Other than mask making I have not been making any dent in my stash.

Still more of a dimple than a dent, but one of my Tuesday Ladies took a couple yards of "pale" out of that box. I took the white out last year and put it in black and white, and I still have a beige box, but that pale box is getting pretty empty now... so score on fabric gone :)

Wtg, Iceblossom. I have put all my butterfly blocks together & added a 2.5" border yesterday. Today I hope to add a pale aqua border. The original had an aqua border, & I had that exact shade in stash! So far, the entire top is from stash. I hope the backing will be the same.

[img]/images/icons/icon1.gif[/img]I checked with my son, see how he was doing with supplies, asked if he needed anything- his reply....” I was hoping things would start opening up, so I could pick up more colors - I don’t want to keep taking all your fabric” I was touched by his concern. But, assured him, I would have to live to be about 200 to use what I have. 🥴
I packed up a new box for him- 15+ more yards out of my way!
he has been very adventurous and enjoying learning new blocks- he even offered to teach me how to make a ( hollow cube) block on Monday. We got together on our phones and he made one along with me- taking me step by step. He’s going to make a great teacher!
here’s what he’s been doing ...
the lone star one he played with for a few weeks, put it together into a fabulous quilt, now has moved on to tumbling blocks

ckcowl, those are beautiful! How cool that you can enjoy quilting with your son!

Wow ckcowl, those are amazing! Your son has a real talent for this! https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/smile.png

ckcowl - those tumbling blocks are great! It is nice to share a hobby with family.

When my twin visited I tried to get her to look at my fabric stash but she had no interest. : (

I'm not sure we're related except by birth. : )

Ck- If I knew someone making as beautiful things as your son - I might them to take more fabric. The world needs more beautiful things.

It’s funny, he just started ( playing around) with his sewing machine in April after losing his job due to COVID. He’s in Kentucky, I’m in Michigan. He’s done this stuff without patterns, books or real instruction- just trying things , trial & error. He sent me a couple pictures when first working on the lone star with a message - ok, what did I do wrong?
I sent back a reply of the importance of pining and explained how to line up the seams- just a couple minutes later he sent a picture of a perfectly aligned section. He has amazed me, and he’s really enjoying it

Fyi - those of you who are looking for quick projects - dont forget gift bags! This one used about 1/2 yard. I'm delighted to find a good use for these cassettes.
I'm going to root thru my fat quarter collection and make a few more in prep for Christmas.

My family used Christmas bags years ago made by my SIL and used for 4 our 5 years. Most have now been gifted outside of the family. I have just two left but lots of holiday fabric.(Wink, Wink!) So on my To Do List is a stack of fabric to make holiday gift bags to gift to each of my family members this year. Thinking 5 per family that will be, 40 bags. That should put a dent in my stash!

Rff1010: Great use of stash.

Rff1010, thank you for the bag reminder. Those are also good project bags for knit, crochet, & embroidery kits.

Well, bought 2 yds of torquoise fabric today. It's to match other fabrics and sorely missing in my stash. Now I can get some of the stash matched up. Haven't heard of many people falling off the wagon.

Some of us aren't confessing. PTF! Plunk...cough cough...has the dust settled. I bought 9 yds of fabric at $4 a yard during crazy days sale. Hoping to use it in backing of a cow quilt of some sort. The other 3 yards was for background fabric in a QOV.

most definetly not confessing to the 5 yards at $2 from JAF clearance. Or the $90 spent at my 2 LQS once they reopened. Or the Bluprint bundles (back when we thought they were going out of business).

Nothing to see here! Just carry on! (Frantically stuffing fabric under the bed)

I made reusable Christmas gift bags a decade or so ago -- still in use! I sorted out my Christmas fabrics and only kept some of the true red/green/white for a string project I have in mind and gave the rest (an entire box) to the Forgotten Children's fund, they had volunteers making stockings and were asking for donations. Lol, they had to recruit more sewing volunteers once they saw the box but they made their goal!

It's been hard on me, but Christmas fabrics was one of my first moratorium/no buy rules. Maybe it helps that I have a friend who is the Christmas Queen and sets up at least 2 trees per year for herself and has a room/walk in closet chock full of everything Christmas fabric.

ckcowl.....how nice to have a family member to share with. Your son is a natural!

Conchalea....nice work on baby quilt and butterfly project. I would love to do a version of a lemoyne Star quilt my parents received as a wedding present that is in very bad shape. I am waiting for a line of reproduction nautical fabrics to come out but that might never happen.

So many outdoor projects on the go that I haven’t accomplished much at the sewing machine, only a few masks for family now that quite a few counties around here have gone to mandatory masks. Our case load around here is extremely low but it is quite sobering watching what is going on stateside right now and most are complying.

I did make a July purchase but happy to say all fabrics are for ongoing projects. A neutral background solid and some Kaffe stripes for sashing a scrappy. I haven’t been tempted too much.....my big weakness in the past has been not being able to walk away from a great deal....but they have been few and far in between. The brick and mortar and online shops I frequent have had increased demand and delays in receiving new inventory making them less likely to have those super deals.

Ha Ha...or sneaking it into the laundry room when you first come home (I prewash my fabrics)

True confessions! Back for a UFO, and small cuts 1/2 yd to use to finish an orphan block quilt for donation. I must say that with this moratorium I am getting low on backing options. Still plenty to make an abundance of quilts just not backing. https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/smile.png

Today I dug in stash & found a queen-size flat sheet to use for the butterfly quilt. between the top & back, all from stash, it used at least 10 1/4 yard of fabric. I didn't include the butterfly appliques in that count, but I'm sure they add some. I decided to use those after reading another post in Main, asking what people do with floral prints. Those aren't really my favorite fabrics to use, but I got several small pieces in some boxes/bags donated to me. Today K & I sandwiched the top & back, & I hope to quilt it soon. My big guilty confession-I bought a Baby Lock Jazz II!! I love it! I finished piecing the butterfly quilt with 2 borders on the Jazz II. I have to practice FMQ on Jazzy before I begin the butterfly quilt.

We realized we need to buy another bolt of batting once we cut a piece large enough for the butterfly quilt. We've been using it at alarming rates! Although, K loves Frankenbatting, and one smaller quilt used that style. We have completed 2 or 3 more, which I'm waiting on the pix so I can post.

Conchalea: Congratulations on your purchase. Lots of enjoyment ahead for you.

I finished a simple baby quilt and the baby isn't here yet. Yay for me! All but 1/2 yard came from my stash, including the batting. The feature print was left over from another baby quilt, most of the strips were from stash, but I did purchase two 1/4 yard pieces. Back is a nice Moda muslin. Another boy - I like boys. Now I can start a baby girl quilt - she's already here.
It was a thicker batting and I like the swirls. MY FMQ isn't fancy, but it holds the quilt together.

I like the swirls too, a lovely finish, Irishrose.

Still no real usage to report but no fabric gains either so I'll take it as a win.

Progress report! Since lock down with COVID I have bought ..fabrics. I am so proud of myself and am still stitching just about everyday. I finished a couple bears paw blocks a couple days ago and am using fabrics from my stash for everything.. I am so proud of myself. I even sent a quilt out for LA'ing and had the fabric here for that too. Now this is exciting quilting and staying with in my goal of cutting back seriously of fabric buying. Nothing in close to 6 months! I never believed it was possible! Thanks to the moratorium!

Irishrose - that is a lovely quilt and a nice pieced back! What's the final size?
and your swirls are lovely.

Julia - yay you! I have not been a good girl so I'm very proud of you resisting temptation.

The baby quilt finished at about 42" square. Smaller than the last one, but big enough. Nice and thick for tummy time. I did a flange binding and the thick batting made it harder to make the binding 'perfect'. All except the two pieces I bought at Hobby Lobby were quilt store fabrics. A pleasure to work with. The patriotic quilt I'm working on now has some fabrics that aren't great quality - I will be glad to be done with it. Tomorrow I sandwich it and start FMQ. I may stick with the swirls, but they won't have as much definition with a thinner batt.

A friend is in a group of ladies that gets free loads of fabric from a manufacturer with the stipulation it must be used for charity. She had it laid out and showed us on Zoom what she had. She pulled out torquoise at my request. This will belp me get more kits together with my stash.
Just finished another top with 4 1/2 yds in flimsy. 50" x 82". Good for women's shelter.

Irishrose2: Congratulations on your finish! I like the swirls also. Nice way to incorporate the leftover feature piece and great coordinating colors.

Very nice IR2...the swirls really make it special!

Spent the weekend in Wi with our daughter and family. Stopped at an antique store...picked up some hand stitched blocks...I think the fabric is antique shirtings. They are 'aged' and want to soak them in oxi clean before I put them into a couple of wall hangings.

Am proud of myself, thrift shops are open again and we are looking specifically for a cat food feeder. I picked up an carried around a set of the pre-stamped blocks for embroidery. If the fabric had been full cotton, I would have gotten it but as it was (and since I don't do embroidery) I put them back and left with nothing.

Still not using much fabric, so far this year I have sent out two large boxes of 80s fabric and I have one more I am filling for a group that does hospice quilts. Earlier this year I did a lot of borders and backs to make existing tops/UFOs into donation quilts and have given them to a long armer wanting practice.

So a big self cheer for not buying... maybe I still need a bit of pushing on starting/working on my own projects, but I think this year is just going to hit my personal history as "not going as planned".

Found this UFO in a stray box in my sewing room. All scraps: top, batting and binding. Had to purchase backing but the left over back is enough for another small quilt, baby size. Saving those scraps of binding paid off!

Irish, nice work on the baby quilt! Teach, I love scrappy surprise boxes, great job!

Last year Northcott had a program where participating stores designed and sold a block using the Stonehenge Solstice fabric line. It sounded like fun to explore a bunch of quilt shops within a 2 hour radius of my home and then try to come up with a quilt design using the various blocks. I picked up 12 different blocks and 4m of extra blender fabrics for finishing.

A few months ago I built the blocks in EQ and tried to come up with a design I liked but didn’t have much luck. Turns out I’m not a huge fan of samplers.

I then decided to make Bonnie Hunter’s Celtic Solstice but fabric considerations dictated a change in plans.

I cannot decide if I think the gradations in the fabric helped or hindered with this design. Overall I like it, but might have a problem finding a home for it due to the colour scheme.

Used almost all of the blender yardage and I am guessing about 2m from the block kits. A lot of small pieces remain from the block kits but I think I will be able to use it up as a setting for the panel I purchased.

Cat' You have gotta love Stonehenge. This turned out perfectly https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images...es/thumbup.png . Colors or not, anyone will be proud to receive this. It just might make someone "change" their color scheme! https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/wink.png

That's gorgeous Cattitude! I think the colors look great together.

Rob

Great contrast in your HST's WMUT

Lovely color combo Catt...

Your quilt is beautiful, Catitude. Northcutt makes my favorite fabrics and Stonehenge is a favored line. The colors suit me just fine.

Cat, the pattern is perfect for the Stonehenge line.

Cat- I think its perfectly lovely.

Cattitude -- another vote on it's great!!

I'm not a big fan of sampler quilts either, or more specifically it doesn't seem to be something I'm good at, but I see what other people do and just love it. My brain just doesn't think well that way.

The way I work I usually make a few test blocks and/or deliberately make several more scrappy blocks than planned, just because sometimes blocks just don't play well together. I used to have problems then doing something with those blocks, and that's usually turned into giving them away -- but now more and more I put them on the back of my quilt.

I'm not a fan of sampler quilts, though I do have one to finish from my SIL's stash that looks like it will turn out pretty. Basically. pastels from the 90s. I need to make one block - there is fabric with it.