Stash Report - June 27, '10

Fabric in this week:     1 yd.
Fabric in YTD:     58 yds.

Fabric out this week:      0 yds.

Fabric out YTD:      66.5 yds.

Stash busted:   8.5 yds.

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

I am back home after spending about five days in Mesa, AZ. We kept saying that when it hit 110 degrees we would go home. Well, it did and we did. Actually that is when we were thinking about going anyway. Nothing like visiting the Valley of the Sun in June. I really did have a lovely visit with my parents.

While there I got a start on the jelly roll quilt (Merry-Go-Round). I was able to get all the strips sewn together and then cut into wedges. I didn't sew the wedges together because I didn't want that part of the piecing done on two different machines. I have since sewn 18 "plates" together. 36 left to go. While hitting several quilt shops I found the fabric I will need for a binding so I picked up a yard of that. 

On the shop hop my DD bought a pattern by Heather Bailey for little elephant pin cushions. While in AZ I put together one for her and one for my mom. They still need eyes but other wise I think they turned out very well. I don't want to make any more but I wasn't too terrible.

I hope you have a great week busting that stash. Try to stay out of the heat.

Stash Report - June 20, '10

Fabric in this week:     6.25 yd.
Fabric in YTD:     57 yds.

Fabric out this week:      0 yds.

Fabric out YTD:      66.5 yds.

Stash busted:   9.5 yds.

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

 

Well, shop hop was last week. I did pretty good behaving myself. I bought three fat quarters that I need for my Christmas tree quilt and 2 jelly rolls that were on sale for another Merry-Go-Round quilt. The 2 jelly rolls I probably didn't need but my DD who was with me wanted a quilt out of them. They were purple.....she loves purple. I saw a stack of Fresh Cotton fat quarters early on that I was soooooo tempted to buy. I even knew which pattern I would make them into but I didn't get it because I would of had to report the yardage. That fabric has haunted me since Thursday. I am still thinking about getting it. We will see. 

I only managed to get 20 arcs sewn up this week. I am on the road and I just might get something done but it is hard to say what. I can't believe there are only 10 days left of June. Do you realize that on Friday Christmas is only 6 months away? I know. Sorry if I ruined your day. LOL

Have a great week of sewing.

Stash Report - June 13, '10

Fabric in this week:     0 yd.
Fabric in YTD:     50.75 yds.

Fabric out this week:      1.25 yds.

Fabric out YTD:      66.5 yds.

Stash busted:   15.75 yds.

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

 

Last week was a three day retreat to a different cabin in Sundance. The cabin is owned by a member of my quilting group. It has been under renovation for several years and it is finally done. We were able to break it in and hopefully we will be able to go back often. Sundance is only 15 miles from home but it is cooler than the valley. It is a ski resort in the winter and a hiking/biking resort in the summer. 

I finished the basting and pressing of my circles (yea!) and I started sewing the little beasties down. I had the circles separated by color and had the containers all lined up. My quilt buds thought it looked like a candy shop. I sewed six circles on each arc. I finished 130 arcs this week for a total of 780 circles sewn down. I figure that those 780 circles equal 1.25 yds. So that is what I counted this week.

Here is a picture of the view from my machine straight out.

This view is from the view to my left.

Behind me was the ironing center and the cutting center which also served as the kitchen. The lady ironing is the owner of the cabin. Note the goodies on the cutting counter. We did not suffer for want of snacks.

This is a view from the upstairs landing. We were able to easily fit 8 of us in the great room.

I will continue to work on sewing down circles. I have 192 arcs left to do. That should keep me out of trouble......Oh, wait a minute. This week is the annual shop hop and I have committed to go. I have managed to avoid it in the past but I got roped into going. I plan on being strong but we shall see. 

Happy quilting everyone!

Stash Report June 6, '10

Fabric in this week:     0 yd.
Fabric in YTD:     50.75 yds.

Fabric out this week:      7.25 yds.

Fabric out YTD:      65.25 yds.

Stash busted:   14.5 yds.

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

I quilted my Jelly Girl on Monday, bound it and Tuesday and took it to quilt group on Wednesday. The fabric I used was for the backing and binding. This quilt used two jelly rolls and 83 blocks instead of one jelly roll and 39 blocks that the pattern called for.  So if it is a bigger quilt should it still be Jelly GIRL? Should it be Jelly Lady, or Jelly Woman instead? Just wondering.

I did most of the quilting freehand. It was fun and very fast.

I used a panto for the borders and that worked quilt well.

I quilted loops in the triangles and "smiles" in the hexagons to accentuate the blades to give it a spinning feel. 

I did work on more circles. I basted 500 and pressed 300. I figure I have only 75 more to baste and 325 to press. This coming week my quilt group is having a daytime quilt retreat for three days. We will not be spending the nights but getting together for the days. It is in a location we have never been before. It should prove interesting. I am planning on working on the DWR. (I have made the DWR my project of the month.) Hopefully I will have fun pictures to post.

I hope you all have a great week sewing and busting that stash.