tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502494335674845052024-03-18T09:22:40.976-04:00Julie's Quilts and CostumesJulie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.comBlogger1874125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-57318474387033618222024-03-17T09:58:00.000-04:002024-03-17T09:58:02.906-04:00Stash Report and Stitching Time 3/17/2024<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There's not a whole lot to share for the stash report this week. I did use 3/4 yard for the batch of Sewcialites 2 blocks I made as part of our guild's Block of the Month program. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBhMqBX-SHVFR25aNeSyKyLrGKgxRwW3BgHdeGzfyKIjiIYqJIm4L_uVi6BHkaGI_7TViHwDCV__Z4IQ1Ir7lhsHqS5MlHN0Qq5JG_lBkZcdXIk0IeysbTlRNxR_Vw9aIVwEEO9gk_Qaz2GWONkyXlijMDfXzdX9fYR4aFZpcpdQV8l3SINVs1dVb1HY/s640/IMG_0879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="640" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBhMqBX-SHVFR25aNeSyKyLrGKgxRwW3BgHdeGzfyKIjiIYqJIm4L_uVi6BHkaGI_7TViHwDCV__Z4IQ1Ir7lhsHqS5MlHN0Qq5JG_lBkZcdXIk0IeysbTlRNxR_Vw9aIVwEEO9gk_Qaz2GWONkyXlijMDfXzdX9fYR4aFZpcpdQV8l3SINVs1dVb1HY/w640-h470/IMG_0879.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sewcialites 2</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3", 6" and 9" blocks</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The batik fabrics in these two blocks are from the Island Batiks line "Limerick", which seems appropriate for St. Patrick's Day.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01ISMDwkNoriDIwxmk8K4Ayatzkp1brGX_ol_DL1jP6oeEh0gus0Beugf9iF8pFnVrpUEgZyWhhEr7g0en0xyB1NeUvB_WhMg-_Z_CSip1fQZWvTIbm0I1-760V77jSqwZu1gh5IehScYXWRX3YRFNr0JyAZqgYunAXunoDPh1BhJ0eV2n7KT4LcmhPQ/s4858/IMG_0896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2590" data-original-width="4858" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01ISMDwkNoriDIwxmk8K4Ayatzkp1brGX_ol_DL1jP6oeEh0gus0Beugf9iF8pFnVrpUEgZyWhhEr7g0en0xyB1NeUvB_WhMg-_Z_CSip1fQZWvTIbm0I1-760V77jSqwZu1gh5IehScYXWRX3YRFNr0JyAZqgYunAXunoDPh1BhJ0eV2n7KT4LcmhPQ/w640-h342/IMG_0896.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I received a fabric order last week, but barely had time to even look at it. I will tally up the yardage added and include it in next week's stash report.</span></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">2024 STASH TOTALS</span></b></div></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Used last week: .75 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></span></div><div><div><span>Used year to date: </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 20.0 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added last week:</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 0.0</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> yards</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added year to date: 17.50 yards</span></div><div><span><b><span>Net used in 2024: 2.50</span></b><b><span> yards</span></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s291/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="291" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s1600/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" width="291" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kate's <a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/03/stitching-stuff-week-11-of-2024.html" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces has us </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">tracking how many days each week we </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. I'm currently away from home for a few days, enjoying a visit with family in Wisconsin. I brought along my usual hand-stitching project and have managed to get in a little stitching time each day.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>15 Min</b></span><b>ute Challenge for 2024:</b><b> </b></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">3/10 - 3 /16 7 of 7</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">2024 Total </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 76</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of 76</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Success rate 100%</span></div></div></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Check out more stash reports at </span><a href="https://quiltpaintcreate.wordpress.com/2024/03/17/sunday-stash-march-17-2024/" rel="" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">quiltpaintcreate</a><span> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">and join the </span><span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/03/stitching-stuff-week-11-of-2024.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces. Thanks so much to Donna and Kate for continuing to host these link-ups.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-72096561400598602812024-03-11T09:19:00.002-04:002024-03-11T09:19:59.683-04:00Design Wall Monday 3/11/2024<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">One of the new quilt projects that I started last month was our guild's new block of the month. We considered several BOM options and settled on <a href="https://www.fatquartershop.com/sewcialites?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=qal-sewcialites2-announcement" target="_blank">Sewcialites 2 by Fat Quarter Shop</a>. This originally ran as a weekly block program from October, 2022 until April, 2023. All of the block patterns are still available on the Fat Quarter Shop's website. The illustration below is from the <a href="https://blog.fatquartershop.com/announcing-the-free-sewcialites-2-quilt-along/" target="_blank">original announcement on their blog</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blog.fatquartershop.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Sewcialites-2022-9-Inch-Setting_Color-Swatches-scaled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blog.fatquartershop.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Sewcialites-2022-9-Inch-Setting_Color-Swatches-scaled.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.fatquartershop.com/sewcialites?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=qal-sewcialites2-announcement" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sewcialites 2 by Fat Quarter Shop</span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The plan for the guild is to make two blocks each month. There are 24 different block patterns, so it will take us a full year to get through them all. Participants will share their blocks at the monthly meetings, and their name is entered into a prize drawing each time they complete the assigned blocks.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The block patterns include instructions for blocks in three different sizes, 3", 6" or 9". I've been having some trouble deciding what size to make, so I tried them all. For the 3" blocks, I used all solid colors.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OUay0id9WpoZxu-Mmwg30rsbYObTdK6V7l_EtlrZ_FJ0W1uRk8Nn3lskA6CqUnnME9UTni_0p5fzp5nvoR7-7KVSgX6b0YFeeSKQjwyvYJoAGoeNy01PCngV33nKTBFXyx3076KcRS1flKSQrTi-MScPMfS34FqdajQ822DYSjTGHTZTRZmdMwf-G7w/s3705/IMG_0882.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="3705" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OUay0id9WpoZxu-Mmwg30rsbYObTdK6V7l_EtlrZ_FJ0W1uRk8Nn3lskA6CqUnnME9UTni_0p5fzp5nvoR7-7KVSgX6b0YFeeSKQjwyvYJoAGoeNy01PCngV33nKTBFXyx3076KcRS1flKSQrTi-MScPMfS34FqdajQ822DYSjTGHTZTRZmdMwf-G7w/w640-h332/IMG_0882.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3" blocks</span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My 6" blocks are made in Christmas colors. I'm not wild about the bright limey green, but I think it would be okay when there are more blocks made.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZ4UEU7DRcFW6fXkZYniw9QeYstkc3nw1alDbS7mzxdX6GiPTa_RYUfr7MCjsDJd8S55-itbGaqziHyPoRYGQR6UDwIKU78ufuTWp2WrTHo-q1rUdbQOgzmoNvUnKSGX1ZsoCN2P2rPwfxcbz3l_GNKOxIKuLsjRg5Kn3UuuXI4ujYU-x9GTQy3GtNFM/s4210/IMG_0889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2217" data-original-width="4210" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZ4UEU7DRcFW6fXkZYniw9QeYstkc3nw1alDbS7mzxdX6GiPTa_RYUfr7MCjsDJd8S55-itbGaqziHyPoRYGQR6UDwIKU78ufuTWp2WrTHo-q1rUdbQOgzmoNvUnKSGX1ZsoCN2P2rPwfxcbz3l_GNKOxIKuLsjRg5Kn3UuuXI4ujYU-x9GTQy3GtNFM/w640-h338/IMG_0889.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">6" blocks</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My first attempt at the 9" blocks features some batiks that I won in a giveaway from Island Batik last year.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhUM47rESZIpjR2MSg0mwjypgSU3He9K7dByntCwUS8w2TZdVnwk5Sn6PbiFxpFUDTkxRaEu4aypelv-O4I9NXAU6SUlLPgVSS8CDAa00KtGyRp6bremhnjs-FSLLzPyLkZy56XeMRmomOsQvKCrisc-Mu5VKCFqnzs301Gr8anvKHQChTDhwNPFP4J8/s4858/IMG_0896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2590" data-original-width="4858" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhUM47rESZIpjR2MSg0mwjypgSU3He9K7dByntCwUS8w2TZdVnwk5Sn6PbiFxpFUDTkxRaEu4aypelv-O4I9NXAU6SUlLPgVSS8CDAa00KtGyRp6bremhnjs-FSLLzPyLkZy56XeMRmomOsQvKCrisc-Mu5VKCFqnzs301Gr8anvKHQChTDhwNPFP4J8/w640-h342/IMG_0896.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">9" blocks</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I also made a second set of 9" blocks with a navy background and fiery yellows and oranges. These look like they would make a very dramatic quilt.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUj4cAN_hupItpztGsCJ8Fywq8HtcXqnr27z5jxs4OFbFru1MlYzNsmdz0hIpbzl4VNCS5Bs4SdDm2grvVTa28grJOF5XhCYr1dt5e7pjofJ2QCSIaS8W6w_dLXZxR1q0CFKNROlzEcKl7966UXi0Tk3Hoe389G2alIbbPOyCLGBTg2hABmmzCkiVB2Ps/s4392/IMG_0788.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2246" data-original-width="4392" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUj4cAN_hupItpztGsCJ8Fywq8HtcXqnr27z5jxs4OFbFru1MlYzNsmdz0hIpbzl4VNCS5Bs4SdDm2grvVTa28grJOF5XhCYr1dt5e7pjofJ2QCSIaS8W6w_dLXZxR1q0CFKNROlzEcKl7966UXi0Tk3Hoe389G2alIbbPOyCLGBTg2hABmmzCkiVB2Ps/w640-h328/IMG_0788.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">9" blocks</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">All of the blocks look like the same size in the photos above because they are all scaled to the maximum for my blog. The next photo lets you really see the difference in the sizes.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBhMqBX-SHVFR25aNeSyKyLrGKgxRwW3BgHdeGzfyKIjiIYqJIm4L_uVi6BHkaGI_7TViHwDCV__Z4IQ1Ir7lhsHqS5MlHN0Qq5JG_lBkZcdXIk0IeysbTlRNxR_Vw9aIVwEEO9gk_Qaz2GWONkyXlijMDfXzdX9fYR4aFZpcpdQV8l3SINVs1dVb1HY/s4124/IMG_0879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3025" data-original-width="4124" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBhMqBX-SHVFR25aNeSyKyLrGKgxRwW3BgHdeGzfyKIjiIYqJIm4L_uVi6BHkaGI_7TViHwDCV__Z4IQ1Ir7lhsHqS5MlHN0Qq5JG_lBkZcdXIk0IeysbTlRNxR_Vw9aIVwEEO9gk_Qaz2GWONkyXlijMDfXzdX9fYR4aFZpcpdQV8l3SINVs1dVb1HY/w640-h470/IMG_0879.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sewcialites 2, Blocks 1 & 2</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I'm not really planning to make four different sets of blocks every month, but I will probably do two, maybe even three. The hard part will be deciding which to eliminate. It is unlikely that I will use the FQS setting, shown in the illustration at the top of this post, for most of them, but that decision is a long ways off.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">C</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">heck out what other quilters are working on this week at </span><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2024/03/design-wall-monday-march-11-2024.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts and at <a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-3-4-24-2/" target="_blank">Monday Musings</a> at Songbird Designs. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i>Julie in GA</i></b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></div></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-13779903695606346312024-03-10T08:42:00.000-04:002024-03-10T08:42:45.716-04:00Stash Report and Stitching Time 3/10/2024<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking back over the past week's stitching time, garments seem to have become a theme. The current <a href="https://kimlapacek.com/2024/03/15-5-hourglass-challenge-5-of-project-quilting-season-15.html" target="_blank">Project Quilt Challenge</a> is all about Wearables--either make something quilted from clothing, add quilting to a piece of clothing, or make an actual garment. I made two placemats using fabrics from old shirts (read more in <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2024/03/project-quilting-155-wearables.html" target="_blank">this post</a>.) I used 1 yard of fabric for the placemats.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJXLx_5qATWJ-oRgAUkWBFtDyDnev0pNlxPzpX9aQ9nv3LBFijWJEVJg0Gm-U7ELQUVAIcozX3Ox3I3XDEJunwH-u7-pc67vlp5t-_qvVIxsdnby8qLZ38gG8fenp73VOCFTeIDqCCGEKkhM7I_uMEYMGvbRlX5-TN3oU5ZcXNv1OhvfHlWrLO939qIY/s3836/IMG_0860.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3836" data-original-width="2638" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJXLx_5qATWJ-oRgAUkWBFtDyDnev0pNlxPzpX9aQ9nv3LBFijWJEVJg0Gm-U7ELQUVAIcozX3Ox3I3XDEJunwH-u7-pc67vlp5t-_qvVIxsdnby8qLZ38gG8fenp73VOCFTeIDqCCGEKkhM7I_uMEYMGvbRlX5-TN3oU5ZcXNv1OhvfHlWrLO939qIY/w440-h640/IMG_0860.JPG" width="440" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I also made a pair of pajama pants last week, using 3 yards of fabric. They were a gift, and unfortunately I didn't get a photo of them. Just last night I was asked to do a couple of minor sewing repairs on clothing for a family member. Like I said, there seems to be a theme.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The good news regarding the stash report is that my usage for the week has finally gotten me back in the black as having used more fabric than has been added for the year. The not-so-good news is that a recent fabric order has finally shipped and should get here next week. </span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">2024 STASH TOTALS</span></b></div></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Used last week: 4.00 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></span></div><div><div><span>Used year to date: </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 19.25 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added last week:</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 0.0</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> yards</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added year to date: 17.50 yards</span></div><div><span><b><span>Net used in 2024: 1.75</span></b><b><span> yards</span></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s291/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="291" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s1600/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" width="291" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kate's <a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/03/stitching-stuff-week-10-of-2024.html" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces has us </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">tracking how many days each week we </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. On top of all the garment-related stitching, I spent lots of time cutting for various quilt-along projects. I also finished making the blocks for a baby quilt, and I hope to get the quilt top assembled today.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>15 Min</b></span><b>ute Challenge for 2024:</b><b> </b></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">3/3 - 3 /9 7 of 7</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">2024 Total </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 69</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of 69</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Success rate 100%</span></div></div></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Check out more stash reports at </span><a href="https://quiltpaintcreate.wordpress.com/2024/03/10/sunday-stash-march-10-2024/" rel="" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">quiltpaintcreate</a><span> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">and join the </span><span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/03/stitching-stuff-week-10-of-2024.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces. Thanks so much to Donna and Kate for continuing to host these link-ups.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-5108592454849860162024-03-09T07:42:00.006-05:002024-03-10T09:38:37.048-04:00Purple Spinners<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It has been a busy week, but I did find some time to make a start on my blocks for the <a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2024/03/scraphappy-saturday-plowing-into-purple.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a>. Our color for March is purple, and I started by making some Rail Fence Spinner blocks.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAHVXLSoiKYfgIYJ8CEG8pRYfGOr6awruUlNGWc05f4tLabve8Tp5q7na6ruULN2fi7HTEEYrp3Nrg4MyZ1Q_3wsLS1JedPlrpkRpWPlUq-aAgQx4UUrM_7pKa5hXBocPbFv_bYjYA9Lbh1cMgqGchLW4_QpypMJMipgm17pnnrh4aex_-Y9uQRvJjd4/s3036/IMG_0854.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="3036" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAHVXLSoiKYfgIYJ8CEG8pRYfGOr6awruUlNGWc05f4tLabve8Tp5q7na6ruULN2fi7HTEEYrp3Nrg4MyZ1Q_3wsLS1JedPlrpkRpWPlUq-aAgQx4UUrM_7pKa5hXBocPbFv_bYjYA9Lbh1cMgqGchLW4_QpypMJMipgm17pnnrh4aex_-Y9uQRvJjd4/w640-h640/IMG_0854.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the purple blocks was made in November to use up some of the leftover parts from last year's Rail Fence project. The rest of these purple blocks were made this week. Their finished size will be 6".</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span>Be sure to check out all of the wonderful scrappy projects at the </span></span><a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2024/03/scraphappy-saturday-plowing-into-purple.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a><span> every Saturday and</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/03/oh-scrap-from-leftovers.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap!</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> over at Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></span></span></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-39047277435961147472024-03-07T07:52:00.002-05:002024-03-08T06:59:58.073-05:00Project Quilting 15.5: Wearables<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">The fifth challenge for</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://kimlapacek.com/project-quilting-season-15" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Season 15 of Project Quilting</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">was announced on Sunday, and the theme this week is "<a href="https://kimlapacek.com/2024/03/15-5-hourglass-challenge-5-of-project-quilting-season-15.html" target="_blank">Wearables</a>":</span></span></div><div><span face=""Nunito Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; counter-reset: footnotes 0;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://kimlapacek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Project-QUILTING-Season-14-23-655x655.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="655" height="328" src="https://kimlapacek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Project-QUILTING-Season-14-23-655x655.png" width="328" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">PQ 15.5 WEARABLES</span></h2><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 400; text-transform: none;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">For this week’s challenge, we’re working with “wearables” – I want you to either start or end fashionably. Here’s what I mean.</span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">One option is to turn clothes into something else. Are you ready to recycle your wedding dress into something new? Is it time to make a special project from t-shirts or old ties? I hear denim makes great rugs!</span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Or, you could quilt-ify something you wear. Try some visible mending and embellish existing pieces, or make a tote or hat or apron.</span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">Another option is to use the theme in a quilt. Make a wall hanging about your passion for shoes, or try that </span><a href="https://tidd.ly/49VcjVF" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="color: black;">Ugly Sweater quilt block pattern</span></a><span style="color: #333333;">.</span></span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">And finally – there’s a special opportunity for you this week! You can make a piece of clothing. Any piece of clothing you sew will qualify this week: pajama pants, an Easter dress, a jacket, a skirt – you can do it all. And for this, I’m making a one-time-only exception to the usual PQ rules about 3-layers or embellished or pieced, etc. This week only, if you whip up a sewn piece of clothing (from a pattern is fine!) you can enter it in PQ! </span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(I’m doing this to allow us scaredy-cats a growth opportunity to try apparel sewing.)</span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Now, don’t get carried away breaking the rules – you still have to BEGIN and END your project between 3/3/24 and 3/10/24 (no WIP projects, please), and it still has to be FINISHED. Done means buttoned, bound, hemmed, zipped, snapped or tied with a bow – your project must be finished to qualify.</span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">RULE ONE: your project must be wearable,</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">or</em></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">have been made from previously worn items,</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">or</em></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">have another connection to clothes, shoes and fashion accessories.</span></span></div></div></div></h2><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Nunito Sans, sans-serif">Making </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">clothing is not a big deal for me. I've been sewing for more than 50 years, but didn't start quilting until 1995. Before that, it was all clothing--mostly for myself at first, later as a career making theatre costumes, which I did for 40+ years. I still make garments occasionally, but most of the time I prefer to stick to quilting. </span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">For this challenge, I decided to pull out my box of old shirts and shirt fabric scraps. Bonnie Hunter seems to be the queen of using old shirt fabrics, and I've managed to amass a small collection of fabrics. I chose a few to use in two placemats.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclzxSbJRSjn8rR6F4ujhfnkpEF4wDTfMjHac8s-7FwpjKfIxmVXZIgagRbmBTTe0GLbli1r32f0h0JRykDZyLQFMtQ-CpymWZL0cYsRDQAir6nqBQ9YV5jspvPCXvmQeiDr7UtqcSaZ0tXVLGDft-w6mVgqofvpBx23Z6xUgSeiyubeYbBbD_21fxODs/s3813/IMG_0840.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="3813" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclzxSbJRSjn8rR6F4ujhfnkpEF4wDTfMjHac8s-7FwpjKfIxmVXZIgagRbmBTTe0GLbli1r32f0h0JRykDZyLQFMtQ-CpymWZL0cYsRDQAir6nqBQ9YV5jspvPCXvmQeiDr7UtqcSaZ0tXVLGDft-w6mVgqofvpBx23Z6xUgSeiyubeYbBbD_21fxODs/w640-h486/IMG_0840.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2blU4lNWIIPOPUPm8ERRHD-KefwUEIdD6HFJccZto2tQuO_9iHoFGn1jwW0p0hfMeK4_3kK2W11Bm4fYYdE7EKiCKMlQJsIz44-66pTRH9ArSOlhUtHkcKIpqNEiLuNDkHHsbPN2zb6TG1ldJYhnAKkgYWEwVwp_vbo_vZb3q6LqiBzfKnh4X4aCjGDs/s3848/IMG_0844.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3037" data-original-width="3848" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2blU4lNWIIPOPUPm8ERRHD-KefwUEIdD6HFJccZto2tQuO_9iHoFGn1jwW0p0hfMeK4_3kK2W11Bm4fYYdE7EKiCKMlQJsIz44-66pTRH9ArSOlhUtHkcKIpqNEiLuNDkHHsbPN2zb6TG1ldJYhnAKkgYWEwVwp_vbo_vZb3q6LqiBzfKnh4X4aCjGDs/w640-h506/IMG_0844.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULUt4kxDSpCOv35B8qki1vw_pDHhP58viSSKJCkyNKG7D4VlERf7eFPOcn7EvZm-IyLqsEKMBt13aq2Fik8ivgzTYJC_IQmA3h_OB9TwT2mDKRnI_BjN0SH6I7-o2H8MrMflgHEZCIOs9THaKZUD529gOgwpl2o1WhlYj7e3vkhOEEFMq4SA-LSy_9Ac/s3683/IMG_0845.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2851" data-original-width="3683" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULUt4kxDSpCOv35B8qki1vw_pDHhP58viSSKJCkyNKG7D4VlERf7eFPOcn7EvZm-IyLqsEKMBt13aq2Fik8ivgzTYJC_IQmA3h_OB9TwT2mDKRnI_BjN0SH6I7-o2H8MrMflgHEZCIOs9THaKZUD529gOgwpl2o1WhlYj7e3vkhOEEFMq4SA-LSy_9Ac/w640-h496/IMG_0845.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiow0S9l3yBlr7CPN1MJTIJOYnKkIir-jRTGc4Vz3S9sEefwN-Shc2ADgWWe8hMgrSWhMl4STufdRUIGHtYrTQD4i6SY3nbPngasHjq2RdfS0JwJogt4CKvhlAFXfpy28pTaSXmCmt_k1hA3YBT9KZh6mVTc2o4RT62F9EKV9pWRz_kVK5t7U1hbyDYGr0/s3651/IMG_0849.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2844" data-original-width="3651" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiow0S9l3yBlr7CPN1MJTIJOYnKkIir-jRTGc4Vz3S9sEefwN-Shc2ADgWWe8hMgrSWhMl4STufdRUIGHtYrTQD4i6SY3nbPngasHjq2RdfS0JwJogt4CKvhlAFXfpy28pTaSXmCmt_k1hA3YBT9KZh6mVTc2o4RT62F9EKV9pWRz_kVK5t7U1hbyDYGr0/w640-h498/IMG_0849.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Both placemats finished at 13.5" x 18". The dark fabrics in the chains of rectangles on each were also used for the backs. Both of those fabrics were from shirts that used to belong to my husband, but all the rest of the fabrics were from thrift store/garage sale shirts. The quilting is all stitch-in-the-ditch.</span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These two placemats will join the growing pile that will be donated to Meals on Wheels by our quilt guild. I'm hoping to end up with an even dozen to donate at an upcoming meeting. </span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Linking up with:</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://kimlapacek.com/2024/03/15-5-hourglass-challenge-5-of-project-quilting-season-15.html" target="_blank">Project Quilting 15.5</a> at Persimon Dreams</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.myquiltinfatuation.com/2024/03/a-finished-class-sample-and-ntt.html" target="_blank">Needle and Thread Thursday</a> at My Quilt Infatuation</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2024/03/log-cabins-and-finished-or-not-friday.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Finished or Not Friday</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> at Alycia Quilts</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2024/03/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-unusual-week.html" target="_blank">Can I Get a Whoop Whoop</a> at Confessions of a Fabric Addict</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></div></span></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-70756979848780292472024-03-03T08:00:00.003-05:002024-03-03T08:00:58.751-05:00Stash Report and Stitching Time 3/3/2024<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">February was the month of <i>many</i> small red blocks, as shown in my post for the <a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2024/03/scraphappy-saturday-passionately-purple.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a> yesterday (read the post <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2024/03/so-many-red-blocks.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.) </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtG3wTcBjFJGvt62KEPa2ZxMOkT7HxV3rzF3vhUu6Xd6Izy7DVxA6PZsXUwIjLwfhzj4tYpnhBDAV-Wmev67zHiHJenLYCsKejwmgybiYCR2GJypBUKb9DKPfIT_iT2nGVGYRmJQHcL2Z0xsZCAqRfVOG-nsFSlXKudW3WgQLOGZGKlRAo6nhcxXaVgw/s640/IMG_0831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtG3wTcBjFJGvt62KEPa2ZxMOkT7HxV3rzF3vhUu6Xd6Izy7DVxA6PZsXUwIjLwfhzj4tYpnhBDAV-Wmev67zHiHJenLYCsKejwmgybiYCR2GJypBUKb9DKPfIT_iT2nGVGYRmJQHcL2Z0xsZCAqRfVOG-nsFSlXKudW3WgQLOGZGKlRAo6nhcxXaVgw/w640-h640/IMG_0831.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Some of those blocks have already been counted in earlier stash reports, but many have not. The remaining blocks from February used a total of 1.5 yards of fabric. No new fabric was added to the stash last week.</span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">2024 STASH TOTALS</span></b></div></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Used last week: 1.50 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></span></div><div><div><span>Used year to date: </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 15.25 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added last week:</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 0.0</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> yards</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added year to date: 17.50 yards</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b><span>Net added in 2024: 2.25</span></b><b><span> yards</span></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s291/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="291" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s1600/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" width="291" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kate's <a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/03/stitching-stuff-week-9-of-2024.html" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces has us </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">tracking how many days each week we </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. Besides finishing up the red blocks for February, I also cut out and started piecing a new baby quilt for a sewing day along with other guild members.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>15 Min</b></span><b>ute Challenge for 2024:</b><b> </b></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">2/25 - 3 /2 7 of 7</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">2024 Total </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 62</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of 62</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Success rate 100%</span></div></div></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Check out more stash reports at </span><a href="https://quiltpaintcreate.wordpress.com/2024/03/03/sunday-stash-march-3-2024/" rel="" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">quiltpaintcreate</a><span> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">and join the </span><span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/03/stitching-stuff-week-9-of-2024.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces. Thanks so much to Donna and Kate for continuing to host these link-ups.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-27964986117863456742024-03-02T08:16:00.003-05:002024-03-03T08:10:29.780-05:00So Many Red Blocks!<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">February was the month to use our red scraps for the <a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2024/03/scraphappy-saturday-passionately-purple.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a>, and I certainly went through plenty of red. Now it's time to put away the red scraps and make a start on my purple scraps for March. I don't have anything purple to show yet, so I'm posting a final wrap-up of all my red blocks from the past month. (Some of these have already been shared in earlier posts.)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My first red project to get done in February was the blocks for the <a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/p/rc24.html" target="_blank">RSC 2024 Samper, Hen and Chicks</a>. The small blocks will finish at 3" and the larger ones are 6". I'm planning to make all my blocks for this sampler from batiks.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFMXH_156lN8GBWWIKPhrYccHr4TM2jbJEFaMbAh86XiBFEntkDluOWiyf5dDd8WT3Dg_I8tkbvZ0Qsici4y28O7vHOpsEv1LJ6wst5xaSgEzDA_2mKcO-YwLqC5m_fsQf6haxFt3312WzrzoZXZGCcghgca0nNvta1UZiqJxqeTEqSOe9EbeCWDTt3A/s640/IMG_0673.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFMXH_156lN8GBWWIKPhrYccHr4TM2jbJEFaMbAh86XiBFEntkDluOWiyf5dDd8WT3Dg_I8tkbvZ0Qsici4y28O7vHOpsEv1LJ6wst5xaSgEzDA_2mKcO-YwLqC5m_fsQf6haxFt3312WzrzoZXZGCcghgca0nNvta1UZiqJxqeTEqSOe9EbeCWDTt3A/w640-h640/IMG_0673.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">My next project was the Rail Fence Spinner blocks. I ended up with eight red blocks, plus one green block leftover from January. These are also 6" blocks.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1G6XCqnvz01aQnGL9PE1Egm7n7zKdFjzhIQEsW-0T78xXbYh-yLngmhJsVgadM1kXHIg87ZCCZ5htxibqh-OZdNs1TdjgAvtYCgYO4v7m8L23nrJTjYy-W92bU654FMeAfKSyjNayQfbIqOjGPbX6wncmE8wTxZli3DvDRFEDLzMtdzsi18XrXZXis_U/s3093/IMG_0769.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3093" data-original-width="3093" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1G6XCqnvz01aQnGL9PE1Egm7n7zKdFjzhIQEsW-0T78xXbYh-yLngmhJsVgadM1kXHIg87ZCCZ5htxibqh-OZdNs1TdjgAvtYCgYO4v7m8L23nrJTjYy-W92bU654FMeAfKSyjNayQfbIqOjGPbX6wncmE8wTxZli3DvDRFEDLzMtdzsi18XrXZXis_U/w640-h640/IMG_0769.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I've been participating in the <a href="https://kimlapacek.com/2024/02/15-4-hourglass-challenge-4-of-project-quilting-season-15.html" target="_blank">Project Quilting</a> challenges at Persimon Dreams for the past couple of years. One of our challenges in February was to use "Hourglass" as our inspiration. I made a scrappy, strippy red placemat, which is also my entry in the <a href="https://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/2024/02/february-2024-table-scraps-challenge.html" target="_blank">Table Scraps Challenge</a> at The Joyful Quilter.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-y9hGGBeUfsxkKJfl84nqH_WCIcnuP88sh2GWu_XBsC7OQTjVCfikgVtwYGbr2P_NfQ2Q9RyBy8QdyMx13iHnodRhH-KCYh3hqDNBVDNH4EM4fwwvJ6tI6TQ5NwzNZHyuh2GnPFWghBtoay_NzzNdu-z5vXNK-XhQbLO_9orfwOuqEqdmtiMtm6Yj2Y/s640/IMG_0781.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="640" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-y9hGGBeUfsxkKJfl84nqH_WCIcnuP88sh2GWu_XBsC7OQTjVCfikgVtwYGbr2P_NfQ2Q9RyBy8QdyMx13iHnodRhH-KCYh3hqDNBVDNH4EM4fwwvJ6tI6TQ5NwzNZHyuh2GnPFWghBtoay_NzzNdu-z5vXNK-XhQbLO_9orfwOuqEqdmtiMtm6Yj2Y/w640-h496/IMG_0781.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts is hosting a <a href="https://www.laundrybasketquilts.com/blog/categories/birthday-quilt-2024" target="_blank">Birthday Quilt 2024</a> quilt along to celebrate her birthday. There is a new pattern for a 6" block posted every week. I am alternating using a dark or a light background each week, and my blocks this month all feature red.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjms-mt4dtdmG7P_20W9vt9oALlYVncLYklgb3iDdCsp4-8rG_nJcQnvQW0WCxJEo0MGcxmHGoM7q992yGz9J2MerNDIlJlwNlwH_cFc1suYZzhugQCe8vTPYJrMjx5mqFWZUPecYYDUYTHPeEGaeZO8HI4WBkfU5olRam6IwfVi0obUruBy3274Te0dFI/s3023/IMG_0828.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3023" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjms-mt4dtdmG7P_20W9vt9oALlYVncLYklgb3iDdCsp4-8rG_nJcQnvQW0WCxJEo0MGcxmHGoM7q992yGz9J2MerNDIlJlwNlwH_cFc1suYZzhugQCe8vTPYJrMjx5mqFWZUPecYYDUYTHPeEGaeZO8HI4WBkfU5olRam6IwfVi0obUruBy3274Te0dFI/w640-h640/IMG_0828.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Hollow 9-Patch blocks have been one of my leader and ender projects since the beginning of the year. I ended up with nine 6" blocks in red for February.</span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAsIfOBgu_0dxNLHszRz-lyymYZ7E38btUvL8qaF4V3hbHjpPnq_R8IjpXoCSLJKNwkBlb5EXyL6jZ2lKj6-Fcr-8BKHLjSSs0XPc_PyDeZTgRpkTfitAoDthCq7d9JQWtR29mU3x1wZYGKjHxIM3AvADaEQ5rz44LaKs12Ro811xsnCjkCCFR9X0w7sc/s3347/IMG_0824.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3347" data-original-width="3347" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAsIfOBgu_0dxNLHszRz-lyymYZ7E38btUvL8qaF4V3hbHjpPnq_R8IjpXoCSLJKNwkBlb5EXyL6jZ2lKj6-Fcr-8BKHLjSSs0XPc_PyDeZTgRpkTfitAoDthCq7d9JQWtR29mU3x1wZYGKjHxIM3AvADaEQ5rz44LaKs12Ro811xsnCjkCCFR9X0w7sc/w640-h640/IMG_0824.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The last red project for the month was added to the lineup less than two weeks ago. It is the improv scrappy colorwash blocks inspired by Terry Rowland. You can read more about these in <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-new-scrappy-project.html" target="_blank">last week's post</a>. I ended up with 36 blocks for the month. They will finish at 3".</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5cPA0RfXK7SgJxvaozAwDb01vIWN46hdT-jAdUIoPRnnDV0pi0i47wJjqWS_JDiSAgeo4h2r-tCsCYHjQE9b6xK8loexlnz0jHTqZ_8O_vtFr52258f_gHdSzw-eKWnruuJWkqvN1FbHUgZIbE0mnWYS_7zK1Ko_EynQptyD9WeasHECXhWGxMWbLzE/s3030/IMG_0837.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3030" data-original-width="3030" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5cPA0RfXK7SgJxvaozAwDb01vIWN46hdT-jAdUIoPRnnDV0pi0i47wJjqWS_JDiSAgeo4h2r-tCsCYHjQE9b6xK8loexlnz0jHTqZ_8O_vtFr52258f_gHdSzw-eKWnruuJWkqvN1FbHUgZIbE0mnWYS_7zK1Ko_EynQptyD9WeasHECXhWGxMWbLzE/w640-h640/IMG_0837.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I put most of my red blocks up on the design wall together, although the Terry blocks are not included. It makes a wonderfully crazy, scrappy jumble of red!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtG3wTcBjFJGvt62KEPa2ZxMOkT7HxV3rzF3vhUu6Xd6Izy7DVxA6PZsXUwIjLwfhzj4tYpnhBDAV-Wmev67zHiHJenLYCsKejwmgybiYCR2GJypBUKb9DKPfIT_iT2nGVGYRmJQHcL2Z0xsZCAqRfVOG-nsFSlXKudW3WgQLOGZGKlRAo6nhcxXaVgw/s3212/IMG_0831.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3212" data-original-width="3212" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtG3wTcBjFJGvt62KEPa2ZxMOkT7HxV3rzF3vhUu6Xd6Izy7DVxA6PZsXUwIjLwfhzj4tYpnhBDAV-Wmev67zHiHJenLYCsKejwmgybiYCR2GJypBUKb9DKPfIT_iT2nGVGYRmJQHcL2Z0xsZCAqRfVOG-nsFSlXKudW3WgQLOGZGKlRAo6nhcxXaVgw/w640-h640/IMG_0831.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span>Be sure to check out all of the wonderful scrappy projects at the </span></span><a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2024/03/scraphappy-saturday-passionately-purple.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a><span> every Saturday and</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/03/oh-scrap-just-add-pansies.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap!</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> over at Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></span></span></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-16518122965968465632024-02-25T07:44:00.002-05:002024-02-25T07:44:47.394-05:00Stash Report and Stitching Time 2/25/2024<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My first two blocks for the Chatsworth Quilt Along were finished just in time for the release of the next two blocks on Thursday. I'm so excited by how these blocks look, and I've already started on Blocks 3 & 4. These two used a total of 3/4 yard of fabric.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBslJzDJupz4Whcc-HJDpwnozlzXJbi5QMN-BKGwECyRwz-asZwEXmi7V6v97NuD2kF7N2L2qdLTICTsGsjArV6xaEKfQjc3L8MCwADV-_6OmXkKZoRvMvnN-j1Pprqi_eG4TKfOXtKB5I6Gj4YfV_g7GAOK2w36ZCFjd21sGRymTSToz5G-2nbdKCok/s640/IMG_0715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="640" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBslJzDJupz4Whcc-HJDpwnozlzXJbi5QMN-BKGwECyRwz-asZwEXmi7V6v97NuD2kF7N2L2qdLTICTsGsjArV6xaEKfQjc3L8MCwADV-_6OmXkKZoRvMvnN-j1Pprqi_eG4TKfOXtKB5I6Gj4YfV_g7GAOK2w36ZCFjd21sGRymTSToz5G-2nbdKCok/w640-h328/IMG_0715.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://antlerquiltdesign.com/products/chatsworth" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chatsworth blocks #1 & 2</span></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My other fabric usage for the week was 1/2 yard for the placemat made as part of Project Quilting 15.4: Hourglass. You can see it <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2024/02/project-quilting-154-hourglass.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">There were no new fabric additions to the stash last week, but I did place an order that should get here in a week or so.</span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">2024 STASH TOTALS</span></b></div></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Used last week: 1.25 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></span></div><div><div><span>Used year to date: </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 13.75 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added last week:</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 0.0</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> yards</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added year to date: 17.50 yards</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b><span>Net added in 2024: 3.75</span></b><b><span> yards</span></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s291/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="291" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s1600/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" width="291" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kate's <a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/02/stitching-stuff-week-8-of-2024.html" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces has us </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">tracking how many days each week we </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. I've been working away at several different projects, and yesterday I spent part of the afternoon pulling out fabric options for two possible baby quilts.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>15 Min</b></span><b>ute Challenge for 2024:</b><b> </b></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">2/18 - 2/24 7 of 7</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">2024 Total </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 55</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of 55</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Success rate 100%</span></div></div></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Check out more stash reports at </span><a href="https://quiltpaintcreate.wordpress.com/2024/02/25/sunday-stash-february-25-2024/" rel="" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">quiltpaintcreate</a><span> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">and join the </span><span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/02/stitching-stuff-week-8-of-2024.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces. Thanks so much to Donna and Kate for continuing to host these link-ups.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-5267431984111885562024-02-24T12:44:00.004-05:002024-02-25T08:17:12.507-05:00A New Scrappy Project<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Over the past several years, I've done a few projects inspired by Bonnie Hunter's Leader and Ender challenges. Every summer, Bonnie introduces a new block to be made while working on other projects. If you have the pieces all cut and waiting next to the machine, it's amazing how much you can get done without really trying. For an explanation of how leaders and enders work, check out Bonnie's page <a href="https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/leaders-enders-whys-and-hows.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I've done a couple of leader/ender projects recently with the goal of making one block for every day of the year. I didn't always succeed at that goal, but I've come close. These have included my <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2020/12/last-scrappy-rainbow-saturday-of-2020.html" target="_blank">Square Dance</a> blocks in 2020 (near the bottom of the page,) Bowties in 2021 (<a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2021/12/spikey-rainbow-bowties-finished-top.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> and <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2022/01/back-to-bowties.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>,) and the <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2023/11/rail-fence-rainbows.html" target="_blank">Rail Fence</a> blocks in 2022 & '23.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I hadn't come up with a plan for a daily block to make this year until about a week ago. I've been seeing photos of some wonderful colorwash quilts made by Terry Rowland of T Row Studios. I haven't been able to find a blog or website for her, but she is active on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057711420871" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CipkxzdLQmT/?igshid=NGIzOGRhOTI%3D&epik=dj0yJnU9aXZqNjlTRENjR1oyR0c4TS1DWFNFZFBiQndmc2kybGUmcD0wJm49Q2lxVmE3cHYxdkVCdHZoR3pJM0hIdyZ0PUFBQUFBR1hhS1Q0&img_index=1" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and YouTube. She has a series of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UQE5SlOLqg&list=PLTlCHBm1ZxB513uC89Gv-y-9UQMJ4-Zm_" target="_blank">three YouTube videos</a> demonstrating how to make this amazing quilt.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAOrbFOFif3AUSa57YkBQ7HnX11tP17Xp2gscS7g9BfRVGo3mYP_MxVsMKhVGgYubza3t5bpRmtVOznyIfvtOy6rsbHyS0TX6AYBW2a2H_SfL4uOK0IMby1ZusP7YoYdS01yCDAt8l42Qvv7HgMI203hLcn9LwD1mFQYSRdU304oJHi4LKGg2YLDAsAU/s1781/2023-09-08%20Terry's.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1781" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAOrbFOFif3AUSa57YkBQ7HnX11tP17Xp2gscS7g9BfRVGo3mYP_MxVsMKhVGgYubza3t5bpRmtVOznyIfvtOy6rsbHyS0TX6AYBW2a2H_SfL4uOK0IMby1ZusP7YoYdS01yCDAt8l42Qvv7HgMI203hLcn9LwD1mFQYSRdU304oJHi4LKGg2YLDAsAU/w518-h640/2023-09-08%20Terry's.jpg" width="518" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The blocks are extremely easy to make and perfect for using up scraps. Each block finishes at only 3" square (although it would be simple enough to make them larger too.) I spent one afternoon cutting up red scraps, our color of the month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, and ended up with this. Each little stack will become one block.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nav0nhGzaGuLUIYviJJDTuL6JLOK6JRlM2qdCd5lmb12Ia3-B91apAFRDqv_LpyKF9-pp8bndXhvY4dCVbwqrbsID3X1dqeQhPMNfvDYsBE-2FORIaWD0kEuLYRJwLFRfYaPspoKQlgUFlLQO9a_in7KDzhOBAVXCiW6CdA5FOmludBHbhhTTEcEaD0/s4209/IMG_0776.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="4209" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nav0nhGzaGuLUIYviJJDTuL6JLOK6JRlM2qdCd5lmb12Ia3-B91apAFRDqv_LpyKF9-pp8bndXhvY4dCVbwqrbsID3X1dqeQhPMNfvDYsBE-2FORIaWD0kEuLYRJwLFRfYaPspoKQlgUFlLQO9a_in7KDzhOBAVXCiW6CdA5FOmludBHbhhTTEcEaD0/w640-h592/IMG_0776.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Most of my blocks so far have been made as leaders and enders, although I did finish off a couple extras for the photo this morning. Once again, my goal is to average one block every day. Some days I might not get any made, but other days there will be a few.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKB4CJyigQPeeNfysRQNlxq3bO122LulXQhYfVXRaImDUTbJYtPsUOWR6agXejJzjSvT1nX-FfHcx71nPYszrJWSgkE5bzgf6xZvtevnifMukHR7nS-6UgEK2doazrqs6HCA7Gsd-3b2pHKkqVfe7aIIjORTEQmBAhbQ96MLGGDyVlfoYdzTZHF1PrTq0/s2873/IMG_0805.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2873" data-original-width="2873" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKB4CJyigQPeeNfysRQNlxq3bO122LulXQhYfVXRaImDUTbJYtPsUOWR6agXejJzjSvT1nX-FfHcx71nPYszrJWSgkE5bzgf6xZvtevnifMukHR7nS-6UgEK2doazrqs6HCA7Gsd-3b2pHKkqVfe7aIIjORTEQmBAhbQ96MLGGDyVlfoYdzTZHF1PrTq0/w640-h640/IMG_0805.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The block with the white wavy stripes on red really jumps out at me and might not work for the colorwash effect. I'll wait to see how it looks when I have blocks made in more colors. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I should be able to finish the rest of the red blocks before the end of February. I'd also like to start a set of green blocks, our color from January, but I'm not sure I'll have time to get very far on that this month. The greens might spill over into future months.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span>Be sure to check out all of the wonderful scrappy projects at the </span></span><a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2024/02/scraphappy-saturday-red-roundup.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a><span> every Saturday and</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/02/oh-scrap-turquoise.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap!</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> over at Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></span></span></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-52346620448476588662024-02-20T06:35:00.003-05:002024-02-24T12:47:19.742-05:00Project Quilting 15.4: Hourglass<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">The fourth challenge for</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://kimlapacek.com/project-quilting-season-15" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Season 15 of Project Quilting</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">was announced on Sunday, and the theme this week is "<a href="https://kimlapacek.com/2024/02/15-4-hourglass-challenge-4-of-project-quilting-season-15.html" target="_blank">Hourglass</a>":</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Nunito Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; counter-reset: footnotes 0; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://kimlapacek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Project-QUILTING-Season-14-21-655x655.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="655" height="297" src="https://kimlapacek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Project-QUILTING-Season-14-21-655x655.png" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>PQ 15.4 HOURGLASS</i></span></h2><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">It’s one of the most common yet foundational of geometric shapes: the hourglass. Just two triangles stacked tip-to-tip. Put them inside a square and it’s a block even beginners can sew. </span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">But it’s also a symbol </span><span style="color: black;">embued </span><span style="color: #333333;">with meaning – representing the passage of time, a reminder of our inevitable mortality. A grim reminder of things lost and … wait, it got real grim all a sudden. </span></span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Maybe I should switch subjects.</span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">SEX! Yay! That’s better: let’s instead consider the hourglass as an idealization of the womanly form and the lusty virtues of youth. </span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Er. Or maybe I should just stop and let you decide where you take this one?</span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><div><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text" style="box-sizing: inherit; counter-reset: footnotes 0;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><h3 style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Rule One: you must use an hourglass SHAPE in your project, but you do not have to use the exact hourglass BLOCK.</i></span></h3></div></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-10856" decoding="async" height="202" sizes="(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px" src="https://kimlapacek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/kenny-eliason-KYxXMTpTzek-unsplash-scaled.jpg" srcset="https://kimlapacek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/kenny-eliason-KYxXMTpTzek-unsplash-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://kimlapacek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/kenny-eliason-KYxXMTpTzek-unsplash-300x197.jpg 300w, https://kimlapacek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/kenny-eliason-KYxXMTpTzek-unsplash-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https://kimlapacek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/kenny-eliason-KYxXMTpTzek-unsplash-768x505.jpg 768w, https://kimlapacek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/kenny-eliason-KYxXMTpTzek-unsplash-1536x1010.jpg 1536w, https://kimlapacek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/kenny-eliason-KYxXMTpTzek-unsplash-2048x1347.jpg 2048w, https://kimlapacek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/kenny-eliason-KYxXMTpTzek-unsplash-655x431.jpg 655w" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 30px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" width="306" /></div></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My version of the hourglass challenge used the traditional block design, but turned it into a rectangle so that it could become a placemat. I </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">began with the triangles along the outer edges, then built them up with strips in a variety of red fabrics, our color of the month for the </span><a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-new-scrappy-project.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-y9hGGBeUfsxkKJfl84nqH_WCIcnuP88sh2GWu_XBsC7OQTjVCfikgVtwYGbr2P_NfQ2Q9RyBy8QdyMx13iHnodRhH-KCYh3hqDNBVDNH4EM4fwwvJ6tI6TQ5NwzNZHyuh2GnPFWghBtoay_NzzNdu-z5vXNK-XhQbLO_9orfwOuqEqdmtiMtm6Yj2Y/s3509/IMG_0781.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2722" data-original-width="3509" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-y9hGGBeUfsxkKJfl84nqH_WCIcnuP88sh2GWu_XBsC7OQTjVCfikgVtwYGbr2P_NfQ2Q9RyBy8QdyMx13iHnodRhH-KCYh3hqDNBVDNH4EM4fwwvJ6tI6TQ5NwzNZHyuh2GnPFWghBtoay_NzzNdu-z5vXNK-XhQbLO_9orfwOuqEqdmtiMtm6Yj2Y/w640-h496/IMG_0781.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Hourglass placemat, 12.75" x 16.75"</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This placemat will join the pile that is accumulating to be donated to Meals on Wheels. Since I used leftover strips and scraps, I'm also entering this for the Table Scraps Challenge at <a href="https://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Joyful Quilter</a>. I've even got some hearts in there to fit the monthly theme.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCi3sqQXtn0oj6AUExiIZAP102iRMEfUOmioO9Vp1jsxJC412rXprqTuOfDCj-7WghwiinudZZjMDi2VIl_Z3ZG41ZmxGhIxTIsHNh_CEs8Zd6sQPBRHOw9Wd9p5lxsnhjDZj9z0jiC94Q6rN6lHcdny-2O23zezOk0mkL9CaXK8Qh4cxSGW3-DpOf0ws/s3679/IMG_0784.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2840" data-original-width="3679" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCi3sqQXtn0oj6AUExiIZAP102iRMEfUOmioO9Vp1jsxJC412rXprqTuOfDCj-7WghwiinudZZjMDi2VIl_Z3ZG41ZmxGhIxTIsHNh_CEs8Zd6sQPBRHOw9Wd9p5lxsnhjDZj9z0jiC94Q6rN6lHcdny-2O23zezOk0mkL9CaXK8Qh4cxSGW3-DpOf0ws/w640-h494/IMG_0784.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>The backing fabric was folded around to the front to become the binding.<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Linking up with:</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://kimlapacek.com/2024/02/15-4-hourglass-challenge-4-of-project-quilting-season-15.html" target="_blank">Project Quilting 15.4</a> at Persimon Dreams</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="color: black;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.quiltfabrication.com/2024/02/midweek-makers-423.html" target="_blank">Midweek Makers</a> at Quilt Fabrication</span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2024/02/21/wednesday-wait-loss-368" target="_blank">Wednesday Wait Loss</a> at Inquiring Quilter</span></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2024/02/stars-like-spaghetti-my-version-and.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Finished or Not Friday</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> at Alycia Quilts</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2024/02/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-lots-of-finishing.html" target="_blank">Can I Get a Whoop Whoop</a> at Confessions of a Fabric Addict</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; text-align: left;"><a href="https://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/2024/02/february-2024-table-scraps-challenge.html" target="_blank">Table Scraps Challenge</a> at </span>The Joyful Quilter</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-new-scrappy-project.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> at So Scrappy</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></div></span></div></div></span></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-265100031067743652024-02-19T07:26:00.001-05:002024-02-19T07:26:21.196-05:00Chatsworth Blocks<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My second block for the</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://my.modafabrics.com/inspiration-resources/chatsworth-quilt-along-blocks-1-and-2" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Chatsworth Quilt-Along</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> has been finished for a week or so, but I finally got some photos of it over the weekend.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXuDhhRqHtAh6Gd63zIgoD-5kS2SS_Hk4NZWA2aJ7A8reriEZcuv84p8yi7Vj9LiksxM5v0-TswGRYcG-kEirWowqc425eNRknGu1kNGkDLUJZlWnen3gU5RvxCjjPCpwk9UZv0igoPTM88ai1TmvqIR2STUyIyWJlh9M7rUxXVglMRsDbQD95xaA-h0/s2885/IMG_0713.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2885" data-original-width="2885" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXuDhhRqHtAh6Gd63zIgoD-5kS2SS_Hk4NZWA2aJ7A8reriEZcuv84p8yi7Vj9LiksxM5v0-TswGRYcG-kEirWowqc425eNRknGu1kNGkDLUJZlWnen3gU5RvxCjjPCpwk9UZv0igoPTM88ai1TmvqIR2STUyIyWJlh9M7rUxXVglMRsDbQD95xaA-h0/w640-h640/IMG_0713.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chatsworth, Block 2</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">16" finished size block</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm planning to use different red and blue fabrics in each block with a single background fabric. I had pulled out several light blue fabrics as options for the ring of triangles around the star, but it turned out that I had just enough of the fabric in this block to use in all the blocks (fingers crossed that I counted correctly while cutting.)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are my first two blocks together. The next two blocks will be presented later this week.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBslJzDJupz4Whcc-HJDpwnozlzXJbi5QMN-BKGwECyRwz-asZwEXmi7V6v97NuD2kF7N2L2qdLTICTsGsjArV6xaEKfQjc3L8MCwADV-_6OmXkKZoRvMvnN-j1Pprqi_eG4TKfOXtKB5I6Gj4YfV_g7GAOK2w36ZCFjd21sGRymTSToz5G-2nbdKCok/s4401/IMG_0715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2255" data-original-width="4401" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBslJzDJupz4Whcc-HJDpwnozlzXJbi5QMN-BKGwECyRwz-asZwEXmi7V6v97NuD2kF7N2L2qdLTICTsGsjArV6xaEKfQjc3L8MCwADV-_6OmXkKZoRvMvnN-j1Pprqi_eG4TKfOXtKB5I6Gj4YfV_g7GAOK2w36ZCFjd21sGRymTSToz5G-2nbdKCok/w640-h328/IMG_0715.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm very excited about this quilt and have to restrain myself to keep from diving in and making all the blocks right now!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Chatsworth pattern was designed by <a href="https://antlerquiltdesign.com/products/chatsworth" target="_blank">Doug Leko of Antler Quilt Design</a>, and the quilt-along is hosted by <a href="https://my.modafabrics.com/inspiration-resources/chatsworth-quilt-along-blocks-1-and-2" target="_blank">Moda Fabrics</a>. The quilt finishes at 74" x 88", but the book also includes other size variations and layouts. It's not too late to join the quilt-along!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">C</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">heck out what other quilters are working on this week at </span><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2024/02/design-wall-monday-february-19-2024.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts and at <a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-2-19-24/" target="_blank">Monday Musings</a> at Songbird Designs. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i>Julie in GA</i></b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></div></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-47107313542595655992024-02-18T06:31:00.002-05:002024-02-18T07:20:47.500-05:00Stash Report and Stitching Time 2/18/2024<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My main quilting project for the past week was catching up on the Stay at Home Round Robin (SAHRR) borders. I finished off the assignments for week 3 (triangles) and week 4 (on point), ending up with two 20" blocks. You can see both blocks below and read more about them in <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2024/02/sahrr-round-4-on-point.html" target="_blank">yesterday's post</a>. I used a total of 3/4 yard of fabric in the borders of those blocks.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaqOEr5cWW2ckiAYoQ7SGncibn5RSqmwrKXg1FD4rdMsN7uS2ThyCw_RaMKDDMFaJk_kh_iWOLvZIc3MTUiQiVO7GeXaA2P6sWo_LI8zsJMRzR5RbRjAD6zDwcpA2g7HoOou-oa-uJl7bOjC5u8aAMvqx8JUhxGzLEuu-iterycrTIyiruUrVeFGHwHk/s640/IMG_0756.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="640" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaqOEr5cWW2ckiAYoQ7SGncibn5RSqmwrKXg1FD4rdMsN7uS2ThyCw_RaMKDDMFaJk_kh_iWOLvZIc3MTUiQiVO7GeXaA2P6sWo_LI8zsJMRzR5RbRjAD6zDwcpA2g7HoOou-oa-uJl7bOjC5u8aAMvqx8JUhxGzLEuu-iterycrTIyiruUrVeFGHwHk/w640-h328/IMG_0756.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I also used 3/8 yard of fabric for the Rail Fence Spinner blocks shared in <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2024/02/scrappy-red-spinners.html" target="_blank">yesterday's Rainbow Scrap Challenge post</a>.</span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There were no new fabric additions to the stash last week. I keep chipping away at getting back to even numbers.</span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">2024 STASH TOTALS</span></b></div></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Used last week: 1.125 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></span></div><div><div><span>Used year to date: </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 12.50 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added last week:</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 0.0</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> yards</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added year to date: 17.50 yards</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b><span>Net added in 2024: 5.0</span></b><b><span> yards</span></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s291/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="291" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s1600/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" width="291" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kate's <a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/02/stitching-stuff-week-7-of-2024.html" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces has us </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">tracking how many days each week we </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. Besides cutting and stitching, I've also been devoting more time lately to quilt guild business. We kicked off our new Block of the Month project this week, and I need to get my blocks made before the next meeting. I'm having a hard time deciding on my color palette.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>15 Min</b></span><b>ute Challenge for 2024:</b><b> </b></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">2/11 - 2/17 7 of 7</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">2024 Total </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 48</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of 48</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Success rate 100%</span></div></div></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Check out more stash reports at </span><a href="https://quiltpaintcreate.wordpress.com/2024/02/18/sunday-stash-february-18-2024/" rel="" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">quiltpaintcreate</a><span> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">and join the </span><span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/02/stitching-stuff-week-7-of-2024.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces. Thanks so much to Donna and Kate for continuing to host these link-ups.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-77643935247981559762024-02-17T14:24:00.001-05:002024-02-18T06:29:26.988-05:00SAHRR Round 4--On Point<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The next border for the 2024 Stay at Home Round Robin project was announced on Monday. Our assignment this week came from </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Brenda @ </span><span><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Songbird </a><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/sahrr-2024-round-four/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Designs</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">, </span>and her choice was square in a square or on point blocks. It didn't take me long to realize that my signature blocks from Rounds 1 and 2 would make a great border if set on point.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGykfajfmeJgVAk8r_k1XdVwP2MEIlt9m8vQXCOnw-fsZYp8GIqCzqm8jVHke7nz5-oygY6MdS3HVsyRWeqjOQFXGkEOc28iOLmZ-lIv7qUZB2JiLQgqjQ8rzX8olR-x-lbmyp1TRUNLv6uYUa-ZP3YghGiNoBilvrlitwBzx1br93aRB04TYLx7Yrt6g/s3614/IMG_0753.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3614" data-original-width="3614" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGykfajfmeJgVAk8r_k1XdVwP2MEIlt9m8vQXCOnw-fsZYp8GIqCzqm8jVHke7nz5-oygY6MdS3HVsyRWeqjOQFXGkEOc28iOLmZ-lIv7qUZB2JiLQgqjQ8rzX8olR-x-lbmyp1TRUNLv6uYUa-ZP3YghGiNoBilvrlitwBzx1br93aRB04TYLx7Yrt6g/w640-h640/IMG_0753.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The signature blocks had to be trimmed down a bit to get them to the right finished size, but they fit together very nicely to surround the 12" star block. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAqOc4rsCTIb-lG4tZYfa148SESyuB-bmGvPoRpC3MUDCb4tuQhG18k8gkxJPxzLQjzMEFmxcxh0bhjRxdDZuM9d8MxEqFIsxxBlpe9-C5mK4tPdPaP5mb__YYtmPYVY_0xE_Yc-umVP6zKwnrskPiJoTT1VaO2X-94duwKCW0ZSLQDNmna3DkytAwyU/s2995/IMG_0765.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2995" data-original-width="2995" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAqOc4rsCTIb-lG4tZYfa148SESyuB-bmGvPoRpC3MUDCb4tuQhG18k8gkxJPxzLQjzMEFmxcxh0bhjRxdDZuM9d8MxEqFIsxxBlpe9-C5mK4tPdPaP5mb__YYtmPYVY_0xE_Yc-umVP6zKwnrskPiJoTT1VaO2X-94duwKCW0ZSLQDNmna3DkytAwyU/w640-h640/IMG_0765.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I also stitched the triangles border to the Liberty Legacy block center. Now each of these blocks with borders will finish at 20".</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaqOEr5cWW2ckiAYoQ7SGncibn5RSqmwrKXg1FD4rdMsN7uS2ThyCw_RaMKDDMFaJk_kh_iWOLvZIc3MTUiQiVO7GeXaA2P6sWo_LI8zsJMRzR5RbRjAD6zDwcpA2g7HoOou-oa-uJl7bOjC5u8aAMvqx8JUhxGzLEuu-iterycrTIyiruUrVeFGHwHk/s4732/IMG_0756.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2427" data-original-width="4732" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaqOEr5cWW2ckiAYoQ7SGncibn5RSqmwrKXg1FD4rdMsN7uS2ThyCw_RaMKDDMFaJk_kh_iWOLvZIc3MTUiQiVO7GeXaA2P6sWo_LI8zsJMRzR5RbRjAD6zDwcpA2g7HoOou-oa-uJl7bOjC5u8aAMvqx8JUhxGzLEuu-iterycrTIyiruUrVeFGHwHk/w640-h328/IMG_0756.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm adding my post to Brenda's link-up for Round 4 at <a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/sahrr-2024-round-four/" target="_blank">Songbird Designs</a>. T</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">he entire 2024 SAHRR schedule is below.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">January 15: Center block: Gail @</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <a href="https://quiltinggail.com/2024/01/15/sahrr-24-centre-block/" target="_blank">Quilting Gail</a></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">January 22: 1st Round: Wendy @ </span><a href="https://www.piecefulthoughts.com/sahrr-border-1-2/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life</span></a></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">January 29: 2nd Round: Anja @ </span><a href="https://anjaquilts.blogspot.com/2024/01/2024-stay-at-home-round-robin-round-2.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Anja Quilts</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 5: 3rd Round: Emily @ </span><a href="http://thedarlingdogwood.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Darling Dogwood</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 12: 4th </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Round: Brenda @ </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Songbird </a><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Designs</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 19: 5th Round: Gail @ </span><a href="https://quiltinggail.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Quilting Gail</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 26: 6th Round: Kathleen @ </span><a href="https://kathleenmcmusing.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Kathleen McMusing</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 18: </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Parade</span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">: showing all of your finished SAHRRs!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fb5e53; color: #666666;"></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We only have two more rounds to go for our round robin quilts. I can't wait to see what the final borders will be!</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Julie in GA</span></i></b></span></div></span></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-74815599693584214232024-02-17T14:02:00.001-05:002024-02-18T11:09:06.003-05:00Scrappy Red Spinners<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of my projects for the <a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2024/02/scraphappy-saturday-red-week-3.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a> this year has been making Rail Fence Spinner blocks. I made Rail Fence blocks for the RSC all through last year, ending up with two small quilts at the end of the year, which you can see <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2023/11/rail-fence-rainbows.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> and <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2023/12/rainbow-rail-fence-zigzags.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. There were still some blocks left after that, and I started using them in groups of four to make spinner blocks. Here's what I was able to make from last year's leftovers.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8aYTZcOT_otmwGoU90p7Ye_FmpdVqr7d0-IpGXSZVN9msnp0iREaKvfwB32cAEjYdtNl2l-G268-DFJHKQZ5SnRWPeSRMdpU8VGBEUe1KwYkYPjxx1SyhE7tSGcO2lj7QZ8TPo7awFtzpqEFjAXli4EhnZ6ujWWafalctZVBFiFuu0dS7FwSToYDQPM/s640/IMG_0262%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="640" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8aYTZcOT_otmwGoU90p7Ye_FmpdVqr7d0-IpGXSZVN9msnp0iREaKvfwB32cAEjYdtNl2l-G268-DFJHKQZ5SnRWPeSRMdpU8VGBEUe1KwYkYPjxx1SyhE7tSGcO2lj7QZ8TPo7awFtzpqEFjAXli4EhnZ6ujWWafalctZVBFiFuu0dS7FwSToYDQPM/w640-h508/IMG_0262%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've continued making more of these blocks for the RSC, mostly using them as leaders and enders while working on other projects. However, this week ended up with a day of nothing but rail fence stitching. I made seven more red blocks, plus finished the last green block from January.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWnU2XbKEKktgZkia-yCSxXloivdXrOGyMvCJleQ13zaBQoHqM3PIcUF7IMBhdlby3FiuQQqnjAbTEwPuMkwpWFfpFb5sFt6a2eOWKIJR3lWlZ63OvJfzvDEvjifw0xO6HEP3U5qzeVxUX2QkrTqB5j0KF3-lfkmTn-ZvNgxWcf7lZGCDYwhvCCFCcVo/s3093/IMG_0769.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3093" data-original-width="3093" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWnU2XbKEKktgZkia-yCSxXloivdXrOGyMvCJleQ13zaBQoHqM3PIcUF7IMBhdlby3FiuQQqnjAbTEwPuMkwpWFfpFb5sFt6a2eOWKIJR3lWlZ63OvJfzvDEvjifw0xO6HEP3U5qzeVxUX2QkrTqB5j0KF3-lfkmTn-ZvNgxWcf7lZGCDYwhvCCFCcVo/w640-h640/IMG_0769.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The red blocks for February combined with the greens from January make a very festive display! Each block will finish at 6".</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oyh0-5O_37UVFCjnLdEeD_0kJxen7zlRi9gjrIqIf_rkaEtHH087c3wTXPzlY4NNfTnw_dLws2f61lCs4ab7JoU0tbVUl-htZGCV1284Ls-evsAjCqVrRDkeFWL19s2CDBPy_BwYz9U8qjQB4KPYG8bXERBNDynIMAgmmvIkYnErIZDP-xy2ml_03mw/s3020/IMG_0773.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3020" data-original-width="3020" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oyh0-5O_37UVFCjnLdEeD_0kJxen7zlRi9gjrIqIf_rkaEtHH087c3wTXPzlY4NNfTnw_dLws2f61lCs4ab7JoU0tbVUl-htZGCV1284Ls-evsAjCqVrRDkeFWL19s2CDBPy_BwYz9U8qjQB4KPYG8bXERBNDynIMAgmmvIkYnErIZDP-xy2ml_03mw/w640-h640/IMG_0773.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span>Be sure to check out all of the wonderful scrappy projects at the </span></span><a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2024/02/scraphappy-saturday-red-week-3.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a><span> every Saturday and</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/02/oh-scrap-orphan-blocks.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap!</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> over at Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></span></span></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-49760103085736813542024-02-12T13:19:00.001-05:002024-02-12T13:19:08.900-05:00SAHRR Round 3--Triangles<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My progress on the 2024 Stay at Home Round Robin project stalled out a bit last week. Our assignment from Emily </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">@ </span><a href="http://thedarlingdogwood.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Darling Dogwood</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> for the third round was triangles, and I didn't finish making mine until last night. I like the way they look surrounding my main block.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDsQjbgBKUvUWWHt8bETK-GLtw3uSqFuHuFwpYF-N2-xBzVt5DOu1illMAD5d_Rb60A6-OZ3P8mKIz02UUrlvUnF04UcWuDCN7DzdA8OINr2ZdUzQ3_hgVhIldFdKnmIy4-RMKoVnNmBYrCvceXZBXC0HC8SSsElArueVaIMsBof8HtRSFOIq_i5gViE/s3323/IMG_0746.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3323" data-original-width="3323" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDsQjbgBKUvUWWHt8bETK-GLtw3uSqFuHuFwpYF-N2-xBzVt5DOu1illMAD5d_Rb60A6-OZ3P8mKIz02UUrlvUnF04UcWuDCN7DzdA8OINr2ZdUzQ3_hgVhIldFdKnmIy4-RMKoVnNmBYrCvceXZBXC0HC8SSsElArueVaIMsBof8HtRSFOIq_i5gViE/w640-h640/IMG_0746.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The triangles have been sewn into groups of 8, but none are joined to the block yet.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Various options are still being considered for my signature blocks. Here are a couple of possibilities with a 12" star block</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZOtxyaQrbtq8TIaup3_ggwWAo74sp4lU3QmgYFC26qLXHzJdxeeP_yeOOGug-E9N5ssuIzls4QsCMtSPIvF9EfapU-075ZNYx3frA3x5V3LhKU8yilUOsRIzFAJNSbZxAfxRfztw2lj0MFBeLh7OwRv0_GLjMy-yCIYaLYRCl-qeVHe5UHXAb7SONa4/s2692/IMG_0735.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2692" data-original-width="2692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZOtxyaQrbtq8TIaup3_ggwWAo74sp4lU3QmgYFC26qLXHzJdxeeP_yeOOGug-E9N5ssuIzls4QsCMtSPIvF9EfapU-075ZNYx3frA3x5V3LhKU8yilUOsRIzFAJNSbZxAfxRfztw2lj0MFBeLh7OwRv0_GLjMy-yCIYaLYRCl-qeVHe5UHXAb7SONa4/w640-h640/IMG_0735.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiElEbDw3so3wnE3PEV83umLGUCOzhK-vbFg8UHzm_LJvYYhVfMnkqQSI1z9l3dMVQbmboHkBiFRGkHyltmFWLqG4hZs_wNRm6YF8WWU2AKMWLU1kKvxCLsUez2CBJ_Uts_qnBw0I6R9HXmLTMRbSLnojQpV_XQ019reWTVfKYfMAnvqaIQwK9EGTX5RN4/s2888/IMG_0751.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2888" data-original-width="2888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiElEbDw3so3wnE3PEV83umLGUCOzhK-vbFg8UHzm_LJvYYhVfMnkqQSI1z9l3dMVQbmboHkBiFRGkHyltmFWLqG4hZs_wNRm6YF8WWU2AKMWLU1kKvxCLsUez2CBJ_Uts_qnBw0I6R9HXmLTMRbSLnojQpV_XQ019reWTVfKYfMAnvqaIQwK9EGTX5RN4/w640-h640/IMG_0751.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm still trying to decide how to use them effectively. The assignment for Round #4 is Square in a Square or on point blocks. Hmm--I hadn't thought about putting anything on point before. That might be an interesting variation.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I missed last week's link-up, but I will add this post to Brenda's link-up for this week at <a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/sahrr-2024-round-four/" target="_blank">Songbird Designs</a>. T</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">he entire 2024 SAHRR schedule is below.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">January 15: Center block: Gail @ <a href="https://quiltinggail.com/2024/01/15/sahrr-24-centre-block/" target="_blank">Quilting Gail</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">January 22: 1st Round: Wendy @ </span><a href="https://www.piecefulthoughts.com/sahrr-border-1-2/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life</span></a></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">January 29: 2nd Round: Anja @ </span><a href="https://anjaquilts.blogspot.com/2024/01/2024-stay-at-home-round-robin-round-2.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Anja Quilts</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 5: 3rd Round: Emily @ </span><a href="http://thedarlingdogwood.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Darling Dogwood</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 12: 4th </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Round: Brenda @ </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Songbird </a><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Designs</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 19: 5th Round: Gail @ </span><a href="https://quiltinggail.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Quilting Gail</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 26: 6th Round: Kathleen @ </span><a href="https://kathleenmcmusing.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Kathleen McMusing</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 18: </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Parade</span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">: showing all of your finished SAHRRs!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fb5e53; color: #666666;"></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There are only a couple more rounds left to go on this project. I'm still muddling my way along, making units for each week's assignment, but not making many decisions on how they will be used. Stay tuned!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm also linking up with </span></span><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2024/02/design-wall-monday-february-12-2024.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts and at <a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-5-12-24/" target="_blank">Monday Musings</a> at Songbird Designs. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Julie in GA</span></i></b></span></div></span></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-80858839158162243372024-02-11T07:36:00.004-05:002024-02-11T07:41:41.301-05:00Stash Report and Stitching Time 2/11/2024<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My stash report is showing a decent amount of usage for the week which will help offset some of the fabric that was added a week ago. The largest amount of fabric used was 1.75 yards for the two reverse applique placemats that were made for the latest Project Quilting challenge (see them <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2024/02/project-quilting-153-inside-out.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.) </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The other projects to be counted in the stash usage for the week were my blocks for the <a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/p/rc24.html" target="_blank">RSC Hen & Chicks Sampler</a>, shared in <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2024/02/scrappy-red-sampler-blocks.html" target="_blank">yesterday's post</a>, plus these two blocks made for <a href="https://patternsbyjen.blogspot.com/2024/02/2024-february-monthly-color-challenge.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=february_monthly_color_challenge_block&utm_term=2024-01-31" target="_blank">Jen's Monthly Color Challenge</a>. The theme this year is tropical fish, and this month's choice was the Tangerine Discus.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vCkM5kh-J6HkHwtJghmajXPW9mL4CUeM2GjiNJ78wpb-hwzC3Vj5HJ5goxGK5kaM1dIr0jwcgP-AFxiu9dMogmR60AeZlafLVAy5aisbnhet84yOFFDWBlg1wMIulTmUGQ7kcAPeMEzz-8_6mq-6ZMp-RAqKMx-1n0d2lu9HQOu2hqLJf3DDSgyprAo/s3998/IMG_0722.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2173" data-original-width="3998" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vCkM5kh-J6HkHwtJghmajXPW9mL4CUeM2GjiNJ78wpb-hwzC3Vj5HJ5goxGK5kaM1dIr0jwcgP-AFxiu9dMogmR60AeZlafLVAy5aisbnhet84yOFFDWBlg1wMIulTmUGQ7kcAPeMEzz-8_6mq-6ZMp-RAqKMx-1n0d2lu9HQOu2hqLJf3DDSgyprAo/w640-h348/IMG_0722.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_jcrLqj3i7a1cBpeYMp4h0JV0an67Ma4YonPsCiKKvTGpj5eNmNMjlpJ2LQvz2KwFYBT05SNtUNPXrZu0viRW0n-OqAEJVfKUOOBHCJQYLa9BXBSf2L6twngHeu7PBfEOdYQdcu3myUHH92L3_XtQ2RTaNyVf22ARruBsirxRBrbI8YL1sPeiYoO2arkE/s398/tangerine-discus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="398" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_jcrLqj3i7a1cBpeYMp4h0JV0an67Ma4YonPsCiKKvTGpj5eNmNMjlpJ2LQvz2KwFYBT05SNtUNPXrZu0viRW0n-OqAEJVfKUOOBHCJQYLa9BXBSf2L6twngHeu7PBfEOdYQdcu3myUHH92L3_XtQ2RTaNyVf22ARruBsirxRBrbI8YL1sPeiYoO2arkE/w573-h384/tangerine-discus.jpg" width="573" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I also made a small pouch to use in my purse, replacing the old and badly worn one that I'd had in there for years. The pattern is the <a href="https://sewsweetness.com/products/persimmon-dumpling-pouch" target="_blank">Persimmon Dumpling Pouch</a>, a free pattern at Sew Sweetness. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJTomzz2RHcAYe0vvq4DjAwOsTREIZrz1fFYF9CUSZ6ry-5fkZEM3egfWr-wIx1EtNeG15GuZabfXQV7qwSeOiaNG_akmldz9OOjtgfDRqwQ6TTVdJj1lD54NCzNqM-cn4UH7W9KPymJfFmy3t7ZowFQ2Y8SwXYQE-rhakMt9lRTIW-aLrT4CKteIfE1o/s3794/IMG_0724%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3031" data-original-width="3794" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJTomzz2RHcAYe0vvq4DjAwOsTREIZrz1fFYF9CUSZ6ry-5fkZEM3egfWr-wIx1EtNeG15GuZabfXQV7qwSeOiaNG_akmldz9OOjtgfDRqwQ6TTVdJj1lD54NCzNqM-cn4UH7W9KPymJfFmy3t7ZowFQ2Y8SwXYQE-rhakMt9lRTIW-aLrT4CKteIfE1o/w640-h512/IMG_0724%20B.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Persimmon Dumpling Pouch</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Added together, the blocks plus the pouch used 7/8 yard of fabric, bringing my total for the week to 2.625 yard used. No new fabric was added to the stash last week.</span></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">2024 STASH TOTALS</span></b></div></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Used last week: 2.625 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></span></div><div><div><span>Used year to date: </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 11.375 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added last week:</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 0.0</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> yards</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added year to date: 17.5 yards</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b><span>Net added in 2024: 6.125</span></b><b><span> yards</span></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s291/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="291" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s1600/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" width="291" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kate's <a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/02/stitching-stuff-week-6-of-2024.html" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces has us </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">tracking how many days each week we </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. The variety of projects always keeps me interested, and I've had no trouble getting my time in the sewing room.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>15 Min</b></span><b>ute Challenge for 2024:</b><b> </b></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">2/4 - 2/10 7 of 7</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">2024 Total </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 41</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of 41</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Success rate 100%</span></div></div></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Check out more stash reports at </span><a href="https://quiltpaintcreate.wordpress.com/2024/02/11/sunday-stash-february-11-2024/" rel="" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">quiltpaintcreate</a><span> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">and join the </span><span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/02/stitching-stuff-week-6-of-2024.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces. Thanks so much to Donna and Kate for continuing to host these link-ups.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-63761468451687074962024-02-10T07:29:00.001-05:002024-02-11T08:30:23.574-05:00Scrappy Red Sampler Blocks<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There hasn't been much progress on my various projects for the <a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2024/02/scraphappy-saturday-red-week-2.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a> since Angela announced red as our color for February. I did manage to dig out enough red batik scraps to make my blocks for the <a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/p/rc24.html" target="_blank">RSC Hen & Chicks Sampler.</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFMXH_156lN8GBWWIKPhrYccHr4TM2jbJEFaMbAh86XiBFEntkDluOWiyf5dDd8WT3Dg_I8tkbvZ0Qsici4y28O7vHOpsEv1LJ6wst5xaSgEzDA_2mKcO-YwLqC5m_fsQf6haxFt3312WzrzoZXZGCcghgca0nNvta1UZiqJxqeTEqSOe9EbeCWDTt3A/s3117/IMG_0673.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3117" data-original-width="3117" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFMXH_156lN8GBWWIKPhrYccHr4TM2jbJEFaMbAh86XiBFEntkDluOWiyf5dDd8WT3Dg_I8tkbvZ0Qsici4y28O7vHOpsEv1LJ6wst5xaSgEzDA_2mKcO-YwLqC5m_fsQf6haxFt3312WzrzoZXZGCcghgca0nNvta1UZiqJxqeTEqSOe9EbeCWDTt3A/w640-h640/IMG_0673.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The larger blocks will finish at 6" and the smaller blocks are 3". Our quilt guild is getting ready to start a new Block of the Month that will also include 3" blocks as an option. It looks like this will be my year of tiny quilt blocks!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span>Be sure to check out all of the wonderful scrappy projects at the </span></span><a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2024/02/scraphappy-saturday-red-week-2.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a><span> every Saturday and</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/02/oh-scrap-string-blocks.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap!</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> over at Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></span></span></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-85689245482695742772024-02-09T15:02:00.004-05:002024-02-09T15:02:49.989-05:00Project Quilting 15.3: Inside Out<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The third challenge for <a href="https://kimlapacek.com/project-quilting-season-15" target="_blank">Season 15 of Project Quilting</a> was announced on Sunday, and the theme this week is "<a href="https://kimlapacek.com/2024/02/15-3-insideout-challenge-3-of-project-quilting-season-15.html" target="_blank">Inside Out</a>:"</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><i>"For this week’s project, I want to see what’s normally hidden! </i></span><i>Make a project with exposed seams or a raw-edge finish. Take on a bag pattern or other project that is constructed inside out and then literally “birthed” as part of the process. Or use this as a theme and demonstrate your unique inside-out perspective."</i></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">I was a little stumped at first on how to interpret the theme. Then I saw a mention on Facebook about reverse applique, and it reminded me of an Alison Glass sew along, </span><a href="https://alisonglass.com/cozy-workshop/" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">The Cozy Workshop</a>, <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">that I had read about recently. The idea is to use cotton jersey knit as the top layer, which is reverse appliqued over a whole-cloth or pieced layer of quilting cotton. The concept reminds me of those pictures we used to make as kids with scribblings of bright crayons as the base layer that were then covered with black crayon. When the black layer was scraped away, the bright colors were revealed underneath. (Does anyone else remember doing this? I described it to my husband, and he had no idea what I was talking about.)</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I pulled out a colorful brushed woven fabric for the inside layer that would be revealed by the reverse applique. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmmDl_p5kU8JXS16lLs9e4ytdWQmPu8P-g1mxSGpPSOA1Wp7Z-4l5iFAHbvgKfVBOeOFlv8qUnoZbLXkzDwqczG0StKRLzRAThPqGb8CBZ0V6UL5C57jsmUq1W7S3wRoqJiqHIGhfeNlJH9PV4YnN8Ragf3-8cVbsgYB3X79iSvNjhnmLS5XQj7l5Ovg/s4845/IMG_0632%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3766" data-original-width="4845" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmmDl_p5kU8JXS16lLs9e4ytdWQmPu8P-g1mxSGpPSOA1Wp7Z-4l5iFAHbvgKfVBOeOFlv8qUnoZbLXkzDwqczG0StKRLzRAThPqGb8CBZ0V6UL5C57jsmUq1W7S3wRoqJiqHIGhfeNlJH9PV4YnN8Ragf3-8cVbsgYB3X79iSvNjhnmLS5XQj7l5Ovg/w640-h498/IMG_0632%20B.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">For the top layer, l chose a deep purple mottled print. A quilting stencil was used for the center design.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1JJ-pLKSShKQ0tGAWQrFYjH9N1-QMCNzIVZJY0L-FXRYFGgeHFzYgR38vBrrfEtYspbmuNTIgpVLhQDgji4s_10rpFTQpVGYdoUUtkgdI1f3YqHXF-QUZ-oJWiUHKU69IrWF4vBNMVfBEZoLjzjQ-XWBrSY_iMBtL4ASsVbivJ2z7fnO0Q9dfUO1cYI/s4571/IMG_0647.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3753" data-original-width="4571" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1JJ-pLKSShKQ0tGAWQrFYjH9N1-QMCNzIVZJY0L-FXRYFGgeHFzYgR38vBrrfEtYspbmuNTIgpVLhQDgji4s_10rpFTQpVGYdoUUtkgdI1f3YqHXF-QUZ-oJWiUHKU69IrWF4vBNMVfBEZoLjzjQ-XWBrSY_iMBtL4ASsVbivJ2z7fnO0Q9dfUO1cYI/w640-h526/IMG_0647.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>The next photo shows all the layers stacked together. Under the multicolor is black flannel that was used instead of batting. At the bottom is the backing fabric, with the right side down.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtlrS5RXQz17schnaqeVciBFb3skIfjxXVq4F0htIFMErFNljFWDaP-bs1b0b1iG6JduEij2Nt3Q01max16zHcukifTSkcdxH9mT97OhdgYmF2B3Of0WASidRtrpfL_DN1EBIUY0-TO1hPeZcYlCz87SlLBfqKmu0gmW8OjVUL0PuJIw_bBPRi2Vn0kOk/s3325/IMG_0656.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3325" data-original-width="3325" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtlrS5RXQz17schnaqeVciBFb3skIfjxXVq4F0htIFMErFNljFWDaP-bs1b0b1iG6JduEij2Nt3Q01max16zHcukifTSkcdxH9mT97OhdgYmF2B3Of0WASidRtrpfL_DN1EBIUY0-TO1hPeZcYlCz87SlLBfqKmu0gmW8OjVUL0PuJIw_bBPRi2Vn0kOk/w640-h640/IMG_0656.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Portions of the stencil were repeated to extend the design into a rectangle for a placemat. I stitched on the drawn lines through all four layers of fabric. Then it was time to start trimming away the top layer to reveal the inside.<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXh404VE-Ypg1wnOVVaeC6BM7_81QjsRq-_FKtErgUgAwwlAZzHqsP67QriXGGC1E_G7r0J1T_ZaY60NB4kZB3fccd0HmoMQ32KXJT8mjy63VvpFB449zls8HHJVPLQbQMKeIo5nk6O1GOefTZLcJRfk0O-6fdhYen-cU6mmKz_8KGvmdlQdpXoQ2zP2w/s4964/IMG_0665.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3494" data-original-width="4964" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXh404VE-Ypg1wnOVVaeC6BM7_81QjsRq-_FKtErgUgAwwlAZzHqsP67QriXGGC1E_G7r0J1T_ZaY60NB4kZB3fccd0HmoMQ32KXJT8mjy63VvpFB449zls8HHJVPLQbQMKeIo5nk6O1GOefTZLcJRfk0O-6fdhYen-cU6mmKz_8KGvmdlQdpXoQ2zP2w/w640-h450/IMG_0665.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>My goal when trimming the top layer was to end up with smooth curves and approximately 1/8" of fabric next to the stitching. There is a blue circle to the left around a place in the top fabric that had been slit with a scissors before the layers were stitched together. I cut openings in several places that were going to be trimmed away, making it much easier to get my scissors under that top layer without catching the inner fabric.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMAXndEoUmDOGBa6jhj7SiDBXUnTwFcrxYR0UwWLy1KOGtiEWUZPbyvx60XCikayDtVnksgvPOgJDr6VPkT9fYxOCDMEjIaoWpkP0TIxhSfUqCKEsKOjpB7ykzEcZQoQwr40sR974Im7HK_TuOPN2jmrYqZh1zH1nsRBkZVryw5NtAg8SJRpmLXx7Hp8/s4194/IMG_0660%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3784" data-original-width="4194" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMAXndEoUmDOGBa6jhj7SiDBXUnTwFcrxYR0UwWLy1KOGtiEWUZPbyvx60XCikayDtVnksgvPOgJDr6VPkT9fYxOCDMEjIaoWpkP0TIxhSfUqCKEsKOjpB7ykzEcZQoQwr40sR974Im7HK_TuOPN2jmrYqZh1zH1nsRBkZVryw5NtAg8SJRpmLXx7Hp8/w640-h578/IMG_0660%20B.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This is placemat #1 after the trimming was complete and the binding was finished, but before washing.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tFCULB7rcTOXXajq5k6HNtgWllgga6_D_R6nYrn8wLaGEIRDcT7fJxsa4OE4vSS_IKWNEiWemnCPJY99uWOi8Z6J7jLDffftwoXkeEoGme_xOtjcYJaJ9vuQQKZcakYfCAQ80gYmQ2wMVeyvY-aVW5WpMjinzuMnfZv23x327tb2kqoc3zxH4Mv7Pto/s3814/IMG_0678.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2894" data-original-width="3814" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tFCULB7rcTOXXajq5k6HNtgWllgga6_D_R6nYrn8wLaGEIRDcT7fJxsa4OE4vSS_IKWNEiWemnCPJY99uWOi8Z6J7jLDffftwoXkeEoGme_xOtjcYJaJ9vuQQKZcakYfCAQ80gYmQ2wMVeyvY-aVW5WpMjinzuMnfZv23x327tb2kqoc3zxH4Mv7Pto/w640-h486/IMG_0678.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNTQ2y4hYtsGAP3oL09BfdG-hAkuIgN12DS44lrbB7ZiM2HUzj02wISLktS2DGN5EwL0hp_Oe6nc7i5GrjV3qotq3mtKLZMLFIgqOHqnXpo1l059amb10YdZNPEWSSdktrzllEbAcm8H2g3Wra3_f6gjJT4F1GNPOMbeapjIU8gM_UVN5SNTzQjy5yBQ/s2660/IMG_0681%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2660" data-original-width="2660" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNTQ2y4hYtsGAP3oL09BfdG-hAkuIgN12DS44lrbB7ZiM2HUzj02wISLktS2DGN5EwL0hp_Oe6nc7i5GrjV3qotq3mtKLZMLFIgqOHqnXpo1l059amb10YdZNPEWSSdktrzllEbAcm8H2g3Wra3_f6gjJT4F1GNPOMbeapjIU8gM_UVN5SNTzQjy5yBQ/w640-h640/IMG_0681%20B.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">After washing, the cut edges were definitely more frayed, but not too bad, and the whole thing is more crinkled.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>This is the fabric on the back of the placemat.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54JSo5pTdT6WBMSkM4vcPx_CM00I6GhRAZDqAdhINYHu_QBBsG-QQlXBQSYVCJoeshgS1Rphf6USqof3goKdBxk1NhGSfR1y1NuKg7WVtoHmescUMKwwi7TiATm35DZWnMIfUraNsibRjTxY24dmrfTrv4YVm5PYONvBJePntYohgS-PpU3kK-WSKHk0/s3827/IMG_0684.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2875" data-original-width="3827" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54JSo5pTdT6WBMSkM4vcPx_CM00I6GhRAZDqAdhINYHu_QBBsG-QQlXBQSYVCJoeshgS1Rphf6USqof3goKdBxk1NhGSfR1y1NuKg7WVtoHmescUMKwwi7TiATm35DZWnMIfUraNsibRjTxY24dmrfTrv4YVm5PYONvBJePntYohgS-PpU3kK-WSKHk0/w640-h480/IMG_0684.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">After that was done, I decided to do another using cotton knit as the top fabric, just to see how well it worked. As I mentioned at the beginning, I was inspired by </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">an Alison Glass sew along, </span><a href="https://alisonglass.com/cozy-workshop/" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">The Cozy Workshop</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">. However, my technique may be quite different because I haven't done the workshop, just read about it.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Other than using a knit fabric for the top layer, everything else was done in the same way as the first placemat. The layers shown in the next photo include a blue plaid flannel that was my batting substitute (I ran out of the black.)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aiR41v7NeKVh6B8y2_G7fyVYb3QpQ6_g4N1K_VtIa9WCUbcQ75Se8fTA_7jBRf9gR8uCH5hi3YzhvNzIB0zU_0Q3nLQs-5kfBR6tejrkQermGTnmJYupvng6P_GPiyYvdiFaEdkAfv_DT9_jqe8DWvs7kOLnrMDQIt-MRzlAn4n5CnPY0iid_oHYDf8/s4281/IMG_0666.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3622" data-original-width="4281" height="541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aiR41v7NeKVh6B8y2_G7fyVYb3QpQ6_g4N1K_VtIa9WCUbcQ75Se8fTA_7jBRf9gR8uCH5hi3YzhvNzIB0zU_0Q3nLQs-5kfBR6tejrkQermGTnmJYupvng6P_GPiyYvdiFaEdkAfv_DT9_jqe8DWvs7kOLnrMDQIt-MRzlAn4n5CnPY0iid_oHYDf8/w640-h541/IMG_0666.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2466" data-original-width="2717" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtD7hWcOrU5Z7Px2QHxc9cLK5aiIJeAxoAvxe8WmtgYAUPQtIL5vLavYZKgCtnLR71_aOUTrxBlkL9eAHv6u0R845y7j_XNXVdyzesbVfawCL6YagkaU1dCzYWgML9E2YCwDpiOdpgePr1H_Oj7QW5OURf3z4D5ndMkmKXWp0dBNiCpyPxy9uNthIifQ/w640-h580/IMG_0710%20B.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Placemat #2 back</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmttstRLUat1-7g8xfr6cbjMaUCCSVYeG7kLCFBqd-92FR19kWu8L7Hc5_BggNnisGxhv02-RgMjaXtzUimCWV9l38xPloUiH_iBldmlvXNcKit09oiyTpwtx01RdJZT81yp6xjOi1t5v3hfFaAqqecTtJ6zXegbWZy_05DWKcKU8J0254V_ePRhGcvs/s4137/IMG_0694.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3076" data-original-width="4137" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmttstRLUat1-7g8xfr6cbjMaUCCSVYeG7kLCFBqd-92FR19kWu8L7Hc5_BggNnisGxhv02-RgMjaXtzUimCWV9l38xPloUiH_iBldmlvXNcKit09oiyTpwtx01RdJZT81yp6xjOi1t5v3hfFaAqqecTtJ6zXegbWZy_05DWKcKU8J0254V_ePRhGcvs/w640-h476/IMG_0694.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The placemat with the knit fabric on top definitely frayed less along the cut edges. It wasn't any easier to cut away the knit fabric, but that might be because my stencil design had deeper curves and narrower channels. It was a fun experiment in reverse applique, and the placemats will be another addition to the stack going to Meals on Wheels.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Linking up with:</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://kimlapacek.com/2024/02/15-3-insideout-challenge-3-of-project-quilting-season-15.html" target="_blank">Project Quilting 15.2</a> at Persimon Dreams</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-valentines-quilts-are-coming-out.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Finished or Not Friday</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> at Alycia Quilts</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2024/02/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-bit-of-this-and.html" target="_blank">Can I Get a Whoop Whoop</a> at Confessions of a Fabric Addict</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></div></span></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-40758378956262582812024-02-05T07:23:00.000-05:002024-02-05T07:23:49.234-05:00Design Wall Monday 2/5/2024<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's the last thing I should be doing, but I've started another new quilt-along project. This is my first block for the <a href="https://my.modafabrics.com/inspiration-resources/chatsworth-quilt-along-blocks-1-and-2" target="_blank">Chatsworth Quilt-Along</a>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirT6I-Hlplpch2Uhy5AA3WsW3loZh1efKJlUosOI-CUxpjRGgDmJceaGQ1dsm4dwaNZl8qtuZyvgXnbFF95aNLEnibIkCZx8DZXaF22CrfMKfg1F6FSJXIbiHNgGMYWwFQzaeShzmFFWNMWm6EteSOljaX0TZOiTK2dJkWmhy-MpHqK5LlD46w9WXZR48/s3248/IMG_0622%20B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3248" data-original-width="3248" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirT6I-Hlplpch2Uhy5AA3WsW3loZh1efKJlUosOI-CUxpjRGgDmJceaGQ1dsm4dwaNZl8qtuZyvgXnbFF95aNLEnibIkCZx8DZXaF22CrfMKfg1F6FSJXIbiHNgGMYWwFQzaeShzmFFWNMWm6EteSOljaX0TZOiTK2dJkWmhy-MpHqK5LlD46w9WXZR48/w640-h640/IMG_0622%20B.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Chatsworth, Block 1</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">16" finished size block</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">When I finished my first block, there was one happy surprise (how well those red and blue stripes almost lined up) and one unpleasant discovery (the darker blue is two different prints.) I don't think most people will notice, and I'm certainly not going to change it now!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Chatsworth pattern was designed by <a href="https://antlerquiltdesign.com/products/chatsworth" target="_blank">Doug Leko of Antler Quilt Design</a>, and the quilt-along is hosted by <a href="https://my.modafabrics.com/inspiration-resources/chatsworth-quilt-along-blocks-1-and-2" target="_blank">Moda Fabrics</a>. The quilt finishes at 74" x 88", but the book also includes other size variations and layouts.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://antlerquiltdesign.com/cdn/shop/files/AQD0419ChatsworthWoodland_2000x.jpg?v=1696252078" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://antlerquiltdesign.com/cdn/shop/files/AQD0419ChatsworthWoodland_2000x.jpg?v=1696252078" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://antlerquiltdesign.com/products/chatsworth" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chatsworth by Doug Leko</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">74" x 88"</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Here are some of the other Chatsworth color variations from the pattern book. I considered making a Christmas version like the one at the center, but decided to go with the red, white and blue instead.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://antlerquiltdesign.com/cdn/shop/files/AQD0419Cover3_2000x.jpg?v=1696252078" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://antlerquiltdesign.com/cdn/shop/files/AQD0419Cover3_2000x.jpg?v=1696252078" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://antlerquiltdesign.com/products/chatsworth" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chatsworth color variations</span></a></span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">C</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">heck out what other quilters are working on this week at </span><a href="https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2024/02/design-wall-monday-february-5-2024.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Design Wall Monday</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts and at <a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-2-5-24/" target="_blank">Monday Musings</a> at Songbird Designs. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i>Julie in GA</i></b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></div></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-41960663167464052762024-02-04T12:57:00.003-05:002024-02-11T07:01:54.774-05:00Stash Report and Stitching Time 2/4/2024<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our quilt guild recently received a large donation of fabric from a quilter who was downsizing. After our January meeting, the fabric was up for sale at $4/yard. I took full advantage and ended up bringing home 16 yards in a variety of sizes from scraps and 1/4 yard pieces up to a 4-yard length of a dark navy, shown across the top. It's hard to resist bargains like that!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZS2-TE2H3erafJ25KghOFhZjzjQJfx0g35I4mlbGWQ4Wb_35juGuytDr1eEaRPrZKWNHlFyJdfeWVgYi8OqWMbGt8XDDMb9g_uG2IrhTlnDcMzggrAukkCgIwsoZemNuzW06cxXRFma4b3cBV2DHAsFAonruv84NUJuZZ66OsoMShm-xqAhW4frZIWYw/s3957/IMG_0618%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2490" data-original-width="3957" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZS2-TE2H3erafJ25KghOFhZjzjQJfx0g35I4mlbGWQ4Wb_35juGuytDr1eEaRPrZKWNHlFyJdfeWVgYi8OqWMbGt8XDDMb9g_uG2IrhTlnDcMzggrAukkCgIwsoZemNuzW06cxXRFma4b3cBV2DHAsFAonruv84NUJuZZ66OsoMShm-xqAhW4frZIWYw/w640-h402/IMG_0618%20B.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />On the usage side of my report, there was 2 yards used for the sashing and borders on my Jabberwocky quilt top (see it <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2024/01/jabberwocky-top-finished.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.)</span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">2024 STASH TOTALS</span></b></div></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Used last week: 2.0 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></span></div><div><div><span>Used year to date: </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 8.75 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added last week:</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 16.0</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> yards</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added year to date: 17.5 yards</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b><span>Net added in 2024: 8.75</span></b><b><span> yards</span></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s291/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="291" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s1600/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" width="291" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kate's <a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/02/stitching-stuff-week-5-of-2024.html" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces has us </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">tracking how many days each week we </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. The start of a new month means new blocks for some of the quilt-alongs I have joined. There should be some new blocks finished and ready to be shown soon!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>15 Min</b></span><b>ute Challenge for 2024:</b><b> </b></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/28 - 2/3 7 of 7</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">2024 Total </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 34</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of 34</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Success rate 100%</span></div></div></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Check out more stash reports at </span><a href="https://quiltpaintcreate.wordpress.com/2024/02/04/sunday-stash-february-4-2024/" rel="" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">quiltpaintcreate</a><span> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">and join the </span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/02/stitching-stuff-week-5-of-2024.html" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch</a></span></span><span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/01/stitching-stuff-week-2-of-2024.html" target="_blank"> Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces. Thanks so much to Donna and Kate for continuing to host these link-ups.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-9584587146884275832024-01-31T06:28:00.006-05:002024-02-04T08:47:11.053-05:00Jabberwocky Top Finished!<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">January has been a busy month including lots of quilting time. I've started way too many new quilts, but I'm very happy to have made progress on one of my projects from last year too. This is my finished Jabberwocky quilt top!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDbUY9l_eP6-SoPRBsQ0oHpM8R_ZHkpUVrzXN5DGoRSE5FnSjaLn8DwBLsCKwviESWKzcXZKmEbo6LrHfR91VjXAGGJjvoV4ijdppax4ExSuBeTq6Jd5DU9qvhuEHgex5Z-5D7R3pH8eC2klXXs0twEpv_BRpwtBQf9hyphenhyphenUhPkOD5h-bJqQG-ka3FvWKE/s3912/IMG_0581%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3912" data-original-width="3423" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDbUY9l_eP6-SoPRBsQ0oHpM8R_ZHkpUVrzXN5DGoRSE5FnSjaLn8DwBLsCKwviESWKzcXZKmEbo6LrHfR91VjXAGGJjvoV4ijdppax4ExSuBeTq6Jd5DU9qvhuEHgex5Z-5D7R3pH8eC2klXXs0twEpv_BRpwtBQf9hyphenhyphenUhPkOD5h-bJqQG-ka3FvWKE/w560-h640/IMG_0581%20B.JPG" width="560" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Jabberwocky, block pattern by Judy Martin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">65" wide x 76.75" long</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>The Jabberwocky block pattern is by Judy Martin in The Block Book. That was the name she used for her block, and I didn't see any reason to change it for my quilt. The book is out of print, but you can still buy it online.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSZuDz6AcF3e-FIpBXcAPPkCt2RZe6jHEXKiUzo_1IUF7vKwFk4DyoYvxavZOfpt35oTW6n79z65JEA5xgSa8oLAa1RFkM_SD0k5saZEWwzJIANOl3_USFuuWaBKLUiQuELABqaXTfeUEwStjQyZOqRLd0SQPbw-IHFdFzhaRFXNSn5xVKAOUIQHfklE/s4314/IMG_0587%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3352" data-original-width="4314" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSZuDz6AcF3e-FIpBXcAPPkCt2RZe6jHEXKiUzo_1IUF7vKwFk4DyoYvxavZOfpt35oTW6n79z65JEA5xgSa8oLAa1RFkM_SD0k5saZEWwzJIANOl3_USFuuWaBKLUiQuELABqaXTfeUEwStjQyZOqRLd0SQPbw-IHFdFzhaRFXNSn5xVKAOUIQHfklE/w640-h498/IMG_0587%20B.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The star blocks for this quilt were made all throughout 2023 as part of the <a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2024/02/scraphappy-saturday-number-4-first-red.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a>. The last blocks were made in October, then it was time to figure out my setting. After many auditions, I chose to offset the columns of blocks, and I used a grey spotty fabric as the sashing and borders. Here are a few of my favorite blocks.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9p8VEJGr9-5Q6NrtNnBSQzNrsHndK6nNp2A6LlZksTD4ijt1DsDI9koFv5mm4cEAnUEtnooZktJothlUmk9U0fWD4kU9OnSTbtMq8XYMlx4Zne-8Qetn0N6wBTwHfLBINYozV2_qLX0oplTMF3HaewFQR69sv11UwSOq9HoPhtkxuJRLGYe96tB2x5f0/s3482/IMG_0562%20b.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3482" data-original-width="3482" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9p8VEJGr9-5Q6NrtNnBSQzNrsHndK6nNp2A6LlZksTD4ijt1DsDI9koFv5mm4cEAnUEtnooZktJothlUmk9U0fWD4kU9OnSTbtMq8XYMlx4Zne-8Qetn0N6wBTwHfLBINYozV2_qLX0oplTMF3HaewFQR69sv11UwSOq9HoPhtkxuJRLGYe96tB2x5f0/w640-h640/IMG_0562%20b.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqL2uUHjO7oT_htnIq26KXey7kzvwpko3r5dlh4lKoAdqBOpOziI1FCNPePpiSLq6QqjLMl_nK2w2gIQUSi-K_YzU0Ejs4ek7bspmF71YH1wTCbL2BVaJoH190FkJ7lxS4kPTXEV37tqMyhMDmvBDzd612q3xXTuQGhi5ABWEo0MayrVC6kuCXyTBQKY/s2713/IMG_0571%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2713" data-original-width="2713" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqL2uUHjO7oT_htnIq26KXey7kzvwpko3r5dlh4lKoAdqBOpOziI1FCNPePpiSLq6QqjLMl_nK2w2gIQUSi-K_YzU0Ejs4ek7bspmF71YH1wTCbL2BVaJoH190FkJ7lxS4kPTXEV37tqMyhMDmvBDzd612q3xXTuQGhi5ABWEo0MayrVC6kuCXyTBQKY/w640-h640/IMG_0571%20B.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjabGImkjVI3-kmbzQOZ7vaDI17P0DgDg75x9TB6IssPBETLbXJY0CcScZKmn6ZmBqCiEmLsf7QVaUq1-d8pgDwRv9G5SOKc1IG8YOsKseCM97LiTBD6OhwI2vJ_SW48-dFT70fSAahpIPq_8WjjDm9ymjdIssgH3CKeYBLeQe51L9btdyjx0SDMXmrhjw/s3202/IMG_0589%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3202" data-original-width="3202" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjabGImkjVI3-kmbzQOZ7vaDI17P0DgDg75x9TB6IssPBETLbXJY0CcScZKmn6ZmBqCiEmLsf7QVaUq1-d8pgDwRv9G5SOKc1IG8YOsKseCM97LiTBD6OhwI2vJ_SW48-dFT70fSAahpIPq_8WjjDm9ymjdIssgH3CKeYBLeQe51L9btdyjx0SDMXmrhjw/w640-h640/IMG_0589%20B.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span>Finishing this quilt top was my <a href="https://www.storiesfromthesewingroom.com/2024/01/january-one-monthly-goal-finish.html" target="_blank">One Monthly Goal</a> for January. Success at my first OMG of the year sure feels good!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivETSG977Ny1cFrwcYxaEc5eJJmIEGtbhUL8KOpPOIi1nNWVP3wi6efuVP3qWHV_xpe8sln8gzrdblxVM14EE5YqOt-fWPw7bAVtVaofW_kAJCWSksLI9vS1FNCzNfICirPTl4iGhS82-uYigOdRiqUk0MUi1VDOLt7gxtofm5O6Coao-Qu7MsU3a3noQo/s800/january.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivETSG977Ny1cFrwcYxaEc5eJJmIEGtbhUL8KOpPOIi1nNWVP3wi6efuVP3qWHV_xpe8sln8gzrdblxVM14EE5YqOt-fWPw7bAVtVaofW_kAJCWSksLI9vS1FNCzNfICirPTl4iGhS82-uYigOdRiqUk0MUi1VDOLt7gxtofm5O6Coao-Qu7MsU3a3noQo/w250-h250/january.png" width="250" /></a></div><br /><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Linking up with:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.quiltfabrication.com/2024/01/midweek-makers-420.html" target="_blank">Midweek Makers</a> at Quilt Fabrication</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2024/01/31/wednesday-wait-loss-365" target="_blank">Wednesday Wait Loss</a> at Inquiring Quilter</span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.myquiltinfatuation.com/2024/01/all-three-finished-and-ntt.html" target="_blank">Needle and Thread Thursday</a> at My Quilt Infatuation</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2024/02/pastel-plaids-and-finished-or-not-friday.html" target="_blank">Finished or Not Friday</a> at Alycia Quilts</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2024/02/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-short-week-but.html" target="_blank">Can I Get a Whoop Whoop</a> at Confessions of a Fabric Addict</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://wendysquiltsandmore.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Peacock Party</a> at Wendy's Quilts and More</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2024/02/scraphappy-saturday-number-4-first-red.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a> at So Scrappy</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/02/oh-scrap-few-pinks.html" style="letter-spacing: 1px;" target="_blank">Oh Scrap!</a><span style="letter-spacing: 1px;"> at Quilting is more fun than Housework</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a href="https://www.storiesfromthesewingroom.com/2024/01/january-one-monthly-goal-finish.html" target="_blank">One Monthly Goal</a> at Stories from the Sewing Room</span></span></div><div><span face=""><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 1px;"><div style="letter-spacing: normal;"><br /></div></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></span></span></div></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-66944727360608412522024-01-30T06:48:00.000-05:002024-01-30T06:48:49.878-05:00SAHRR 2024--Round 2<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The second border assignment for the 2024 Stay at Home Round Robin (SAHRR) was announced yesterday. Here is the direction we got from Anja: "<i>u</i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>sing only 2 colours, you can do whatever you want for this round."</i> Well, that left it wide open. Sometimes that can make things harder to decide, but surprisingly enough, I didn't have any problems.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Our previous assignment was signature blocks, and I made 13 of them in various greens. I liked the way they looked with my main block and decided to make more with red fabrics. The red blocks were all finished the very same day that the round 2 assignment was announced! None of the signature blocks are sewn together yet, since I'm not sure how they will be used in my final quilt.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AIQT6nOAnc6n0sbfQg4Tsw_TXR7G5iaqrE2cZSVGr0yGUJ1BzKI5g8VKzEeItGXUjP0jTzCjvSpvZbVyVBDcnWJFT0ftm3bovtSZlVihOEYSncK0phg54FD6BHCRBdleyPD_dm4YhcZ1CNxdrVAhBfTn7kr3xy3Q-5iMC13fYdbshxA81-u_SuHtJ_4/s3098/IMG_0549%20B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3098" data-original-width="3098" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AIQT6nOAnc6n0sbfQg4Tsw_TXR7G5iaqrE2cZSVGr0yGUJ1BzKI5g8VKzEeItGXUjP0jTzCjvSpvZbVyVBDcnWJFT0ftm3bovtSZlVihOEYSncK0phg54FD6BHCRBdleyPD_dm4YhcZ1CNxdrVAhBfTn7kr3xy3Q-5iMC13fYdbshxA81-u_SuHtJ_4/w640-h640/IMG_0549%20B.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This week's link-up is at Anja's blog, <a href="https://anjaquilts.blogspot.com/2024/01/2024-stay-at-home-round-robin-round-2.html" target="_blank">Anja Quilts</a>, and the entire 2024 SAHRR schedule is below.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">January 15: Center block: Gail @ <a href="https://quiltinggail.com/2024/01/15/sahrr-24-centre-block/" target="_blank">Quilting Gail</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">January 22: 1st Round: Wendy @ </span><a href="https://www.piecefulthoughts.com/sahrr-border-1-2/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life</span></a></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">January 29: 2nd Round: Anja @ </span><a href="https://anjaquilts.blogspot.com/2024/01/2024-stay-at-home-round-robin-round-2.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Anja Quilts</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 5: 3rd Round: Emily @ </span><a href="http://thedarlingdogwood.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Darling Dogwood</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 12: 4th </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Round: Brenda @ </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Songbird </a><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Designs</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 19: 5th Round: Gail @ </span><a href="https://quiltinggail.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Quilting Gail</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 26: 6th Round: Kathleen @ </span><a href="https://kathleenmcmusing.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Kathleen McMusing</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 18: </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Parade</span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">: showing all of your finished SAHRRs!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fb5e53; color: #666666;"></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Next Monday we will find out another new border assignment. It's unlikely that I will finish it as quickly as this week's round, but who knows what might happen!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy quilting!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Julie in GA</span></i></b></span></div></span></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-86260099435970761232024-01-28T07:15:00.003-05:002024-01-28T07:15:57.681-05:00Stash Report and Stitching Time 1/28/2024<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It has been a very busy week in my sewing room, and I'm a little overwhelmed by the number of projects in the works. It has also been a very productive week, with two placemats being finished and one quilt top nearly assembled. There was 1 yard of fabric used for the placemats. You can see them <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2024/01/project-quilting-152-sky-color.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> and <a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2024/01/green-table-scraps-challenge.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I've gotten rather carried away with joining quilt-alongs plus starting new projects for the <a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2024/01/scraphappy-saturday-4.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a> already this year. Most of these will be continuing for several months, and it is already proving to be easiest to total up the yardage for all of them near the end of the month. Here's what I've made so far. All measurements listed are for the finished sizes of the blocks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0A_JGfM2JsUMgUHGzlaXLGatPeBecBsc8D43S1BPq2GUDd6ilJIAFZH01iCzPe9escmiJWmTjjWT8jEXBnq6s7t4Ab8Yj-goRQOk8Sf5S6YBZmunANMxVDCnHfhf7yFQHva_911YPsdONXckB8R3Y6_M3Mbm1CNzqK_Ci7TKIgzPSy4_EyWF_wHybRAw/s640/IMG_0374%20C.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0A_JGfM2JsUMgUHGzlaXLGatPeBecBsc8D43S1BPq2GUDd6ilJIAFZH01iCzPe9escmiJWmTjjWT8jEXBnq6s7t4Ab8Yj-goRQOk8Sf5S6YBZmunANMxVDCnHfhf7yFQHva_911YPsdONXckB8R3Y6_M3Mbm1CNzqK_Ci7TKIgzPSy4_EyWF_wHybRAw/w640-h640/IMG_0374%20C.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/p/rc24.html" target="_blank">Hen and Chicks, RSC 2024 Sampler</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">3" blocks + 6" blocks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwAdysbT8-BpKgXLqA_5_yXglPchNWUo4uyXvKZVMDdq4Yrq_eR9LHQx-VA1o7AT995FiYl1wEb8KjdBasTNgAcK-cZ59NARdZqDI_RcQ3B-3jkVE6kRaCKEjlSoBcrmgZhaWzewLgJ0WIPPLGzd-xjqO30JGDIZkk7A7P_q825SfrV-KpLm1X22LvYk/s4119/IMG_0484%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2870" data-original-width="4119" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwAdysbT8-BpKgXLqA_5_yXglPchNWUo4uyXvKZVMDdq4Yrq_eR9LHQx-VA1o7AT995FiYl1wEb8KjdBasTNgAcK-cZ59NARdZqDI_RcQ3B-3jkVE6kRaCKEjlSoBcrmgZhaWzewLgJ0WIPPLGzd-xjqO30JGDIZkk7A7P_q825SfrV-KpLm1X22LvYk/w640-h446/IMG_0484%20B.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Hollow 9-Patch, 6" blocks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGZj3Do2yXNK5RsybZfwm6gSsFNBDyhfn6tl6OhkVpKrj-ckfckY22rq1N0WMpKl3j9hjEvkRcdV5UGB040nKxp4wbkKi8_60z5Gi5_BCPVF2tTpcZXA3lbW45gRGHhaKYgyTGJ5dXtU4HQFsVfQwSMPFM9aPUeYK6vpt-UPkyEbcoB676O5RgBBYJQ0/s3569/IMG_0472%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2516" data-original-width="3569" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGZj3Do2yXNK5RsybZfwm6gSsFNBDyhfn6tl6OhkVpKrj-ckfckY22rq1N0WMpKl3j9hjEvkRcdV5UGB040nKxp4wbkKi8_60z5Gi5_BCPVF2tTpcZXA3lbW45gRGHhaKYgyTGJ5dXtU4HQFsVfQwSMPFM9aPUeYK6vpt-UPkyEbcoB676O5RgBBYJQ0/w640-h452/IMG_0472%20B.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Rail Fence Spinners, 6" blocks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UOCwQSAhrxgOF0ni_ZoS92fv6Zo0cnc_5acG7QloFfq6gmaNwn9LSNddLFtZ0MTqFV0gt_V7D72kTpAQPro3Gdm6qMMqArq0RTNqSU_c3BMdFmWoH2hKrXuxRFmNIV1G9X8wESvH_7LIHAHfCkC40gXwpqs0pdpVM-kbxVqPLX_hg3YQomd0BP-xaGs/s2769/IMG_0480%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2769" data-original-width="2769" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UOCwQSAhrxgOF0ni_ZoS92fv6Zo0cnc_5acG7QloFfq6gmaNwn9LSNddLFtZ0MTqFV0gt_V7D72kTpAQPro3Gdm6qMMqArq0RTNqSU_c3BMdFmWoH2hKrXuxRFmNIV1G9X8wESvH_7LIHAHfCkC40gXwpqs0pdpVM-kbxVqPLX_hg3YQomd0BP-xaGs/w640-h640/IMG_0480%20B.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.laundrybasketquilts.com/blog/categories/birthday-quilt-2024" target="_blank">Laundry Basket Quilts Birthday Blocks</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">6" blocks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLrosGEc8Xkmomd8PY5j9rnNArCBAjCeHLKKxCZf-MNUBtXCFXJ35UNz3nRoaMdxDxPSdb9KfgjTA-LENnuFwOtZpxn2LpmkCm58BWJ8BwAbmfRXiAQbD-OfMng5eXnmMsqXZCo5amGFRjhVO8qMeEZeBzUf3c96evYAguWAA3YKTZwhHGpvcNOMeE_0/s2994/IMG_0396%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="2994" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLrosGEc8Xkmomd8PY5j9rnNArCBAjCeHLKKxCZf-MNUBtXCFXJ35UNz3nRoaMdxDxPSdb9KfgjTA-LENnuFwOtZpxn2LpmkCm58BWJ8BwAbmfRXiAQbD-OfMng5eXnmMsqXZCo5amGFRjhVO8qMeEZeBzUf3c96evYAguWAA3YKTZwhHGpvcNOMeE_0/w640-h324/IMG_0396%20B.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://patternsbyjen.blogspot.com/2023/12/announcing-2024-monthly-color-challenge.html" target="_blank">Jen's Color Challenge</a>, 12" blocks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4nEJVTKn2GaXcPPd4onIZrhRcGJb_VM-IlkRTVR4zWJI5OX7xa9Q9AnKlQz9ZExdZxreKJR0Zm-QKHgAZbQ2ZotMYW3EgegwHLf18mchyphenhyphenp7JrTrfUZvn896n6ZZ9ORD_I9uBqtWVPEDdPI76ZtSPeX09byEP3cr_eo2nAmstHoikMGtwDUANz3v9d7s/s3284/IMG_0510%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3284" data-original-width="3284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4nEJVTKn2GaXcPPd4onIZrhRcGJb_VM-IlkRTVR4zWJI5OX7xa9Q9AnKlQz9ZExdZxreKJR0Zm-QKHgAZbQ2ZotMYW3EgegwHLf18mchyphenhyphenp7JrTrfUZvn896n6ZZ9ORD_I9uBqtWVPEDdPI76ZtSPeX09byEP3cr_eo2nAmstHoikMGtwDUANz3v9d7s/w640-h640/IMG_0510%20B.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://quiltsandcostumes.blogspot.com/2024/01/sahrr-round-1.html" target="_blank">SAHRR 2024</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">16" Liberty Legacy block</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">3" signature blocks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Added together, the fabric used for all of those many blocks totals about 2 yards. The Hollow 9-Patch and Rail Fence Spinners have both been used as leader/ender blocks, so I might end up making more of those before the end of the month. If so, I will just count the fabric used with next month's totals.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">2024 STASH TOTALS</span></b></div></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Used last week: 3.0 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></span></div><div><div><span>Used year to date: </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 6.75 </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">yards</span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added last week:</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 1.5</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> yards</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Added year to date: 1.5 yards</span></div><div><span><b><span>Net used in 2024: 5.25</span></b><b><span> yards</span></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s291/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="291" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kyH3V3tJjapsGIFabKRyQ-yceV6NNazbSlR6uZTZ1DKeaYfZmgCo63UNaJibXUbESRCgFrd_vP0fhdzo-18TnUjlb-Znn7rgUupI4dy1h6OUHF-1XBXQxyS3iX0S08Bh17xjhSXbcYzpTv3Fz_mlZCiQabEbctP_uxbLtdMK7hsXcImX_TpGXLM8lg/s1600/2024%20Button%2015%20minute%20To%20Stitch.jpg" width="291" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kate's <a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/01/stitching-stuff-week-4-of-2024.html" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces has us </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">tracking how many days each week we </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. The past week had seemed especially busy with different quilting projects, but I was a little shocked when I counted up 9 different quilts having been worked on over the last 7 days. It's no wonder I feel like I'm going in a million directions!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>15 Min</b></span><b>ute Challenge for 2024:</b><b> </b></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/21 - 1/27 7 of 7</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">2024 Total </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">27</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of 27</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> days</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Success rate 100%</span></div></div></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Check out more stash reports at </span><a href="https://quiltpaintcreate.wordpress.com/2024/01/28/sunday-stash-january-28-2024/" rel="" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">quiltpaintcreate</a><span> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">and join the </span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/01/stitching-stuff-week-4-of-2024.html" target="_blank">15 Minutes to Stitch</a></span></span><span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://kate-life-in-pieces.blogspot.com/2024/01/stitching-stuff-week-2-of-2024.html" target="_blank"> Challenge</a> at Life in Pieces. Thanks so much to Donna and Kate for continuing to host these link-ups.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-67910891706851285042024-01-27T17:27:00.001-05:002024-01-27T17:27:12.412-05:00SAHRR Round 1<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Last week I shared a few blocks that were being considered as the center block of this year's Stay at Home Round Robin (SAHRR) project. Later that same day, I made yet another block, but I still haven't decided which one I might use. There's even a chance I will use them all!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsb9LYUbyfKuNtYEdosgW0qabjKXe5mDidm70gJuTQo6IkCorT443pQHTizYYSfAlHkmK6T6lp91PvqVLrpDVpX4M73R-U_iz-Lb_cJGfdwAsD3SC7Wi2VqvVb_DTouLPryGkH0bM3XByooZ8go59nYlWWC8hN9jscY8XMEFNBxMfbk_lJcY6KVjjwKVg/s3150/IMG_0518%20B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2874" data-original-width="3150" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsb9LYUbyfKuNtYEdosgW0qabjKXe5mDidm70gJuTQo6IkCorT443pQHTizYYSfAlHkmK6T6lp91PvqVLrpDVpX4M73R-U_iz-Lb_cJGfdwAsD3SC7Wi2VqvVb_DTouLPryGkH0bM3XByooZ8go59nYlWWC8hN9jscY8XMEFNBxMfbk_lJcY6KVjjwKVg/w640-h584/IMG_0518%20B.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The block at the lower left is the newest addition. It is the center block of Kim Diehl's <a href="https://www.henryglassfabrics.net/liberty-star-liberty-legacy-quilt/" target="_blank">Liberty Legacy</a> quilt, a free pattern from Henry Glass fabrics. Here's the newest block by itself. It is definitely my favorite of the group.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31FUHWYH28hFtuj_eBzjs_PLlt2kYTSjMWDYNNR85Zu5YHqcIbbQEZ1eYL4Xx-oBP9QSCZS1YaZ1x7RmcbQAWAFeIyZcRN5_JVjB3ClD674KjHWhbQRu-6Rzddl0Gboq8S05tWLd2oY4_52NxdSCTR7riXv8h6x3OXlURUM3lfRi8V_iMPMu9aljE9rA/s2895/IMG_0498%20B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2895" data-original-width="2895" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31FUHWYH28hFtuj_eBzjs_PLlt2kYTSjMWDYNNR85Zu5YHqcIbbQEZ1eYL4Xx-oBP9QSCZS1YaZ1x7RmcbQAWAFeIyZcRN5_JVjB3ClD674KjHWhbQRu-6Rzddl0Gboq8S05tWLd2oY4_52NxdSCTR7riXv8h6x3OXlURUM3lfRi8V_iMPMu9aljE9rA/w640-h640/IMG_0498%20B.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our assignment this week came from Wendy at </span><a href="https://www.piecefulthoughts.com/sahrr-border-1-2/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #10759c; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life</a>. <span style="font-family: verdana;">She chose signature blocks </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">for the first round</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">. I started out by making some samples to help me decide on the scale for the corner triangles. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zBI92COW-xbnpFySB6S-LlaMN7pbWyeeUv_3wD2YxCWL12dlG1am7K08nwLIFwromFOP3u5ISH_x9jWAg1o9aJJnUy_3v-zh_DAFnOV8f8IaPXdeFJ5DhACgZnjxX5n4gKQ5uKNBXR0zt969pJh0nhdmFfgyhDg4dNfHG9FYLpVxNHwG1CWpUr-nN3Y/s3324/IMG_0503%20B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3102" data-original-width="3324" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zBI92COW-xbnpFySB6S-LlaMN7pbWyeeUv_3wD2YxCWL12dlG1am7K08nwLIFwromFOP3u5ISH_x9jWAg1o9aJJnUy_3v-zh_DAFnOV8f8IaPXdeFJ5DhACgZnjxX5n4gKQ5uKNBXR0zt969pJh0nhdmFfgyhDg4dNfHG9FYLpVxNHwG1CWpUr-nN3Y/w640-h598/IMG_0503%20B.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">As you can see above, changing the size of the corners also changes the width of the center diagonal strip. I decided to go with the middle version, and made up a dozen of them in different green fabrics.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwt2WAdBUY_eBCyU6UPAN5n3vG11pmijW10dXCq2G-U_zqEs946pcmOXxXH8m_MD-lGqQiyYk3f_FBNHbly0mFOS78jxsz1w0o5Y6ZtF1_4-4pFRAgR8NuvsRQotZTeWyO9pl5iizcMbpOoAD2QAxQdA7MQTYvhDNEdGcqVGBqkPSHOH2pSLpjcriOvs/s3284/IMG_0510%20B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3284" data-original-width="3284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwt2WAdBUY_eBCyU6UPAN5n3vG11pmijW10dXCq2G-U_zqEs946pcmOXxXH8m_MD-lGqQiyYk3f_FBNHbly0mFOS78jxsz1w0o5Y6ZtF1_4-4pFRAgR8NuvsRQotZTeWyO9pl5iizcMbpOoAD2QAxQdA7MQTYvhDNEdGcqVGBqkPSHOH2pSLpjcriOvs/w640-h640/IMG_0510%20B.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I also tried the signature blocks out with the whole group of star blocks, but it's not terribly successful. I have no idea where I'm headed with this project, and I'm not going to stress out over it. I'm just following the prompts and seeing where they take me.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeB19YJ5PdRfh30IAyK77h86DnHrv2yzuCHERjO0L_j4-PSM62v-qMEbbw9nY2LEkPqSj8u4wFYAflB_NeJyx79bwpIpct9rXxmRxhd42tRntGLEZiDbEO0l5vgINT-4l__u3pxCYR97zlp7AXta8sEKzJV9R7xlfhdRMf2smJwK8B2pKFXcz9LLOIqI/s3941/IMG_0506%20B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3593" data-original-width="3941" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeB19YJ5PdRfh30IAyK77h86DnHrv2yzuCHERjO0L_j4-PSM62v-qMEbbw9nY2LEkPqSj8u4wFYAflB_NeJyx79bwpIpct9rXxmRxhd42tRntGLEZiDbEO0l5vgINT-4l__u3pxCYR97zlp7AXta8sEKzJV9R7xlfhdRMf2smJwK8B2pKFXcz9LLOIqI/w640-h586/IMG_0506%20B.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This week's link-up is at Wendy's blog, <a href="https://www.piecefulthoughts.com/sahrr-border-1-2/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #10759c; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life</a>, and the rest of the 2024 SAHRR schedule is below.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">January 29: 2nd Round: Anja @ </span><a href="https://anjaquilts.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #10759c; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Anja Quilts</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 5: 3rd Round: Emily @ </span><a href="http://thedarlingdogwood.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #10759c; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Darling Dogwood</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 12: 4th </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Round: Brenda @ </span><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #10759c; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Songbird </a><a href="https://songbirddesigns.blog/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #10759c; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Designs</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 19: 5th Round: Gail @ </span><a href="https://quiltinggail.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #10759c; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Quilting Gail</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">February 26: 6th Round: Kathleen @ </span><a href="https://kathleenmcmusing.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #10759c; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Kathleen McMusing</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 18: </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Parade</span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">: showing all of your finished SAHRRs!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fb5e53; color: #666666;"></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On Monday we will find out our next border assignment. I'm looking forward to seeing what lies ahead.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy quilting!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Julie in GA</span></i></b></span></div></span></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150249433567484505.post-77943945273459540622024-01-27T07:32:00.003-05:002024-01-28T08:05:02.781-05:00Green Table Scraps Challenge and More<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">One of the items on this week's quilting to-do list was to finish up my entry for the <a href="https://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/2024/01/january-2024-table-scraps-challenge.html" target="_blank">January Table Scraps Challenge</a>, hosted by The Joyful Quilter. My plan for this challenge is to continue making monthly placemats, which will later be donated to Meals on Wheels.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We start with scraps in the color of the month from the <a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2024/01/scraphappy-saturday-4.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a>, and this month was bright and dark green. We also had the suggested theme of "snowflakes," but I didn't include any in my placemat.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_Eg5uHYW314sbSgYi09x5YxNAM4dlfzQJWewBx0QuE7Mg_GDIru1DfaG_bVLZCDuma4YSR2natJkHUU91ScjbkHsG8ptXFgWa33BVDPs-OmHRrcZsc9HWHvATuRfACeFIc3dqkT2qxSUXAvCoDkES4g6Vy71tuStCsnhNjyM_dEFGGvOHGyZ4mPSY44/s3959/IMG_0463%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2740" data-original-width="3959" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_Eg5uHYW314sbSgYi09x5YxNAM4dlfzQJWewBx0QuE7Mg_GDIru1DfaG_bVLZCDuma4YSR2natJkHUU91ScjbkHsG8ptXFgWa33BVDPs-OmHRrcZsc9HWHvATuRfACeFIc3dqkT2qxSUXAvCoDkES4g6Vy71tuStCsnhNjyM_dEFGGvOHGyZ4mPSY44/w640-h442/IMG_0463%20B.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I started with a few green crumb blocks, using one for the center of the star. The other two were sliced in half to become part of the side borders. I even managed to find the dark green triangles for the star points in my box of leftover triangles.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvlLLM35YT7cJuN6usgCQurltMtAGimWCAYyz15dr75iqBtUYb9BNm2ALv1IrWMSPRUowPIfgquL7tE3zLluUQFAA4YwQ0vcgtY_AxMBMYfJMKya42wA0SCLZw1ZsABe-YJaPQcBqmAuXY94coqcPyY3t4jm06YovYvaYsYyxHP2jbzkdeNbiLwUq0FI/s4350/IMG_0466%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4350" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvlLLM35YT7cJuN6usgCQurltMtAGimWCAYyz15dr75iqBtUYb9BNm2ALv1IrWMSPRUowPIfgquL7tE3zLluUQFAA4YwQ0vcgtY_AxMBMYfJMKya42wA0SCLZw1ZsABe-YJaPQcBqmAuXY94coqcPyY3t4jm06YovYvaYsYyxHP2jbzkdeNbiLwUq0FI/w640-h450/IMG_0466%20B.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The back is an oldie, "Nouveau" by Sentimental Studios for Moda, which I purchased for a class project around 2009. It's funny how I have no memory of where or when I bought some fabrics, but others like this one bring back very strong memories. I'm still enjoying using it all these years later.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'll share a photo of my current RSC projects on this last Saturday of our month for green scraps. Strangely enough, almost all of them feature 6" blocks. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgdgjhRBncCUfY5pQZMrzIseLnIk7i1zQgYtVBGQkUARCPJci-pyjRRODGQkOBEiMjR-2Gaf97nYh1qWW7fqZyGN2s8S_i3EwcjqVoRaxdgYdNmfwmiyd5lGsXLGCSX3_kJmd9mqe1dTqfpNMuM1qWJ-EWy38-V288-16NvoFBLEW2q5fSY11tq6ajTs/s3236/IMG_0488%20B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3236" data-original-width="2712" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgdgjhRBncCUfY5pQZMrzIseLnIk7i1zQgYtVBGQkUARCPJci-pyjRRODGQkOBEiMjR-2Gaf97nYh1qWW7fqZyGN2s8S_i3EwcjqVoRaxdgYdNmfwmiyd5lGsXLGCSX3_kJmd9mqe1dTqfpNMuM1qWJ-EWy38-V288-16NvoFBLEW2q5fSY11tq6ajTs/w536-h640/IMG_0488%20B.JPG" width="536" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Top row: Laundry Basket Quilts <a href="https://www.laundrybasketquilts.com/post/birthday-quilt-2024-block-1" target="_blank">Birthday Blocks</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2nd row: <a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/p/rc24.html" target="_blank">RSC Hen and Chicks Sampler</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Left side: Rail Fence Spinners</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Right side: Hollow 9-Patch</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bottom right: <a href="https://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/2024/01/january-2024-table-scraps-challenge.html" target="_blank">Table Scraps</a> placemat</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I might end up with a couple more of the Rail Fence or Hollow 9-Patch blocks in green since we still have several more days before the end of the month (or I might just start in on next month's color of red.)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span>Be sure to check out all of the wonderful scrappy projects at the </span></span><a href="https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2024/01/scraphappy-saturday-4.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Scrap Challenge</a><span> every Saturday. I'm also linking up with the <a href="https://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/2024/01/january-2024-table-scraps-challenge.html" target="_blank">Table Scraps Challenge</a> at The Joyful Quilter and</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2024/01/oh-scrap-pink-scraps.html" target="_blank">Oh Scrap!</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> over at Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy quilting everyone!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Julie in GA</i></b></span></span></span></div>Julie in GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677941320847327067noreply@blogger.com15