Design Wall Monday, May 6, 2024

Sharing with you today Kwak.  This is such a happy quilt.  Thanks to Pam for talking me through my initial idea to use orange around the ducks and binding.  I also started off thinking a fun 30s fabric for the sashing and border, but when the perfect fabric wasn't on the shelf at Rosie's...  The comical lively sashing and border fabric could have gone with orange, but purple won out.  I am very pleased with the finish.

Nothing else graces my Design Wall today as I am packed up and ready for the Sunshine Retreat this weekend.  Starting on Thursday meeting up with my quilting sisters at Between Stitches then lunch at Penfolds.  The evening will have us at Vina.  There should be lots to share after nearly four days of sewing.

Oh...we had Mexican food last night LOL =^.^=

Design Wall Monday, April 29, 2024

What I have to share is Kwak.  It arrived today from Kerry.  I trimmed away the excess batting/back and spread it out on the kitchen table to admire.  Thought you would like to see this adorable duck quilt.  Quite an achievement when these cross stitch projects are to this point.  I plan to use the same purple for the binding.

There is nothing on my Design Wall that you have not already seen from yesterday.  Kolonization has not moved further along as I had tried.  Instead I am still binding on the 2024-2025 Sunshine Opportunity Quilt.  Just a little bit more to go than it is back at the machine.

Enjoy these last days of April 2024!

Sunday Stash Report, March 24, 2024

 

I'm having fun today with family.  Sister and I drove down this morning to Mom and Dad's home.  Stopped at Costco to fill up their freezer!  This is a thing that Karen does every time she visits.  Also one that I have come to anticipate when I'm in town.

Before leaving on Saturday I completed the second stamped cross stitch projects.  Kwak is on its way to Kerry's for some fun quilting designs that she will carry out.  The back is the same as the sashing and the binding will be the same purple as the frames for each of the ducks.  I took on the plane with me the third project that is called Transportation.  There will be more on this in days ahead.  The train is already started.

Fortunately for the stash count this week nothing purchased, but yardage to claim used =^.^=

Used this week: 4.75 yards 
Used YTD: 33.5 yards 
Purchased this week: 0 yard
Purchased YTD: 49.5 yards
Net used in 2024: -16 yards

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

 

Happy Wednesday!  The last duck has been completed <Quack, Quack>  This guy will soon be cut on the solid lines with the other 11.  I am both excited to move on to the next steps of this project nearly as much as I am that it is finished.  These ducks are just plain Happy.  I headed over to Hobby Lobby after work last night to pick up the floss for the next cross stitch project.  While there I checked out the fabric to see if anything twisted my neck for duck sashing and border fabric, but nothing did.  You never know where the just perfect fabric will be waiting for you.

A little about the next project.  It is all transportation vehicles.  As you would know I needed all but two of the 12 colors of floss.  $0.53 is what I paid for each unit.  There was a time according to the bands around some of the floss in my stash when they were $0.15 per unit.  Can any of you remember a lesser price?  You will be seeing a lot of this project once it gets going.  It will definitely be my project when I head to Maryland in a couple of weeks.

Hope your Wednesday is a good one for you =^.^=