First Daffodil!

I'm so excited to see the first daffodil of the season!

 

This variety of daffodil is February Gold, and they usually do bloom here in February, sometimes even in January.  For me, this means spring is really going to come this year.  I hope we are done with the snow!

 

I've been working on Charlotte's Scrap In a Box mystery quilt this week.  Here is this month's clue:

 

 

 

I suspect the triangles are setting pieces.  I was playing around with my units and came up with these 4 block options.

 

 

 

I like the first way the best, but I'll put it together the way Charlotte does.  My quilt is going to be super scrappy, and I using up some of my oldest, ugliest and smallest scraps. 

Linking up:  http://www.shecanquilt.ca/2015/03/scraptastic-tuesday-march-link-up.html

Quilt Love

As Linus used to say, 'Happiness is a thumb and a blanket'.  I'm glad this quilt is being used!

Stash Report, Border Adoption

I sent my unused Carolina Christmas border to Joy this week, so I have some yardage used to report. I also took my Easy Street top to the longarmer.  It should be done in 3-4 weeks.  I wasn't crazy about this top just after I finished piecing it, but it is growing on me.  I already counted the fabric in the top as used way back in 2013, but the backing was all from my stash too, and that hasn't been counted yet.

  If I can stay out of the quilt shops, I'll be in net used territory soon. 

Used This Week: 1  yards                                                    
Used Year to Date: 21.75 yards 
Added this week:  0 yards 
Added year to date: 23 yards
 Net added:1.25  yards

To see more stash reports:  http://www.patchworktimes.com/2015/03/08/fabric-report-week-10-2015/

A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That

We got snow/sleet/ice again this week, and the kids got two more snow days.  This makes 9 so far this year.  Since the roads were bad, I stayed home and sewed.

I'm not sure how many of these Wild and Goosey units I made this week, but I've got 50 more done.  When I have 100, I'll start sewing them into blocks.

 

I also worked on POD2.  I've got the interior blocks sewn in rows and am working on the items that sit on top of the bookcase.  I finished my POD3 block of the week.

 

 

I've been using the Talkin Turkey string blocks as leaders and enders.  I have  24  done so far.  Thirty-six more to go.

 

 

I spent all day yesterday cutting up scraps.

 

And I have hope that spring is coming.  My Lenten Rose is blooming. 

 

 

 

 

Bins of Color

Yesterday I wasn't in the mood to sew.  I decided to watch and old movie and sort my scraps instead.  My fabric is mostly arranged by color, but things get mixed up as I cut and throw things back  into  the wrong bins. I'm not much for organizing! 

My cutting table is my dining room table, so when I cut, I carry the bins I need downstairs and cut there.  Most of my 'cleaning up' involves my throwing fabric back into any available bin and hauling it upstairs because we need the table for a big dinner.  About once a year, I sort most of my fabric back into its proper bin.

 

This time, one of the bins has mostly batiks and one has weird fabrics that seem to belong to no other bin.  This is about 80% of my stash.  I probably have about 20 yards of uncut fabric and some 100% cotton shirts I plan to make quilts out of.  After I did the sorting, I was ready to sew.  I worked on Wild and Goosey a little and then started the string blocks for Talkin' Turkey. 

 

 

Twelve down, 48 to go!

 

Linking up with Patchwork times:  http://www.patchworktimes.com/2015/03/02/design-wall-march-2-2015/

Stash Report

I went to a half price fat quarter sale this week and got more fabric for my third Project of Doom.  I was very low on whites and grays.  I like to use a variety of fabric in these quilts and try not to repeat the fabric of the books.  I am considering not embroidering the titles on these books this time.  It takes a lot of time to do and takes me away from my cross stitching.  There isn't enough time in a day to do everything, and many quilters make this quilt without titles.  I'm  usually an overachiever, though,  so this decision makes me very uncomfortable.  How stupid is that?

 

 Here are some of my POD3 blocks without book titles.

Used This Week: 8.25  yards                                                    
Used Year to Date: 20.75 yards 
Added this week:  3.5 yards 
Added year to date: 23 yards
 Net added:2.25  yards

To see more stash reports:  http://www.patchworktimes.com/2015/03/01/fabric-report-week-9-2015/

Carolina Christmas Top Finished

I'm happy dancing now:  Carolina Christmas top is finished!  There is no place in my house big enough for me to lay out the whole thing. It is 102"x102", big enough for our king sized bed.

 

 

 

Here's 1/4 of the quilt:

 

 

I started to rethink the piano key border because it meant using up a lot of my reds, and I had planned to start  Bonnie Hunter's Turkey Tracks quilt this year.  Then I decided that if I do use up all my reds and need more, I'll just buy new fabric. And I will buy it without guilt!  That is almost a foreign concept for me since I've been trying to USE my stash, not add to it.  I will also need to buy backing for this quilt because most of my fabric is in fat quarter pieces or smaller. 

 

Linking up with Sarah: http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2015/02/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-checkerboards_27.html

 

and http://blog.richardandtanyaquilts.com/2015/02/link-finish-friday-157.html