Sunday, May 29, 2011

Stash Report May 29, 2011

Well I finally have something new to report.....and a confession to make.


First the confession.....I am a procrastinator.......it's true!



What do you mean you already knew that? HUMPH!


So I have a wedding to attend this June and two graduations, one in June one at the end of July.


Me being a quilter...I want to give quilt gifts....it was an easy choice.


Me being a procrastinator....I waited until that last minute. I decided I still have enough time to get everything done so last night I wrote down a detailed plan of action to cut out and piece two quilts in a very short time. I have one quilt cut out so far and working on the second but had to stop and make spaghetti sauce so while I am resting from all that cutting and cooking I thought I would take time to blog about my efforts. Here is a picture of the first quilt cut out:


It will be a large twin size and due end of June. I chose a very easy pattern that looks impressive...especially to non quilters. Her favorite color is purple. Here are the pieces cut out....can you guess what it will be?







This is the fabric for the second quilt which will be the same basic pattern but made with biigger pieces and will be a queen size. This one is for the wedding mid June: can you guess?




At any rate I will finish cutting it all out by the time I go to bed so am counting all of it (minus backings) now in my stash report



It is 7 yds for the twin and 9 for the queen.

Fabric in this week: 0 yds

Fabric out this week: 16 yds

Total in this year: 2 yds

Total out this year: 35.5 yds

Total busted: 33.5 yds

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Sleep weary...It's gonna be a long day!

I went to bed at 1am and back up at 5am. UGH!

I plan to accomplish a lot today however.

First off, I need to have a serious talk with my adult daughter and will prepare for that. Secondly, I have both a wedding to attend in June and a graduation for a relative in June. BOTH events I want to give a quilt gift. Neither of which is even started yet. What am I waiting for?

I have a plan though. TWO quilt designs that are fast and easy with minimal piecing. A carpenter's star for the wedding gift and a drunkards path for the grad gift. I happened to have a bunch of the drunkard's path pieces already cut out (I used my Accuquilt GO cutter for that).
I will check back later with pictures.
First on the list....piece the drunkard's path! Wish me luck!