Originally Posted by
grann of 6
Good going, Judith. Since I have been doing most of my shopping from my stash, I can relate to that feeling of accomplishment when you shop "locally".
I like borders, I think they finish off the quilt, like the matting in a picture frame. When you longarm it is especially nice to have a border without a bunch of seams to deal with. Too often, without a border, I find the edges of the quilt to be uneven and hard to lay flat.
I didn't do any sewing today, but did finish cutting the kit of the Bluprint trees. It has a lot of pieces, so it was very tiring on my back and hands. But at least now I can just grab an artbin with a project and just start sewing.
Like you I am shopping from my stash and the scrap bins. I am working on a baby quilt that the majority is from my stash. A great way to use some of my 1930 repos'. I did have to get a piece of flannel since the mom has something specific in mind and I did not have that. I patted myself on the back when I walked out of JAF with only the one piece of fabric and only as much as I needed. This is one hard thing for me to do. In fact I don't believe I have ever walked in there and only bought one thing. This moratorium has saved me a whole lot of $$ this year and kept me focused on using my very large stash.