retiredteacher09

Kristakz: Wishing you luck.

Congratulations to everyone that is shopping your stash first.

I finished 3 quilt tops this month and that equals about 11.5 yards that will go out my door. One was started last year and 2 were from my En Provence UFO. But in searching for fabrics to finish borders, I realized that I need to go through my many bins and pull out fabric that is 1 yard or bigger and put those yardages in their own tubs. Then I won't waste as much time looking for border fabric, etc, in the color scrap tubs.

oksewglad

Good plan Connie. Often times a yard is just enough to put a 4" border on many 60 x 80 quilts to make them 68 x 88 and fit a single bed nicely. Especially if one uses straight seams and not diagonal to join the 4 1/2" strips.

oksewglad

Right now working on 2 quilt plans using scraps and stash for controlled scrap quilts. The first is sofa throw size; the second a queen.[ATTACH=CONFIG]597838[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]597839[/ATTACH]

kristakz

Well, I don't know if this counts as a win or not. I made it through the whole quilt show without buying anything. And then we stopped at a shop on the way home. But, it was the shop that had a fantastic 151st birthday sale on July 1 - so I had a coupon for $151 free on my next purchase. I racked up $155 on fabric for a new quilt - could not have come closer to the minimum purchase. And, that's all I bought. Now, someone please keep me out of quilting stores for the rest of the year.

petthefabric

Between last week and this, all the charity quilts from this year were delivered to the 2 guilds. I think at total of 35 quilts w/ ~5 yds ea = 175 yds fabric. All the stash actually fits on the shelves. And I had fun thinking up patterns. [ATTACH=CONFIG]597869[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]597870[/ATTACH] There's more & when I find the pictures on my computer, I'll post them.

retiredteacher09

oksewglad: True to the 1 yards being enough for a border. My church group doesn't do anything longer than 82" and generally not wider than 72" so I always plan for 68-72" wide and 78-80" long. Sometimes my math comes up short but close enough. LOL! I like your design.

kristakz: Have fun making the next quilt with your new purchase. I look forward to seeing it.

petthefabric: Way to go! Pretty quilts, too.

I used up another yard today when I made a pillowcase for a great nephew. His brother is being baptized tomorrow so I wanted to give him a 'big brother' gift. I used up some batting scraps in the baby's soft book.

Now I need to clean up the mess in my sewing room from 3 finishes in the past few weeks. I need to put the fabric that had been stored in boxes for each of the quilts away.

oksewglad

Thanks, Connie...this one is the queen size...don't know why the sofa throw didn't show up...Will try again. The HST's are all made. Now to cut the rectangular pieces and get it sewn.[ATTACH=CONFIG]597878[/ATTACH]

SillySusan

Ok, folks, I just had a eureka moment. I had another birthday 2 days ago and I am really very old. I looked at the dozens of boxes, bins, totes, shelves, small plastic boxes of cut squares... all containing fabric of all descriptions and I hereby promise that I am not purchasing another inch of any kind of fabric again ... ever!!! I'm just going to make quilts as fast as I can for donations! ... Simple, easy, colorful, small, useful quilts!!

I also hereby donate my birthday exemption to someone here that needs it!!

retiredteacher09

Happy Birthday, SillySusan! I love your thought process. I know I spend too much time organizing my fabrics and not enough time sewing.

Simple and easy are my next few quilt tops.

Teen

Happy Birthday, SillySusan!! Your goal sounds like a worthy commitment....I need to do more donation quilts other than QOV. I gave the church ladies about 5 yards of this awful (to me) floral fabric. They went crazy over it so I'm glad this fabric inspired them.

OK...darling basket quilt. Love the colors.

retiredteacher.....so sweet to remember "big brother".... Enjoy the baptism tomorrow.