Stash Report- January 9, 2011

I was off of work this week and got much quilting done.  Friday night I was at my brother's house and he described to me the best quilt he ever saw.  Of course, I had to go to the quilt shop on Saturday and purchase fabric for that quilt since I did not have adequate of that specific design in my stash.  As I said, I'll buy fabric if I have a specific purpose for it.  My thoughts are that when a man makes note of a quilt he likes, I listen.  Since I have not made one for my brother, that will be his.  BTW- the quilt he was describing was LSU on the front, Saints on the back. 
The picture above is my door hanging for February that I finished this week. 

Used this Week: 18.75 yards
Used year to Date: 19.75 yards
Added this Week: 9.75 yards
Added Year to Date: 9.75 yards
Net Used for 2011: 10 yards

Design Wall Monday- January 3, 2011

Have I started on my January UFO yet?  NOOO!!! I found something else to distract me- but that is the problem all along isn't it???  Planning a trip to see my sister soon.  She moved into her new house 5 years ago and I have yet to see it.  And I realized- I have not made her a quilt.  Soooo....I am making a Batik Block Beauty for her.  At our quilt group's November retreat we played the game Left-Right-Center with batik fat quarters and I won.  These went perfectly for this quilt.  That and some black Kona cotton I got on sale last year. These are the strips of 8 1/2 square batiks with black sashing.  They are just waiting to be sewn together with black strips between and a plain black border.  And the best part- I made a quilt entirely from my stash!



Stash Report- January 2, 2011

This is a picture of my stash.  As you can see, the fabric is creeping over into the space for towels.  I stop keeping track of my stash at the end of last October.  When Judy wrote on her blog about the cost of fabric, be proud of your stash, I decided to add to it.  Now I have enough fabric that I can probably put together a quilt or two without going out to the quilt store for fabric.  My goal this year is not necessarily to reduce my stash substantially, but to only buy fabric when needed for a specific quilt to be made at that time.

Yesterday I made a Valentine's Day wall hanging.  Pictures later.

Used this Week: 1 yard
Used year to Date: 1yard
Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 0 yards
Net Used for 2011: 1 yard

Here's to Happy Quilting in 2011!

Design Wall Monday- December 27, 2010

Not much quilting going on here right now.  My daughter is still visiting from NYC until Wednesday and she is finding lots of things to do that involve me.  I do have a quilt to machine quilt that is a birthday gift for 12/31/10.  So, that's my project for this week.  I am anxiously awaiting Judy L's first number she draws for the UFO challenge.  Since none of my UFOs are very far along each month will be lots of work to get it accomplished.  Trying to not start anything new until then.  Don't worry, I have another baby quilt to machine quilt and binding to do on a queen size quilt so, I won't be bored until Jan. 1. 

However, I did get this made, quilted and on my door before Christmas!

Design Wall Monday- December 20, 2010

Several friends have asked why I haven't posted my quilting activities on my blog lately.  Truth is I am finishing up the projects I am giving as Christmas gifts.   The first picture is a queen size cafe au lait quilt that I hand quilted.  I pieced the quilt in February and it has been my hand project while I watch TV in the evening.  In October I realized I was only about half done- mostly because during the summer months it was too warm to put on my lap!  So, I had to start putting in some serious hand quilting time and last night I took my last stitch.  Binding this week and it goes under the tree!

This next quilt is one of two I am making for friends.  I machine quilted these on my home machine.  The other one is blue and white.  Binding is done on this one.  Other one will get done this week also.  I pieced these during the summer too and thought I was doing good.  I need to learn to complete the project.  Yeah, right, when signing up for Judy L's 2011 UFO Challenge I found at least 12 UFOs!  Instead, maybe I should not be so ambitious in giving quilts as gifts.  We all know it certainly costs more that buying a gift.  But so fun to see how they are appreciated!

Happy Holidays!

2011 UFO Challenge

UFOs All Boxed Up & Ready to GO- 12 of them!



I am going to participate in Judy L's 2011 UFO Challenge.  One UFO a month will be completed in the order Judy designates.  Some of these months will be tough! Most months I hope to piece the top.  After I piece the top, I send it to the longarmer and when I get it back, I put the binding on.  I love sewing binding while I watch TV.  I'm not going to set my goal to complete the entire quilt in a month because the time retraint I have is how backed up the longarmer is at the time.   I'll post pictures with each month's UFO. Click on the button on the right side of this blog to follow the challenge.  Here's to a productive year of quilting- 2011!

2011 UFO CHALLENGE

• 1 Cajun Crossing- quilt & bind
• 2 Halloween lap-piece top
• 3 Mardi Gras- piece top
• 4 Mardi Gras lap- piece top
• 5 Ocean View- piece top
• 6 Avignon lap- piece top
• 7 A Day At The Beach- piece top
• 8 Red & White- piece top
• 9 Saints- piece top
• 10 New York Beauty- piece top
• 11 Bali Pop Star- piece top
• 12 Patriotic Star- piece top

Design Wall Monday- November 8,2010

Back from Houston for the IQA Festival.  What a wonderful show!  So inspirational.  I am amazed at the creativity of quilters- such artists.  The highlight of the show for me was taking a class with Kaffe Fassett on making his "Bounce" quilt.  Here is my version.  We spent the whole day cutting and placing for color with his help.  I just love Kaffe Fassett's fabrics so it was an experience of a lifetime to take this class with him and Liza.