Sunday, June 14, 2020

Stash Report #24

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I made a flamingo pillow
and two book covers


Used this Week:
1.65 yards

Used year to Date:
102.69 yards
Net Stash used in June
2.73 yards

Added this Week:
0.00 yards

Added Year to Date:
30.81 yards

New Goal:
200.00 yards

Yards to the goal:
105.93 yards

Net Used in 2020
94.07 yards

A couple of other fun facts are:
Prairie Moon is doing a 350 blocks challenge:
Total Number of equivalent blocks:
507
Perimeter in inches:
31156
Number of UFOs finished this year:
UFO Yardage Used:
19
44.80
Percentage of yardage used in UFOs:
44%

Number of Bobbins Used this week:
2
Number of Bobbins Used this year:
77
Number of Spools Used this week:
 0

Number of Spools Used this year:                
15

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

Days of Stitching:
99%

Number of Days this week:
7/7

Number of Days this year:
164/165




Days Organizing:
87%

Number of Days this week:
5/7

Number of Days this year:
144/165

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

Gyleen Fitzgerald has some fun things happening on Facebook. 
One of them is a COVID Woven class.
I've cut for 10 blocks.
I think we need 50 to get the size she is making.
These are 100% out of my scrap drawers.
I'm also working on some pineapple blocks, but I am just at the cutting stage of my string containers.
I would like to get a few more cut so I have a variety before I start.
I think I"m almost ready to make a couple of these.
Her challenge is to make one a day.
Today is the 14th, so I need to make a few and get caught up.
It would have helped if I had been with my stash when this started. :)
I cut some while on vacation, but ended up cutting them at 1" instead of 1.5" :(

I'm hoping that some of this will result in fewer scraps.
Only time will tell
I'm also working on a Light Speed Quilt.
I love how this came together, it was based on the Shenandoah colors.
The pattern ends here, but it is for folks that I think they would rather have it framed.
I think I'll be adding a gold/mustard yellow tiny border and a burgundy larger border.
I think the size will work better too.
I was having trouble finding enough large pieces in these colors without duplicating them, so I went with a smaller size.

I used scraps to make the test block I was working on for Midnight Stargazer with my green scraps.
We are still working out some kinks in the pattern, but I'll be making a few more with my green scraps to finish off the ones needed.

Sunday, June 7, 2020

Sunday Stash Report #23

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I made a pillow from the test embroidery I did for DD's placemats
I made a Flamingo bandana for Diesel, but don't have a photo of it.


Used this Week:
1.08 yards

Used year to Date:
101.04 yards
Net Stash used in May
Net Stash used in June
21.03 yards
1.08 yards

Added this Week:
0.00 yards

Added Year to Date:
30.81 yards

New Goal:
200.00 yards

Yards to the goal:
107.58 yards

Net Used in 2020
92.42 yards

A couple of other fun facts are:
Prairie Moon is doing a 350 blocks challenge:
Total Number of equivalent blocks:
504
Perimeter in inches:
30921
Number of UFOs finished this year:
UFO Yardage Used:
17
44.32
Percentage of yardage used in UFOs:
44%

Number of Bobbins Used this week:
1
Number of Bobbins Used this year:
71
Number of Spools Used this week:
 0

Number of Spools Used this year:                
15

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


Days of Stitching:
100%

Number of Days this week:
6/7

Number of Days this year:
157/158




Days Organizing:
88%

Number of Days this week:
2/7

Number of Days this year:
139/158

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

I'm using scraps from the brown scrap drawer for swap blocks.
I need to change out a couple of the blocks that are not the right balance.

I'm also working on some pineapple blocks, but I am just at the cutting stage of my string containers.
I would like to get a few more cut so I have a variety before I start.

I used scraps to make the test block I was working on for Midnight Stargazer with my green scraps.


Saturday, June 6, 2020

Guild Raffle Quilt

Even without our quilt show, the raffle will continue.
GREAT NEWS!!!
I have more tickets for a chance to be the lucky winner of our guild's amazing 2020 raffle quilt.
As you can see, the back is as beautiful as the stunning front.
Tickets are $1 each or 6 tickets for $5.
You can either mail me a check or PayPal me, and I will fill out your tickets and take a photo once filled out to send you.
The quilt is a Judy Neimeyer pattern called "Glacier Star" and measures 68" x 68".
This quilt placed THIRD at the Dallas Quilt Show in March in the Open Division Group/Friendship Category.


Thanks for your consideration!

Summary of May

As always, this is more of an accounting thing to help me keep track of what I've accomplished each month.

Finishes
May APQ#12 Meme's Flower Garden
Postcards
May Stashbuster #104 & Apr HCMQG #25 Let Me Surprise You
Watermelon Wreath
CIL #22 finished
May Patchwork Times Color Challenge - Blue
Mar HCMQG #31 Wolf Pack panel
Every Stamp Tells a Story Postcard
Two of a Kind Postcard
Bobcat Bandana
Lorena T-shirt quilt

UFOs accomplished
(13)Meme's Garden (placemats)
(14) Let Me Surprise You - What I Like About You
(15) Wolf Pack Panel
(16) Snowman

# Blocks Completed - 41

Thursday, June 4, 2020

2020 Challenges

January - #2 Fish Bowl
February - #9 Ashley's T-shirt quilt
Awaiting Ashley to show me what shirts she wants in a quilt.
I will work on the band shirts first.
March - #7 Courthouse Steps
April - #1 Christmas Card Caddy
May - #12 Meme's Flower Garden



 June - #11 - Finished
This one is already finished and ready to donate.

HCMQG
January - #9  Ashley T-shirt Quilt
See above
February - #Mount Rushmore
March - #21 Art Glass - Ashley's quilt
March - #31 Wolf Pack panel quilt

April - #51 Cozy Days Lap Quilt
May - # 78 Harry Potter for Ashley
I doubt I will work on this one yet.
May - #167 Snowman
June - #35 Vacation Quilt
June - #14 T-shirt Quilt - Random from Carol

Stashbuster
January #6 6.5" 9 patches
January #66 Fish Bowl Quilt
February - #10 Adorn It
I finished two projects but there is still this one from that one UFO.
I'm not sure what I'm doing with this yet, but I'll figure it out.
February - #99 Karen's Hexagon Quilt
March - #8 A Heritage Quilt
March - Map of Texas Lone Star State
April - #2 2019 Quilt Festival Shop Hop Quilt
April - #46 Christmas Pieces
April - #16 Bee-utiful Applique
I've been working on the pieces to prep them for the applique
May - #4 4-patches
May - #29 Brown Class Quilt
May - #104 Let Me Surprise You

June - #1 - 1" HST
June - #60 - Equessense Embroidery
June - #101 Landscape

The Color Challenge
May - Blue
June - Indigo 

Gift Giving
May - Placemats to DD 
 

& Friends Martha & Ross
A May Flower Bandana for Deisel

June 

Read a Book
May 
Marie Bostwick was another author at the Houston Quilt Festival.
I enjoy her writing.
A thread of Truth by Marie Bostwick
The second in the series
This was a great book to read about how quilters help each other in dire situations.
A book on friendship and how quilting plays a role in our daily lives.
A thread so Thin by Marie Bostwick
The third in the series
This was an emotional book to read about the friendship of quilters and how weddings and showers are planned.
Threading the Needle by Marie Bostwick
This is the fourth in the series
It is about friendships and getting to know who you are.
Ties that bind by Marie Bostwick
This is the fifth in the series.
This is about families and their ups and downs.
Apart at the Seams by Marie Bostwick
This is the fifth in the series.
This is about marriages, trials, and successes.
Between Heaven and Texas by Marie Bostwick
A fun story about the life of Mary Dale in Too Much, Texas.
June 
Hope On The Inside by Marie Bostwick
This is a book about quilting in prisons along with other "normal" stresses in life.
How to find happiness in life.

Patchwork Times Learn Something New
May - Learn how to use Zoom and a webcam 
This was fun. LOL
The kids and I were on Zoom and they had fun helping me figure out how to put a background on my piece instead of showing my room.
That makes it so I don't have to worry about what is in the background.
I picked a tropical beach - just where I'd like to be. :)
June - Learn more from the Happiness Course from Harvard.
Practice meditation.

February/March - Ashley's Stonehenge Quilt
May - Meme's Flower Garden
This was to be a quilt, but then I needed some placemats for May Flowers.
What better way to use the ones I made from class and make 3 more?

June - #31 Wildlife Quilt 

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

3D face masks



Decided to try a 3D mask to help with the idea of breathing without touching the mask.

This is the inside of the mask

this is the outside of the mask

This is me wearing the mask.
I only brought a small amount of washed fabric, so I'm done making masks today.