Mel's quilting blog

Sunday, January 31, 2016

OMG Finish

I really need to get a camera to use.

Not a great photo, but it is finished.

Doesn't look puckered in person.

This is my January OMG finish.

Stash report

I am so close to completing things, but not able to count them yet.

My mojo left and nothing got done. :(

Judy has us keep track of what our stash is doing.

Used this Week: 00.00 yards

Used year to Date: 5.50 yards

Used this Month (January) 5.50 yards
Added this Week: 0.00 yards
Added Year to Date: 7.00 yards
Goal: 100.00 yards

Yards to goal: 84.50 yards

Net Used in quilts 2015: 12.50 yards

A couple of other fun facts are:

Prairie Moon is doing a 350 blocks challenge this year:
Number of equivalent blocks: 55

Perimeter in inches 682

Number of UFOs finished this year: 5

UFO Yardage Used 12.50

Amount of yardage used in UFOs 100%

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Studio Challenge

Work on organizing your books and magazines (and patterns)

Well, my bookshelf is still good.

I have found MORE magazines.

I swear they are hiding and multiplying while in seclusion. :(

I will work on going through them this week and see if I can donate more magazines.

If I have time, I'll look through some of the books on the shelf and see if any need to go.

Stashbuster #s

Not sure there are finishes from January's numbers, but I did make progress, and that is important.

So, the Stashbuster numbers for February are:

#7 -- Applique Turtles

I'm not sure this one is going to get done or not

Pieces are cut, but I'm having trouble with my left thumb.

and

#21 -- Children's book - Tidings

All the pieces are not even cut out.

I must have got frustrated with how it was printed.

I'll need to figure out a complete plan on how to make this into a quilt.

Thursday, January 28, 2016

NYE top is done

I was going to add a border, but I don't have any of these fabrics, so I think I'll just quilt it and bind it in black.

Creativity Challenge

Color in your coloring book!

I think I will enjoy this.

The stress level here is high.

I've not quilted much of any this week and I can feel it.

The young people that have businesses are so much "experts" in their own minds that I am frustrated with the world.

I need to find my coloring book

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Fell off the wagon at the Cotton Boll.

I do have to say I found the perfect fabric for a new start that is a must do.