Completed my goal this month, all crazy log cabins
are squared up to 10 1\2", 101 of them!
Once again my numbers got away from me and
I now have enough blocks
to make 3 twin or 2 queen sized quilts. Addition of
an interesting border treatment will bring them up to size
so I will most likely go with 3 and donate or gift 2.
I have lots of ideas for border treatment so it should
be a great adventure, wish me luck!
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This month is clicking on by and my stash is going up
and down with the temperatures!
The selvage quilt top is finished but it
doesn't count until it is bound.
A few more scrap bags and donated fabric have
gone out the door, and a few more bits and things
have come in.
It seems that whenever a group of quilters get
together, fabric gets shared!
The lovely quilt starters came home with me!
A baggie of precuts,
some block starters,
and some premade units all
ready to go!
2023 STASH TOTALS
Used last week: 0 m
Used year to date: 53.5 m
Scraps out 11.5 m
(1 bag=/.5 k=.5m)
Scraps In 1 m
Added last week: 0 m
Year to date: 117 m bolt 27m, bucket batiks 15m
destash gift 68m
Net added in 2023 56. meters
It always feels like a birthday when I get
a bag of scraps in!
Outside in the garden the lilies are
finally blooming. They survived a lot
of beetle squishing and slug picking but
wow do they look great!
Stay safe and sew on!
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Well that big ole' squirrel is all sewn up and the
back is a bargain to boot!!
Here it is! It is going into the pile to be quilted soon
and may even end up as one of my cozy collection.
A single batt should be perfect and it will be a
very warm quilt for winter.
It really surprised me since I had assumed
selvages would not have a lot of color.
There ended up to be many greens,
orange/browns,
blues
and reds,
with just a few purple and yellows.
I did not include blacks, browns or pink. I felt
they would give a different tone to the quilt.
A back of yellow batik will set it off nicely and
the muted color will be beautiful as a binding.
The batik was actually found at a thrift shop!
Many thrifters find treasures in thrift stores
and now I can add my self to the list of lucky shoppers!
This bolt was priced at a stunning $9.50 and contains
8 meters of good quality batik.
I machine bind my quilts so the tough needling of the
batik shouldn't be a problem.
There are only a few stray selvages kicking around the
sewing room so I believe , " my work with selvages is done! "
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Very busy week here, lots of movement all around.
Helped a friend destash a neighbor, well make a start on it anyway.
The numbers reflect the huge gift of fabric. This is after a big
split and 2 big donations elsewhere so lots of goodies for all.
2023 STASH TOTALS
Used last week: 0 m
Used year to date: 53.5 m
Scraps out 4 m
(1 bag=/.5 k=.5m)
Scraps In 8 m
Added last week: 60 m
Year to date: 116 m bolt 27m, bucket batiks 15m
destash gift 68m
Net added in 2023 66.5 meter
It looks like I should start sewing faster!
Here is some of the "in" fabric.
Lots of projects
are moving forward and my OMG will be finished up this week
and maybe even have blocks joined up!
Enjoy a very creative week!
Stay safe and sew on.
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On and off rain here so perfect to observe the
gentle trickle from the sewing room.
Red is the color of the month and surprise, I
seem to have a bunch of red strips and bits!
Come on RSC log cabins!
Zipping up some wonky log cabin blocks
from beautiful red fabric will be a great time so
here goes.
First the centers, which are random colored 2"
squares of polka dots , (or close to polka dots!)
assorted scrap boxes, save for later bags and
other mysterious places. It is sometimes hard
to dig for a small piece when nice strips are
nearby but that is the lot of a scrap quilter with
way too many bits to tend to!
Tada! After a few days of stitching in the warm sunshine,
after the rain, there is a nice stack of red log cabins!
All the sewing and I now have a stack of
40 blocks ready for final trimming and
and an almost empty box and a small pile of red strips!
Time to replenish from the scrap bins!
Stay cool and sew on !
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Busy week working on some project and enjoying the
wonderful weather.
Great work on the stash report, with
5 bags of scraps going out.
2023 STASH TOTALS
Used last week: 0 m
Used year to date: 53.5 m
Scraps out 2.5 m
(1 bag=/.5 k=.5m)
Scraps In 0 m
Added last week: 0 m
Year to date: 52 m bolt 27m, bucket batiks 15m
Net added in 2023 2.5 meter
I am making good progress on my projects,
but need to get some tops quilted up. The
big question is, do I make a few double sided quilts?
It would utilize double the tops but would the recipients
still appreciate the quilt? Not sure yet but
I am not ready to do up backs and start
quilting so that decision can wait awhile.
Moving ahead on :
black scrappy log cabin,
red RSC log cabin,
and this big salvage baby!
( not for a baby just the way I feel about it!)
Stay safe and sew on !
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Wowzer, look at the size of that squirrel!
I just got carried away by a bag of selvages
and I don't know what happened! I have learned
a lot tho. Reinventing the wheel seems to be my,
"jam" as people say .
So, first pulled out " The Bag" .
Lots of rescued fabric edges roll in my door so this
bag is fairly large. The idea for a quilt top
made from these edges has been rolling around
my brain for a while. A friend made a zipper bag
from them so that motivated me to dig in.
Sorting them into colors seemed okay so that
was the first step.
Then up to the summer sewing room
since we are in the middle of a heat wave here in
Alberta. Don't worry tho, some good old fashioned
thunder-boomers are on their way later.
Then I cut and sewed using glue to keep the
strips in line! Do I dare say, " What a mess!"
Everything was sticky and although I made good
progress, it wasn't ideal.
Two glue sticks later that idea was abandoned.
This process should be fun and I was just sticky!
Inspiration dawned the next morning and I stitched
all the pieces into like width long strips.
Three inch wide pieces made up the lower half of
my pattern, while another 3 + inch strip set could
be trimmed out for the tops. No glue involved
and very speedy sewing on my classic featherweight!
Here is my 2 sew sessions of block pieces.
The pattern will likely
be color selvage hexies with feature color hexies
of regular fabric strips as accents if needed.
Oh my, I am actually sewing hexies!
They should go together easily in long rows before
final assembly, here's hoping!
Items learned:
~ Glue isn't needed. If you get your sewjo on, you can feed the strips thru quickly
