Used since last report: 5.00 yards
Used year to Date: 43.00 yards
Used year to Date: 43.00 yards
Added since last report: 1.67 yards
Added Year to Date: 20.67 yards
Added Year to Date: 20.67 yards
Net Used for 2013: 22.33 yards
It has been a while since I reported anything. The month of June just seems to have gotten away from me. Last weekend, DH and I went to Fargo to visit with my daughter and family. Saturday was a beautiful day and we were able to sit outside and enjoy a fire pit. There have been so few days that were not rainy and dreary.
On Thursday, June 13, my friend Maureen and I drove to Duluth to see the Minnesota Quilt Show. It was a great show and we did not spend a lot of money. Superior Threads is always on my list because I needed to buy threads for machine quilting. I did buy fabric and the lights to make a lighted Christmas Wall Hanging. It is such an easy small project I should be able to get it done before this next Christmas!!!
One of the other things I bought were rotary cutting templates and instructions by Marti Michell to do pineapple blocks using my 1 1/2" strips. It will be interesting to see how they work. That way I will not have to print foundation blocks to paper piece on.
I finished a Strip Twist flimsie for "Leftovers --- NO MORE" class which will be the first scrap club class. Had hoped to get it quilted but you know how that can go. The class for "Basics of Leftovers" went well. I had a lot of fun putting together a slide show of sewing areas and scrap bins that were a complete disaster and then how they could look after some organization was done. Cutting and organizing scrap ideas presented were some of my own that I have practiced for years, some from Bonnie Hunter, and ideas collected from some of the modern quilting groups. The students had time to start cutting scraps they had a long. The ladies seemed to enjoy the class and were seeing things from a new perspective.
This is the second Strip Twist (http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/strip-twist.html) I have done. It is just such a wonderful stash busting quilt and so fast to make. The fabrics were a very eclectic assortment. Some were from the early 1980's to current. They all just seem to work in a scrap quilt. See http://creativeb-designs.blogspot.com/2012/07/stash-report_22.html to view the Strip Twist I made for my grandson's graduation.
Hope everyone has a great day!!
Make sure you hop over to Patchwork Times and see what others are doing.
Beth
So glad your class went well!! It is so rewarding to help others learn new things, isn't it? I absolutely LOVE that Christmas wall hanging!!! Where can I find the pattern? Have a lovely week :*)
ReplyDeleteThere was no actual pattern for the Christmas wallhanging. It is a panel, cut into blocks with sashing strips. The panel is: Stonehenge Starry Night, 20101M by Deborah Edwards for Northcott. The Northcott site gives the suggestion about the lights. Also, on the Northcott site there is a larger quilt made with the panel in the center that looks a little like the wallhanging. I bought a coordinating red star fabric for the border, and a light cream with gold fabric for the sashing. It is a easy enough concept that it should be able to be constructed without a regular pattern. The panel comes in blue also.
DeleteOnce I got over my nervousness, it was great to teach again. They were a great class.
Hugs,
You've done a lot. Love that Strip Twist quilt.
ReplyDeleteThe Strip Twist quilt was such a fun and fast quilt to make.
DeleteThanks and Hugs!!
Your strip twist looks wonderful good job!
ReplyDeleteThanks Vic! It was fun to make and I think it would be fun to do one with 2" strips. Well maybe -- LOL
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