Design Wall

 

Now that I am home, more prepping of applique blocks are getting finished. I am also working on all the hand sewing of these blocks, as I did not get much done on our trip. We were too busy, and too tired by the end of the day.

Also in the works this week is the I spy quilt. All the blocks are cut out and sewing is happening. I had to order one fabric, so waiting on that one to arrive. Yes, it will be an addition to the stash, but I needed just the right black on white for this quilt.

Happy Sewing!

Stash Report

 

Crater Lake

Back from our road trip to Northern CA and Oregon, where we visited 3 national Parks, drove almost  3000 miles and had our reservations at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon cancelled on us, due to a power outage. It was a fun, but busy trip and we saw a lot of beautiful scenery.

Nothing finished, but I did get more of the paper pieced blocks for Dear Hannah done. I am now about 3/4 of the way finished with the 110 blocks for this quilt. Still have more applique blocks to prep.

No changes in the Stash for the last couple of weeks.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 53 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 28.5 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 24.5 yards.

Have a wonderful week!

Design Wall

More blocks finished and more blocks being prepped for Dear Hannah. Still a ways to go on this one. In between I am starting on an I Spy Quilt for my youngest granddaughter. So will be starting on all the cutting this week.

This nifty tool above was a gift from Sandi. It is from Sew Be It Quilts I really love it. It holds the fabric in place while you cut. This one is the 24" size. There is a smaller 14" version that I will be looking into getting in the future.

Happy Sewing!

Stash Report

 

No Stash report for last week. I was busy in San Diego with Family and Friends, so no quilting was done. Had a wonderful time playing tourist with a trip to Balboa Park, Old Town and La Jolla Cove. It was great to catch up with my grandkids, daughters and friends.

Above is the third charity quilt that I have completed in the last couple of weeks. It is a pattern from one of the 3yard quilt books. Super simple and fun to get these done. Most of the fabric was courtesy of Sandi!

Also completed right before I left, was this quilt for my grandaughter's teacher. I will be quilting it this week and hope to get it in the mail later this week.

Purchased were some red/white/blue fabrics. With memorial day coming up I have been feeling patriotic and will put these to good use for a table runner/ placemats. I loved the plaids and could not pass them up. Will use leftovers for QOV blocks.

Used this week: 14 yards.

Used YTD: 53 yards.

Purchased this week: 4.5 yards.

Purchased YTD: 28.5 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 24.5 yards.

Have a great week!

Design Wall

 

Another Charity quilt was completed yesterday at my sewing group. The rest of the week I will be prepping more blocks for Dear Hannah, and working on some of the paper pieced blocks. I will be on my way to San Diego for Mothers day at the end of the week!

Happy Sewing!

Stash Report

 

Wicker quilt is finshed and ready for quilting. This will be a charity donation. Thanks again to Sandi for the donated kit. Wicker was a fast and fun pattern to put together using 1.5" strips and 2.5" strips. There is also a smaller version for a baby quilt. I can see making a few more of these for charity.

The next batch of paper pieced blocks for Dear Hannah were finished this week. More to come as I am about halfway done with all the blocks.

Nothing added to the stash. Still in the black for the year!

Used this week: 10 yards.

Used YTD: 39 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 24 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 15 yards.

Design Wall

 

This week more applique blocks for Dear Hannah were prepped. I am also making progress on the Wicker quilt. Blocks were started yesterday at my Tuesday Sewing group and hope to get the quilt finished up this week.

This week is one of Sandi's cross stitch quilts on the longarm. Isn't it a beauty?

What are you working on this week?

Stash Report

 

More Applique blocks prepped and added to my stack for future hand sewing on our next road trip. I am hoping to spend the next few weeks getting all the applique blocks prepped. Have about 20 more to go.

Nothing finished this week and no adds to the stash. Hope to make progress on the Wicker project and maybe do a little cutting for the next charity project.

No changes to the stash:

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 29 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 24 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 5 yards.

Have a great week!

Design Wall

 

More Dear Hannah blocks on the design wall this week. I am slowly working through the paper pieced blocks and also prepping more applique blocks to take along on our next road trip.

During my sewing group on Tuesday, I am working on the quilt above as another charity quilt. This is called Wicker and the kit was donated by Sandi. It is a pretty simple design and should go fast.

Happy Sewing.

Stash Report

 

Little Colorado River.

Last week was by Birthday and we spent it on a little getaway to Greer, AZ, about 4 hours away in the White Mountains.  We had a lovely time, with a hike along the Little Colorado River, a great birthday dinner at Molly Butler's resturant, a visit to the museum in Springerville, and of course some shopping at the quilt shop in Egar, AZ. The only downside was the wind, we had gusts up to 50 mph. 

These were the purchases at Quilters Haven in Egar, AZ, a cute little shop with a nice selection of fabrics. Most of the fabrics above will be used as backings for some smaller projects that are in the works. So here is the damage for the week.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 29 yards.

Purchased this week: 7 yards.

Purchased YTD: 24 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 5 yards.

Have a great week!

Stash Report

 

This was one of the more difficult paper pieced blocks from Dear Hannah. Blocks finish at 4.5", so you can imagine how tiny the pieces were. I think it turned out pretty good, but it did take a couple of hours just for this one block. Yes, a couple of hours! Only 93 pieces!!!!

Nothing added to the stash this week and nothing finished. I will be heading out on a short Birthday trip later this week, so may have an opportunity to hit a few quilt shops on the way.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 29 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 17 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 12 yards.

Have a great week!

Desigh Wall

 

Yesterday at our chapter meeting we celebrated 40 years of Sunrise Stitchers. There was a slide show of past events, a wonderful Lunch and cake. Also shared were all the projects made from BOM's, workshops and challenges during the past 40 years. I shared the tulip quilt below, from blocks that I won a few years ago.

We were all given this cute pin as a party favor.

This week I am working on Dear Hannah Blocks. Below are some of the applique blocks prepped and ready for hand sewing. They will be a take along on an upcoming trip.

More to come...... Happy Sewing! 

Stash Report

 

KItten Love

Charity Quilt

Two finishes this week. Kitten Love and a charity quilt. Both will go in the quilting que. Nothing added to the stash. All fabrics for the charity quilt were donated.

Used this week: 12 yards.

Used YTD: 29 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 17 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 12 yards.

 

Enjoy your week

Design Wall

 

Happy April!

This week I have pulled out my Dear Hannah and will start prepping more of the applique blocks for our future travels. I need to have something to work on while in the car and during those times when we are just sitting around. Our first tip will be in mid April and we are headed up to Greer AZ for a couple of days.

Here is a fast quilt that I will be working on today at my sewing group. Thank you Sandi!

Happy Sewing!

Stash Report

 

Last week I was visiting my Mom for her 87th birthday in Sacramento, so no posts and no sewing was done. I had a great time catching up with family and celebrating my Mom.

 A small finish this week with the Tulip Quilt. The blocks were from a Sunrise BOM challenge and I made this small wallhanging. I will be sharing it at our meeting in April, when we celebrate our 40th anniversary as a chapter.

Purchased this week was this cute cat fabric that will be the backing for the Kitten Love quilt. I am almost finished with putting the top together. I am back in action this week and hope to have the tulips quilted and the Kitten Quilt done.

Used this week: 3 yards.

Used YTD: 29 yards.

Purchased this week: 4 yards.

Purchased YTD: 17 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 12 yards.

Have a great week!

Design Wall

Above are Tulip blocks that I won from Sunrise Stitchers a couple of years ago. Sunrise Stitchers will be celebrating its 40th Birthday in at our April meeting, and we have been asked to bring any finished projects that were done from Challenges, BOM, ect, to share. So I am going to try to get a little quilt or table runner made from these blocks.

I also worked on more of the couthouse blocks at my sewing group yesterday and hope to get them all put together and quilt top ready for quilting.

Happy Sewing!

Stash Report

 

No finishes this week, but all the kitten blocks are done and will 

be on my list to sew together this week. A backing was ordered so there will

be an addition to the stash when it arrives.

No changes for this week.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 26 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 13 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 13 yards.

Have a great week!

Design Wall

 

Yesterday we had a sew day for my monthly chapter meeting. In the morning we had a great presentation by Heidi Pridemore from The Whimiscal Workshop. Her lecture, A few of my favorite things, talked about all kinds of different notions and how to use them. Even after all these years quilting, I still learned a thing or two. Heidi also shared many of her beautiful quilts, and the patterns that are available for them. 

We then got down to sewing and I started on the Courthouse blocks above. I am trying to use up all of my 2.5" strips and put together some scrappy charity quilts. This will be my ongoing project for this year.

Slowly making progress on my Kitten Love quilt. I have about 30 more blocks to go, and will be trying to make 4-6 each day. Want to get this one off the design wall and on to the next project.

Happy Sewing!

Stash Report

A small finish this week, Peeps is done and ready for quilting. 

After quilting I will be using some black buttons for the eyes. 

I will be quilting this one up this week so I can use it now! 

Updated Stash numbers below:

Used this week: 3 yards.

Used YTD: 26 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 13 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 13 yards.

Have a great week!

My first chick is done! The rest are cut out and ready to sew. These go together pretty fast and I am hoping to have this finished this week. The hardest part was picking out the fabrics. More Kittens are also in the works,

Happy Sewing!

Stash Report

Nothing finished this week and no additions to the stash. Making progress on the Kitten Love Quilt. I am also hoping to get to a few spring projects started, the bunny pinchshion and chicks tablerunner below.

Stash numbers below.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 23 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 13 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 10 yards.

Have a great week!

Design Wall

The first of the cat blocks are on the design wall this week. I will need to make around 60 of these, along with some heart blocks for the quilt. These were super easy and go together very quickly.

QOV blocks were also completed. These were cut out during Sandi's visit on the Accquilt. I have a few more to complete and turn in later in March.

Happy Sewing!

Stash Report

 

Yah!! A finish this week. The Acorn Love Runner is done and ready to go in the quilting que. This was a pretty easy pattern using 5" squares and could be done in any fall fabrics. I used fabrics from Autum Love by Lori Holt.

Next up is the Cat Quilt, which is all cut out and ready to sew.

No additions to the stash, so updated numbers below.

Used this week: 4.0 yards.

Used YTD: 23 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 13 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 10 yards.

More finishes will be happening soon!

Design Wall

Acorn Blocks are in the works! Hoping to finish up this tablerunner and move on to other projects. Next up will be the Cat project for one of my Granddaughters.

I will be making this one, but more scrappy with cat fabrics for all the cats.

Happy Sewing!

Stash Report

February is flying by! Not much to report in the way of finishes or adds to the Stash. Wonky Wishes blocks are done and next up will be the string pieced sashing. I am making mine a bit smaller than the pattern, with 20 blocks instead of 25. This week also brings QuiltCon to Pheonix and I hope to get the the show over the weekend.

No changes to the stash.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 19 yards.

Purchased this week: 0yards.

Purchased YTD: 13 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 6 yards.

Have a great week!

Design Wall

 

This week I hope to get going on my Acorn Love Table runner. It is all cut out and ready for sewing. I will also be working on more of the Wonky Wishes blocks at my sewing group on Tuesday.

Always a couple of projects in progress!

Happy Sewing!

Stash Report

Old Town

Yes, it is finally finished. Love how this one turned out, so bright and fun. 

Next up will be quilting and binding.

Friday we took a trip over to the Arizona Fair Grounds for the Quilting, Sewing and Craft Expo.

It did not disappoint! Many great ideas, a few fabrics and a couple new, but small,  projects were added. I was pretty good and did some resisiting!

Fabric and pattern for bowl fillers.

Thimbles to add to my collection.

A very cute bunny pinchshion.

And a stack of neutrals for Posh Lucky.

On my way to using up the Stash!

Used this week: 19 yards.

Used YTD: 19 yards.

Purchased this week: 3 yards.

Purchased YTD: 13 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 6 yards.

Have a great week!