Design Wall Monday November 11, 2013

Happy Veterans Day to all that have served!  Thank you for your Service!

 

 

This week I am working on my November UFO, Seven Sisters by Marti Michell. This was started last January in a class at Road to California Quilt Show. I have two blocks completed and will make 12 more. Off to do all the cutting!

 

 

 

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Sunday Stash Report November 10, 2013

It is really nice to report a finish this week. My Jamestown Landing is done!! This was started last year and was one of my UFO's for this year. Nice to have it finished.

I also completed the block below for Sunshine Guild on Tuesday Night. This is another Bonnie Hunter free pattern called "Dancing Nine Patches"

A couple of adds to report for last week also. Took a trip to Fat Quarter Quilt Shop located in Vista a little over a week ago. This is one of my favorite shops in San Diego and has a great selection of reproduction fabrics. A gift card from my friend Sandi at Kwiltnkats came in handy!! Thanks Sandi!

 So here are the updated numbers. Not as good as I had hoped for the year, but I still have December!

 

Used this week: 16.75 yards.

Used Year to date: 129.0.

Purchased this week: 6.0 yards.

Purchased Year to date: 49.0

Net Fabric Used in 2013: 80.0

 

 

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Design Wall Monday October 21, 2013

This week I am back to working on the Jamestown Landing. Finally have all the string blocks done- there are 168 of them- and have started to put the rows together. Hope to complete this by the end of October.

 

I will also be working on two applique projects. One is from Temecula Quilt Company and is a block of the month. I am working on Block 5 this week. 
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The other appliqued project that I am working on is called A different Path and is in the October issue of American Patch Work and Quilting.  It is a drunkards path that I am appliqueing all the circle pieces. Thought it would be a great way to use up all my scraps and it is a great project to take anywhere. I have about 70 of the 256 blocks completed.

 

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Sunday Stash Report October 8, 2013

Wow- It has been almost a month since my last post! Time is sure flying by.

DH and I just returned home from a vacation last week in Yellowstone- The scenery was amazing, but unfortunately we were affected by the government shutdown, and the closure of the park and had to cut our visit short. We took this opportunity to drive up to Bozeman Montana and Big Sky Country. Which leads me to my Stash Report for last week.

Bozeman is home to at least 5 quilt shops- I made it to three and yes, purchased a few things along the way.

The first shop we visited was called Reproduction Fabrics. Margo has an awesome shop that only carries, you guessed it, reproduction fabrics. She does most of her business online, so the shop is only open from 12-3. If you ever want to know anything about Reproductions, Margo is the one to ask-she is a wealth of information.  It is a must visit if you are in the area and yes, I did not go home empty handed. Below are a couple of pictures of Margo and the shop.

 

 

Our second stop was in Downtown Bozeman at Main Street Quilting Company. This shop was featured in the Spring/Summer issue of Quilt Sampler. This shop has something for everyone- great selection of novelty, modern, and western themed fabrics.

Our last stop for the day, (yes, I got DH to visit three quilt shops in one day!) was called the Silver Thimble.  It did not look like much from the outside, but inside the first thing that caught my eye was the Judy Niemeyer quilt called Golden Harvest below, and yes I did buy the pattern! I also purchased the Twister Jack pattern below and fabrics to go with.

 

 

 

 

 

So, unfortunately the numbers are not going in the right direction, but boy did I have fun!

 

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used Year to date: 112.25.

Purchased this week: 15.0 yards.

Purchased Year to date: 43.0

Net Fabric Used in 2013: 69.25

 

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Sunday Stash Report September 8, 2013

No finishes this week, but do have to report an addition to the Stash. Purchased the fat quarters below at the SD Quilt show this past week. These will be used in a couple of projects that I am working on: my Red/White/Blue Dear Jane and the survivor quilt that was started this past Thursday in a class taken with Joyce Weeks.



 



 

Here are my blocks from the Survivor Class.

 

 

Here are Sandi's Blocks from the class.

 

 

 

 

 

This is our instructor Joyce Weeks. You can find her site here Geoff's Mom.

 

Here are the numbers for this week:

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used Year to date: 112.25.

Purchased this week: 2.5 yards.

Purchased Year to date: 28.0

Net Fabric Used in 2013: 85.25

 

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Design Wall Monday September 2,2013

This week is San Diego Quilt Show Week! If you are in the area it is a must see and is held at the Convention Center in Downtown San Diego. You can check out a couple of my quilts below that will be in the show!

Forest Friends

Road to Bali

Birthday Jane

This week I will be starting UFO #6: Jamestown Landing, another Bonnie Hunter pattern. I have all the blue blocks completed, just need to finish about 60 of the string pieced neutral blocks and then put it all together. This also has one of my favorite border treatments- a piano key border.

 

As posted previously, I will also be starting the Survivor Quilt by Joanne Weeks in my class on Thursday. Below are the fabrics I will be using.

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Sunday Stash Report September 1, 2013

This post finally finds me with a finish and a small addition to the Stash!  First off the finish is my Jeweled Trees Quilt. This was a pattern form the December 2009 McCall's Quilting Magazine. It is all paper pieced, really a pretty simply paper pieced design. The hardest part was picking out all the fabrics from my stash. Really love how this turned out- will be adding to the quilting que!

The only addition is 20-10" squares from Keepsake Quilting. These are to be used later this week in a class at the San Diego Quilt Show. It is called Survivor and is a scrappy quilt with 9 patches and stars.

 

 

I will be using a cheddar for the pink and the blues will be all the scrappy pieces. Shirting's will be the light background.  Should be a fun class.

 

 

 

So here are the updated numbers:

 

Used this week: 5 yards.

Used Year to date: 112.25.

Purchased this week: 2 yards.

Purchased Year to date: 25.5

Net Fabric Used in 2013: 87.75

 

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