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
