Stash Report Week 51, 2013

I'm doing more quilting for others than anything for myself right now. But I have vowed to take the time between Christmas and New Year's to work on my own things. Be it quilting, cross stitching or piecing. Maybe a little time after New Year's, too. :)

Yesterday, I headed out to Joann's to get the last few things that I need for Christmas presents.

Fleece, Star Trek fabric for pajama pants for my dad, and black Kona for a t-shirt quilt.



 And the pattern for the pants.



I also got most of the new floss that I need for the next Frosted Pumpkin Sampler - Once Upon a Time!

Fabric added this week: 10.00
Fabric added YTD: 211.49

Fabric used this week: 0.00
Fabric used YTD: 82.62

Net Fabric Used: -128.87

And the weather was rainy, but warm so the dogs enjoyed the fresh air while I worked in the studio yesterday. Food and fresh air are about the only things that all three can agree on!

Stash Report Week 49, 2013

I have been trying to fill in my blues for the mystery quilt. I ended up with a yard and a half after the trip to Fabric shack last week and the pattern calls for more than 4 yards.

I stopped at Joann's and this was all that I could find that would work with what I had.



I wanted much more variety since I have so many different fabrics for the other colors.

I placed an order with Fabric Shack and the fabric came yesterday. Everything was from the Clearance pages and I got great deals!



And I found this on the clearance pages, too. I have some other fabric from this line and I think that I will use it to make a tote for my cross stitching. The ziplock bags just aren't doing it for me right now. :)



Fabric added this week: 5.00
Fabric added YTD: 201.49

Fabric used this week: 0.00
Fabric used YTD: 81.22

Net Fabric Used: -120.27

I moved the blues around a little until I found a group that matched pretty well. I let them sit a fefw minutes and then moved one out and one in and let them sit and then this happened.

I think the choice of which to use in the mystery quilt has been made for me!

Stash Report Week 21, 2013

This weekend, Joann's had all of the Red Tag fabric on clearance for 50% off the clearance price and then we had a coupon for 10% off the total order. Last year, we shopped and got backings and this year, we did the same thing!

I got a lot of yardage that should be great for some of the quilts that I am working on or will be working on.



The fabric on the left is one that Regina put on the back of a quilt she made me. I see it all the time at JoAnn's and there must have been an entire bolt of it in clearance. I only got 6 yards.



There wasn't a ton of this cream and green plaid, but it was $2 a yard and it will work well for a fair amount of quilts.



I also got the backings ready for the two quilts for Regina's 4Patches4Hope so that I could deliver them this week.



So I may have gone a little crazy on the fabric, but it will all be put to good use eventually!

Fabric added this week: 27.71
Fabric added YTD: 68.70

Fabric used this week: 6.11
Fabric used YTD: 28.32

Net Fabric Used: -40.38

Stash Report Week 9, 2013

I finally have a little movement on the stash report, but it is movement in the wrong direction. sigh... :)

I received 2 customer quilts in the last week or so and they both need to have the binding stitched down on them. The binding didn't come with the quilts so I had to make a couple of trips to JoAnn's to get navy blue Kona for the binding.

While I was at Joann's, I also picked up a little Minkee to test it on my machine to see how it works out. I think that it will work out and I will end up with another customer quilt after my attempt. :)



I have already started stitching the binding on the first quilt and I finished the quilting on the second quilt already this morning. I am going to try my best to get the binding on both quilts finished today. Or pretty darn close on the second quilt.



And the last bit of the navy that I didn't cut last week will be cut today.

Fabric added this week: 2.55
Fabric added YTD: 6.47

Fabric used this week: 0.56
Fabric used YTD: 14.18

Net Fabric Used: 7.71

And now, I must get to binding so that Max will quit looking at me with inpatient anticipation.

Stash Report Week 39, 2012

As I reported yesterday, I went shopping for some fabric at Joann's. It's been a while since I have done some serious shopping at Joann's, so I spent way too long in the store.

I got some blues for the next Scrap Squad quilt. Of course, once I got them out I remembered seeing some blues in a bin in my closet where my over flow of scraps is being stored. I will have to remember to go through those bins and pull out anything else that I might need for this quilt.



I also got the backing for the current Scrap Squad. I was hoping for a cut of the mottled green extra wide, but the stores that I stopped at were seriously lacking in their extra wide fabrics. This one will work, but the camera seriously washed the colors out. The green is a little brighter and there is almost a brownish hue in some parts.



And since I was wandering around for blues, I found this lovely Christmas print. I bought the rest of the bolt and 1.5 yards is for Barb.



I worked diligently on the current Scrap Squad last night and I only have 2 long seams and 2 very short seams left. I have figured out the best border option and I AM going to get this top finished today so that I can ship it off tomorrow. Also, I will be able to bust the backing, binding and border fabric for next week's report!



Maxie thinks I can do it!



Fabric added this week: 11.00
Fabric added YTD: 70.48

Fabric used this week: 1.50
Fabric used YTD: 109.96

Net Fabric Used: 39.48

Stash Report Week 22, 2012

Last week's stash report was phenomenal! Almost to a net of 50 yards busted! And then Monday, Regina and I went to Joann's and they were having a 50% off their clearance fabric. At $2 a yard, how can you beat that for backings??? And these are all colors that I will use in quilt tops so I shouldn't have any problem finding a quilt back from these.



And I got pieces cut for the center of the next Scrap Squad quilt. I should be able to get that put together this week after I finish the binding on the Doodle bugs quilt!

Fabric added this week: 19.92
Fabric added YTD: 43.59

Fabric used this week: 1.89
Fabric used YTD: 70.74

Net Fabric Used: 27.15

The pups are more impressed with the cooler weather that we are enjoying by opening the house up and letting fresh air into!

More inspiration!

Over the past couple of weeks, I have picked up and received several quilting magazines.



The one on the left is the newest issue of Quiltmaker that came in the mail a couple of weeks ago. The 2 on the right are ones that were being given away at the IQF show. There is a booth that tries to get you to subscribe or renew your magazine subscriptions and when the show was over, they passed out what was left. Score!



Last month, Quiltmaker released the Quilts from 100 blocks issue and I picked it up with a coupon from JoAnn's. It has quite a few designs in it that I can see myself making.



And this week, I got a surprise in the mail. I have flipped through a little and the pieced blocks are just fantastic!

So even though I may not be sewing on anything, I can at least look at some eye candy!

Stash Report Week 12, 2012

Yesterday, my new dryer was installed and I have actually been enjoying doing the laundry today. Folding it is probably going to be a different story, but the washing and drying process is fantastic!

On the sewing front, I decided that I needed a gray to go with the dog fabric for the pattern.



And then, I decided that I needed to pick a different medium brown for my scrap squad quilt.

So I went shopping at Joann's with Lynn, my fabric shopping buddy.



I have some deadlines now so I know that there will be fabric used this week. Or I will be in serious trouble and things just might not get finished.

Fabric added this week: 2.50
Fabric added YTD: 13.67

Fabric used this week: 0.00
Fabric used YTD: 39.91

Net Fabric Used: 26.24

Maisy says, "Don't sweat it!"

Bowtie Customer quilts

Almost 2 weeks ago, I picked up a couple of quilts from a lady who was given my name for quilting. I had talked to her on the phone a couple of times before we met and I knew she had 2 twin sized quilts to be quilted. Turns out that she had the center of two quilts pieced and wants me to add border fabric and backing fabric and get them quilted. Since I was already doing all of that, I offered to get the binding made and machine stitched on as well. So I have a lot to do on these quilts. She said that she trusted my judgement on the fabric selections and she gave me a little cash up front which helped.

Yesterday, I looked at the quilts and took them to Joann's with me to pick out fabrics. I was a little worried that I would find a fabric that I liked and that there wouldn't be enough for everything that I needed, but I really lucked out that there was plenty of fabric on both bolts that I found!

I was also worried that the two centers that she gave me were not big enough and that I would have to have a lot of border to make them the twin size that she wanted, but once I measured them I found that they were both good sized and I wouldn't have to do much with the borders.

Here is the first quilt. This one is a little larger than the second so all I need to do is add one border and then quilt it.



And this is the fabric that we picked for the borders and backing.



And the second quilt is shorter by just 2 rows. I drew the dimensions up in EQ and decided to add a thin colored border, then a white border and then the colored border on the outside to make it a good sized twin quilt.



And a close up of the border fabric. Margie had picked up some white to help with the borders so I am going to use that and the blue fabric has the nice white accent in it and I think that it is going to turn out just lovely.



And luckily, there was enough of both fabrics for the backings!

It's a little odd to pick up a quilt at this stage, but I think it will be nice to just add the borders and get them quilted. And I know that Margie will be happy to have finished quilts to use. She said that the centers had been assembled for many years.

Black Friday shopping!

I had no inclination to stand in lines for stores that were opening at midnight. Props to those who did, but that was not for me! I did, however, head to Joann's this morning for some deals. I meant to get a number for the cutting line earlier than I did so I ended up waiting for quite a few people to get their orders cut. And I only had 1 thing to get cut. But I did special order bolts of batting. :)

As I was wandering around the store, a few things jumped into my cart.



Now that I have been using my studio for a couple of months, I have realized that the ceiling fan lights are not always enough for things that I need to do. And a table lamp is not always enough either. So I was happy to see a floor and table Ott Lite lamp set. The design is quite nice, too! On sale with a 25% discount on top of that.... who could say no?

I also picked up 2 drapery rods for the studio. They didn't have the ones that I wanted for the bedroom so I will have to look at another store for those. But these will be great and I can choose a design and get my granma to make the drapes for me. AWESOME!

The rest is just tools that will help make sewing easier. And when they are on sale and you can use a coupon on top of that... too good to pass up!!

The Joann's that was closest to me closed and a new larger store was opened in October. This store just so happens to be right next to a Pet Smart!



Dog toys + on sale = happy puppies!

Mid-Week Update

Not much is going on here that I can show, but I wanted to do a quick update before the festivities start tomorrow.

Tonight, I finished up the quilting on a secret project. It looks fantastic, but you will have to take my word for it for now. I will be able to show it off eventually!

And now that it is done, I can get back to some other things that need my attention. It's a good thing that there is a 4 day weekend that started at 3PM today!

First on my list is straightening up my place because I am having Thanksgiving here for me, my aunt and my cousin. It's my first time hosting a holiday meal so I am a little excited. I have a couple of movies for us to watch and the menu is all planned. And this guy is defrosting as I type!



For the rest of the weekend, I plan on being creative! This package showed up on Monday and I almost forgot that I ordered them on Friday. Red snappers for the quilt frame! I wasn't going to buy them until I upgraded my frame, but then I decided that I should just get them and make loading my current set up easier.



I need to sew casings into my leaders before I can use them and then I plan on loading a quilt on it right away to see how much easier they are to use than the pins. I can not wait!!

I have 3 quilts that I plan on quilting this weekend. And at least 3 others that I plan on piecing - Autos, Bays and Cows. (Like how I did the ABC's?) And I am most definitely hitting the closest JoAnn's for the Black Friday sales. This girl needs some more batting!! :)

Oh and sorry that I missed the Tiny Tuesday. I didn't get to finish a block and figured I would just save it for next week. And hopefully post 2 then!

So stay tuned! I am sure that I will have some progress to show on projects that I can show! :-D

Stash Report Week 47, 2011

Friday, I took the day off work to work on some things around the house. Once I decided to take the day off though, I made plans to meet up with Lynn from the CMQG for breakfast and a trip to Joann's and a local quilt shop that is closing. There are 2 quilt shops in my area that announced their closings within 10 days of each other. Of course, there are a few that have opened in the last year and a half so we are not lacking for shops in any way.

This is what I picked up! Fabric for the cow quilt. The strip is the accent in the blocks and will be the binding. And of course, I read the pattern wrong and didn't get enough of the pink and the black so I will have to go back. Darn! lol



I also picked up some awesome strips and ric rak fabric for bindings. And since I haven't won the 100 blocks issue yet, I got one of those at Joann's.



And nothing used this week.

Fabric added this week: 8.50
Fabric added year-to-date: 138.72

Fabric used this week: 0.58
Fabric used year-to-date:116.28

Net Fabric Used: -22.44

I think that Maisy was upset that I didn't bring her anything back.

Another thread holder?

Last night on my way home from work, I stopped at the JoAnn's that is really close to me and is closing very soon. There is going to be a Super JoAnn's opening that is going to be just as close and they are consolidating the stores. I have been in the one that is closing a few times since the closing was announced, but the discount was still only about 40%. Not that great since I could get that on just about anything with a coupon at other stores.

Just for a little history, here is what my thread holder looks like since the renovations have been complete. Full!



Last night, the thread was discounted 75%! And there was still a good amount of Gutermann's so I stocked up! I got a few spools of hand quilting thread to start using in my bindings. Most of the bigger spools are the hand quilting. The rest is just for various other things that I might need the colors for.



What I was really looking for was zippers. They were 50% off. I picked up a few and will probably check back in a week to see what the discount is then.



I'm pretty excited about the deals I got!! But now I have to find something to do with the thread. :-D

I also stopped at WalMart and picked up a couple of things. When I got home, I started doing a bit of clean up in the house. Max was a little anxious so he had to sit in his rocking chair to feel better. He is stretching to smell something from outside.

Progress this week

I have been spending some time every night this week sewing. I prepped my Star Struck pieces on Sunday to be a Leader/Enders project and I couldn't wait to get them all pieced so I have been spending a fair amount of time sewing, pressing, pairing and repeating to get the blocks done. Tonight, I pressed the last of the blocks.

Don't mind the stain marks on my ironing board cover. lol



I also finished the Maxine quilt last night, but I haven't gotten a good picture of it yet. I will do that tomorrow.

Tonight, I ran to JoAnn's and picked up a few things. I had a 25% off all regular priced items and a 50% off coupon and these came in very handy! I picked up a striped fabric for new leaders for the frame, backing for the flamingo quilt, zippers to have on hand and velcro dots to attach to the batting rail on the quilt frame to help when I have to roll the batting on the rail.



The pups were very happy to see me when I got home!

Design Wall Monday, 3/14

Well, I got this on the wall on Thursday night and had hopes of getting it assembled this weekend, but it just didn't happen. This is the Split Decision pattern in Whimsy fabric.



Instead of assembling Split Decision, I finished sewing on the Star Struck blocks.



At least I made progress! And the fabric that was purchased at Joann's on Saturday has been washed and is ready to be pressed and cut. Nice!

Stash Report Week 11, 2011

I fell off the wagon... Big time! Since a lot of fabric was on sale at Joann's last week, I figured it would be the perfect time to go and get what I needed for a quilt for Mom and a quilt for a family friend. I have plans to cut this fabric out today so it should be busted for next week's stash report, but this week's report is taking a hit.

These are the fabrics for mom. The only new fabric is the row in the middle. The pink at the top and the flamingo fabric was on hand for years and I had plans to make pajamas out of them for mom. Well, now that she is in Florida, she no longer needs flannel pajamas.



When I was in Florida, Mom found this Maxine fabric at the quilt show that we went to and wanted to make a throw for her friend. I said that I could use the panel and make the same pattern for both of these quilts. The black multi colored dot is the backing.



I had hoped to make it home in time to start cutting up the Maxine quilt, but it was a long day.

Fabric added this week:13.00
Fabric added year-to-date:13.53

Fabric used this week: 0.00
Fabric used year-to-date: 21.32

Net Fabric Used: 7.79

Still in the black! And can you believe that I had only taken in just over a half a yard  up until last week? I'm shocked!