Judith1005

I finished piecing my Wonderland mini quilt. So, on to the actual quilting of it tomorrow. Wouldn't want it to turn into a UFO.

No Harry Potter fabric for me. No more buying. I already slipped up once. I need to stay away from Missouri Star for right now. I bought some beautiful fabric in 2017 from Missouri Star. And, I need to get that made into a quilt soon. Now, I just need to remember what the pattern was. lol, I'm sure I have it written down somewhere.

I think Pam has the right idea. Stay busy, too busy to go shopping for fabric.

retiredteacher09

I calculated my output and input last year and it was pretty even. I will definitely want to do better this year. I am glad there is no way to calculate all of the scraps I get donated to me. LOL!

JJBlaine

I can sew again **happy dancing**

An upholstery shop told me about a little hidden hole-in-the-wall sewing machine repair shop run by a man who had to be pushing 90. Not only did he have the part I needed for my vintage singer (the presser spring), but he let me have it for just $1. For another $1, he let me have the feed dog cover so I can try doing some fmq, too. A third dollar scored me ten original bobbins.

For the first time this year, I was able to spend a whole afternoon sewing. I decided the stacks of crumb blocks and 4Ps that are my go-to L/Es were getting to high, so I put together a dozen of these blocks:

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The inspiration was BH's Fair and Square, but am starting to wonder. BH's had a red center square that gives your eye a place to rest, but I'm thinking the crumb center I used might make it too busy once I add all the strippy triangles. Maybe I should just add sashing and do it in rows.

**edit: the black border fabric was leftover from another quilt, so nothing spent on this one so far

grann of 6

I did a lot of quilting last year, made 43 quilts, but I know my incoming far outweighed the outgoing. A lot of that had to do with our bus trip to Paducah and then to MSQC for 2 days. I have enough Civil War FQs to make several quilts, not just one or two.

I am on my 3rd and 4th projects. #3 is all cut and waiting for Sew-In day at our LQS tomorrow. #4 is a BOM I got on sale at The Quilted Fox in St. Louis, MO. I am working on that one while the longarm is quilting. Yes, I have a computerized longarm (named Bob).

SillySusan

We are all doing so good with using stash!!

And, JJ, that is a wonderful find in your nice older gentleman!! You really got an excellent deal!!!

I pieced 4 tops (baby size) since Friday afternoon... all from my house full of stash, and I'm working on the 5th! I'm working from the myriad of different size squares I cut last years in a feeble attempt to gain some control of this mess! I decided to dig out the cute little designed ones and match them with matching solids from yardage. It is faster than digging through the masses of little squares! I have plenty of fabric for the backings and some batting, so these will be WIPs and not UFOs!

LindaJane

[ATTACH=CONFIG]606673[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]606674[/ATTACH]Finished another baby quilt all done from Stash Fabrics. Also have been tackling my large mounds of scraps and have 38 string blocks done so slowly making a small dent.

grann of 6

Everyone is doing great! Cute quilts gals. Now I have to get to some quilts that I have to quilt for some friends, before they get lost in the stack. I'll fire up the computer so I can sew while "Bob" is quilting, with just an occasional check to see he's still on track.

Conchalea

Wow! Some industrious people on this board. Grann, Susan, & Linda, you are all inspirations with your dedication to using stash. I also used some stash to make & complete a wall hanging this weekend. I finished the top to Unwind & wanted a break before sandwiching & quilting, so I made a Christmas wall hanging from stash fabrics. I am including the fabric with the final product for a Start to Finish show.

Judith1005

JJ, I like your little scrappy block. I like the idea of adding borders to give your eyes a place to rest. That way, all your hard work won't be lost.

Linda Jane, I like your little panel quilt. You have been very busy.

Wow Sue, you are already on your 4th project for the year. You too have been very busy!

Conchalea, I like your pictures. So much inspiration showing where you started to where you finished. What a darling little topper or wall hanging. Love the fabrics. What a fun stash you have.

Here is a photo of my little topper so far. I am deciding on what to use for backing and then I will get busy quilting today.

JenniePenny

This is very motivating. I'm happy to report that I'm still going strong with no fabric purchased this year. (13 days is very good and a long stretch for me!) I estimate I used 6 yards of scrap fabric for the Town Square Scrappy Log Cabin which I shared on the board last week.