Sunday Stash Report, August 17, 2025

Kiki (Double Delight) is complete.  This completion is a milestone achieved.  The challenge was to stitch all annual Bonnie Hunter mysteries.  This one is a beauty with all the raspberry pinks.  I believe a wide use of neutrals is essential to Bonnie's designs.

I have been working on Kottages (100 Houses by Tina Curran).  I have 62 finished at this point.  I will be scavenging through my stash for more fabrics that play together (house/roof).  My red/pink container will be first then I will look at my purples.  The scale needs to be small to work for these 2" finished houses.

I did get during the week the Connecting Threads Stash & Save fabric that adds three yards.  Nothing finished; still stitching away =^.^=

Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 225.5 yards 
Purchased this week: 3 yards
Purchased YTD: 104.5 yards
Net used in 2025: 121 yards

Design Wall Monday, August 4, 2025

Kouverture has been claimed by Kosmo!  It took me several hours to design, prepare, and stitch this sleeve.  I couldn't decide on a setting for all the scraps leftover.  Well it is done now and stitched on to the top along with the binding.  This quilt is second in the queue of quilts to bind.

This Sunshine Charity quilt should make a special child happy.  Kosmo wanted to claim it too.  This is the first one to bind.  While watching TV with Tim the hand stitching was nearly done.  I will have it done this evening for sure.  We have been watching a particularly odd series that does take paying attention to.  His Dark Materials on HBO Max.  The genres include Action, Fantasy television, Children's film, Fantasy, Science fiction, Adventure, Drama, and Thriller.

Kiki arrived first.  I couldn't decide AGAIN on the fabric to use for the binding.  Well the second photo tells you what I ended up doing.  There was a hint yesterday of a fabric purchase.  I found six pink on pink in raspberry tones between Rosie's and Quilt In A Day.  I have the binding stitched together in about 11" pieces in most cases.  I had a little bit from the quilt top, but not nearly enough until I shopped.  This is a big quilt at 80" x 90".  First for Kiki is putting a sleeve together.  It too will be of a checker board design with fabric leftover from the back.  I'll get the binding under the iron today and should be able to stitch it completely for the third quilt's binding to be hand stitched in place.  

Oh I should mention that I have the labels for all three ready to apply.  Can't forget the labels =^.^=  Have a wonderful Monday.

Sunday Stash Report, August 3, 2025

 

This past Friday was Rosie's Day.  I get together with several sewing sisters in Rosie's Calico Cupboard's workroom.  Several of the sisters have Singer Featherweight machines.  No better place to start my journey with my newly serviced 1953 machine.  It stepped up to the task of paper piecing more 2" finished blocks for my 100 Houses project.  Not the fault by any means of the machine, these little houses take time to assemble.  Each block has 13 pieces.  I was able to get done with six during the time at Rosie's and finished another two at home.

18 completed with too many more to stitch.  That's the fun of projects like this.  All will have blue sky, yellow windows, and a black door.  I have been working from 2 1/2" strips so far.  It takes about 9" of the strip to make the house...surprised?

Kwiescent on my wall with the recent finish of the Milk Can block.  Week 8 is in progress.

I do have a bit of new fabric to add to the Stash Count.  The bottom two are from Rosie's and the rest from Quilt In A Day.

Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 225.5 yards 
Purchased this week: 1.75 yards
Purchased YTD: 80 yards
Net used in 2025: 145.5 yards

I will leave you with a photo of Twinkie.  She was our companion for a time at the Carlsbad Animal Shelter while Kennel Komforter's were busy making pet beds.  She came in with her tail tucked under and left with her tail held high.

Design Wall Monday, July 28, 2025

I started yesterday with what the Milk Can block looked like.  Here it is today =^.^=  It doesn't look like much, but this is progress.  Today I will be working on the milk can until it is done.  I plan to put some corn on that stalk next.  The last part will be adding the two cute mice.

I had a bit of time between thread changes on the Milk Can block to cut out scraps that will put a little pizzaz in Kiki's sleeve.  I have something planned for an otherwise neutral sleeve.

No progress from last I showed you my Design Wall, although you can see with the Milk Can block there will soon be!

Happy Monday!

Sunday Stash Report, July 27, 2025

Not much to look at with Autumn Love as I start my Sunday.  Somehow I'm supposed to make these three bias strips curve as in the photo.  Lori Holt says it can be done...we shall see if I can pull it off.  This is the start of the Milk Can block.

On Thursday I started working on a kit called "Call of the Wild".  Janet from Sunshine Guild gave the pattern and fabrics (11 yards) a couple of months ago.  So finally came time to get it done.  It was done and posted to the Sunshine Guild FB page to show Janet the result.  Thank goodness Jo brought to my attention an OOPS!  Can you find it?  This pattern by Janet Page has NO rotary cutting instructions.  The designer has you making cardboard templates!  Oh and one last thing.  The blocks finish at 7 1/4".  Funny how a few years change our patterns!

I have it corrected now as it should be.  The 11 yards and three extra center block panels allowed for back and binding for the original project along with another complete project; with still fabric left over.

I didn't do much more than add the checkerboard pattern on either side of the center block panels.  I left the fabric that the panel had around each one (the original project had this cut away).  The side fabrics are left from the back of the original project.  No yardage change with these two.

I am so anxious to select the right fabric to use for the binding on Kiki (Bonnie Hunter's Double Delight).  Bonnie suggests using scrappy pinks, but my stash is quite light unless I use mostly one lighter pink.  Not sure I want this against the dark border.  I do have enough of the inner border cheddar however.  I am leaning in this direction.  I am cutting into the tiny scraps and bonus triangles from Carol that will be used for the sleeve.

No change in yardage counts.  Going to be awhile before I start on a new project...Autumn Love has my attention.  Name suggestions?

Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 225.5 yards 
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 78.25 yards
Net used in 2025: 147.25 yards

My friends and family from Missouri to the Atlantic Ocean stay cool in this awful heat wave in your area.

Design Wall Monday, June 9, 2025

On my design wall today is the back being laid out for Kiki, Bonnie Hunter's Double Delight.  I had pulled a bunch of 10" neutrals and pinks out of bins last week.  When my design wall was empty of project these went up to see how many more I would need.  Kiki is a large quilt and I knew more would be needed, but just how many?

I need somewhere around 30 or so more.  Nine by eleven 10" squares is the goal.  These fabrics will be enough to fill that need.  Guess what I will be doing today =^.^=

Tomorrow is the last Sunshine guild meeting.  It is a potluck and I will be off to the grocery store to get what I need to make a crockpot tortellini dish.  A one pot dish is just the ticket for a potluck.  Speaking of tickets, reach out to me for your last chance on Sunshine's 2024-2025 Opportunity Quilt.  The drawing is tomorrow evening on the beautiful Lucky Stars.

Enjoy your Monday!

Sunday Stash Report, June 8, 2025

 

Kiki is complete.  I am putting together a back for it today.  I picked up the two fabrics from Rosie's on Friday that were needed to finish it.  But that's not all the fabric purchase!  Fortunately, I can set it off by some finishes.  By the way, Kiki means in French and Japanese "double happiness".  Imagine my surprise when I went searching for possible names.

A few weeks ago I mentioned a pattern called Moonflower by Bonnie Hunter.  Well this fabric will go nicely with it not to mention that it was in the Sale Room at Rossie's.  I have a few Kim Diehl projects ahead of yet another Bonnie Hunter project even though I am already thinking about all the gray fabrics that will be used.

I also had to have another Sale Room fabric in the multi color circular print.  These three fabrics (plus another yet to be determined) will be perfect for my cross stitch project Children's Zoo.  I only have three more blocks to stitch.  The stripe was just the right one for the binding and the turquoise will be for one of the two frames that make the cross stitch stand out.

The made for charity Millie's Dresses finished too.  I have some parts and pieces left should Jean, Christy, and/or Lorna have leftovers for another similar project.

The back made with 10" squares was assembled and stitched for my Cats in Pajamas quilt.  Lots of left over cat prints made their way into this primarily gray back.  I am still undecided on a "K" name for this project.  Kids or Kiddies comes to mind, but still working on something else better.

Fat Quarters Quilt Shop delivery on Saturday brought me their 2025 Liberty Box.  The pattern called Gleaming is nice with a FQ bundle of 12 with background, border, and binding suggestions.  The last three are usually available in a Finishing Kit.  I think I pre-ordered it, but a call to them on Monday will confirm.  The Finishing Kit usually comes after receipt of the Liberty Box.  Also in the box are other Patriotic themed items that include a cooler, cutting mat, charm, and thread.  

So this was one full week of sewing, shopping, and mystery.

Used this week: 31 yards 
Used YTD: 155.75 yards 
Purchased this week: 15.5 yards
Purchased YTD: 74 yards
Net used in 2025: 81.75 yards

Design Wall Monday, June 2, 2025

 

Double Delight is an assembled top.  I will be taking it with me on Friday to Rosie's to find a cheddar for the inner border and a darker pink on pink (double pink) for an outer border.  Wish I had enough in my stash to accommodate, but no =^.^=

I used my Accuquilt 10" square to cut squares for the back of the Cats In Pajamas project.  I still have not figured out a name for this project.  Maybe "Katniss"?  Katniss is the cat featured this month in my calendar.  I like the name; how about it?

These are all the squares I plan to use.  This one should be way bigger than the top! I started the second Millie's Dresses that will be for charity.  One dress made and 15 more to go.  I am going to be trying a scalloped edge on this one.  I saw it done on a project Jennifer was working on during the retreat.  Maybe there will be more progress on this one to share with you on Wednesday Workings.  First up is putting these blocks together for Cats In Pajamas. 

Still not back to the pool for aqua fit; I sure miss it while it is closed for some ceiling repairs above the pool.  So I have been walking, and walking, and walking.  It has been so humid here which is quite unusual.  Hope your week goes well.  

Sunday Stash Report, June 1, 2025

 

Happy June!  I have Krushed to share with you.  I ended up with the black being the binding.  It took quite a while to get around this big quilt.  Krushed is Bonnie Hunter's Orange Crush.  I used all her suggested colors, but ended my project with the pieced border.  I like the way it has turned out.

I finished the Sunshine May BOM coordinated by Marilyn.  Marilyn provided the background fabric for all the boats in the kits she made up.  I wish I could take credit for having selected my background, but that was all Marilyn.  My small sail seems to be smaller than others who have posted photos of their boats.  I wanted to get that full bird into the project!

I am still working on Double Delight.  I have the blocks sewn together into rows.  Need some time in my sewing room without distractions to sew the rows together.  Maybe later today =^.^=  No change to my stash count this week.

Used this week: 0 yards 
Used YTD: 124.75 yards 
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 58.5 yards
Net used in 2025: 66.25 yards

Wednesday Workings, May 28, 2025

 

The black binding won out =^.^=.  With only 17 1/2" of WOF fabric and needing eight strips of binding to get around Krushed...there wasn't quite enough for my usual 2 1/4" strips.  So some math had me working with 2 1/8" strips instead.

Wasn't too much left of this, favorite of mine, black print fabric by Primitive Gatherings.  There is enough of the selvage markings to have me on the hunt on the internet for more!  On the left is what was left of the eighth strip and on the right, the little sliver, what was left of the 17 1/2" fabric.

All the units are sewn on the Double Delight project.  I want the cheddar print for an inner border and a darker pink on pink for the outer border.  Bonnie Hunter did not do a pieced border on this design.  I would rather not finish with the setting triangles.  I will be on the lookout at Rosie's for a cheddar that will work well.  If I can't find a darker pink on pink for the outer border, it may end up with the inner border of cheddar being the binding.

There is no selvage left on the, long time in my stash, cheddar.  I should be able to find a solid if nothing else.  This is the lightest shade of pink on pink I will settle on; anything lighter would distract from the setting triangles in my opinion.

I have pulled fabric for the Sunshine BOM due at June's meeting.  Marilyn did quite the work on putting the instructions together on this project.  She provided the background fabric.  My blue has seabirds; I like it a lot.

Now you know I am not being idle...Garnets and Lilies by Kim Diehl is on my cutting mat now.  I have the first neutral on my ironing board for a press before cutting and the first three of 12 red FQs cut.  This is a 2025 UFO.  Time to get back to my 2025 UFO List...nearly half the year has finished.  I have six more to finish with hopes of catching up on some of the previous years' UFOs (eight back to 2022).

About to start my exercise for today before I get into my sewing room to put together Double Delight!

Design Wall Monday, May 26, 2025

 

I am moving right along with Double Delight.  There are two more rows of Rolling Star blocks to go.

The brown/gold square in a square blocks need trimming, stitching, and trimming before they will be ready for the block construction.  I am on a roll!

Orange

Red

Black

I need help on a decision for Krushed binding.  Each photo has a different color that I have enough fabric to get around this quilt.  The black is the only one that gives me pause to be enough.  I will need to measure it for sure before I commit.  There is always an option for a solid black if this black isn't enough.  I thought to go with red, but the orange is closer to the block design.  Then black???  Give me your one, two, and three =^.^=

Sunday Stash Report, May 25, 2025

Kwiltnkats Kloset (Millie's Dresses) finished.  This project turned out so nice.  Kerry has some fun quilting designs specifically designed for Millie's Dresses that she is interested in trying.  I say go for it Kerry!  The variety of dresses couldn't have been possible without the swap exchange with Pam, Christy, Jean, and Lorna.  I do have some leftovers that will become a charity quilt for our guild.

The cross stitch project for my niece Tiffany stitched by my grandma Alice is completely finished.  I hope to get this keepsake in the mail to Virginia sometime this week.  It has some wonderful quilting stitched out on it; great work Kerry.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Double Delight is coming along nicely.  I am still working on Part 2, but there are enough units to have me anxious to move onto Part 6.  Part 6 is the layout of the top.  Part 7 is the Finale that adds borders.

Krushed flew in from Kerry arriving Saturday.  Today I trimmed it down and will be starting on the binding process in the coming days.

So that puts us up-to-date for now.  I can roll my stash count again this week with the finish of Kwiltnkats Kloset.  Have a fabulous week =^.^=

Used this week: 13.5 yards 
Used YTD: 124.75 yards 
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 58.5 yards
Net used in 2025: 66.25 yards