Sunday Stash Report, June 26, 2016

I'm in the mood it would seem for adding to my stash...even if that is only briefly!  This week Paradise Sewing in Poway saw me coming through their door.  It is always nice going there.  I had a slight adjustment to my Pfaff made.  I sewed over a pin...bad me. Broke the needle and the pin!  Knocked the threader off alignment with the needle.  I sure did miss the ease with using that threader.  Fortunately all worked out well and the threader is working correctly once again.  While there I needed binding of two projects and some batiks for the center melons of Kayenne.  I couldn't talk myself out the the "wordy" fabric =^.^= (I did try).

These are recent projects from Kerry.  I have the binding in place on Kattastic now.  Kattastic  is 44 x 60 a 2016 UFO.  A design by Carolyn Burgess Hughey, Scrappy Cats that was published in Quilt Live June 2014.  I'll be sewing down 208" of black print dots.  Will need good light for this one.  Maybe this is a project for outside under the patio cover we recently installed.

I will be preparing the red just purchased for Kissin Korner.  Kissin Korner is 50 x 60 and a 2016 UFO.  It is a Bonnie Hunter design called Kissin in the Corner!  It will take about six WOF strips or 220" of binding to get around.

I am a bit faster with the binding so I will be helping finish my Mom's friend's Memory Quilt; that's what the blue is for.  It is about 55 x 64 and will need six strips of binding.  A little more than Kissin Korner at about 238".  I looked at other colors for this binding, but couldn't get away from this shade of blue.

If that weren't enough binding projects for me I also volunteered to finish the binding on Sunshine Quilters 2016-2017 Opportunity Quilt.  Chances on this one will start in September.  It is big about 80 x 80. It is a Bonnie Hunter design called Garden Party.  It will need about eight strips; a big project that will be somewhere around 320".

Now that is a lot of binding...208" + 220" + 238" + 320" = 986".  Whoopee...I just love this part...I know most don't!  So here are my numbers for week 27.

Used this week:  0 yards
Used YTD:  88.25 yards
Purchased this week:  4 yards
Purchased YTD:  66.75 yards
Net used in 2016:  21.5 yards

See others working through their fabric stash at Patchwork Times.

You can see more about Kayenne, Kissin Korner and Kattastic through the Labels window on the right side bar.

Sunday Stash Report, December 20, 2015

The days are numbering down.  I think this will be my last big usage for 2015.  I finished Kattastic during the week.  Everything came from my stash including the pieced back.  Some of these fabrics have been waiting for a project for a long time.  Still have a nice stash...will be looking for more projects like this one that can come from my stash in 2016.

Kattastic
44" x 60"

The design is by Carolyn Burgess Hughey called Scrappy Cats.  Kerry found the pattern sometime ago in The Quilt Life June 2014 magazine issue.  I made mine less two columns of cats and 16-patches.  I knew from the beginning that making it the 68" x 68" intended size would not work with the yardage I had for the background.  Frankly I like that it finished the size it did.  It will make a nice lap quilt.

Up until the blacks came to play in Bonnie Hunter's 2015 Winter Mystery I have been using scraps from my stash.  I am still using stash, but now into cutting from larger pieces.  Sixteen 2" squares are a bit hard to get to.  The most of any one of my 2" squares was ten.  I have doubled up a bit on the reds to get the matching four in the 30 sets required.  I doubt the duplication will be noticed when this beauty comes together.  I sure am loving the fabric colors.  Today will find me sewing!

Hope that your week is full of happy!  Before it gets too busy check out how others are using their stash today at Patchwork Times.

Used this week:  9 yards
Used YTD:  251.5 yards
Purchased this week:  0 yards
Purchased YTD:  186.5
Net Fabric Used in 2015:  65 yards

Sunday Stash Report, December 13, 2015

Kattastic

I've not been able to get back to the final assembly yet.  This week has been a busy one for me.  I have all the paper off the back of the cats.  Should be able to complete it this week for sure.  I've been thinking all along it was my friend Bonnie who found this cute pattern...when all along it was Kerry.  Since I didn't use all the foundation papers I'll be passing them along to Bonnie.  I have to figure out borders or perhaps just finish it as it stands now.  The stash just might have something I can use.

Kontentment
Part 3

Saturday Rebecca helped me with counting.  Nothing but scraps trimmed down have gone into Part 3 of Bonnie Hunter's Mystery.  I sure want to stay within my stash with this project.  So far it is looking pretty good.  All 120 4-patches are sewn.  Today has been trimming the finished units and pressing.

Earlier this week I shared fabric that I picked up at Sunshine Quilt Guild's auction.  It gets added into my stash this week.  Turns out that I have been just as busy with my stash this year as with 2014.  How about you?

Used this week:  0 yards
Used YTD:  242.5 yards
Purchased this week:  2 yards
Purchased YTD:  186.5
Net Fabric Used in 2015:  56 yards

See others using up their stash through the links at Patchwork Times.

Design Wall Monday and Allietare Linkup, December 7, 2015

Oh my goodness my friends in blog-land are very clever indeed.  Jennifer came up with Kattastic...it's just purrfect!  Just one more cat block to stitch until this project will be ready to assemble.  YIPPEE that the background will hold up.  The design calls for a small inner border of gray and then a larger one of a light gray dot.  I'm sure my stash will have something for the inner border.  I have lots of those 2 1/2" units that might make into an interesting pieced border.  I will be auditioning over the next day or two.

Kontentment's Part 2 was finished earlier, but today I'm linking up with Patchwork Times and Quiltville!  All set for Part 3 on Friday.  In the meantime there are three different events to cook for this week.  One of them is for Sunshine Quilt Guild's December meeting that is tomorrow evening.  I'll be in the kitchen tonight getting my dish together.  Hope your week is full of what makes you happy!

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#allietarequilt

Sunday Stash Report, December 6, 2015

I'm busy with Scrappy Cats this past week.  Between the Parts of Bonnie Hunter's Allietare Mystery something needs to be done!  I'll be making this project as large as the background holds out.  The top photo is fabrics for cat six.  I may have to rethink the use of the two fabrics on the left as they don't seem to work quite right.

This is cat five; the second brownish cat.  The rest will be in shades of brown...how many we'll see.

The nameless project so far.  (That is a hint my friends =^.^=)  This project needs a name.  It is by Carolyn Hughey, brought to us in The Quilt Life June 2014 issue of that magazine.

Yes, Part 2 is done of Kontentment (Allietare).  I will be working on Scrappy Cats today after putting up the outside Christmas lights and between loads of laundry.  No changes go stash one way or the other.  See others using their fabrics through the links at Patchwork Times.  Have a wonderful day.

Used this week:  0 yards
Used YTD:  242.5 yards
Purchased this week:  0 yards
Purchased YTD:  184.5
Net Fabric Used in 2015:  58 yards