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. My 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