2020 Stash Report #12

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	Used this Week:	6.99 yards
	Used year to Date:	52.99 yards
	Net Stash used in March	15.28 yards
	Added this Week:	0.00 yards
	Added Year to Date:	20.81 yards
	New Goal:	200.00 yards
	Yards to the goal:	166.63 yards
	Net Used in 2020	33.37 yards

I have been working on masks this week.

A couple of other fun facts are:

Prairie Moon is doing a 350 blocks challenge:

	Total Number of equivalent blocks:	295
	Perimeter in inches:	7714
	Number of UFOs finished this year: UFO Yardage Used:	11 19.51
	Percentage of yardage used in UFOs:	37%
	Number of Bobbins Used this week:	4
	Number of Bobbins Used this year:	37
	Number of Spools Used this week:	4
	Number of Spools Used this year:	48

Kate at Life in Pieces is doing the challenge of 15 minutes of sewing.

	Days of Stitching:	100%
	Number of Days this week:	7/7
	Number of Days this year:	88/88
	Days Organizing:	84%
	Number of Days this week:	7/7
	Number of Days this year:	74/88

Quilting is more fun than Housework has us working on scraps.

All of the masks were from stash.

I've been working on testing a block this week, but the scraps have not been kind to me.

Masks and more Masks

The ties made from the single fold bias tape.

Not my favorite way of doing these. 

30 masks.

Some with elastic.

Some with ties.

30 masks ready to mail. 

Now to make 30 more for the SCUC Medical Mask Group on Facebook.

They are all prepped and ready for the casings and elastic.

Update on Mask Tutorial

We were talking about what to do without elastic, or if someone wanted to have ties instead of the DIY surgical masks.

The 3 ways to make a DIY surgical face mask tutorial was a great starting point.

I used bias tape I had laying around.

You can make your own by cutting 1.5" x 36" (or width of fabric) and folding like 

This was faster than the casing and elastic.

I updated the mask tutorial in the heading.

I've made 27 so far and working on 14 more this morning.

Face Mask Tutorial

I made some face masks with the pocket. 

If you look at the header, you will see the face mask tutorial.

These are different because they have the nose adjustment and a pocket for the filter.

Stash Report #11 2020

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	Used this Week:	.30 yards
	Used year to Date:	46.00 yards
	Net Stash used in March	8.29 yards
	Added this Week:	0.75 yards
	Added Year to Date:	20.81 yards
	New Goal:	200.00 yards
	Yards to the goal:	173.62 yards
	Net Used in 2020	26.68 yards

I only made a kitchen scarf that I finished this week.

A couple of other fun facts are:

Prairie Moon is doing a 350 blocks challenge:

	Total Number of equivalent blocks:	173
	Perimeter in inches:	3144
	Number of UFOs finished this year: UFO Yardage Used:	11 19.51
	Percentage of yardage used in UFOs:	42%
	Number of Bobbins Used this week:	1
	Number of Bobbins Used this year:	33
	Number of Spools Used this week:	1
	Number of Spools Used this year:	4

Kate at Life in Pieces is doing the challenge of 15 minutes of sewing.

	Days of Stitching:	100%
	Number of Days this week:	7/7
	Number of Days this year:	81/81
	Days Organizing:	83%
	Number of Days this week:	7/7
	Number of Days this year:	67/81

I seem to be organizing more than sewing, even though I've sewn each day.

Quilting is more fun than Housework has us working on scraps.

I can't say I've worked with my scraps much this week.

Maybe next week will be better.

Update

What a crazy time we live in. 

DD is home on spring break and that has been extended a week.

Now, she needs to figure out how to handle the on-line classes instead of in person.

That adds stress to one that does so much better in person.

She will do it, but a Mom worries about the outcomes.

It will all work out at the end.

I won the lottery in my postcard group.

That means I received beautiful cards from those that signed up for the lottery.

I also have a few other swaps going on.

These are the postcards I've received this week.

So beautiful!

I made one of these kitchen scarves at the retreat and decided I'd do another at home with a seasonal towel I had. 

DD learned to crochet in December and she made this for her brother. 

I am still working on my log cabins.

These are one of the 4 sets I need to do.

The next set is purple where the blue is. 

I hope everyone stays safe and has some fun while we are social distancing ourselves.

What better time than now to evaluate what you need to do in your home and in your studio.

Retreat

I went on a retreat with the New Braunfels Area Quilt Guild.

It was at Summers Mills Retreat Center in Belton, TX.

Debbie and I traveled there together and it was so much fun to have someone else along with me.

The retreat committee gathered gift certificates for us and we stopped at two quilt shops on our way out of town. 

We stopped at the Honey Bee Quilt Shop in Austin, TX.

We stopped at Poppy Quilt N Sew in Georgetown, TX.

Our first night there we have time to pick out our own door prizes.

Then, I also bought some long arm rulers from Debbie.

This is my haul from all of those places.

It was so much fun.

There were 43 of us sewing in the center and we all got along, even with all the scare about the Corna Virus.

The first day there we could get into the sewing center at 1 pm and set up our stuff.

We checked into the cute room with a kitchenette and went back to sewing.

The food was provided by the committee and was BBQ with all the sides to it.

Very very good food.

We took the time to have a little ice breaker to get to know each other better and then back to sewing.

We had 3 meals a day and lots of snacks.

They were very accommodating about my allergies.

The first day I was working on Crumb piecing. 

I've never done this before, and I'm not sure I'll ever do it again.

My first color for the placemat was purple.

These are Easter (April) placemats for DD's apartment.

Next up was the yellow one.

I didn't get it all put together before the evening was over, but I finished it the next day.

Friday I worked on the orange and green placemats.

So, all 4 placemats needed some decoration.

Pam helped me out by drawing the lines for my specialty stitching.

I've only sewn on this machine once before and never saw how to get the stitches to work.

I learned at the retreat with the help of Debbie.

Each placemat received three lines of stitching on each line Pam drew.

I used alternate colors on the eggs.

You can really see it on the yellow. 

I think DD will enjoy them.

Next was time for one of my long term UFOs.

I was making batik lime green and blue 9 patches for a swap while at the BAB retreat in 2006.

A friend, Kim, told me she wanted a quilt made out of those colors, so when I got home, I made her a tiny 9 patch quilt and sent it to her.

Needless to say, I had leftovers to use.

I was making these little key rings trying to use up the leftovers and Charlotte said that the boutique could use them to sell.

I made 6 and donated them to the boutique.

I still have some leftover strips.

The ladies at the table suggested a pincushion.

Oh, that would work because I am in a pincushion swap.

I made 4 more of those little 9 patches and sewed them together into a pincushion.

The back was some of those strips sewn together.

I still had pieces leftover, so I made some longer pincushions with the remaining pieces.

It is all gone.

Two more pincushions ready to swap.

I picked out the orphan blocks I had brought with me.

It was time to make pillow covers.

I didn't like the brown by itself with this block, so I had some binding with me and used it to add a pop of color to the pillow cover.

The next one I had some blue fabric. I had trouble deciding how to quilt this one, so Debbie helped me with the design for quilting it.

I went back to the brown fabric and added a border of gold to this fan orphan block.

This goes with the first one well, so it could be a gift of two pillow covers.

Saturday was spent working on a Kitchen scarf for the boutique.

 I started to work on my blocks from the Biloxi retreat from January.

I had one fish that needed to be fixed, so I did that.

I added the corner triangles to let the fishes swim the way they needed to go.

Our table of friends was wonderful.

Everyone enjoyed each other and there was loads of laughter.

Apparently, during one time, I was laughing so much that some of the other retreaters were wondering if I had too much to drink.

When they asked Debbie how much wine I had, she had to tell them that I was not drinking.

The Corona Virus had us all wondering why people were so crazy, so there were some crazy jokes going around about toilet paper.

I'll leave it at that. 

:)

We had a little game that we played with charms.

I didn't win, but I had lots of fun.

I started to work on the second fishes blocks on Saturday.

I finished these up on Sunday 

I started to work on my Karen K Stone log cabins from the Biloxi retreat.

I didn't get them finished, but I am well on my way to having the first set done.

I'll be working on these from home.

Directly after brunch, we left for home.

We didn't stop anywhere on Sunday, so were home early afternoon.

It is so much fun seeing what everyone brings to retreat and how much some folks get done.

I felt like I was in slow motion, but I'm happy with my accomplishments.

This was a fun retreat without any drama.