Melinda Quilts etc
Simple stash report this week. Nothing used and nothing added.
Used this week: 0 yards
Used year to date: 15.5 yards
Added this week: 0 yards
Added year to date: 30 yards
Net used for 2014: -14.5 yards
Perhaps I can finish something this week.
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Melinda
I added more to my stash this week but there are plans for most of it. I bought 9 yards for the scrappy trips backing, my monthly Kaffe half yards came so that is 3 more yards and I brought home 8 yards for a shop hop project. On the good side, I finished the scrappy trips top so that used 10.5 yards.
Used this week: 10.5 yards
Used year to date: 15.5 yards
Added this week: 20 yards
Added year to date: 30 yards
Net used for 2014: -14.5 yards
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Melinda
Here is my stash report. I bought two yards of Southern Belle White for my SBS quilt that I am trying to get started again. I used five yards for my NYD quilt. I have the backing ready but won’t count it until it is quilted. I need to get backing for my Scrappy Trips – I think I will get an extra wide so I don’t have to sew lots of pieces together for a back – there are enough seams on the front so it will be nice to have none on the back.
Used this week: 5 yards
Used year to date: 5 yards
Added this week: 2 yards
Added year to date: 10 yards
Net used for 2014: -5 yards
I have the Scrappy Trips top almost finished and am taking it to Bonnie Hunter Club today. Hopefully it will be done tonight.
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Melinda
I think I am giving up on stash reports – at least for this year. I have not made much progress about using my stash and have made too much progress about adding to it. I plan to work on organizing my sewing room over the next few months and will be able to get my stash so I actually know what I have and will hopefully be able to use it more effectively.
Hopefully next year, I can make progress on using my stash, not just adding to it.
On another note, here is my finished Sampler quilt hanging in the shop waiting for the class this week.
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Melinda
I finished the Sampler quilt this week but I also bought some fabric. The out and in were almost even.
I received the monthly solids – blue/gray this month for a total of 2 yards. I bought 2 yards of extra wide for the Sampler quilt. Sew Stitchy yardage came in and I got 17 fat quarters plus 3 yards for a total of 7.25 yards.
Going out is 9 yards for the sampler quilt plus the 2 yards for backing.
Here are the current numbers
Used this Week: 11 yards
Used year to Date: 236 yards
Added this Week: 11.25 yards
Added Year to Date: 321,25 yards
Net Used for 2012: –84.25
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Melinda
I made a little progress with the stash this week. I finished the jelly roll variation quilt using Mama Says Sew for a total of 5.5 yards. I did add a little fabric – you probably know about my Polka Dot fetish. I found 8 new polka dot fat quarters at the buy one, get one sale last weekend. I also got a yard of wonderful polka dots printed on the diagonal that will make wonderful binding on a polka dot future quilt.
Here are the numbers for the week.
Used this Week: 5.5 yards
Used year to Date: 226 yards
Added this Week: 3 yards
Added Year to Date: 310 yards
Net Used for 2012: –84
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Melinda
Not much going on with my stash report this week. I had a 60 percent off coupon for Joann’s so I bought 4.25 yards (end of bolt) of Kona White. I use a lot of white so hopefully this will be used soon.
I have several projects close to done – with any luck, I will have some finishes to report soon.
Used this Week: 0 yards
Used year to Date: 220.5 yards
Added this Week: 4.25 yards
Added Year to Date: 307 yards
Net Used for 2012: –86.5
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Melinda
I finished the last blocks for the sampler quilt yesterday but forgot to take a photo and it is in my car. Later I will get it out and start putting the blocks together so will get a photo for tomorrow. I took it to the shop last night where I facilitated a mystery evening until 12:15 am so left it in the car. We had a great time though. For some reason I forgot to take photos of the evening.
About my stash – nothing in and nothing out this week.
Used this Week: 0 yards
Used year to Date: 220.5 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 302.75 yards
Net Used for 2012: -82.25
Today I am teaching 7 little girls how to make a screen bag with a zipper. Wish me luck.
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Melinda
I went crazy adding to stash over the last couple of weeks. Most of this was this week but there were also some packages that came in the mail that I hadn’t opened until last week.
I got 7 dot FQ, batik squared I ordered from Wanda, Christmas FQ from guild, my Kona 1/2 yards from 2 months, Christmas charms and fat quarters for the guild project. I also got pillowcase fabric, house quilt backing and more polka dot FQ. Lastly I added the monthly Kaffe 1/2 yards, a few more polka dot FQ and fabric to make glow in the dark Halloween pillowcases.
All that and I didn’t actually complete anything. I also started a Christmas Block of the Month for the shop but I am not counting that fabric because it is not actually part of my stash.
Here are the results so far this year.
Used this Week: 0 yards
Used year to Date: 220.5 yards
Added this Week: 31.5 yards
Added Year to Date: 299.75 yards
Net Used for 2012: -79.25
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Melinda
Judy posts in her blog today that she sometimes wonders why she is continuing with the stash report even though she hasn’t been sewing much lately. Since I have consistently brought more in than out, I sometimes wonder the same thing. But I decided I will continue to track, at least for the rest of the year. No promises after that.
First the in report. I am designing and making yet another quilt for a class at the shop. It will be a sampler quilt of 12 blocks, each will be 12 inch finished. My plan is to have blocks beyond the beginner level that will allow the students to build on what they have learned in the beginner class. I posted a fuzzy photo of the fabrics at the last design wall post. It requires about 6 yards.
I finished the jelly roll quilt which meant that I needed to get backing for it. I have plenty of fabric here to make a back out of but because it will be a shop sample, I needed to get new/current fabric. The fabric line I made the quilt out of still isn’t released (except for the precuts) so I found an extra wide backing fabric (gray polka dots!) and bought 2 yards.
The jelly roll quilt is ready for quilting so I am counting the 2 yards backing and 4.25 yards for the front. I started sewing Smokey Mountain Stars together so hopefully will have more progress soon.
I will be picking a winner for the traveling stash later today so if you are interested, comment on my post here.
Finally, here is my stash report.
Used this Week: 6.25 yards
Used year to Date: 220.5 yards
Added this Week: 8 yards
Added Year to Date: 268.25 yards
Net Used for 2012: -47.75
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Melinda
I didn’t do a stash report last week but have combined it for this week. Don’t forget that I was out in California during much of this time and visited several quilt shops.
First what came in:
I picked up 5 FQ to use for placemats, 3 yards for pillowcases, a layer cake of Mama Says Sew (2.75 yards), fabric for a purse (1.5 yards). I won a door prize at retreat for .5 yards, and found another polka dot jelly roll for 2.75 yards. Lastly I bought a kit to make a quilt that I want to enter in the upcoming ECQG quilt show. It contains about 8 yards.
At least I do have one completion of the Christmas in July project. It used 7 yards for the front and 4.5 for the back.
Here are my current totals.
Used this Week: 11.5 yards
Used year to Date: 214.25 yards
Added this Week: 19.75 yards
Added Year to Date: 260.25 yards
Net Used for 2012: -45.25
The good news is that I have lots of new UFO’s from the retreat and hopefully can finish some of them soon so I can report the fabric used.
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Melinda
Nothing bought this week and only 1/2 yard used. Robin and I decorated project bags but they are all packed for our trip to Las Vegas. I do have a photo to share. It was taken through the front fence to the neighbors house.
Used this Week: .5 yards
Used year to Date: 202.25 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 240.5 yards
Net Used for 2012: -38.25For more stash reports, go to Patchwork Times.
Melinda
Another week of not finishing much – just the travel pillow.
I bought a jelly roll of dots. In reality, I bought this the previous week but forgot to count it. I bought 5 yards of fabric with states names on it to eventually back the redwork states blocks when I get them put together. It is perfect so I went ahead and got it. I bought a yard for the guild strip exchange and 1/2 yard for backing of Happy Villages. I also got 1 yard of black and white batik for a special project for Las Vegas. Lastly I have 2 jelly rolls for a modified jelly roll quilt – Mama Says Sew came in and I am going to work with it.
Used this Week: 1 yards
Used year to Date: 201.75 yards
Added this Week: 20/75 yards
Added Year to Date: 240.5 yards
Net Used for 2012: -38.75
Lots of sewing scheduled for the next couple of weeks. Wish me luck!\
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Melinda
Used this Week: 0 yards
Used year to Date: 200.75 yards
Added this Week: 7 yards
Added Year to Date: 219.75 yards
Net Used for 2012: -19 yards
Nothing completed this week and I bought 7 yards of fabric, mostly to make pillowcases for the quilts I have in process or recently finished. My friend Stella and I have made a commitment to have a pillowcase for every quilt – I think she is ahead of me.
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Melinda
There has been a little movement on my stash – not necessarily in the desired direction. I brought in 6 3/4 yards of fabric for a Halloween quilt plus 3 1/2 for backing. The good news is the quilt is finished and in the shop so the same is in the out column also. I also used 1/2 yard to bind the new sampler quilt.
I brought home fabric to make a Christmas Sample which is 6 1/4 yards plus 4 1/2 for backing. Still working on this quilt and will show progress tomorrow. I also used about 1 1/2 yards for the Piecemaker bag project and then gave Stella about 2 yards for backing for a QOV she is quilting for the guild.
Here are the totals.
Used this Week: 14.25 yards
Used year to Date: 200.75 yards
Added this Week: 21 yards
Added Year to Date: 212.75 yards
Net Used for 2012: –12 yards
More sewing scheduled this week.
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Melinda
Not a lot going on with my stash this week. I completed the sampler and it is ready to quilt. Here is a photo of it. Notice the upside down block on the lower right? It is fixed now but not without a challenge. I took it out, and promptly sewed it back together wrong. I then took it out again and it is now right.
I really like it and think it will be a great quilt for new students to learn with. It has lots of different types of blocks to practice with. I used 4.5 yards for the sampler and have 2 yards for the backing.
I also traded with Carolyn. She gave me some batik strips for my scrappy trips quilt and I have her a bunch of 30’s strips and extra fabric. I figure I gave her about 4 more yards than she gave me. Good trade!
In was the monthly Kaffe fabric for 3 yards.
and a fabric I just couldn’t resist – 3 yards.
Here are my totals for the week.
Used this Week: 10.5 yards
Used year to Date: 186.5 yards
Added this Week: 6 yards
Added Year to Date: 191.75 yards
Net Used for 2012: –5.25 yards
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Melinda
Not much went out this week and quite a lot came in. I need to get busy sewing.
The monthly solids came in so that is 4 yards. Beautiful greys! I decided to make a new class sample for the beginning class so have 8 yards for that as well as another shop sample for Halloween at 5.25 yards.
Out is .5 yards for binding on the last Halloween quilt. I also donated two quilts for community service at guild but they were completed long ago.
Used this Week: .5 yards
Used year to Date: 176 yards
Added this Week: 17.25 yards
Added Year to Date: 185.75 yards
Net Used for 2012: –9.75 yards
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Melinda
The above photo has nothing to do with my stash report but it is pretty exciting. There are 280 5-inch squares in each stack. This is the result of the bright color swap I was lucky enough to be part of. I see a lot of bright hexies in my future. I had already counted the fabric in when I bought my share for the swap so don’t need to count any new fabric in.
This week I bought 16 fat quarters (4 yards) at the memorial day 1/2 price sale). They were evenly divided between batiks for the scrappy trips and of course dots. I also bought the end of the bolt of another dot for 1/2 yard. Lastly was a yard of striped fabric to play with for a possible hidden wells quilt.
For fabric out, I finished the jelly roll quilt at 6 yards plus 4.5 yards of backing. I gave Sue 4 yards to back her Mexican Star quilt. I also finished another layer cake quilt plus the backing which was a total of 6.75 yards.
Used this Week: 21.25 yards
Used year to Date: 175.5 yards
Added this Week: 5.5 yards
Added Year to Date: 168.5 yards
Net Used for 2012: 7 yards
Yea! – I am back using more than I bought. I hope I can keep it up. For more stash reports, go to Patchwork Times.
Melinda
My stash report looks better today because I found 3 large cuts of patriotic fabric that I am donating to the guild for use in one of the current projects – Quilts of Valor. I am using 14 yards for this.
I finished quilting and binding my Scrappy Bargello. I already counted the fabric for the quilt and backing but I did use about 3/4 yard for binding.
I added 3 1/4 yards of fabric for borders and binding for a jelly roll quilt I am working on. Some of the excess border fabric will be used for the backing. I hope to complete the top after work today.
I am still also working on the Halloween Double Slice quilt and hope to get that top together also.
Used this Week: 14.75 yards
Used year to Date: 154.25 yards
Added this Week: 3.25 yards
Added Year to Date: 163 yards
Net Used for 2012: -8.75 yards
Not too bad. Just need to sew faster!!
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Melinda
My stash report is going the wrong way again but I have been doing lots of cutting and sewing this week so hopefully more progress will be made soon. I did get out my Scrappy Bargello I made a few years ago and bought backing for it so it is ready to quilt.
First the in:
Kona White (need to have this on hand since I use it so much) '- 4.5 yards, backing for a brown 5, 10, 20 quilt that needs to be finished – it was on sale!- 4.25 yards. My monthly Kaffe shipment came in – 3 yards. Backing for the Halloween double slice quilt – 3.75 yards plus .75 for binding. Scrappy Bargello Backing 1.75 (extra wide but don’t know how to account for it any other way than length) and then there was a fat quarter sale at the shop – 3.5 yards. I think this all totals 21.5 yards.
Out:
Scrappy Bargello top (made several years ago) – 8.25 yards and the backing 1.75 yards for a total of 10 yards,
Used this Week: 10 yards
Used year to Date: 141 yards
Added this Week: 21.5 yards
Added Year to Date: 159.75 yards
Net Used for 2012: -18.75 yards
Hopefully I will get some more things ready to quilt – even better would be to quilt them.
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Melinda
