paintmejudy

Ok, I'm ready to join in. So far, no purchases. But then, it's only half way through January. LOL

I bought very little last year, only colors needed for the 2017 BH mystery. Honest. I save Everything and only neded some of the lavender fabric.

I have lots of small pieces of stuff, and I mostly sew for charity, so feel a little less stress, because I do mostly scrappy quilts for the charity I sew for. Hopefully I will stay out of the fabric store this year! Wish me luck!

letawellman

Oh now, you have whetted my interest... I may have to look into that book as well (knowing that I have Plenty of books/patterns already!!) And kudos to you for braving the hostile environment of Hobby Lobby. I know those FQ's were begging you to take them home!! Great job!!


Well, that would certainly be exempt, except... I have THREE bolts (only partially consumed!) of backing from the last time I went... but... they are white or cream tone-on-tone, so maybe I Do need some dark or red or black or... whatever backing.
Yeah, that works!!

OK, so the top for "Jewels from Mt. Fuji" is mostly finished. I want to add a couple of borders - including finishing the outer "jewels" like Jenny Doan does in her tutorial. As you can see from the pic, I did the "mixed"... but it was still "organized". Evidently, my brain just does not do "uncontrolled scrappy".
I used a total of 12 yards (give or take) of stash, most of it those Asian prints that were "too pretty to cut". Well, this design still retains the rich, jewel tones of the fabrics, and I'm really loving this. I foresee quite a few of the "Majestic Mountains" variations in my future. The finished size of this (once I add those borders) will be 88 x 108.

I have a feeling that those "what was I Thinking?!?!?" fabrics and those "gifted to me by well-meaning non-sewers fabrics" will also work well in this. Easy, fast, and mostly a no-brainer. I can see trimming the HST to 9", dividing by three (instead of four), turn it on it's side, and you have (ta-da!) Japanese lanterns (as the light bulb goes off on what to do with the last 4 yards of Asian fabrics). I will be using some of my wide backing on this one.

happylab

Welcome paintmeJudy. We have fun on this site watching others buy fabric and post pics.

Leta, I like your choice in completing your top. Very pretty.

Congrates to all all who have stuck to not buying anything yet. Yea!!!!

Earlier this week my 2nd package from mo star quilt company came. I have to double check my order, 2 items don’t look right. I’ll check later tonight. But the other items were correct. Now to wash the fabric and start my 365 challenge. I printed all of the blocks last year and this year i’m Getting them put into 2 booklets. I’m excited about starting the project. I guess this doesn’t count as shopping my stash? I did buy the fabric for a project (for myself).

oksewglad

happylab good luck on the 365 day project. I think I have all the days downloaded now...started it in 2016, then got sidetracked...I've picked fabrics from my stash for it and until I get it done those fabrics are in limbo waiting to be used up.

Teen

Welcome, Paintmelady!! wishing you much good luck..

Leta.....stunning quilt top!! I really love the fabric you chose for this pattern. Great job..

happylab.....365 day project deserves fresh new fabric. Enjoy the journey of this project...

I'm quilting tomorrow on the biggest quilt I've attempted FMQ on my domestic. A bit nervous but quilt is for me so, if I don't try, I can't practice, right? Doing mostly straight line w/walking foot but there are some appliqués to navigate. All fabric on this quilt from my stash...yea for me!

Cover me....I'm going in....lol!

JJBlaine

Thank you. No one was more surprised than me when I walked out with exactly the same amount of yarn I walked in with, only in a different color.

I highly recommend it...It has some beautiful options for using up those 5" squares! FYI, The Big book of Nickel Quilts is Pat Speth's first two Nickel Quilt books combined into one.

happylab, oksewglad: I just started doing the 365 challenge myself! I'm doing it completely scrappy in keeping with this thread and my self-imposed challenge to get all my scraps under control. Those tiny little 3" blocks so far are just adorable!

PaperPrincess

JJ: I have Pat Speth's individual books, and love them. I've made several and they all came out well. I'm lucky to have a die cut machine with a 5" die so the initial prep is pretty quick.
Sounds like everyone is holding strong. I'll be sorely tested tomorrow. My once-a-month quilting buddy is coming over. She wants to go on-line shopping at Connecting Threads and hinted that my Christmas Gift will be involved. I'll let you know how it goes!

sunrise450

I have two of Pat Speth's books, I think these are the first two published.
My sewing room is finally finished and is ready to be messed up again. I started sewing again after thoroughly cleaning my machine. I am working on a 1/2 square triangle table runner. I have just too many 5" squares, packaged and lots more from swaps.
I am still finding ufo's. I have stopped counting, there is everything from pot holders to full size quilts.
I have a question. How often do you oil your sewing machine?

oksewglad

JJ, I've seen some really nice scrappy quilts with the 365. I'm using blues, tans and creams like the original but adding a bit of bubblegum pinks to add some brightness. Here's a couple of pictures, all 3" blocks.[ATTACH=CONFIG]587034[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]587035[/ATTACH]
sunrise, I oil my machine when it starts running a little noisier than I think it should and then I liberally oil everything in the bobbin area. I do sew on a mini quilt sandwich to help get rid of any excess oil before I start sewing on a project. In reality I should oil it just before it starts growling at me.

Altairss

So far so good no fabric! I will need to buy batting and backing this month hopefully as I as counting down on three UFO's! But all these sales and its my birthday this month. Hoping to be good my budget really needs me to be good lol!