside Fun

Quite often Crystal and the kiddos come out on Sunday for some play time.

Today was a good day for outside fun.
First we need to empty the water out of the wagon so we can fill it with rocks.

Then we have to dump the rocks out of the wagon so we can pick them up again. Look Maemae, this is mud. Mud is fun.

Big Momma decided Maemae isn't so bad so she can now pet her. Especially if Maemae gives her some cracked corn. Look at those holes the chickens dug! I didn't know they did that.

Gramma finished my new hat today. I like it a lot. She should make one for my each of my brothers. But I will have to model them! Because I am the hat model. I love hats!!

Thank you to Andrea at String in Motion for this free Hurricane Hat pattern.

Stash Report 2.28.10

Wow, the last day of February, that came fast! Friday I went with Crystal to The Mill End Store where Our passion is FABRIC and I'm happy to report I bought no fabric, only 2 skeins of yarn. Nothing jumped out at me that day. That's a good thing.

I've sewn very little during the week. Instead I've spent my time knitting and watching the Olympics. Then yesterday I was putting some stings in my big string bin and remembered Patti's tutorial on Crumb Chaos so I sat down to make a few blocks. And a few more and a few more. By the end of the day, I made 47 crumb blocks and 18 string blocks.

I had to figure out how much fabric I used so I went to my EQ5 and with just the crumb blocks, it says I used 5 yards! So that's what I'm using for this weeks report. I can actually tell there is a bit more room in the string bin. But I wonder if I will ever see the bottom of the bin again.

Used this Week: 5 yards
Used Year to Date: 44.5 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 29 yards
Net Used for 2010: 15.5

Visit Judy L to see how everyone is doing with their stash.

Green Envy Socks

I finally picked up my knitting needles last night to finish these socks. I tried so hard to get my stripes to match but it didn't happen. I did pretty good until the heel flap and then the repeat kind of when south. Oh well, feet don't care. Next time I think I'll pull out the yarn from both skeins and put a starting mark on the second one instead of writing myself a note. Or not.

I think they turned out pretty darn cute! This is the first time I've used Red Heart Heart & Sole with Aloe (why is there aloe in the yarn???). The color is called green envy. This is the fastest pair of socks I've knitted--started on the 6th, finished on the 24th. Simple, easy pattern...........I don't need the fussiness of fancy! I'll take the happiness of simple any ole day.

If I would have worked on them at anytime at all during the last week, I'd probably have another sock half knitted! But I didn't so I don't! And because American Idol was on for 2 hours last night, I have a new hat on the needles. I'm trying real hard not to have a bunch of knitting projects started but then I see something and I go ooohhh......focus, focus Judy!

Design Wall Monday

I've been working on my leader & ender project and once in a while I have to put a few sections together and up on the wall to see what it looks like. One of life's little things that makes me happy.

What didn't make me happy was that huge border on the Cowboy Quilt. So while watching Nascar on Sunday, I took them off. Then I played around in my EQ5 program and created a pieced border (and dreamed of owning EQ6!). Pieced borders--another Judy L influence. So I made a few sample pieces, came up with a workable plan and now I am going to make a new border. I'm not sure about the corner blocks and I have time to think about them and change my mind 6 more times.

I have some huge quilting goals for the week and I sure hope I accomplish a few of them for a change. Oh, you know what I mean!!! Go check out Judy L's design wall post and then go blog hopping to see what others are working on. Monday mornings are so much fun!

Stash Report 2.21.10

This week is a wash....same in as out. That's a good thing. Buy it, use it. Only what I bought wasn't what I used. I used stash for the back of the boxy stars quilt and I bought backing and border for Leland's Cowboy Quilt. The boxy stars is on the frame and the Cowboy quilt is having some surgery. I'm taking the big cream border off and adding red to it. It just wasn't pleasing to my eye. I'm sure Leland wouldn't have minded but I would have.

So here are my numbers for this week. Check other stash reports at Judy L's Patchwork Times. Judy's numbers are amazing!

Used this Week: 5.5 yards
Used Year to Date: 39.5 yards
Added this Week: 5.5 yards
Added Year to Date: 29 yards
Net Used for 2010: 10.5

Busy Week

I have been in a sewing mood all week long. Every day I have made huge leaps on my projects. I finally finished quilting my Floral Freeze Frame and the binding is on patiently waiting for me to stitch it down.

I took the 9 patch and flower applique blocks off my design wall and put them bag in their bag. I needed to work on Leland's cowboy quilt before he's all grown up. I put up the blocks, made a few more and now it is ready for a final dark border. I am going to go to the quilt shop today and get what I want for the border and back, the binding strips are cut and ready to sew.

While I was putting Leland's quilt up on the wall, out of the corner of my eye, I spied a top that needed a repair. I posted this quilt on my design wall post in May 2009. While I was working on it, I put the top on my ironing board too close to the iron. All of the sudden I smell scorched fabric and this is what I found. So being the procrastinator that I am, I put the quilt away to work on later. All the while, the final border fabric has been on my sewing table right in front of me. So the guilt got to me this morning and I took that block out and replaced the center fabric and now the block is sewn back in and I have the border fabric ready to apply.

But I have to do errands today and have put off getting ready to go long enough. At least I have a couple of fun errands today, the quilt shop and a visit with the grandkiddos.

Design Wall Monday

Here it is Monday again. It sure comes around fast! My last week's boxy stars project has been folded up and is waiting for it's turn on the longarm. Next up is this UFO that is at least 5 years old. We did a 9 patch swap using florals and beige/cream fabrics. Something in my life happened and I didn't get mine sent in on time. I have a bag with 10 sets of 6" 9 patches. That bag got put away.

July 2006, we were on the bus headed to the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. The hostess had prizes and I won the book Patches and Posies by Teri Christopherson. The cover photo of floral 9 patches and appilique flowers jumped out at me and I knew what to do with those 9 patches.

I also needed an easy project for my down time at work. I began to make blocks and pretty soon they were in the bag with the 9 patches to be written on the annual UFO list. Finally this year they were move up to the small group UFO list and their number was chosen for February. So out of the box they came and now parts of them are up on the design wall.

I'm not going to put the applique border on. This project needs to be finished. Stay tuned....hopefully next Monday will show some progress. Now it's time to head over to Judy L's and see her design wall and then see what others have on their wall. I do love Monday mornings.

Quiltathon Day 2

Not one stitch sewn!

Not one but I happy with what I got done yesterday. I spent the morning doing some things around the house, caught up on the laundry and then the kiddos started coming. Doesn't take long to get a house full. I love it when they come over for no reason! And the Daytona 500 was on. My driver, Greg Biffle did pretty good finishing 3rd and Jamie McMurray was a very excited and gracious winner so it was a happy ending.

Now we are settling down for the evening, there are some brownies in the oven thanks to Taylor and we are going to watch the Olympics for a while. I am hoping I have the energy to work on my sock. Thanks Judy L for hosting this Quiltathon. Hopefully next time I will get more done.