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.

Stash Report - May 30, '10

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

Fabric out this week:      9.5 yds.

Fabric out YTD:      58 yds.

Stash busted:   7.25 yds.

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

This was a great week. I was able to get my large Jelly Girl put all together. I started on Monday and finished it on Saturday. Yea me! I am back in the black. Next week will be pretty good too because I sewed up the backing and have the quilt on the frame. When I get the top quilted I will count the backing. 

Not a lot done on the double wedding ring quilt. I think the total for the last two weeks is 200 circles basted and 350 circles starched and pressed. I am going to make that quilt my focus for June. 

I also did some sewing that was above and beyond the call of duty. I altered the length of two pairs of dress slacks for my DS. He is headed off to Washington DC for a summer internship screening on Monday. I used to do a lot of clothing construction but not any more. Getting the hems sewn was almost more than I could stand but I persevered and they are finished. Yea! Too bad that won't make any difference in my stash report. 

I hope everyone has a great Memorial day celebration. I hope it warms up so we can grill. Last Monday we had snow. Crazy. I also hope I can sneak off and do some quilting. Will you?