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.
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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, 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.
Happy quilting everyone!
Julie in GA
Great numbers!. I'm sure they were happy to get all those placemats.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of placemats! Each set is has it's own charm, but the Maze Zing ones are my favorites. Congrats on all the stitching time and yardage out this week. You are going into the end of the year with really strong metrics.
ReplyDeleteLovely placements all. I do like that maze pattern.
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