Sunday Stash and Stitching 9/20/2026

It was looking like I would be able to report a sizeable decrease in my stash this week because I had a large bundle of striped and plaid homespuns being donated to our guild's annual auction. 16 yards were donated to the guild, plus 4.5 yards to Goodwill. These fabrics look so pretty spread out like this that I sort of regret getting rid of them, but I know they went to a good home.

What I didn't consider when anticipating the stash reduction, was the likelihood that I would buy some items at the auction and add to the stash. I couldn't resist this beautiful bundle of Kaffe fabrics (12 yards total.) 

That bundle included the book (Quilts by the Sea) that contains this pattern for them.

I also purchased a quilt kit that contains fabrics by 3 Sisters, a layer cake plus yardage from the "Milles Couleurs" collection (8.5 yards total.) It's unlikely that I will make the pattern that came with this bundle, but I will figure out something to do with the fabric eventually.

I was also given this cute hexie print, 3.5 yards. I already have one piece of the same print and plan to combine them for a quilt back. 

2026 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:                 20.5 yards

Used year to date:          136.75 yards

Added last week:                24.0 yards

Added year to date:         161.75 yards

Net added in 2026:         25.0 yards

Kate's 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces has us tracking how many days each week we get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. I finished the top of my guild challenge entry early in the week (but I can't share photos until after the reveal at our October meeting.) After that, I had a hard time settling on a project, switching back and forth between multiple options. I need to get another top layered with batting and backing, ready to be quilted.

15 Minute Challenge 2026

9/13 - 9/19             7 of 7 days

2026 Total        256 of 262 days

Success rate                97.7%   

Check out more stash reports at quiltpaintcreate and join the 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces. Thanks so much to Donna and Kate for continuing to host these link-ups. 

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

Trip Around the World Finished!

There have been some quilts getting finished around here lately, but I haven't been doing so well at getting photos and writing blog posts. One of the recent finishes is this Trip Around the World quilt!

Trip Around the World, 65" x 95"

One of the community service projects for Common Threads Quilters Guild this year has been making extra-long twin quilts for the Baptist Children's Home in Palmetto, GA.  I realized that a Trip Around the World design made from squares that finish at 5" would give me the size needed. These are the fabrics I chose from our community service supply.

The darker green print determined the rest of the color scheme for the quilt. I was able to find a turquoise Greek key design fabric to use on the back. It was quilted by Nancy Matheson, the head of our Community Service committee. The same darker green print was used for the binding.

I hope this colorful quilt brings warmth and comfort to one of the residents at the children's home.

I'm  linking up with:

Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

Wednesday Wait Loss at Inquiring Quilter

Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts

Brag About Your Beauties at From Bolt to Beauty

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

Sunday Stash and Stitching 9/13/2026

It was a productive week in the sewing room, but I don't have any fabric usage to report for the week. Fortunately, I didn't have any fabric additions to the stash either. The numbers aren't moving either way today.

2026 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:                   0.0 yards

Used year to date:          116.25 yards

Added last week:                  0.0 yards

Added year to date:         137.75 yards

Net added in 2026:        21.50 yards

Kate's 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces has us tracking how many days each week we get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. My quilting time was focused on two projects: finishing my UFO for the month and making the units for a challenge project. I'll be continuing on the challenge quilt next week, but I can't share photos until the reveal at our October meeting.

15 Minute Challenge 2026

9/6 - 9/12               7 of 7 days

2026 Total        249 of 255 days

Success rate                97.6%   

Check out more stash reports at quiltpaintcreate and join the 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces. Thanks so much to Donna and Kate for continuing to host these link-ups. 

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

Sunday Stash and Stitching 9/6/2026

Today's stash report covers the last two weeks. We were in Wisconsin visiting family and going to baseball games a week ago, which kept me from posting a report. It was a wonderful trip that included spending time with my mother and seeing all three of my siblings, plus two of their spouses, two nieces, and their families. We had a fantastic time!

As usually happens when we drive from Georgia to Wisconsin, we spent the night in Paducah, which meant shopping at Hancock's the next morning. I needed fabrics for a guild challenge, and bought these two sets as options, 10 yards total. I'm currently working with the solids.

While in Madison, my sister and I went to a yard sale that included some fabrics. I bought three different 2-yard pieces of chili pepper prints, which will probably become placemats or napkins at a later date. The rainbow stripe was another purchase at Hancock's. There was another rainbow fabric too, but I gave it to my sister.

Total additions to the stash came to 18.5 yards, and fabric "used" was the one-yard piece given away. My stash numbers were getting so close to even, but now I'm back to over 20 yards in the red.

2026 STASH TOTALS

Used last two weeks:            1.0 yards

Used year to date:           116.25 yards

Added last two weeks:       18.50 yards

Added year to date:         137.75 yards

Net added in 2026:        21.50 yards

Kate's 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces has us tracking how many days each week we get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. I missed a total of four days over the last two weeks, all of them while we were traveling. Visiting family and having fun filled most of our time.

15 Minute Challenge 2026

8/23 - 8/29             5 of 7 days

8/30 - 9/5               5 of 7 days

2026 Total        242 of 248 days

Success rate                97.6%   

Check out more stash reports at quiltpaintcreate and join the 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces. Thanks so much to Donna and Kate for continuing to host these link-ups. 

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

Sunday Stash and Stitching 8/23/2026

There wasn't much change to the stash numbers this week, although I did use 3/4 yard for the border of my 30's Kaleidoscope quilt top. The fabrics used in the blocks of that quilt were counted in 2021 when the blocks were made.

30's Kaleidoscope quilt top

61" x 73"

2026 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:                    .75 yards

Used year to date:           115.25 yards

Added last week:                   0.0 yards

Added year to date:         119.25 yards

Net added in 2026:            4.0 yards

Kate's 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces has us tracking how many days each week we get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. I've spent the last couple of days prepping applique blocks to take along for hand stitching on an upcoming trip.

15 Minute Challenge 2026

8/16 - 8/22             7 of 7 days

2026 Total        232 of 234 days

Success rate               99. 1%   

Check out more stash reports at quiltpaintcreate and join the 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces. Thanks so much to Donna and Kate for continuing to host these link-ups. 

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

30's Kaleidoscope Quilt Top

As regular readers may have noticed, I've really been pushing to make progress on some of my many rainbow quilts this year. I started participating in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge in 2013, usually working on multiple projects each year, but I was always more successful at starting new projects and making blocks throughout the year than at getting all of the blocks joined together and finishing the quilts. It's time for that to change!

Last week's main accomplishment toward that goal was joining together a set of blocks that were made in 2021. This is the top for my 30's Kaleidoscope Quilt.

30's Kaleidoscope quilt top

61" x 73"

I made one kaleidoscope block from every 30's reproduction fabric I had, and my sister sent me pieces of some of her 30's fabrics to include too. When I got through them all, I had a total of 190 blocks! I used 99 of them in this quilt, and the rest are waiting in a box.

Making the blocks wasn't too difficult, but joining them together was a tedious process with lots of pinning necessary. It was worth it though, because I am thrilled with the way it turned out. I almost wish I had used more of the blocks and made a bed-sized quilt instead, but it's too late for that now.

I'm  linking up with:

Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

Wednesday Wait Loss at Inquiring Quilter

Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts

Rainbow Scrap Challenge at So Scrappy

Oh Scrap! at Quilting is more fun than Housework

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

Sunday Stash and Stitching Time 8/16/2026

My Stash Report for the past week shows almost 2 yards of fabric used, which was the backing and binding for my recently finished Rail Fence Stairsteps quilt. 

Rail Fence Stairsteps, 38.5" x 46.5"

No new fabric was added to the stash, although I did try. I'm in the process of planning a quilt for a guild challenge, and I don't have the right colors in my stash. I visited one local quilt shop, but they didn't have what I wanted either. The search continues...

2026 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:                 1.875 yards

Used year to date:           114.50 yards

Added last week:                   0.0 yards

Added year to date:         119.25 yards

Net added in 2026:          4.75 yards

Kate's 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces has us tracking how many days each week we get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. The majority of my quilting time this week was spent researching, planning, and making sample blocks for an upcoming guild challenge.

15 Minute Challenge 2026

8/9 - 8/15               7 of 7 days

2026 Total        225 of 227 days

Success rate               99. 1%   

Check out more stash reports at quiltpaintcreate and join the 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces. Thanks so much to Donna and Kate for continuing to host these link-ups. 

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

Rail Fence Stairsteps is Finished!

Another quilt top from my large collection of rainbow quilts in the to-be-quilted closet has been finished! This is my Rail Fence Stairsteps quilt.

Rail Fence Stairsteps, 38.5" x 46.5"

The blocks for this quilt were made as part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge in 2022 and 2023. I ended up with over 300 blocks, which were turned into two quilt tops. This quilt top was assembled in November, 2023, and it has been hanging around waiting to be finished ever since. 

Most of the rest of the blocks made in 2022-23 were used in the Rail Fence Zigzag quilt, which was finished in early July of this year.

Rail Fence Zigzag, 37.25" x 38.75"

The quilting is gentle curves that follow each color down the stairs, with tighter curves through the light rectangles.

I used the same tie-dye look flannel fabric as the Rail Fence Zigzag quilt to back this quilt, and finished it off with a bright turquoise binding.

This is my 12th finished quilt for 2026, which ties my record for finishes from 2025, and I still have several months left to go in the year!

I'm  linking up with:

Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

Wednesday Wait Loss at Inquiring Quilter

Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts

Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday (TGIFF) at Rebecca Grace Quilting 

Brag About Your Beauties at From Bolt to Beauty

 Rainbow Scrap Challenge at So Scrappy

Oh Scrap! at Quilting is more fun than Housework

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

Sunday Stash and Stitching 8/9/2026

It was a fairly typical week in my sewing room, with progress being made on multiple different projects. That included adding the binding to a guild community service quilt, making the pieced sections for the April and May blocks of my 2026 Temperature Quilt, and trying to figure out a plan for a challenge quilt.

The only change to my stash numbers was thanks to the completion of my recent placemats project. I finished off three sets of placemats, most of them made from orphan blocks and other leftovers from older quilts, using 3.625 yards from the stash.

This last set of placemats was made from a panel and additional fabric from our guild's community service stash. It didn't change my stash totals at all, but they did get finished this week along with the rest. All of the placemats will be donated to Meals on Wheels.

2026 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:                 3.625 yards

Used year to date:         112.625 yards

Added last week:                   0.0 yards

Added year to date:         119.25 yards

Net added in 2026:        6.625 yards

Kate's 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces has us tracking how many days each week we get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. As stated at the top of the post, I've been working on several different projects, and I definitely spent more than 15 minutes quilting every day this week.

15 Minute Challenge 2026

8/2 - 8/8                 7 of 7 days

2026 Total        218 of 220 days

Success rate             99.09 %   

Check out more stash reports at quiltpaintcreate and join the 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces. Thanks so much to Donna and Kate for continuing to host these link-ups. 

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

Sunday Stash and Stitching 8/2/2026

I started to put together my stash report post a week ago, but an early morning appointment to donate blood at the Red Cross kept me from finishing it, and I just never got back to it that day. Because of that, today's report covers the last two weeks.

I've been working on several different projects during that time, but I haven't done so well at taking photos and writing blog posts for some of them. The usage I can report is 3.25 yards for a set of 12 placemats that used blocks made as part of a Super Bowl Mystery in 2021. 

The placemats were backed with this cute print from Piece O' Cake, with a date of 2001 on the selvage. Time to use that up!

I've been making some progress on my 2026 Temperature Quilt, and I was starting to worry about running out of some colors. That meant another fabric order, with 6 yards total added to the stash. These fabrics are all from the Glaze and Glaze 2 lines by Libs Elliott for Andover.

2026 STASH TOTALS

Used last two weeks:           3.25 yards

Used year to date:             109.0 yards

Added last two weeks:           6.0 yards

Added year to date:         119.25 yards

Net added in 2026:        10.25 yards

Kate's 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces has us tracking how many days each week we get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. I've had a hard time staying focused on any of my quilting projects lately, but I did finish one small quilt (photos/blog post coming soon,) plus I've been working on all of those placemats. 

15 Minute Challenge 2026

7/19 - 7/25             7 of 7 days

7/26 - 8/1               7 of 7 days

2026 Total        211 of 213 days

Success rate             99.06 %   

Check out more stash reports at quiltpaintcreate and join the 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces. Thanks so much to Donna and Kate for continuing to host these link-ups. 

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA