Another January UFO finish

Finished the binding yesterday, so I have another UFO Finish for January.  I like this one, and I was not sure about it when I was putting it together.

 

Design Wall Monday

Judy L has us do a design wall report on Monday, but I was at appointments all day long, so I did not get to sew or post.

This quilt is too big for my design wall.  I've not finished the borders.  I had a bad couple of days, but I'm ready to work on it.  It is cold today, so maybe I can come home and do some work on the borders and get this ready to quilt.

I really like this Ann Smith Mystery.

Stash report

Judy of Patchwork Times has us doing a stash report each Sunday.  I have not reported in awhile because I've not had finishes, but this week was different.

Total Fabric Used:            12.26
Fabric Added:                     6.00  backing
Fabric Used this month     17.94
Usage to 100 yards            87.74

I also have fabric ready to donate, but I'm not sure how much to count.  when I was estimating while putting into bags, I came up with 80 yards, but when I weighed it, it is closer to 220 yards.  I think I'm taking a lower number.  220 yards does not sound right.  That cabinet would barely close, so I did find some fabric to pass on.  Now I need to reorganize and make room for the blues and whites to be easier to get to, maybe the blacks too.

So, that being said, come February I will have passed my 100 yards and will change my goal to 200.

Fabric give away

Well, I'm not sure how much I have to give away.  I have 10 bags.  If I go that 1 lb is about 4 yards of fabric, then I have about 57 lbs of fabric in bags.  That makes 228 yards of fabric.  I don't think that is possible.  There are a lot of things which I won't use very much.

Still working on Mystery UFO

This is getting bigger and bigger.

I have the pinwheels on the border, added a small white border, and almost didn't have enough fabric, but made it.

The first blue border is on.

I have the green border cut and ready to piece together.

I have the last blue border cut and ready to piece. 

I can't make it much larger or I won't be able to quilt it on my table.

I'm making progress, and it felt good to sew today.

I did get some cleaning done too.

 

cold and gray

I knew it was cold and gray outside, but I didn't think about having ice on the window.  Wow, I think I am not going anywhere today.  I had a lunch appointment, but I'm thinking not.

So, I started going through fabrics that I'll never use.  Tammy said she had a church group that would use any kind of fabric, so I'm bagging it up and will give to her in February when I see her! 

Six bags so far.

It's a icy day

Received a phone call at 0500 and it was saying schools are closed today.  Icy outside, so that means we can stay home and get something else accomplished in my studio.

 

I quilted this last night.  I used a brown thread and quilted flowers in an all over design.