2020 Fabric Moratorium
06-27-2020, 05:32 PM
#705
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cottage Grove, MN
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I finished another top. It measures 70.5” by 81” so close to 4 yards used. This will go in my church quilting box for them to finish when they meet again.
The quilts made by our group have traditionally been made from squares. No design but often alternating light/dark or patterned/plain squares. Many 5, 6,7,9, and 10.5” squares have been cut and assembled over the years. We are around 7000 donated quilts. I am the person that gets the orphan blocks because I like working with them. I also like making tops from different sizes and units and from a variety of designers. However, it’s time to get the small tubs of cut fabric squares out of my house. They have been here for too many years. Lol! Every summer, I plan to get it done. Thanks to the virus and a great niece getting her driver’s license (I will miss my time with those girls though), I have plenty of time to get at least the 6” and 7” squares into quilt tops this summer. 🤞
The quilts made by our group have traditionally been made from squares. No design but often alternating light/dark or patterned/plain squares. Many 5, 6,7,9, and 10.5” squares have been cut and assembled over the years. We are around 7000 donated quilts. I am the person that gets the orphan blocks because I like working with them. I also like making tops from different sizes and units and from a variety of designers. However, it’s time to get the small tubs of cut fabric squares out of my house. They have been here for too many years. Lol! Every summer, I plan to get it done. Thanks to the virus and a great niece getting her driver’s license (I will miss my time with those girls though), I have plenty of time to get at least the 6” and 7” squares into quilt tops this summer. 🤞
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06-27-2020, 09:43 PM
#706
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Florida
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Used 5 yds for the front and another 5 for the back of Turning 20.
Used 4 yds for the BOW front. Need to pull fab for the back. And enjoyed it enough to make a second. Got 3 of 4 fabs from stash. Will need to buy the 4th.
Used 4 yds for the BOW front. Need to pull fab for the back. And enjoyed it enough to make a second. Got 3 of 4 fabs from stash. Will need to buy the 4th.
06-28-2020, 01:34 AM
#707
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Europe
Posts: 221
good fabric online shop
Originally Posted by pbraun
This is an interesting thread I found just today. Since I am relatively new to quilting I do not have a big stash. From reading what others have posted I was afraid of letting such a monster take over my life. I have a few kits for small projects, a baby quilt with fabric I do not know how to sew and a second set of fabrics for a duplicate mystery quilt. Otherwise I only have left over fabric from my learning projects. Then along came the virus and I sewed several hundred masks using most of the left over fabric and fabric that was supposed to be used for special gifts and Christmas gifts for my family. I even used Halloween fabric that once draped an exhibit in my classroom. I did order some fabric online for microwave bowl cozies and was so disappointed in the feel of the fabric I do not think I will order online again. The purchase resulted in a yard of stiff red fabric in my "stash".
06-28-2020, 11:30 AM
#709
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
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You are busting through your stash ckcowl- good job.
good work getting into those smaller squares, Connie.
I just finished sandwiching a UFO using fabric from stash. Only 54” x 64”, but every little bit helps.
Rob
good work getting into those smaller squares, Connie.
I just finished sandwiching a UFO using fabric from stash. Only 54” x 64”, but every little bit helps.
Rob
06-28-2020, 04:55 PM
#710
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cottage Grove, MN
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pettthefabric: Congratulations on getting fabric used.
WMUTeach: Our immediate group is around 8 but we have a lady that sews tops like mad during the winter that doesn’t attend our group and there is a group that meets at a local library but I only have met a few of them. Their quilts go into our counts though. I am the second youngest at 67 and our leader, who uses the industrial machine to sew the backing to the front, is 20 years older than me. When I have the chance to work in person with them, I admire how they work like a well-oiled machine. ❤️
Way to go, Rob!
WMUTeach: Our immediate group is around 8 but we have a lady that sews tops like mad during the winter that doesn’t attend our group and there is a group that meets at a local library but I only have met a few of them. Their quilts go into our counts though. I am the second youngest at 67 and our leader, who uses the industrial machine to sew the backing to the front, is 20 years older than me. When I have the chance to work in person with them, I admire how they work like a well-oiled machine. ❤️
Way to go, Rob!
