Sunday, January 31, 2010

Stash Report Jan 31st

Can you believe that tomorrow is the 1st of Februaryf??  Good heavens where did January go?  I have busy this past couple weeks finishing up some swap committments and busted some stash in the process!  Woohoo!  I am so happy about that.  Today I finished a kitchen curtain and those totals will be in next weeks report.  The heart blocks are swap blocks.  I am pleased to say I have not purchased any fabric this week.  Everything I used this week came from stash! 


So here's my report for this week:

Used this Week: 5 1/4 yards
Used year to Date: 16 5/8 yards

Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 8 1/2 yards

Net Used for 2010: 8 1/4 yard

Monday, January 25, 2010

Design Wall Monday Jan 25

Every Monday Judy over at Patchwork Times prods us along some fantastic project on her design wall and then wants us to post a picture of what is on ours.  Well this year I haven't had much going in the way of design wall Mondays.  So here are a couple pictures of what was on my wall this morning.  The 3 blocks were for a Christmas Tree online swap and the others were for another online swap to make a Buckeye Beauty. 






Sunday, January 24, 2010

Stashbusting Report Jan. 24th

Lately my sewing has been limited to working swap blocks.  Lately my sewing has been limited as I have had to deal with some real life issues. I will post some pictures later on this week.  I did end up adding to my stash this week.  Next week I hope to have a couple finishes to report!  I am so ready to work on some UFO'S!!!!!! 

So here's my report for this week:

Used this Week: 8 1/4 yards
Used year to Date: 9 3/4 yards

Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date:  8 1/2 yards

Net Used for 2010: 1 1/4 yard

Monday, January 11, 2010

Design Wall Monday Jan 11

Part of these blocks were on my design wall last Monday.  This week I have all 6 of them up and am playing with how I want to group them.  Right now the top 3 will be the kitchen valance, the 2 will be the door hanging and the one lonely one will be a table topper which will be crazy quilted.  Am also going through the stash looking for fabrics to put with them for borders,etc.  I hope to have these done soon.  Of course I had to include a picture of Eddie.  Currently he is sleeping on the couch on top of the tree skirt.  I had the skirt in our room waiting to be put away with some other items, once I got a container to put them in and he thought the other night she should get up on the cedar chest and sleep on it.  So I brought it out in the living room.



Sunday, January 10, 2010

Stashbusting Report Week #2

 was a really good quilter this week.  I did NOT purchase any fabric this week!  And I used 1 yard to make these Mountain blocks.  Had hoped to get more done this week, but that didn't happen. 


So here's my report for this week:

Used this Week: 1 yard
Used year to Date: 1 1/2 yard

Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 3 2/3 yards

Net Used for 2010: -2 1/8 yards

Friday, January 8, 2010

OPAM for 2010

Peg over at Happy in Quilting and Kris at Tag Along Teddies are hosting another Finish One Project a Month for 2010.  They have limited it to 150 participants this year.  So if you're interested head over to Peg's blog and read all about it!  Last year when I had the time to work on projects it was great motivation to get something finished!

Monday, January 4, 2010

Design Wall Monday Jan 4

I actually have 2 things on my design wall for today!  The hearts are from a swap I did with an online group last year.  I am going to use 3 of them to make a valance for my kitchen window, 2 of them to make a front door decoration and the last one to make a small table topper for the table in front of our couch.  I was talking with Diane yesterday and she suggested I do some crazy quilt stitching on the one for the table topper.  So today I will spend a little time looking at stitches on my machine and looking for my lacey appliques to see if I have one or two that might work for this as well.  The blue and cream blocks blocks are for another online swap I am doing and I will be finishing up the other color scheme today and get them ready to mail off soon.  The ones I have gotten so far are really pretty. 


Sunday, January 3, 2010

Week 1 Stash Report

I am hoping for a good year on the stashbusting front!  However I have not started out good.  I bought fabric on December 31, 2009...and it has to go on my report this week.  Waaaaaa......It could have been worse, fortunately I wasn't in the mood to do much shopping that day!

Used this Week: 1/2 yard
Used year to Date: 1/2 yard

Added this Week: 3 2/3 yards
Added Year to Date: 3 2/3 yards

Net Used for 2010: -3 1/8 yards


Saturday, January 2, 2010

2010 Quilty Goals

It's that time of year when we think of goals/resolutions for the New Year.  Right now I am working on my quilty goals and was wondering what your goals are? 

As of now, my goals are:


1. Work on UFO's
2. Put swap blocks into tops
3. Only buy what is necessary to complete more than starting
4. Do more hand applique
5. Make a quilt for Tim

Friday, January 1, 2010