Stash Report - May 2, '10

Fabric in this week:      4 yds.
Fabric in YTD:     40.5 yds.

Fabric out this week:      0 yds.

Fabric out YTD:      39.75 yds.

Stash busted:   -.75 yds.

If you would like to see how others are doing check out Judy's blog.

I find I am not busting much stash but I am sewing up the stuff I buy quite quickly. I can easily justify that I am not adding to my stash. The 4 yards in is background for my Jelly Girl quilt. I will bust about 9 yards soon. I am going to put my son's wedding gift quilt on the machine next. They have been waiting over 18 months. It is about time I delivered. Anyway the quilt is huge and the backing will use about 9 yards. That should get me out of the red.

I have done a lot of applique prep work this week. My double wedding ring needs 2,092 1" circles. To get perfect circles I run a basting stitch around them then I use the starch/press method. This week I basted 1,000 circles and pressed 800. Can you say circle overload?

The bee that I belong to does a small quilt that is auctioned off for the large quilt guild that we all belong to. This year I had the bright idea of doing a Jelly Girl quilt just like the one I am doing for myself. I picked up an extra jelly roll (50% off) just like mine. I was able to sew a few strips together and in turn a few blocks. I think it will be cute. These blocks are for the auction quilt. Haven't worked on mine yet.

I was able to quilt two charity quilts this week. This coming week I will not be so productive. I am signed up for several classes at the Home Machine Quilting Show (HMQS). I am so excited I can hardly stand it. I plan to be tough and not buy any fabric. Now as far as tools and thread go.....all bets are off.

Have a great week. I can guarantee I will.

Penny