Stash Report and Stitching Time 4/20/2025

I have a very fun stash addition to report this week. Our quilt guild had a program on Ice Dyeing this week, followed by a hands-on workshop . Unfortunately, I wasn't able to stay for the entire workshop, but I was there long enough to learn the process. Yesterday I had the time to make my own set of ice-dyed fat quarters at home.

It was so much fun to learn a new skill and play with fabric in a very different way. We started with three primary colors of dye, and I mostly combined them in pairs. I love the way the indigo blue and turkey red mixed into purple, and the mustard yellow and turkey red produced some gorgeous sunset-like oranges and fuchsias.

I'm not as wild about the mustard yellow and indigo combinations; they came out more olive green than I had hoped. The other three pieces in the above photo have all three colors combined. I was afraid they would just turn out muddy and dull, but they are surprisingly pretty.

These pieces are all fat quarters, which means 3 yards total added to the stash, and no usage to report for the week. I'm debating how to use these pieces in a future project. One of the leaders of the workshop confessed that she has a hard time cutting up her hand-dyed fabrics.

2025 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:                  0.0 yards

Used year to date:           28.75 yards

Added last week:                 3.0 yards

Added year to date:          23.75 yards

Net used in 2025:             5.0 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 past week was one that had me wondering what I spent all my time doing, because I don't have much to show for it, even though I did spend time quilting every day. I did alter a new suit for Ed to wear to an upcoming wedding, which was my main activity early in the week. Toward the end of the week, I was able to finish a couple more blocks for my Jane Stickle sampler quilt. Here are the latest additions to my set of blocks.

Jane Stickle Sampler blocks

Top row: B8, A12

2nd row: A11

15 Minute Challenge for 2025

4/13 - 4/19               7 of 7 days

2025 Total          109 of 109 days

Success rate                100 %     

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