Sunday Stash Report, April 7, 2013

Not a purchase this week for me.  I will continue to work on Kilowatts through today then it's on to Kalahari.  Kalahari is my April UFO.  Kilowatts is using up all my black/white and white/black stash...plus some of my Mom's.  I have three more blocks, four setting triangles, and two corners yet to sew.  Kilowatts will use 13.25 yards when said and done.  

Kilowatts 

I had time to cut the pieces for a UFO that has yet to be called to start.  Korral is The Calico Horse design called Nine Patch Dance.  I picked up this pattern at Road to California Quilt Show a couple of years back. This one will use 12.25 yards, again nothing but stash.  You will be seeing more of this project at some point in 2013.

Korral

Kalahari is all cut out and ready for sewing.  It will be nice working with batiks and color.  

Kalahari

Hope you are being able to use up your stash and in so doing creating a wonderful project.  See how others are using their fabric stash through the links at Patchwork Times.


Used this week:  0 yards
Used YTD:  105.75 yards

Purchased this week:  0 yards

Purchased YTD:  28.75 yards

Net Fabric Used in 2013:  77 yards

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Hope your day is going well so far.  I've got plans to meet a friend for lunch.  Barb does the best massage!  We used to see each other once a week for a 15 minute seated back massage, but her routine changed at the beginning of the year which has meant no more weekly get together.  We've been corresponding about a lunch date since and today is that day.  We'll meet at Chili's for a taste from their wonderful kitchen.

I have continued working on High Voltage with all my black/white and white/black scraps.  It is looking like what I thought was a HUGE amount of scraps will not be enough to complete this project.  I still have enough to keep me sewing for awhile although I am pretty certain a plea to my Mom is in the future.  Mom has made lots of black/white projects and should easily be able to help me out.  I won't be asking Kerry because she plans to make the same pattern in the same fabrics for the very same reason...use up scraps!  At first the blocks looked to be too busy for my liking.  Now that more are assembled the pineapple design is starting to show itself.  I like it much better.  It is slow going and easy to put the "black" where the "white" should go and vice versa.  My Clover seam ripper has been seeing some action :)!  I figure out a name for this project. Strangely get came to me after the postal person brought my electric bill.  How fitting is Kilowatts?  I'll be working on it until my fabrics run out or when Sunday comes along.  I've got to dig into my April UFO Kalahari to make sure it gets done on time.

Sunshine Quilt Guild meets next Tuesday in El Cajon.  Joan brought us Bonnie Hunter's block design found in Quiltmaker for our BOM.  The cream of the pinwheel was provided.  The light and dark fabrics were directed to be Spring colors.  These would be fun to put together with other like Spring colors.  Maybe I'll be lucky and win this time...I'm due!

Design Wall Monday, April 1, 2013

Not much to show on my Design Wall this first day of April!  Oh, Happy Fools Day!!!  I finished Kommon Kongregation over the weekend, YEAH!  Aunt Marti hadn't announced the April UFO...so my High Voltage got started.  I purchased this pattern by Annie in January specifically to use up the growing stash of black/white and white/black scraps.  I've done a couple of designs lately that used these fabrics and have ended up with nearly enough to complete the project.  My Design Wall only has two blocks so far, but you can see there is lots more ready to assemble.  I had hoped not to repeat fabrics in the same block.  This time my aim will be to use up and not purchase anything which means repeats.  As long as I keep them far enough apart in the block I doubt they'll even be noticed.

This should tie me over for a little while.  So what's on your Design Wall today?  See how others are working their stash through links at Patchwork Times.  Enjoy your week ahead and come back soon to see my progress on this as yet named project.