Wednesday Workings, April 17, 2025

 

This table runner is now gracing our table.  Kluckies turned out really cute.  I got the eyes stitched down today just after breakfast.  The cats are already enjoying sitting on it while they watch the birds.

I have been spending time working on Orange Crush.  The blocks are being sewn into rows and the rows into the top.  It is on point so takes a bit longer to work through; at least it always seems to.  Next will be to put the inner border in place.  I will be picking up the black print that was used in the blocks.  It is looking like a finish is on the way for "USED" on Sunday.  I will share a photo on Sunday of my project.  I will be calling it Krushed.

Friday is a day sewing at Rosie's with my group.  Not certain what project I will work on; perhaps cutting the Millie's Dresses units that I will be swapping.

Anxious to be moving onto another project.  I will be sending Koxcomb and Krushed to Kerry for quilting soon.  I hope you are working on something fun...maybe something that gives off a Spring vibe =^.^=

Sunday Stash Report, April 6, 2025

Kluckies arrived from Kerry on Wednesday.  I had it all set for my flight east yesterday.  Hey, it's a long non-stop flight, a girl whose a quilter needs something to do!  I also had in my carryon my Children's Zoo cross stitch just incase binding Kluckies didn't last the entire 5+ hours flight.

In my luggage is my 2024-2025 Idiom Challenge project ready for hand stitched binding.  The reveal isn't until May's meeting so you still need to wait a while before I can share.

Although I was really busy getting my sewing projects in order before my flight, there are no changes to stash to report.  Rest assured I will be busy with  Mom's projects during my visit.

Used this week: 0 yards 
Used YTD: 77.75 yards 
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 46.5 yards
Net used in 2025: 31.25 yards

Sunday Stash Report, March 30, 2025

Kluckies is with Kerry for quilting.  Kerry is working towards having it and my Sunshine Challenge project back to me before my visit to mom and dad's home.  I will need to get binding together and ready for sewing into place.  These projects will give me something to do during the long flight.  This counts as my used for this week.

I am further along with Koxcomb than what you see pictured.  I will share progress tomorrow on this project.  It is going along nicely.

The last of the fabrics I have been waiting on for Orange Crush arrived.  I had a half a yard and needed one and a half yards.  This is a Laundry Basket fabric and recent enough that I was able to find more.  This project has been on my sewing table this week.  Progress on it tomorrow too.

These five fabrics are for Millie's Dresses.  I only need four, but I wasn't sure the last piece pictured would work well with a white background.  This is a swap project and although it will look good with my background it might  not with someone else in the swap.  It is darn cute though.  I also have one other fabric in purple that can be used.

Friday had me at Quilt in a Day for AccuQuilt Club.  They always have something fun on sale.  This layer cake was 35% off and I love the French General line.  I was lucky to get it as most of all the other fabrics in this line were already sold. I also picked up a 3" (3 1/2" unfinished) strip die.  It will come in handy for Bonnie Hunter projects since she uses that size strips frequently. 

I wasn't sure I would pick this up, but as you can see I did!  It starts with the Tossed Nine-Patch pattern sized down to use charm size (5") squares cut into 2 1/2" units.  The kit was available during the recent shop hop.  I have some orange rick rack that will work great.  I'll have to see what I can find in my stash that will work with orange.  I can see in my future making several of these small projects.

Enough damage to my stash count!

Used this week: 3 yards 
Used YTD: 77.75 yards 
Purchased this week: 8.5 yards
Purchased YTD: 46.5 yards
Net used in 2025: 31.25 yards

Wednesday Workings, March 26, 2025

 

Thought to share the cross stamped stitchery that I was working on in the evenings.  I am working on the Platypus right now.  This project has no particular individual in mind.  

I got done with Peeps.  I decided not to wait on fabric to arrive from ETSY shops when I had what I thought I didn't in my stash.  This project 90% from my stash.  I wasn't sure about adding the dark purple 30's reproduction, but it seems to work out fine.  Any help out their for a "K" name for Peeps?

I am working on Koxcomb; along with Orange Crush.  None of these are UFO.  I am trying to get ahead of the UFO List.  Happy Wednesday =^.^=

Design Wall Monday, March 24, 2025

Friday while at Rosie's I started cutting out the parts for Peeps.  This will make into a nice Spring table runner.  I need one more 30's Reproduction fabric for the last chick.  I had hoped to find enough fabric at Rosie's but nothing quite seemed to work.  I have some ETSY purchases for Millie's Dresses coming in this week and plan to use some one of the fabrics to complete the recipe for Peeps.

Also at Rosie's I started working on Koxcomb.  Look at all the tiny HSTs!  I'm still a beginner with wool which is what this project is all about.  Threads are available.  Will start on what I know best...cotton HSTs using foundation paper.

This week I am waiting for ETSY fabrics to arrive from four different shops.  A red for Orange Crush, and five from three different shops for Millie's Dresses.  Millie's Dresses will be a swap project, right now with three others.  There is a possibility the number of participants could grow as the project is open to Sunshine members attending the May retreat.  We will be swapping dress, collar, and belt units along with a matching fabric to make part of the border.  There will be more on this project soon.  For now I have enough to keep me in stitches =^.^=  Happy Monday

Sunday Stash Report, March 23, 2025

This came on Monday!  So excited to get Krakow back from Kerry.  There are two more mysteries in the quilting queue along with Grandma Alice's two stitchery projects.  I know one of the two stitchery projects is next to quilt.  Back to Krakow though...I worked on the binding all week and just finished a few hours ago.

This 2025 UFO is finished =^.^=

This week I did have two adds.  The purple was purchased at Rosie's for the Spring table runner that I will share with you tomorrow called Peeps by Pieces From My Heart.  The orange one is from Coffee Patch Fabrics (ETSY).  It will be used for Orange Crush that is Bonnie Hunter's Mystery II.  I am still waiting on more of the red to arrive before I will have all that I need for this project.

Here is what I am working with so far.  More blues will come into the mix once I hunt through my 2" strips or create more :)  The neutrals are easy.  These are the ones that are cut at 2" already that will be the first to use.  The first units to be made are four patches with 2" units of neutral and blues.

Happily I finished my Idiom Challenge project this week.  I am sewing the back together today.  On Tuesday it will be on its way to Kerry for quilting.  Nothing purchased for this project YEAH!

So there is some change with my stash stats today.

Used this week: 2 yards 
Used YTD: 74.75 yards 
Purchased this week: 2.5 yards
Purchased YTD: 38 yards
Net used in 2025: 39.25 yards

 

Design Wall Monday, January 20, 2025

 

Kerry pulled from her stash 5" squares to work the Peeps project.  We needed more yellows and more whites.  At this point a search of my 30s stash was necessary.  We may still need more from Rosie's, but we shall see once I am home tomorrow.

I have cut the Forest Friends project into blocks and will be using the Accuquilt Go to cut the sashing and borders.  Levi is due this week or by January 27th when he will be taken from Tiffany by C-Section.  She's so miserable and Levi must be pretty big by the likes of her.  I want to get this to Kerry as soon as I can.

Knockedout was quilted that I brought home with me.  I used it to pack the two Accuquilt Go templates purchase.  Very hard to see the quilting on this busy project.  There is a bunch of very fat cats in the border with black thread and a bubble pattern in the center with gray thread that you can make it out.

Before I left on Friday most of Indigo Way was sewn.  I did have a couple of oops! so it waited until my return to correct and move on in the project.  Come back to see where I stand on Wednesday Workings.  Happy sewing.

Sunday Stash Report, January 19, 2025

These fabrics were decided upon for Forest Friends project.  I tried to find a sashing/border/back that was more "forest animals", but that wasn't to be.  I do like the middle fabric for this job.  The top fabric will be for the frames around the blocks and the stripe for the binding.

Being with Kerry boosted me into several purchases.  All good Kerry!  This will be for a future stamped cross stitch project.  I have one that is Zoo Animals which will work nicely.  I'm not so sure that the green wordy fabric will be used, but one never knows.

Next purchase at the shop hop Kerry and I did during my trip brought with it the backing for the Bees On The Farm project.  I thought it was just a wall hanging, but not reading the pattern further had me purchase enough for a 69 inch square project.  Later, when reading the recipe, there is a wall hanging that is of course much smaller, there was an insert in the pattern that showed what the kit it came with contained; just enough for a wall hanging.  Going to be some extra backing, all good.

I picked up this very flexible light that attaches to a sewing machine.  It can run on a chargeable battery pack.  Wow the light it puts out is incredible.  This I will take to Maryland on my next trip to get rid of the darkness that surrounds my Mom's machine when it gets dark.

Next I found a piece of flannel for my Cats in Pajamas project.  It is one of my UFOs for this year.  These PJs need to be small so I am looking for small scale fabrics.  This I think will fill the job.  I have more flannels than I need so I can pick and choose which fabric works best.

I found this Spring project that Kerry and I both liked.  We combed through our combined stash to reach the 42 5 inch squares.  We might just have enough squares; needing only the background fabric to put this one together.

I took advantage of the Quilt Show special (30% off) picking up two templates for the Accuquilt Go.  It is a new way of thinking needing to be built into my thought process when cutting shapes needed in projects.  These two will be good to add to the few I have currently.  The 2.25 is what I use all the time for binding.  The three sizes (1, 1.5, 2) gives me a good start in sizes needed for most projects I gravitate to.  We shall see how this goes =^.^=

Lastly, these Christmas ornaments are perfect for my tree and Kerry's tree.  Both of us have lots of sewing related ornaments on our trees.  Kerry won't get hers until Christmas!  The tweezers are real nice too.  I will be adding it to my hand sewing tool bag.

My trip isn't over until Tuesday so come back and see what happened the rest of my visit.

Used this week: 0 yards 
Used YTD: 19.25 yards 
Purchased this week: 13.25 yards
Purchased YTD: 13.25 yards
Net used in 2025: 6 yards