Stash Report

Two of the 4 trays that I made this week. A little help from my Tuesday sewing group on putting the snaps on. These unsnap and lay flat for easy storage or to take to a quilt retreat. Fast and fun to make. No purchases this week so stash report is looking better.

Used this week: 4 yards.

Used YTD: 122 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 52 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 70 yards.

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'Posh Shamrock' is quilted and bound. I used a yellow binding like the pattern and I really like it! This was a fun easy pattern from Sew Kind of Wonderful. This week I am working on some trays for our boutique in November. They will use up the Route 66 fabrics that I purchased earlier this month. Check back on Sunday to see my finish!

Stash Report

Borders on and first of two baby quilts finished. A minky backing has been ordered for this one. binding will be the same as outside border. A pretty nice quilt for a baby boy. Stash report below.

Used this week: 5.0 yards.

Used YTD: 118 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 52. yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 66 yards.

 

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On the Design Wall this week is one of two baby quilts that I am making. This one is for my Nephew's baby that is due in October. Next up will be one for my Niece who is due in December. Both patterns are from a 3-yard quilt book. Wanted to keep these simple and usable.

More of the blue 16patch blocks were sewn yesterday at my Tuesday sewing group. I think I have enough to switch to the pinwheel blocks that will go with these. Pattern will be Bonnie Hunter's Patches and Pinwheels.

Happy Sewing!

Stash Report

A small finish for the week. Started up in Pinetop but need a little more fabric to correct a couple of mistakes. So Posh Lucky was finished up this week, pattern by Sew Kind of Wonderful.

Shopping also happened during our retreat. I was pretty good and only came home with the pink and yellow fabrics above. Both are for future projects.

Used this week: 2.5 yards.

Used YTD: 113 yards.

Purchased this week: 3 yards.

Purchased YTD: 47 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 66 yards.

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Back from my retreat over the weekend. We had a great time up in the mountains, enjoying the cooler weather and some thunderstorms. Above is a little pond close to the retreat house, where we took a walk in the morning. There were a pair of Emus that lived along the road to the the pond. They were fun to watch.

In the late afternoons the deer would come down near the house, We has 3 moms and 3 babies visiting us. The babies were so adorable!

On the quilting side, I started my Leaf Pile Quilt, and the Shamrock wall hanging, I also finished up a 3-yard quilt for charity.

Shamrock in progress

Leaf Pile in Progress.

I did not get as much done as I had hoped, but had a wonderful time! 

Looking forward to next years retreat!

Stash Report

Loveable Mutts is finished, at least the top is done. Next up will be getting it all quilted and off to its new owner! Rusty Barn (aka Sewing, Quilting and Craft festival) was in town this week, so off I went to check it out. Lots of fun goodies, but I was pretty good and only purchased the Route 66 fabrics below, along with a stripe. These will be used in a couple of projects for our quilt guilds boutique in later this fall.

Route 66 

Also in the works this week is finishing the binding on the QOV for my longarm group. I just finished quilting this one and binding is attached and ready for hand sewing while watching TV.

It will be a busy week for me. Tomorrow we are headed to a Labor Day Pool Party, Tuesday is our guild meeting and on Thursday I leave for our annual quilting retreat in Pinetop. I am looking forward to this little getaway and have a few projects lined up that I will hopefully complete. Stash report numbers below!

Used this week: 10 yards.

Used YTD: 110.5 yards.

Purchased this week: 2.5 yards.

Purchased YTD: 44 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 66.5 yards.

Happy Labor Day and enjoy your week!

 

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I am not sure where August went, but here we are in September already. I had a wonderful time in San Diego visiting family and friends, and enjoying the cooler weather. We spent time at the bay, swimming at the pool and enjoyed dinner at one of our new favorites in Santee, The Stand. All too soon it was time to head back to AZ and the heat and some monsoon rains. Perfect weather to be inside quilting, right?

 What I am currently working on is a quick charity quilt made from 2 packs of 5" squares. You could probably just use an assortment of 5" squares also. Pattern is from Missouri Star Quilts.

The 16-patch blocks above are my current Tuesday project at my weekly sewing group. These will also get sewn into a charity project called Patches and Pinwheels by Bonnie Hunter. This is a free pattern on her website and can be found here. Check back on Sunday for my stash report and see what I have finished!

Stash Report

 

Happy August! It has been a hot one the last few days here in Arizona. I will be off to SD later this week and looking forward to a little cooler weather.

Another finish this week! This panel was gifted to me by Sandi, along with the red and neutral fabric. I added the flag fabric that was purchased on my recent trip to Prescott. I did not realize it was actually from the same fabric line. I used a pattern from Villa Rosa Quilt patterns. There are 100's of patterns on their website that can be downloaded for $2. Many are very simple and are perfect for Charity quilts. I have now finished all the America 250 quilts that I wanted to make over June/July. Now I am back to working on the Dog Quilt.

Here are numbers for this week.

Used this week: 6 yards.

Used YTD: 100.5 yards.

Purchased this week: 0yards.

Purchased YTD: 41.5 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 59 yards.

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This is the last of the three patriotic quilts that I have been working on in July. Was hoping to get all three finished, but it is not looking like I will make it. I am going to look at my panel book to see how I might want to set this one off, so this project may take a bit longer.

In the meantime, I am back to working on the puppy quilt for my granddaughter. This has been on the back burner for awhile and it is time to get the dogs all appliqued down and get this one in the finished column.

Stash Report

I was able to finish three of these this week! They will be added to the quilting que and hope to get to them soon. My quilting que is filling up!!

On our trip to Prescott, we stopped at Cloth Plus Quilt shop in Prescott Valley. If you are ever in the area this is a great one to check out. Nothing fancy, just a great selection of quilting cottons, and they carry some decorator fabrics also. It is run by a women and her son and they are the nicest people.

Some great conversational neutrals.

Backings for projects that are in the works.

So here is the damage this week!

Used this week: 15 yards.

Used YTD: 94.5 yards.

Purchased this week: 14.5 yards.

Purchased YTD: 41.5 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 53 yards.

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This is the last of three charity quilts that I am working on this week from our Sew-in yesterday. It is  called conversation bricks and is made from all of the novelty fabrics that I had in my stash. I had  enough cut out to make 3+ of these and hope to get them all done this week. These were super easy and fun to cut out and make and I may do a few more with other fabrics from my stash. They finish at 40x48, a perfect size for Project Linus. We are off to Prescott tomorrow to escape from the heat for a few days. It is supposed to be about 115 over the weekend, the hottest days so far this summer!

Stash Report

A Little Freedom was finally finished with the arrival at the last minute of the border fabric. Love how it turned out and just ordered backing from Shabby Fabrics. Hope to get this one on the longarm soon.

Below is updated Stash Report. Only add was the border fabric above.

Used this week: 15.5 yards.

Used YTD: 79.5 yards.

Purchased this week: 3 yards.

Purchased YTD: 27 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 52.5 yards.

Have a great week!

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We are having a monsoon week here in Arizona. Above is one of the beautiful sunsets that we are treated to when the monsoon arrives. Not much rain for us yet, but that could change over the next few days.

I am making great progress on A little Freedom. Fabrics from Sandi arrived and I was able to get all the blocks finished. Next up will be sewing them to the center. I will have to wait a bit, as I had to order more of the red fabric for the borders. Also ordered a toile America 250 fabric for the backing. As soon as they arrive this one will be done! One more patriotic quilt to go this month and it should be a pretty easy one to put together as it starts with another panel. Looking forward to getting these all finished,

Stay cool and happy sewing!

Stash Report

This week, in addition to working on A Little Freedom, I am quilting up Pole Star, a pattern by Heather Black from a class at Road to CA in 2024. This one will probably be donated. 

Love how the quilting pattern turned out. It is one by Wasatch Quilting. I will definitely be using this one again. Nothing finished and nothing added to the stash this week.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 64 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 24 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 40 yards.

Have a wonderful week!

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Hope you all had a wonderful Fourth of July and were out celebrating for America's 250th Birthday. 

I am sticking to my RWB theme this month with more blocks QOV blocks. The centers were a BOM that I won awhile back. I added the strips to make them 12" finished and will donate all for our QOV projects. This week I will also be working on A little freedom during my Tuesday Sewing group. Hope to get more of the blocks done and get this one into the finished column.

Have a great week!

Stash Report

 

No finishes this week, but I did get these Ohio Star blocks done for my Longarm group. These will be part of a Quilt of Valor down the road. We are off this week on a road trip to Cedar City for the 

Fourth of July holiday, so no postings this week. I will catch back up when we return.

No changes to the Stash report this week.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 64 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 24 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 40 yards.

Enjoy your week!

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This week has been a week of cutting. With the flag quilt on the longarm this week getting quilted, I have been cutting out the blocks for the next quilt. Eight blue blocks and 8 red blocks. I came up a bit short on the red fabrics, but Sandi is helping me out and sending a couple to me so I can finish this up.

I still need to purchase more of the red fabric, and hope to hit some fabric stores on our next road trip coming up.

A Little Freedom

Enjoy your week!

Stash Report

 

A finish! The flag quilt is done and will be up next to quilt. The binding is half red, and half blue which will be something new to try. Purchased this week was background fabric for the next Patriotic quilt that I will be working on.

Used this week: 9 yards.

Used YTD: 64 yards.

Purchased this week: 3 yards.

Purchased YTD: 24 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 40 yards.

Have a great week!

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Almost finished with the flag quilt. This will be the next one up for my patriotic quilts that I am working on in honor of America 250. This is a pattern by  Primitive Gatherings and I will be using what is left from the flag quilt. Hopefully I will have enough to make all the blocks, thought I will have to purchase more of the red and background.

Happy Sewing!

 

Stash Report

 

Happy Flag Day. I am making good progress on my flag quilt. Blocks are done and ready to sew into rows. Maybe a finish this week??

Purchased last week were a few fat quarters from Modern Quilts. They have a buy three, get one free special every Tuesday. These are some fun neutrals for my stash. I also sent Sandi a cute cat print that I found. Updated stash report below.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 55 yards.

Purchased this week: 1 yards.

Purchased YTD: 21 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 34 yards.

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Here's where I am this week on "Our Flag Stands for Freedom. More star blocks to make!

Yesterday at our guild meeting, I helped give a presentation on Storm at Sea Quilts. It was fun researching this topic and learning all the different variations of this block along with how many different ways there are to make it. That is me, on the left, and two of our members with our versions of Storm at Sea.

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Stash Report

 Along with the Spool quilt, this month I will be working on a couple of Patriotic quilts. This one will be first up and I will be using a fat quarter bundle that was purchased on my trip to Texas earlier this year. 

Nothing finished, and no adds to the stash this week.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 55 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 20 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 35 yards.

Have a wonderful day!

 

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Happy June!

The Dog quilt is on hold until I get my Bernina back from the shop. It is being serviced. So this week I am working on more spool blocks for my Bonnie Hunter Spoolin Around Quilt. This will be my ongoing project at my Tuesday sewing group for the for seeable future.

Spoolin Around

After all the spool blocks I will still need to make a number of 4 patches for the border. I am hoping to finish this one this year sometime!

Have a wonderful week!

 

Stash Report

The dog quilt is coming along. Applique is fused down on on all the blocks, next step is to machine stitch around all the pieces and add some embroidery for the details. Making good progress on this one.

Nothing added to the stash this week and nothing finished.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 55 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 20 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 35 yards.

Enjoy your Sunday!

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Thanks to all who have given everything for our freedoms. May we remember them today and always.

Dog Blocks are on the design wall. I still have quite a few more to go. They will get stitching around the applique in black thread to help them stand out a bit. I am not sure about the dark blue at the top. His black eye and nose don't show up to well. I think I will wait until all the blocks are done before I decide what to do.

Have a wonderful week!

Stash Report

 I missed a couple of posts last week, May is just flying by and I don't know where the time has gone. Not much progress in my sewing room, but I did finish the lunch bag above. It was a kit that included the insul bright batting, webbing and zipper. I just added fabric. Let's just say this is a one and done, and will not be making another one of these. All those layers were a bit tough to sew. But it is finished and I will be using it as a lunch bag for our sew days. No Adds to the stash.

Used this week: 1 yards.

Used YTD: 55 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 20 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 35 yards.

Have a great week!

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Happy Belated Mothers day to all the mothers out there. I had a wonderful long weekend in SD visiting family and enjoyed out time together.

Spoolin Around is on the design wall. But I realized I have a long way to go. Many more spool blocks will need to be made before I can start putting this together. I may make it a bit smaller, as the finished size is 90x98. I would just have to figure out how to adjust the borders.

Enjoy the rest of your week!