As usual, the month of December is speeding by, and now we are only 10 days away from Christmas! I didn't post a Stash Report last week because we were traveling, a trip to Wisconsin to celebrate my mother's 90th birthday. We were able to enjoy plenty of family time, including meeting the most recent additions to the family, two great nieces. It was a great trip, even though Ed and I both managed to get sick at different times. We are home now and working on final preparations for Christmas.
My stash usage for the week was 2.25 yards, which was the fabric used for the backing and binding on the baby quilt for one of those new great nieces. I shared photos of the quilt (and one of the baby) in THIS POST. As usual when we drive to Wisconsin, I got to make a stop at Hancock's of Paducah. I bought a few pieces of fabric, but I am not sure where they are hiding right now, so I will wait and share those in next week's post.
2024 STASH TOTALS
Used last week: 2.25 yards
Used year to date: 130.0 yards
Added last week: 0.0 yards
Added year to date: 111.25 yards
Net used in 2024: 18.75 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. It's always hard to find that time while away from home, but I surprised myself by getting in some stitching every day that we were gone. For the past couple of years, my appliqued hearts blocks have been my go-to hand stitching project while traveling, and they continue to fill that role now. I finished the four blocks shown below during our trip, bringing my total number of heart blocks to over 100. I've been working on other projects since we got home, and have managed to spend some time on quilting every day.
15 Minute Challenge for 2024
12/1 - 12/14 14 of 14 days
2024 Total 344 of 349 days
Success rate 98.57 %
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
It is hard to find the stitching time when traveling, but if you have the right project, it's much easier. Those heart blocks are great, small and portable. You've done so well on both the stash and stitching metrics this year, as usual. I'm nailing the stitching, still need a lot of work on the stash!
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