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This week on my Design Wall is Survivor. This quilt was started over a year ago during the 2013 San Diego Quilt Show. It was a class by Joyce Weeks and I a using all fabrics from my stash, including the chedder, which I purchased sometime ago. This quilt requires a lot of cutting, and is very scrappy. So that is what I have been working on this week. I will catch a little bit of sewing time today in between having a great Turkey dinner courtesy of DH and Mimi's. Then I am off to work, as I have one of thoses jobs in retail and we open the store at 6pm!  

Counting down the hours until Bonnie releases the first clue of her Grand Illusion Mystery tomorrow!!! 

Sunday Stash Report

This week I have a finish to report. Pfefferneuse is done. This is my UFO for December, so I am ahead with this one. But still have October (Lilibet's Garden) and November (Survivor) to complete.

Check this out. I really love the pink and brown, and all the fabrics came from my stash. Mostly leftovers from the Dear Jane Quilt. This one I am going to try to quilt this month.

Just a few adds to report. I am getting ready for Bonnie Hunter's new Mystery Quilt called
 Grand Illusion. The first clue will be out right after Thanksgiving.  I had the greens, pinks, neutrals and blacks, but needed the constant yellow and the turquoise blues. So after a quick trip to Rosie's I now have everything needed to get started. If you have not done one of Bonnie's Mystery Quilts, I would recommend that you check it out and see if you would like to play along.

I also added a couple of neutrals and some reds for a quilt I will be making next year sometime called Lady of Lake Erie.

Here are the current numbers!

Used this week: 15 yards.
Used YTD: 123.5 yards.
Purchased this week: 6.0 yards.
Purchased YTD: 89.5 yards
Net Fabric used in 2014: 34. yards

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Sunday Stash Report

Well, I sort of have a finish for this week. I have finished all the chevron units for our swap coming up at the end of November. All 288 of them. Yes these did take awhile to sew together, but I did get some purple and blue bonus half square triangles to use in a couple of other projects!

Now I just have to pack them up and get to Sandi by the end of the month. These units will be used in Bonnie Hunters Midnight Flight quilt from her new book. You can check it out here.

So really, nothing added and nothing subtracted for this week. Hopefully soon!

Used this week: 0 yards.
Used YTD: 108.5 yards.
Purchased this week: 0 yards.
Purchased YTD: 83.5 yards
Net Fabric used in 2014: 25.0 yards

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Design Wall Monday

This week I have a couple of things I am working on. First off is my Lilibet's Garden, slowly making progress with sewing all the applique pieces down. This one needs to be completed by the end of the month. 

Next on the list is Pfeffernuse, which is on the floor ready to be sewn into rows. As you can see in the lower right corner, I am short one block! Will be putting that together before I go any further. I am also working on a string border for this one- thanks Sandi for the idea!

Lastly, I am working on our swap which is due at the end of November. We are all making the purple and blue blades for a quilt called Midnight Flight, by Bonnie Hunter. I have about 100 half way done with some bonus triangles to use in another project.

What are you working on this week. See some great design walls and  a lot of inspiration at
Patchwork Times.

Sunday Stash Report

This week my stash is going in the wrong direction, with only a couple of additions and no finishes!

The  brown fabric  below, was purchased at Cozy Quilts, as a backing for my Pfeffernuse quilt, which is now on the floor waiting to be sewn into rows. The green was just a great piece to add to my stash for a future project.

I also added the blues and green from Memory Lane Quilt Shop, for Bonnie Hunter's Scrap Crystal quilt which I started in a workshop last week. I was lucky enough to take two workshops with Bonnie last week. The other one was Winston Ways. Both are from her new book, More Adventures with Leaders and Enders.

Bonnie and I with my Scrap Crystal Block.

Here are the updated number. Hope to have a few finishes by the end of the month!

Used this week: 0 yards.
Used YTD: 108.5 yards.
Purchased this week: 10.5 yards.
Purchased YTD: 83.5 yards
Net Fabric used in 2014: 25.0 yards.

Hope you are doing better than I am! Check out all the other reports at Patchwork Times.

Twelve in Fourteen.

Here is my UFO Finish for September!  It is called Twister Jack and uses the twister ruler. I purchased this in Bozeman Montana, while on a road trip last fall to Yellowstone National Park. Not sure if I am a big fan of this process, as you have to sew together squares, just to cut them up and sew them back together again!! It's like making a quilt twice, but I do really like the result!

Twister Jack.

Check out all the other UFO finishes at 52 quilts in 52 weeks!

Design Wall Monday

This week I am making progress on my Pfeffernuese!  All blocks are completed and I am on my way to putting it all together.  Taking some vacation from the day job, before we get into our busy holiday season. So hope to get this one complete this week. Wish me luck.

I also completed this week, the Sunshine Guild BOM, which is not due until Tuesday Oct 14. It is nice to be ahead for once. I like the choice of the grey for the neutral. Everyone was is supposed to pick a bright batik for the star. I would love to win these blocks!

Check out my next post for my UFO finish for September, just in time for the UFO parade at 52 quilts.

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