STASH REPORT - Week 39, 2012

Used this Week: 0 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards

Used year to Date: 170 5/6 yards
Added Year to Date: 69 1/4 yards 

Net Stash Decrease for 2012:  101 1/2 yards

 

No stash use to report this week!  I started on a scrappy string quilt, but will count the yardage when it is completed.  It was on my bucket list and I'm pleased with the way it is turning out--31 blocks to go!

 

I finished processing the apples we brought back from Colorado.  We worked on cutting/splitting/stacking wood this week; it was trees we cut from this lot and had not done anything with--a cord of wood for those cold winter days that are just around the corner.  They were on the north end of the lot so I carried the logs up the hill after my husband cut them to length--good exercise!  Our mountains are aflame with color--and unfortunately, also aflame with forest fires.  I do hope the hunters will be very careful.  The fire that threatened Jackson is out--the east end of town was on evacuation notice.  When we came home after Mass last night, we noticed another fire to the west--one of the ushers who is a firefighter got called out when it had spread to 30 acres.  I haven't heard any updates on it this morning.

 

Hope your week of stashbusting was fun and successful! 

STASH REPORT - Week 37-38, 2012

Used this Week: 1 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards

Used year to Date: 170 5/6 yards
Added Year to Date: 69 1/4 yards 

Net Stash Decrease for 2012:  101 1/2 yards

Another week without much accomplished--well, actually 2 weeks!  We were traveling and visiting relatives which explains the lack of sewing.  The yardage used was for machine embroidery squares to be used in a quilt; the designs were Playful Snowmen by Dakota Collectibles (http://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/dakota-collectibles/designpack/1/970161.aspx).  I had started embroidering these a few months ago and had 2 sets of 6 done as I was making a set for my sister's birthday gift.  I finished hers before we left home and mailed them while we were traveling; mine I finished yesterday. 

And then I cleaned my studio--sort of.  I made a list of quilts that are pieced but not quilted (76!!), and decided I need to work on the longarm and get some of those quilted!!  (It's just that I see so many pretty quilts and want to make them--I have so many quilts in my head and so much stash to use.)  And I found out that the quilt I had on my list to finish this month is already pieced!!  I've decided I want to go through my studio and box up things I haven't/won't use and get them ready to list for sale.  I'm no longer doing garment construction and can get rid of those supplies--and there are longarm rulers I don't use that can be listed for sale, too.  Wish me luck in getting this project done!!

STASH REPORT - Week 36, 2012

Used this Week: 0 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards

Used year to Date: 169 5/6 yards
Added Year to Date: 69 1/4 yards 

Net Stash Decrease for 2012:  100 1/2 yards

 

I think I'll have to join the "pathetic" group this week--no yardage used, no yardage added--just status quo.  I did get both QOVs quilted on the longarm, bound, and embroidered label added to the back.  We mailed them yesterday--please keep our troops in your prayers.

Then I decided I needed to finish machine embroidering blocks I'm going to send my sister for her birthday.  I had 6 done and had 6 more to finish--they're done, trimmed, and ready to put in the mail when I get a birthday card.  Now I am doing the same blocks for myself.  You can see them here:  http://www.etsy.com/listing/75101692/machine-embroidery-cd-playful-snowmen  We'll both make a quilt with them--the settings will undoubtedly be very different.

I hope everyone else was more productive than I was!

STASH REPORT - Week 35, 2012

Used this Week: 11 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards

Used year to Date: 169 5/6 yards
Added Year to Date: 69 1/4 yards 

Net Stash Decrease for 2012:  100 1/2 yards

It's been a busy week with 2 tops and 1 backing completed.  And I finally hit the "100" mark in stash reduction.  After reading that Judy L. had a lot of pieced tops ready to be quilted, and knowing that I fall in the same category, I think I'd better concentrate on quilting tops for the foreseeable future!  Oh, dear, there are just so many quilts in my mind just waiting to be made!!