Design Wall Monday, July 11, 2022

 

I finished the Milk Cow quilt project.  I like the look of the binding which is the fabric of the cow in the bottom right.  The farmyard animal quilting design sets off the theme of the quilt perfectly.  The baby boy arrives later this year so I am well ahead of arrival.  It will be on its way to Maryland this week.

Not too much progress on Hopscotch Butterscotch #3 this week as my attention was focused on getting the Milk Cow quilt complete.  I left it on the Design Wall, but did manage to cut the pieces out for the sashing, corner stones, and inner border (not in the photo).  Now I will be back to the sewing room working on this finish.

Now that my 2" drawer of strips is manageable it will be time to hit the 1.5" and 2.5" strips.  (The baggies hold 2" squares in the different color groups.)

No matter how much you make from scraps there will always be more =^.^=.  Hope your week is as fabulous as you want it to be!  Happy Anniversary Kerry and Joe...

Sunday Stash Report, June 26, 2022

Jennifer's party was so unexpected.  Provided for the Sew My Stash party was all the cut units for making any one of a number of projects.  I used the 2" units in both neutral and darks to make the 112 four patches in the project along with the rails.  I got about 40 of the 2" x 3.5" matching set of four done during the six hour party.  I took some pre-cut dark rail fabric home to match up with my stash.  What an extraordinary party!  Not sure how I will be counting my stash numbers from this project!

I did pick up the backing for the Cow project, but this was also a gift so this will not figure into my stash count either.

Cow and Houston Scraps are in the mail to Kerry.  Still need to work out the details of Hearts of Hope getting to the right place.

Got a very special thank you from Cristy's friend for gifting her my Sunshine Challenge Beetles quilt.  Skipped a heart beat reading what the friend texted to Cristy.  So nice when someone appreciates and expresses the sentiment.

There was a celebration this past week for DH's birthday.  Sushi was the fare of choice along with a great cake that Rebecca and Chris brought with them.  The sushi was terrific and the cake was excellent (even if it did get a bit bumped up from the bakery).  I managed to throw DH off; the surprise was complete.

This week I spent oodles of time working on my Hopscotch project from Jennifer's party.  Lots of sewing the rails and sorting through my 2" strips bin for remaining fabrics to complete the project.  It is looking pretty good for a finish next stash report!

 

Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 80.5 yards 
Purchased this week: 0 yards 
Purchased YTD: 44.5 yards 
Net used in 2022: 36 yards

Design Wall Monday, June 20, 2022

Finished the Cow project.  Sunday while at the party hosted by Jennifer at Rosie's,  backs were auditioned.  The first one spotted was the cotton with cows.  

Then I spotted this flannel dot.

The last one found was a light brown.

So which one do you think I picked?  I purchased 1.5 yards and used scraps from the border.

Jennifer's party was awesome!  I will share more on this with my next post.  Know that I had the most unexpected day that Jennifer's Birthday Party for herself could have had.  Hopscotch by Bonnie Hunter took center stage on my Janome!  I plan to hire her out for my Birthday Party in October...we will have to negotiate whose stash is offered =^.^=

Sunday Stash Report, June 12, 2022

 

Koastline is complete and I just love it!  Trust me this photo doesn't give it the nod it deserves.  Kerry did wonders with the quilting as is always the case.  Because of the applique she really has the chance to show her talent.

I'm helping out and now I think I'm owning the making of a cow themed baby quilt.  One of my Mom's friends has a family relation who is having a baby.  The sex of the baby is not yet known, but the nursery is to be a cow theme.  Trust me it isn't easy finding a pieced cow block.  Friends helped find this pattern by Lori Holt from her Farm Girl Vintage 2 design book.  It is the Milk Cow block.  Oh another detail about the cows, they had to be brown.  So I went to my stash to help out with brown fabrics where the print wasn't too girly.

I made the two up, Mom liked, and I planned to send her the background, udder/nose, and pasture fabric so that she could continue.  Well one thing led to another and I happily agreed to go for making the project.  These cows make up quick and darn how cute are they?

These two fabrics were picked up to make cows three and four.  Pinwheels are planned in the background and pasture fabric.  Now all I need to do is find yardage for the outside borders.  He cow hide fabric you see pictured above is not nearly enough to get around this project.  It should finish somewhere around 45" square.

So this week I add to my stash the two yards above for cows three and four.

Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 77.5 yards 
Purchased this week: 1 yards 
Purchased YTD: 44.5 yards 
Net used in 2022: 33 yards

Design Wall Monday, June 13, 2022

 This week was nothing but scraps!  This arrived during the week.  Along with two projects from Kerry.  I will share these projects in a future post...Houston Scraps.

All week I've been working on Houston Scraps.  I am not sure this is a charity project or not.  Seems a bit "older" than what we usually donate to the YMCA Becky's House.  Maybe a teen will enjoy a smaller project.  It will not be something to wrap around ones body.

I have also been working on my Mom's project that goes to a friend of hers great niece.  The Milk Cow made in white and brown, the theme for the nursery.  I am getting close on this getting to a quilter!

Hope your week ahead is wonderful =^.^=