Stash Report and Stitching Time 11/24/2024

Last week's marathon of finishing placemats before our guild meeting on Thursday is finally over! I ended up with a total of 35 placemats to turn in, which will all be donated to Meals on Wheels. This is what they looked like all stacked up together.

I wish I had included a ruler in that photo to measure the height of the stack of placemats. I would guess it was probably about 3" high. Here they are all spread out in groups on my sewing machine table.

The pile at the lower left were the easiest to make, done quilt-as-you-go style. The sets at the lower right were all made from orphan blocks, Dresden Stars on top and tiny bowties underneath. You can see all of those placemats in earlier posts here, here and here.

The placemats at the top of that photo are the ones I was finishing this week. They were started in a class I took in June, 2023 with Candace Hassen. Our class with Candace was her A Maze Zing pattern. There were two versions, one with a single giant block and the other with multiple smaller blocks. The version with smaller blocks is called Hoopla, but the piecing method is the same. I made the smaller blocks, with the idea from the very beginning that they would work well as placemats. All of the placemat tops were pieced in 2023 as part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, and the yardage used this week was for all the backings, 3.5 yards total.

No new fabric was added to the stash last week.

2024 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:                    3.50 yards

Used year to date:             127.75 yards

Added last week:                     0.0 yards

Added year to date:           104.75 yards

Net used in 2024:              23.0 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. The placemat marathon is over for now, and I've been struggling to figure out what to work on next. Of course I should concentrate on cleaning up before I do anything else!  I managed to get my 15 minutes every day this week.

15 Minute Challenge for 2024

11/17 - 11/23            7 of 7 days

2024 Total          323 of 328 days

Success rate               98.47 %   

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. I'm also linking up with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge on Saturday.

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

Stash Report and Stitching Time 11/17/2024

My sewing room has turned into a placemat factory lately, and I have been happily making more and more of them. Our guild collects placemats throughout the year for donation to Meals on Wheels, but the main push is before the holidays when they distribute new placemats to all of their clients. The latest group to be finished were made from some orphan Dresden Star blocks.

These blocks were leftover from my Dresden Star quilt which was started in a class with Edyta Sitar in 2013. The original pattern was for a quilt with eight blocks, but I ended up using only five of them in my quilt, finished in 2020. The Dresden Star pattern is still available at Laundry Basket Quilts.

Dresden Star quilt, 50" x 50"

Besides the fabric used for the side borders and backing on the Dresden placemats, my other usage for the week went toward my RSC Hen & Chicks Sampler blocks, which were shared HERE. The total fabric used for the week was 1-3/8 yards, and no new fabric was added to the stash.

2024 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:                  1.375 yards

Used year to date:             124.25 yards

Added last week:                     0.0 yards

Added year to date:           104.75 yards

Net used in 2024:              19.5 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 have another big group of placemats that I've been finishing, with the goal of turning them in at our guild meeting on Thursday. That has meant plenty of quilting time every day over the past week.

15 Minute Challenge for 2024

11/10 - 11/16            7 of 7 days

2024 Total          316 of 321 days

Success rate               98.44 %   

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

Stash Report and Stitching Time 11/10/2024

There has been plenty of quilting going on around here this week, but I don't have any fabric used to share in the stash report. Some fabric was used, but I either haven't added up the amount yet (my RSC Hen & Chicks blocks) or I haven't taken any photos yet (a finished baby quilt.) 

What I do have to show today is a beautiful rainbow group of fabrics that I received this week. Our quilt guild is talking about doing a temperature quilt challenge next year, and I have been researching patterns and fabric lines. Then one day a sale on this gorgeous rainbow line of fabric appeared in my inbox.

Most of the fabrics shown are from the Glaze II line by Libs Elliott for Andover. Fat quarter bundles were marked way down at Quilt in a Day, (and they are still on sale as of today.) I also added a few more colors from the original Glaze collection, and I'm still thinking about getting a couple more. Total added to the stash this week was 16 yards.

2024 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:                      0.0 yards

Used year to date:           122.875 yards

Added last week:                   16.0 yards

Added year to date:           104.75 yards

Net used in 2024:          18.125 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. It felt so good to finish the last blocks for the RSC sampler, and I'm hoping to get some other BOM blocks made this week.

15 Minute Challenge for 2024

11/3 - 11/9                7 of 7 days

2024 Total          309 of 314 days

Success rate                 98.4 %   

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

Brown Hen & Chicks Blocks

One of my projects for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge this year has been the Hen & Chicks Sampler, designed by our RSC hostess Angela. I've been following along all year, although I'd fallen behind over the last couple of months. Today I finally finished the last set of blocks, #37 - 40, all made with brown batiks.

The next challenge will be figuring out how I want to set all of my blocks together. I have 40 blocks that finish at 3" and 40 that will be 6". I've been considering some options for how to use them together.

Be sure to check out all of the wonderful scrappy projects at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge every Saturday and Oh Scrap! over at Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday. 

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

Stash Report and Stitching Time 11/3/2024

The last week seemed like a busy one, but I can't even figure out why at this moment. Maybe I just need to wake up a little and have some more coffee first!

I do know that most of my quilting time was spent on making more placemats for our guild's community service project. All of the placemats we are making will be donated to Meals on Wheels. I made another set in blue and brown, using a combination of fabrics from the guild and some from my stash.

Up next was a set made completely from guild fabrics, all of them featuring red.

Working on projects made from guild fabrics meant not much change to my stash for the week. I did use 1.25 yards of my own fabrics for the blue and brown placemats.

2024 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:                    1.25 yards

Used year to date:           122.875 yards

Added last week:                    0.0 yards

Added year to date:             88.75 yards

Net used in 2024:          34.125 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 stalled out on most of my on-going projects, but have spent plenty of time making placemats. I also finished the quilting on a baby quilt yesterday and just need to add the binding to it..

15 Minute Challenge for 2024

10/27 - 11/2              7 of 7 days

2024 Total          302 of 307 days

Success rate               98.37 %   

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