Stash Report- October 30, 2011

Last Sunday the Stitchy Fingers quilting guild had the pleasure of showing all 13 of our Heartstring quilts at church.  The minister said a beautiful prayer and blessed the quilts.  Now they are off to the Quilts of Vallor project to go to worthy soldiers.  It was a very special and moving experience for all of us.
Nothing used this week as I am working on a large entirely paper-pieced quilt.  This will take over a month to complete.  Hopefully I will have it ready for our quilt show in April.

Used this Week: 0 yards
Used Year to Date: 277.25 yards
Added this Week: 1.5 yards
Added Year to Date: 107 yards
Net Used for 2011: 170.25 yards

Design Wall Monday

This summer I made Flavin Glover's A Day at the Beach.  It is a horizontal pictoral of a beach scene.  It is being longarmed now.  Don't have it back yet.  I love the beach, so this is one of my favorite quilts ever.  This one is mine to keep. 

 Last month one of my best friend's daughter bought a house in Destin, FL.  She loves the beach and it was her dream to work and live there.  She is a lovely, responsible girl, in her 20s.  I've watched her grow up through the years.  This is her housewarming gift.  A Day at the Beach which I modified for a throw.  While the one above is big- over 90 X 70, this one is 54 X 72.  It was a great size for me to machine quilt on my domestic machine.  I loved machine quilting this one.  I did wavy lines in the clouds, starburst lines in the sun and beach unbrellas, stitch in the ditch in the sailboats, swirls in the water and just a loopy pattern in the sand.  Hope she likes it!





Stash Report- October 2, 2011

Yesterday I went to a class on making this Grids & Grommets purse.  I love classes where you go home with a finished project!  Of course I had to make mine wth my favorite fabric- Kaffe Fassett's reds.  There were some beautiful purses made- some in muted batiks, Christmas fabrics, animal prints and more. A couple of ladies even used cheater fabric.  Several used a jelly roll.  Love this purse because you can make it in a day.  Plus, it was a lovely day with friends.  This purse took a total of 2.25 yards.  Tomorrow I'll show you what took the other 9 yards!

Used this Week: 11.25 yards
Used Year to Date: 277.25 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 104.5 yards
Net Used for 2011: 172.75 yards

September UFO

This is my September UFO for Judy L's 2011 UFO Challenge.  I took this class in 2009.  It is called Bali Sea Star in the book Scrap-Basket Surprises by Kim Brackett.  It is made using batik jelly rolls.  In the class I made 2 blocks, came home and made 2 more.  Then there it sat for 2 years.  Thank you July L for doing the 2011 UFO challenge or I don't think I ever would have finished this one!



Stash Report- September 18, 2011

Baby Hearts!  That's what I've been working on the past few weeks.  I made 2- one for a baby boy to be born tomorrow and the one above for a baby girl due in October.  This is my "go to" pattern for baby quilts.  It's an easy pattern and a size that's manageable to quilt on my home machine.  The mothers of the recipients loved them!  I also finished my September UFO for Judy L's 2011 UFO Challenge.  I'll show that on a later post.

Used this Week: 19.5 yards
Used Year to Date: 266 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 104.5 yards
Net Used for 2011: 161.5 yards

Stash Report- August 28, 2011

Last weekend I got together with my quilt guild and made Heartstring Quilts of Vallor.  We made 6 that day and by the time we send them off in about a month we will have 10 to send.  We distributed the common center piece (red or blue) a few months prior and asked everyone to come that day with their string blocks pieced.  The scrappy look in these quilts works very nicely. 

Used this Week: 10.25 yards
Used Year to Date: 256.75 yards
Added this Week: 8.25 yards
Added Year to Date: 104.5 yards
Net Used for 2011: 152.25 yards

August UFO

A Day At The Beach

This is my August UFO on my list.  Finished piecing the top.  It is a pattern by Flavin Glover using courthouse step log cabin blocks.  I started on this one in July having cut out the strips for the blocks last year.  They sky alone was 58 blocks!  I thought I'd never finish making them.  Not to a longarmer.  I just love this quilt and had to make it.  This one is a keeper- mine.

Sorry for the distorted quilt.  It's hard to take a picture of a large quilt and this one is 90 X 70.