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. My latest group to be finished were made from some orphan Dresden Star blocks.
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
Those placemats are so pretty. What a great way to use up those orphan blocks. Congrats on the stash and stitching metrics. You've done so well with both this year.
ReplyDeleteLove your placemats. The side strips set off the Dresden plates.
ReplyDeleteAny time you use more than you add is probably good - unless you are a shop owner of course!
ReplyDeleteLove the placemats...what size do you make? I've been making 18 x 12 but I suspect I should make smaller ones.
That's the size I generally make the placemats too.
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