Stash Report

Do floppy quilts count in the stash report?  I have decided that, for me, the answer is yes.  The Stash Report keeps count of fabric used, and once it is in the top, that fabric is used whether or not the quilting is done.

This week I bought 3 yds of kona snow to play with and 10  half-priced fat quarters for my BIL's quilt.

Stash Report:

Used this week: 21.0 yards
Used year to date: 32.5 yards
Added this week: 5.25 yards
Added year to date: 16.25 yards
Net used for 2012: -16.25 yards


No quilting pictures today, but here's a picture of a Sue Hillis cross stitch piece I made for my husband's office.

Big A$$ Quilt!

I just finished putting the binding on my king sized quilt. I bound it by machine, and it took 2 1/2 hours to do, but I had no mistakes to rip out.

 It is 116x116 inches, and it is really too big for my bed.  But it will be going on the bed anyway!  I tucked the bottom border under in this picture.

I like how long it hangs over the sides, but I could have cut 20 inches off the length.

I learned how to miter a border, how to do fusible applique, and how do do a bargelo pattern on this quilt.  I still need to wash it, but I wanted to try and get a picture of the quilting.  It looks like loopy feathers. 

Most of the fabric is Bar Harbour by Minnick and Simpson.  This quilt is the third and final finish for this quarter in the FAL. 

Orca Bay Top Done!

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My Orca Bay top is finally complete!  This top was part of my 3 FAL projects, and I'm very glad to have it finished.  I thought the interior of the quilt was fussy, but the outer borders went on perfectly.

        

Stash Report:                                                                                                                   

Used this week: 11.5 yards
Used year to date: 11.5 yards
Added this week: 0 yards
Added year to date: 11 yards
Net used for 2012: -0.5 yards

Baby Quilts Complete

I finished binding and washing the baby quilts yesterday.  The one for Olivia has an orange back.

The quilting pattern is 'Spilt Paint'.  It is a large loopy meander.  Sofia's quilt has a blue back.

Both quilts were bound by machine for durability.  I want the girls to be able to drag them around and not worry about them.  My machine binding isn't as good as my hand binding, but my machine binding will never improve unless I bind more quilts that way.

Orca Bay Super Bowl Sew-In

Football is one of the least interesting sports to me, so instead of watching the game yesterday, I worked on Orca Bay,  The center is complete!  Here are a couple of close ups, so you can see my scrap variety.

If Holly and Jodi look closely, they will be able to find some of the scraps they gave to me.  I told you I'd use them! If this quilt didn't already have a name, I'd call it 'A Million Little Pieces'.  Now to the border.  I've seen several quilts where the inner border is black or blue, and I like that better than the white used in the original, so I'm going to check my stash and make a decision this week.

My stash report this week should look familiar to you since it is the same as last week's.  I just got 3 quilts back from the longarmer, so as soon as the bindings go on, I will have something new to report.  I thought about making a pillow case just so I could see the net used go down this week.

Stash Report:

Used this week: 0 yards
Used year to date: 0 yards
Added this week: 6 yards
Added year to date: 11 yards
Net used for 2012: +11 yards

Time and Season

I finally got Moria Blackburn's 'Time and Season' completed this week.  This  round robin is over 2 years old!

 I belong to the Friends In Thread stitching group, the most reliable round robin group I've ever stitched with. Our group has been doing round robins and exchanges for about six and a half years now.  I consider these ladies my friends even though I've only met a few in person.  Many thanks to Kathy (Canada); Dane, Gaby, Gaby's mom (all Germany), Jodi (Wisconsin), Cheryl (Iowa) and Nancy (California) for all their work on my round robin.

Look at the back:

These ladies are as careful with each other's pieces as the are with their own.  I don't have to worry about any stray threads showing through the front when this is framed.  A couple of close ups of the stitching I did to finish it up:

Backstitching on the grapevine.

                                                                  Flower vine on bottom row.

Everyone who stitched on this RR, put her initials in the bottom border.  I am so happy to have this done!

And if you aren't sick of hat pictures by now, here's another chemo cap.  I love the colors in this one.  This is a super simple pattern, all stockinette stitch.

February Gold

While I was out of town, my daffodils started blooming!  This is an early variety called February Gold, but they don't always bloom this early.