Stash Report - Oct. 31, '10

Happy Halloween. Or should that be Spooky Halloween to all. I survived the trick or treaters last night. I really hate that. Glad that is over with. Now on with the stash report:

Fabric in this week:     0 yd.
Fabric in YTD:     97.25 yds.

Fabric out this week:   0 yds.
Fabric out YTD:      111.25 yds.

Stash busted:   14 yds.

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

 Nothing new to report. Nothing in, nothing out. I did finish my Double Wedding Ring but I counted all of that last week. I was looking at my quilting journal and I quilted six quilts in Oct. One for me, two for hire, and three charity quilts. No wonder I haven't been doing much sewing.

My goal this week is to get the applique done on the basket blocks. The rest of the quilt is waiting for that to get done. I can't work on the border until I get the center put together. I glued all the stems down so that is ready to go. 

I hope you have a productive week sewing up your marvelous stash.

Double Wedding Ring is finished!

Finally and at last the DWR is finished. Yea! This puppy took a long while to applique, to piece and then to quilt. Well over six months, but that was working on it off and on.

The quilting took over 20 hours which is a lot for me. One of the reasons I got a longarm was I did not want to relinquish that part of the design and completion process. I wanted to be able to say I did it all myself. Because I quilted this myself I was able to do what would be a very expensive quilting job. This would be considered custom.

Lots and lots of stitch in the ditch. Going around all those 2,000 + circles was tedious to say the least but my ipod kept me entertained. I figure it would have cost me over $500. just for the quilting if I had hired it out. I keep reminding DH what a good deal I am. LOL.

For the Charming Girls Club my Sept. goal was to get the top pieced (which I did) and my Oct. goal was to get it quilted (which I did). Overall a pretty good two months.

I was inspired by the book Link to the 30's. I used the cutting templates by Shar Jorgenson which are now produced by Omnigrid. They really made the cutting go faster. The background fabric is Kona cotton, color is snow and the pink is Kona cotton color carnation. The batt is Hobbs Heirloom 80/20.

Oh so good to finish a project. Now onto the basket quilt. I wonder if I can get it done by the end of the year. That would be an interesting goal.

Stash Report - Oct. 24, '10

Fabric in this week:     0 yd.
Fabric in YTD:     97.25 yds.

Fabric out this week:   8.25 yds.
Fabric out YTD:      111.25 yds.

Stash busted:   14 yds.

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

I didn't report last week but there really was nothing to report. Nothing in, nothing out. But after two weeks of quilting like a demon I can finally count the DWR backing. Yesterday I put the binding on and started sewing it down. One side down, three to go.  So 8 1/4 yards busted.

Here is a teaser. I absolutely LOVE the backing I bought for this quilt. To see the front side stay tuned. I will post pictures after the binding is finished and I dunk it and block it. Woo hoo. The double wedding ring is almost finished.

I have done some other sewing.  DD #1 does fantastic cross stitching. She did the cross stitching and then told me how she wanted the pillow constructed. But let me tell you, 1/2" seam allowances are so foreign. I think her pillow turned out to be pretty cute.

Hope you have a fantastic week sewing up your stash.

Stash Report - 10-10-10

I just had to write that date somewhere. Did you do it too?

Fabric in this week:     0 yd.

Fabric in YTD:     97.25 yds.

Fabric out this week:     0 yds.
Fabric out YTD:      103 yds.

Stash busted:   5.75 yds.

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

I did a lot of sewing and quilting this week. I quilted two twin sized charity quilts and I am 2/3s through a queen size customer quilt. When that quilt comes off I am going to put my DWR on the frame. This week I sewed the backing up but I won't count it until the quilt is quilted.

I also spent a lot of time making bias vines. Lots and lots of bias vines. Some 3/8", some 1/4" and a lot of 1/8". Would you believe that there is over 20 yards of the little vine in this picture? It took awhile but it wasn't too painful since I used  bias bars. That worked pretty slick. I won't count it until it is sewn down. So I will get to count stuff in the future but not today.

Does your ironing board look as bad as mine? I do not feel bad about it. It is just a fact of life as a quilter. If I had a wonderful one it would soon look just like this one does now. So I just don't worry about it.

Hope you have a great week sewing your wonderful, marvelous stash.

Stash Report - Oct. 3, '10

Fabric in this week:     0 yd.
Fabric in YTD:     97.25 yds.

Fabric out this week:     0 yds.
Fabric out YTD:      103 yds.

Stash busted:   5.75 yds.

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

I can not believe it is October already and Christmas is less than three months away. Where did the time go? This last week was a great one but it went by too fast. I was at my semi-annual quilt retreat. Lots of sewing was accomplished but nothing finished. I made all 35 of the connector blocks and all 24 basket tops. Now I need to do some applique before I can finish sewing the basket blocks. This will involve some 1/8" vines and circles. More circles, but this time there are a lot less than the DWR. I also sewed up 8 string blocks. I have a box with left over strips and I want to get those used up. All in all it was a great retreat.

Yesterday I decided I wanted to make caramel apples, with the caramel made from scratch. I don't think I will ever do that again. But maybe I will forget how long it took to cook the caramel and the feeling of fall will overtake me again. Who knows. Anyway that are absolutely delicious. I got the recipe from Pots and Pins. I have got to stay away from there. First Pink Lemonade cupcakes, now Caramel Apples. Sheesh. The white stuff is white chocolate drizzled over them. So very Martha-ish. LOL.