grann of 6

Good going, Ice. I would have bought what was left on the bolt, but that has gotten me to where I am. My friend and I went to our LQS to find a blue for my blue quilt, found it finally at another QS. It isn't perfect but it works, so that is good. I started planning my next project, actually 2 down the line, and found I needed dark brown and a sand color for a good contrast. We couldn't find the colors I wanted, so ended up ordering it from fabric.com. And me being me, I ordered 15 yards of each, making the fabric only $5 a yard for Kona. I will definitely use it in the future quilts. I need 4 yards of each for the project, and it was about 75 cents a yard cheaper to buy more then 14 yards. I know I will use it, so my conscience is clear....sorta. I have 5 charity large lap size quilts ready for the longarm, so the yardage I used is close to what was purchased.

elly66

Sounds like some great projects going on. grann of 6 solids are always handy to have on hand. You'll likely go through them in no time.

I am sifting through larger pieces hoping to find backing for quilt for MIL. I have started the project so that's something but since changing the quilt and it being a kit to make instead I would rather find the fabric in my stash. Wish me luck! If not the right amount of fabric then something close that I can add a teal fabric to tie into the front. Happy sewing everyone!

Motorcyclemad

Okay, I have a quick question...

Is it truly a moratorium if the material is from someone else's stash?

Over Labor Day, my friend gave me a tote full of 6-1/2" squares. I told her that she was conspiring against me because I couldn't add them straight to the last batch of 5-1/2" she gave me...

I finally got through this new set of fabric and was able to configure another "20" sets--all Queen sized.

joe'smom

Madeline, I'd say using someone else's stash is definitely in the moratorium spirit!

I've finished washing all of the unwashed fabric I had in the house and now just have to fold the humongous pile.

These were the fabrics I was originally going to use for the BH On Ringo Lake mystery, but ended up going scrappy. I decided to do a Jacob's Ladder design with them, but I don't know how well the peach is going to show up on the lavender.

madamekelly

I would just try switching the backgrounds, and see it that is more pleasing to the eye. Might work? I like the colors you have going.

grann of 6

I agree, play around with the colors, but I like it. I like doing Jacobs Ladder. Not crazy about Bonnie Hunter's stuff, too scrappy for my taste. I go with more orderly scrappies.

Teen

I like it, too, joe'smom...will be a pretty colorway. I've only done one quilt in jacob's ladder. I get bored. Lol... But I love the design when done.

Grann...I'm not a fan of BH's scrappy stuff. There are a gazillion blocks in her stuff and I'd lose my way with scrappy designs. Her sew alongs look pretty organized, tho, in terms of organizing scrap colors... The board's quilts are all so beautiful and they are very disciplined...

Iceblossom

Joe's Mom, I'm missing your vision of what you want the finished product to look like but I like all the fabrics shown. If you are forcing yourself to go ahead stop for a moment and accept this free pass to get a fabric you like better

Went to visit the grandbaby today and bring some cooking, also volunteered to do some laundry and bring that back tomorrow. Son works for a tech company and they actually do have some degree of family leave for all, he has to go back to work on Monday but will be able to take a couple weeks off again when Mom goes back to work.

Stopped off at the big Goodwill (it's right on the way...) and found a really nice panel by Springs of an underwater print with a Sea Turtle among other things. Happens that one of my groups of "I'm not calling them projects" fabrics has an undersea theme featuring sea turtles! Paid $3.99 for it which is about the upper limit of my cheapness.

Irishrose2

The sunflower wedding quilt is finished and delivered. Pattern; Eleanor Burns Color Wheel Quilt. Fabrics; Moda Ombre Confetti (gold dots on ombre fabric) and Timeless Treasures for the sunflowers and the gray, with a little batik from stash. Bride and groom love sunflowers and decorate in gray. Backing from Hobby Lobby. Size - about 75X85 - big enough for two to snuggle under. Easy quilt, but the thick batting made FMQ more challenging. My granddaughter is happy and that's what matters!
The Moda fabric and the green batik were from my stash. The purchased sunflower fabric and the gray were used as soon as they came out of the dryer and I have no leftovers, so no stash building here.

grann of 6

I got a wonderful thank you card from DGD today, thanking me for the quilt. She said the colors are exactly what she would have picked if I had asked her to choose fabrics. So that makes it all worthwhile. So I guess even though I don't hear it often (or at all) my grandchildren appreciate what I do and have done for them. You can only hope what you do when they are little sticks with them when they grow up.

Joe's Mom, sometimes we have to make quilts for people in colors we don't care for, or aren't crazy about the combinations, so just have to go with the flow and enjoy the process, and hope they will appreciate it in the end. I once did a quilt for a bride and groom, her favorite color being lime green, he wanted purple and black, and somewhere they wanted dogs incorporated in it. I made a Jenny Doan binding tool star in purples and greens with a black background. Oh, and they wanted a flannel back. So I was able to find an adorable dog print on a lime green background with purples in the dogs collars. I must say it really turned out nice, and they were thrilled, so that is what mattered.

I have been pondering what I was going to do with all my charm squares and jelly roll strips I have cut. I decided to put some of them in a box and send them to my friend who can't afford to buy precuts. I have plenty more I will send to her later. Shipping is so expensive anymore that I have to do a little at a time. I still have a lot of JR collections and layer cakes to use up, so I sure don't need to spend time using scraps when I can use some of the yardage stash and precuts that go with it.