Design Wall Monday, July 11, 2022

 

I finished the Milk Cow quilt project.  I like the look of the binding which is the fabric of the cow in the bottom right.  The farmyard animal quilting design sets off the theme of the quilt perfectly.  The baby boy arrives later this year so I am well ahead of arrival.  It will be on its way to Maryland this week.

Not too much progress on Hopscotch Butterscotch #3 this week as my attention was focused on getting the Milk Cow quilt complete.  I left it on the Design Wall, but did manage to cut the pieces out for the sashing, corner stones, and inner border (not in the photo).  Now I will be back to the sewing room working on this finish.

Now that my 2" drawer of strips is manageable it will be time to hit the 1.5" and 2.5" strips.  (The baggies hold 2" squares in the different color groups.)

No matter how much you make from scraps there will always be more =^.^=.  Hope your week is as fabulous as you want it to be!  Happy Anniversary Kerry and Joe...

Sunday Stash Report, July 10, 2022

Moving right along with Hopscotch Butterscotch #2.  I finished this one and am on to #3.  I took #2 down off the Design Wall and put #3 up.  Truthfully, these are so scrappy that they don't really need to go up on the Design Wall.  It is nice to step back and see how far along you have stitched.

Here is #3.  I have this pattern down where I hardly look at the pattern.  I am so pleased to have my 2" strip drawer nearly emptied!

This is the fabric I pulled from my stash for the sashing (blue/white dots), corner stones (red), and inner border (white).  The units are all cut.  I will be working on the final touches this week.  It sure is nice to have 17 more yards into a quilt.  =^.^=

Used this week: 17 yards
Used YTD: 114.5 yards 
Purchased this week: 0 yards 
Purchased YTD: 44.5 yards 
Net used in 2022: 70 yards

 

Design Wall Monday, July 4, 2022

 Happy 4th to everyone.  This is the last of the samller pieces 2" that will make up Hopscotch, Butterscotch #2 and #3 four patches.  I have also cut more 2" neutrals.  

Part of the neturals come from Bonnie.  She gave me lots of scraps from a project she worked on several years back.  These are all batiks.  You do mix your cotton fabrics of all kinds into your scrap projects...don't you?  There are more to cut from Bonnie's scraps, but those scraps are a bit darker.  I am certainly not one to pass up a good scrap!

I took Tuesday through Thursday off this week to make it a nice break from work.  Monday a Holiday and Friday my off Friday.  All this comes down to lots of sewing!

DH and I worked together to add a third shelf for my Margaret Le Van Alley Cats collection.  I am already thinking there should be four shelves!

I hope you have a wonderful week=^.^=