Last Stash Report of 2014

Well, I didn't use more than I added this year, but for all intents and purposes, I broke even.  I did cheat a little by buying some fabric online this week.  I won't get it until next week, so I don't have to report it until the new year.


Used This Week:  3.75 yards                                                    
Used Year to Date: 79.375 yards 
Added this week:  0 yards 
Added year to date: 81.875 yards
 Net Added:  2.5  yards

To see more stash reports:  http://www.patchworktimes.com/2014/12/28/fabric-report-week-52-2014/

Christmas Quilts

I've only made two Christmas quilts so far.  This one is a retro Santa quilt.  The pattern is Voila! by Swirly Girls Design.
This was a super simple pattern to do and went together quickly.  I made this about a year and a half after I started quilting.

I hope you can see the Christmas trees in the quilting.

My other Christmas quilt was made of a Crazy Eight jelly roll that I won.  I bought more of the line after Christmas when it was on sale.  I'm still using pieces of it in my scrap quilts.  I had to make this quilt long and narrow to suit my husband.  He complains if his nap quilt isn't long enough to wrap around his feet and still come up to his neck.

I've done a lot more Christmas cross stitching than quilting.  Here are our stockings:

We bought kits for our stockings right after we were married in September, 30 years ago.  I told my husband there was no way I could get them both done for Christmas that year, so he stitched his own!  His mom was a cross stitcher, so he knew the drill.  His stitches are as neat as mine.

This is my first son's stocking.  It  had lots of confetti stitching and was quite a challenge for me to stitch.  I think it is a beautiful scene, but  he always wanted one like ours with teddy bears.

This is our second son's stocking.  It reminds me of a Dickens novel.

The Believe stocking is our third son's.  It took forever to do all that solid stitching, and it wasn't done until his third Christmas. 

My MIL stitched us a tree skirt several years ago.  Until we got our beagle, we actually used it.  I am afraid the dog will chew on it, though, so I haven't used it in 5 years.

Linking up with Bonnie:  http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-very-merry-happy-holiday-linky-party.html

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One More Quilt

I completed this quilt top about 5 years ago in a class on color.  The goal of this class was to step out of our usual color palette.  I think this quilt looks preppy:  pink and green.

 

This quilt is 62"x69".  It is a gift for a college friend who has been having some health issues.  The back is peacock pinwale corduroy. 

 It reminds me of my college years at William and Mary (1980-1984).  Lots of the Greek girls wore  bright florals in pink and green.  That is, when they weren't wearing plaid skits and clogs.  ( I spent hours in the chemistry lab, so my  college wardrobe was old, holey jeans, T-shirts and sneakers.)

Linking up with Sarah:  http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2014/12/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-successful.html
and http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2014/12/quiet-christmas-quilt-top.html

Grand Illusion, Step 4

I'm happy to report that I completed Step 4 last Friday.  It was a relatively easy step, which I appreciate this time of year!  I won't be working on Step 5 until at least Dec. 30 because of Christmas.

 

Linking up with Bonnie:  http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2014/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-4.html

Stash Report and Snap Bags

I made a couple of  little snap bags for Christmas gift cards holders this week.

 

Then I looked through a bag of scraps a friend had given me and made a snap bag for her out of some her orphan blocks.  She will get it back for Christmas, but I need to think of something small to put into the bag too.

 

 

 

 There are many tutorials online for snap bags that use metal measuring tapes as closures. The hardest part of making these little bags is cutting the metal measuring tape.  I bought a new one to cut up, but last night my DH told me he had just thrown away an old one! The first snap bag I made didn't turn out big enough, even for a gift card!  I will probably take that one apart and salvage the fabric.

Used This Week:  0.25 yards                                                    
Used Year to Date: 75.625 yards 
Added this week:  0 yards 
Added year to date: 81.875 yards
 Net Added:  6.25  yards

To see more stash reports:  http://www.patchworktimes.com/2014/12/21/fabric-report-week-51-2014/

Wild and Goosey

I have bags of quilting crumbs, strings and trash scraps, little bits most people would throw away.  I have wanted to use some of them for a while now but hadn't found the right project.  Last week I came across Wild and Goosey on Angela's blog and fell in love with it.

http://moderndiary.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-past-and-presents.html

Yesterday I started making Wild and Goosey blocks.  They are paper pieced and take a while to do, but they are so cute!

 

This will have to be a long term project.  I'll need to make many of them before I have enough for a quilt!

Grand Illusion, Step 3

I haven't completed GI step 3 yet, but I have 240 partial units made. They should be finished by the time the next clue comes out on Friday.

We were out of town this weekend for a soccer tournament, so I didn't have much time to sew.  The weather was a pleasant surprise.  Saturday night's game was pretty cold, but it was almost 60 Sunday morning.  Warmer than I would have expected for a December tournament! 

Linking up with Bonnie:  http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2014/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-3.html