WMUteach- it was meant to be. Beautiful finish.

Rob

WMUTeach: Absolutely beautiful and an amazing story of listening to God’s direction.

I haven’t been accomplishing much sewing the last few days. Earlier in the week, I discovered a 2”HST was missing from my BOM from my LQS. I looked and looked off and on for a day and a half. Every time I would go into my sewing area, I would sort, press, and measure fabric that had been moved from my cutting area because I was frustrated with the clutter. I figured it was somewhere in those fabrics. I even looked in my paper recycling bag because it was done on a cupcake mix paper. We were only given enough for each cupcake mix paper. So last night, I decided to dump out a box of fabric to sort through every piece and still nothing. Everything was tossed back into the box, unfortunately. So I decided to look through the paper recycling bag by dumping it out too and sorting paper by paper and, lo and behold, I saw the red triangle part. It was still attached to the paper. I was obviously very relieved.

Although the search was frustrating, I emptied several small containers of fabric and put them in the appropriate places so that at least was a win.

Looking forward to sewing the next several days.

WMUTeach, that is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing the story.

I bought the tropical print fabric in a kit. Didn’t like the pattern but loved the fabric. Of course didn’t have a clue what to do with it. Whilst scanning websites looking for something suitable for large prints I found this on the Moda site. It was designed to use alternating light and dark fabrics for effect but I used in anyway. All of the blenders came from stash. There was a ton of fabric so I had enough to make another top but can’t find it right now. Over 15m used for the two tops. If I find someone who loves it I will quilt and bind it.

Great colors, Cattitude!

Rob

Cattitude: Very nice! I like the bright colors.

Love it, Cattitude!! I really like the different colors of BG instead of just one color or just using white. Very creative.

Cattitude, those colors and prints just "sing" tropics and summer on the beach under a palm tree. Where is my sunscreen, big brimmed hat and lemonade? Oh, there are my sunglasses! Ahh. We can all wish...right?

Cattitude, that is wonderfully fun, festive and beautiful. I don't think you could have picked a better showcase for these fabrics!

Joined the VQW and got a top finished and used more stash but at same time added more bits to my leaders/enders bin lol. It's the MSQC "Irish Change" that I made smaller 78" X 78" using orphaned fat quarters and white on white backgrounds that weren't large enough for a complete quilt top so mine is kinda scrappy. Be awhile to actually get it quilted as backing and binding are still up in the air.

Hope everyone stays safe and healthy we are sure in some difficult times. Happy quilting all:)

tohkatz68: Beautiful top and a great way to use leftover fabric.

I was eyeing this pattern to possibly use up some of my Christmas fabric....yours turned out great!

Cattitude, love the bright colors in your quilt:)

All in again this year! Tracking all my finishes and yardage used. The downside is that I purchased some blenders and neutrals right before Christmas tucking them away. I found them so the yardage used so far isn't greaert than the pre-Christmas buys. Also clearing out small pieces and putting into scrap system. Being productive through this "down time" and feeling good about it.

Made a mess in my quilting room last night and today. Sorted fabric, bagged fabric and patterns for a virtual quilt retreat in place of my guild spring retreat. I made hard choices about some UFOs and will donate some for others to finish along with orphan blocks. They are cluttering my space and my thinking.

The delight about this "mess" is that I found more 1930's children's prints so I can make more baby quilts. Three more to go by the end of April or first of May. They may be the same pattern but different fabrics just to keep this process simple. Tee-Hee-Hee! Off I go to locate my floor tomorrow followed by a trip to Goodwill on my way to pick up a UFO from my long-armer. Trying to use my "free time" hunkering down at home for a good purpose as many on the QB seem to be doing.:wave:

Here is the tutorial I use...it is found on the Bee In My Bonnet blog. It is a great stash buster as well as a leader/ender project.
https://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com...-tutorial.html

That's really helpful, thanks!

jmoore: Thanks for the link.

jmoore, Thank you, I bookmarked the link. This is a different version of the Arkansas Crossroads from what I have made in the past, but I like it. It uses more of those little 2.5" squares. My blocks finished at 12". Here is a close up of some of my blocks being checked by my resident inspector, Scout.

Yes, it does use up a lot of 2 1/2 inch squares...but yours looks great too. I love your color theme. I’ve not thought about using a color theme but I’ll definitely give it some thought for my next one.

With many online shops quilt shops offering deals during this pandemic (and free shipping) I just had to take advantage of a FQ bundle that I liked. Maybe I can think of it as supporting a small business during a difficult time. 🙃

A great start...(umm excuse me Scout, I want to see)
Thanks for the link jmoore

Cats want to be right in the center of your vision, it's why some of them jump on keyboards or mine likes to stand on my chest when I'm trying to watch tv in bed! Isn't it amazing though how they leave you alone for hours until you lay out a project on something they can get on?? Clever beasts.

Between the hangover caused by the Bonnie Hunter project and now Covid, I haven't been doing anything much with my fabric. I've straightened up the area/stash a bit here and there. Futzed about... mostly I have been killing dragons and such in my online fantasy game. Now that I have my dog and hubby food set in, I'm feeling better about the situation here and I think ready to start sewing again.

Still haven't started it, I did reject some previously selected fabric, but I printed out clue 3 for the Canadian Row by Row mystery:
https://canadianquilter.com/row-by-row-quilt-along/

Luna, my Snowshoe, thinks the cutting table belongs to her. Oddly enough, she walked around a finished quilt on the floor for pictures. Mickey is still learning manners. He jumped five feet and landed on my arm this morning. Doesn't he know I have bleeding tendencies? The last border goes on the Nightmare Before Christmas quilt today. It's very dark in color for a baby, but what is, is.

I heard of a couple of quarantine mysteries going on. One is by laundry basket quilts and started today on Edyta Sitar's blog. I believe she is doing a block a day. Then on Mar. 28 Quilted Twins is starting one on their Facebook page, inspired by a castle in Poland. I'm not sure what sort of schedule they are following.

Everyone seems to be getting a lot done from their stash. Finished my place mats today with "help" from one of my feline assistants who reminded me that thread spools should be put away so they wouldn't be on the floor under the sewing table in the furthest corner :)

jmoore, WMUTech thank you for the link for Arkansas Crossroads. Really like the pattern, I see this on my "to make" list.

I finished a year old UFO today. This was a project from my personal FQ challenge, which ended with 12 different projects before I cut up the balance. I used 5 yards of Kona white from stash and 6 yards of backing from a bolt on hand. I posted a pic on UFO thread, if interested.

WMUTeach: Nice picture of Scout and your pretty blocks.

Iceblossom: Thanks for the link. I enjoyed looking at the 3 rows.

joes’smom: 2 more to add to your list: Pat Sloan will be doing a block tomorrow, I believe, and Gudrun Erla has a Quarantine Along on Sunday.

tohkatz68: Nice placemats.

Teen: I look forward to seeing your rare UFO on that thread.

Happy Quilting Day everyone!
Well I fell off the wagon and ordered a big whopper of an order. 9 yards to be exact. No excuses - I'm calling it my 'just cuz' purchase. Back on the wagon and sewing on..

Well, I have fallen off the wagon and rolled so far that I'm not sure I can find it without a roadmap. No point in detailing my purchases, suffice it to say that various online businesses should be secure in their financial situation right now. I will blame it on the corona virus and the fact that I now have more money to spend since our bus trip has been cancelled. I should be able to come up with new projects for the next 10 years without having to shop again. LOL I have several projects in various stages of completion, so I shouldn't get bored any time soon. DS is coming over today to do some yardwork for me since he is trying to keep busy and stay away from people. So I will probably be outside directing him to the jobs needed doing.

Grann of 6: I too have gotten lost from the herd. I haven’t “officially” joined this group but have been edging closer. Until now. This last three weeks has been lethal to my resolve. I have added some really cute fabric to my stash by shopping sales online. And two more packages will be arriving next week. (Hanging my head in shame while looking foreword to petting my new stuff). I can only put out the excuse that staying in my home-alone- is challenging. At this point I am thinking I’ll make a list of constructive things to do each day so I can actually check off some things (I’ve always hated lists!), and I’ll keep reading posts in this thread to encourage me. Take care everybody!

Since my machines & fabric are packed away, I haven't sewn a stitch since I finished the 2 pillowcases. I did, however, add to my stash by discovering some long-forgotten fabric in boxes from my garage! 2 pieces of a blue, each about 1 1/3 yard, & some dark magenta taffeta-like fabric. I haven't estimated the size of that yet. I wasn't even trying to add to stash!

Hey, all of you who have fallen off the wagon, jump back on and away we go again. I had to buy fabric to finish a project and instead of purchasing just what I needed, I bought all that was on three bolts, about 5.5 yards total It is a nice white on white that is half gone already and will likely be all gone soon. There are no police here and if you need additional fabric or can use it for a project, who cares. Drop the guilt off the edge of the wagon and quilt on! :thumbup:

What WMUTeach said!!!

Novie- I've always found lists to be helpful mainly for the psychological boost I get when I can cross something off. To get the most out of the boost, I find that scratching completely through the completed item gives me more satisfaction than placing a small checkmark beside it. I use a highlighter to cross off finished items in my studio to do lists because I like having a history of how and when items were completed and I can still read the item through the highlighter. But for general household tasks I use an ink pen. LOL

I have fallen off the wagon too, but in a more mindful way than I used to. My fall involved 4 yards of black fabric that will eventually be used in a painted quilt. And also using my 50% off everything coupon from bluprint I stocked up on batting as I was getting low(ish). Now I have a supply of hobbs tuscany wool, hobbs 60/40 cotton-poly blend in natural and black and also some warm company cotton. These will all get used, but I didn’t really need any of them for projects I am trying to complete this month or next. Also, my favorite LQS has started putting things on line and I am seriously considering making some purchases just to help support them.

Rob

Rob - your point is well made. Many LQS were already struggling. This may kill some of them.

Well, my LQS was planning on closing May 1st, this will probably hurry up the process. I got some clearance fabrics from Bluprint during their specials, ones that will work great as blenders. Now that I am pretty much caught up with my UFOs I can get to all the projects I want to do to quickly use up some fabric. I had gotten a bunch of FQ sets that should coordinate nicely with stash, so I should be all set for the next 10 years or so. While practicing this isolation thing, being tempted by all the internet sales has been difficult to resist. I think I now have a strong reserve to stop the temptations that arrive daily via the internet. But don't hold me to that.

I'm not even going to scold anyone for fabric buying during the Plague. Seems like there should be an exemption -- but only one so pick yourselves back up and get back on.

I'm still very unsettled by the world around me and not sewing much. But I am slaying dragons in my on-line existence with a vengeance and a rawr!

I've had border to put on a quilt since about December, that darn Frolic project took so much time at the end... anyway, I've made some progress on them and pay actually get them done today and that will mean I can start something new. Maybe I just need something new... It's already planned and should be fun, just has to get done.

I've been shopping on-line but not for fabric..."family members" in need type stuff. Haven't really sewn in a couple of days cuz of virus stuff has me doing other things for family and neighbor's but I hope to bind my WIP I got back from quilter. Also, need to work on a Wallhanging for the Swap in hopes will lift spirit. So easy to succumb to sadness...but we quilter's are a resilient and tenacious bunch.

Grab some color and make rainbows, my friends!

I agree, with in reason. If I have a purpose for purchasing and supporting my local quilt shops, then why not?! I guess I would be more concerned with random shopping for additional fabric that is more of what I have or with out a purpose. I am trying to beat that habit this year. I can always use batting and thread. But I do not need any more pink, blue, green, purple, brown, yellow, orange or turquoise, you have the picture. I would pass on shopping for those. But for instance, if I had a planned project that required batiks and the shop had what I needed, I would shop. I don't have enough batiks to make a doll quilt. Tee-Hee-Hee. I would not be hesitant to shop to support my favorite LQS.

Just my opinion and not at all a judgement of others. If this episode of quarantine continues, I may change my mind just to keep a shop from closing. Until then keep sewing everyone and reduce your stash.

Cozy Quilt Designs is doing a "Sewquester" pattern. She encourages scrap! Go check it out. I am intreagued.

Too bad I cut up 125 triangles yesterday for another project. And am doing a scrapbusting Irish Chain. My plate is full (and yet!)

Do you have a link to the pattern? I went to the website and did not find it. Or it could be that I am blind. I see the shop is closed but did not find anything about a "sewquester" quilt.