Stash & Autumn Splendor

                               Used since last report:                   9.00 yards

                               Used year to date:                       35.83 yards

                               Added since last report:                 0.00 yards

                               Added year to date:                     52.625 yards

                               Net used in 2014:                       -16.795 yards                         

Well --- It has been a week of extremes! Last weekend was 80+ degrees and I was able to enjoy the wonderful early morning view from the deck. This weekend is cold, blustery, and we have had snow showers. By next Spring the 40 degree temps will feel like a heat wave but right now, it feels cold. Brrrrrr

You can tell it is fall when the bees are so very busy collecting nectar from my sedum plants. I don't mind watching the honey bees but I really do not like the wasps that also hang around. There was even a butterfly feeding. 

I actually have some significant yardage used to report. Wow!! Brenda's quilt is completely finished after much naughty language. I don't think my machine liked the thread I had picked out, so it had temper tantrums all week, but I got it quilted. Brenda is happy to have it done since it has been in the UFO pile for quite a while. It is perfect timing, since she is in the process of buying a house and selling her condo. The quilt will work for a housewarming addition.

Hugs to all and make sure you hop over to Patchwork Times to see what others are doing.

http://www.patchworktimes.com/2014/10/05/stash-report-week-40-2014/

Hugs, Beth

Stash Report

Used since last report:         5.00 yards

Used year to Date:              10.33 yards

Added since last report:       0.00 yards
Added Year to Date:             8.00 yards

Net Used for 2014:               2.33 yards

Hey! I am in the black!! That is a rather good feeling. I finished quilting and binding my daughter Brenda's log cabin quilt (see here). The border fabrics, pieced backing, and the binding were all from my stash. I was practicing a new free-motion quilting pattern with piano key quilting in the border. Sure can tell I need to practice more.

Pieced backing with quilting from Brenda's quilt.

We had our Featherweight group sewing session this last Thursday. The members brought blocks using black and white and yellow fabrics. We had more than enough for one quilt and will probably enough for a second quilt when everyone has their blocks done. These quilts are part of our guild service project for Breaking Free (a program to help get women off the street). The quilt looked so sunny and fun, that many of the members were talking about having a block exchange so we can make our own quilt in the same colorway.

I started reading the "Cobble Court Quilts" books by Marie Bostwick. So far, I have read the first two books and have requested the next three from the Library. What great stories. I like that the books present examples of real life situations such as divorce, breast cancer, and domestic abuse. The impact quilting and the friendships formed through our quilting is amazing.

Neither Hubby or Son wanted to go the movie "God's Not Dead" with me, so I went by myself. We have such a nice theater (it has three separate theaters) in the town of Foley, MN, so I definitely didn't mind going by myself. The movie offered a great message and it was wonderful to have the theater packed with so many young people who came to see the move.  I thought they were there to see the movie "Noah" but they all trouped into the theater I was sitting in to see "God's Not Dead".

The snow is almost gone and we actually had a day with close to 70º F. Wow!! What a wonderful heat wave.

Hugs to all and make sure you hop over to Patchwork Times and see what others are doing.

http://www.patchworktimes.com/2014/04/13/stash-report-week-15-2014/

Hugs, Beth