Sunday Stash Report, May 9, 2021

Happy Mother's Day to all the beautiful women who are a Mom!  I'm a Mom to my two beautiful kitties that turn four in just a couple of weeks.  

Kosmo and Kassy give me joy each and every day.  A special wish for a wonderful day to my Mom, Sister, Niece, and Sister-in-Laws and their daughters too.  I hope you have someone pampering you where you are today.

I have had a week that has kept my mailbox busy.  First, finally received after having ordered since early March, a wool kit called Love Is All You Need.  It isn't large and has everything in the kit including the thread.

Then came the second fabric requirement for the soon to start Laundry Basket Quilts Mystery Quilt 2021 project.  These are neutrals to add to the ones that were received last week and ones you will see a bit later in this post.

Vintage Christmas May BOM arrived.  I am so far behind on this project.  It started with January BOM which is the only month that I have finished the six blocks that come each time.

Two packages came on Thursday one from my Sister that you see first.  Karen does fun things with cards and transfers.  I'm lucky to get some of these :)  

I'm also lucky to receive packages that have fabrics in them that are used for padding!  Words from my Sister...  This package had lots of great padding.  Who knows what will come from them, but I promise there is no disappointment on my end.

Second package came from Mom.  I am not sure if it could have been packed with a larger assortment of goodies if she tried.  Scraps for the Winter Blues project, fabrics to add to my stash, squares 5" and 4", a Christmas Wall Hanging, Maryland Lottery Tickets, Winning California Lottery Tickets, a borrowed mask template, a 1st Place Ribbon and Medal along with photos from a stick horse made for her years ago, gosh I'm certain I've missed something.  Do I have to mention the gummy bears and cashews?

The final fabrics for the Laundry Basket Quilts Mystery Quilt 2021 project.  It starts tomorrow for two weeks.  So this makes me set for a two week long surprise to work on in the blues and neutrals that just about didn't make it in time! 

Oh I almost forgot!  Kandy Katz came back from Kerry.  I have it trimmed down and ready to make binding.  The fabric above the quilt is a stripe for the binding, the white/black is the backing fabric that will be the sleeve, and the green cat with the fiery eyes will be put on the back.

So for adding to my stash well now I don't have to add in gifts so only the Laundry Basket Quilts fabrics are included in the totals.  I don't have Appalachian Autumn done yet, but very soon now!  Visit tomorrow and I will share my progress and unveil it's new name.

Used this week:  0 yards

Used YTD: 93.75 yards 

Purchased this week: 8.5 yards 

Purchased YTD: 137.5yards 

Net used in 2021:  -43.75 yards

Design Wall Monday, May 3, 2021

 

These are the majority of the HST units in the gray/color way.  You can see that I'm a bit low on the reds and absolutely no variety on the orange.  Definitely need to add and fix this with the remaining units needed.

These are the majority of the HST units in the cream/color way.  I did better on the red, but will need more.  Bonnie only suggested a hint of brown so this should be enough.  Probably have too many in the gray/color way.

I have some of the cream/color units ready to sew.  Will still need more though.  Gray/red are ready to cut.  Then I will need to ponder what else is needing.

The project has 16 leaf blocks, two in each color way (gray/color and cream/color).  These are the other units used in the blocks.  The big one is cut in half on the diagonal and a stem inserted between the two.  I'm anxious to get beyond HSTs!

Enjoy your first week of May.  Keep Mom in mind this week...

Sunday Stash Report, May 2, 2021

 

There is one purchase arrived this week.  These are two of the fabrics needed for the Laundry Basket Quilts Mystery 2021 project that starts soon.  It is a race to see if the fabrics can arrive in time.  I'll be sewing the blue and white fabric option.  

I have been in love with the blue/white FQ Bundle since I first saw it and well...

This week I finished my third Bunny quilt, the smallest of them all.  This one stays with me.  Koney 2 is 27" x 29".  I already have it on my wall until the Patriotic quilts come out in June.

I am still cutting the HSTs that will be for Appalachian Autumn by Bonnie Hunter.  The recipe calls for 156 of each the gray/color and cream/color HSTs.  Right now I am up to 105 gray/color and 121 cream/color.  The "color" is all autumn shades (gold, orange, rust, red, and a bit of brown) that have so far been taken from strips in my scrap stash.  Why is it that only a handful of the color you want is in your scraps?

John Deere Tractor 2 should arrive tomorrow.  Anxious to see the happiness it brings little Bobby when he finally has it in his hands.

Used this week:  0 yards

Used YTD: 93.75 yards 

Purchased this week: 2 yards 

Purchased YTD: 129 yards 

Net used in 2021:  -35.25 yards