STASH REPORT - WEEK 4, 2015 (1/24/15)

Used this Period: 0 yards
Added this Period: 0 yards

Used year to Date: 13.5 yards 
Added Year to Date: 1 yards

Net Stash Decrease for 2015:  12.5 yards

 

Nothing to report this week, but I did spend time in my quilting studio.  I unzipped and removed the Christmas panel that was on the longarm, thinking that I would rip out the border feathers that I had done and was dissatisfied with.  But when I took it off and looked at the back, I thought they looked good--so they won't be removed!  I think the reason I was dissatisfied is because I used an off-white thread on the top since there are light and dark colors in it--and the white looks pretty stark on the burgundy print (even thought it has white starbursts on it).  When I finish LA'ing the current quilt, I guess I will experiment with using different colors of thread on a single quilt, and also different colors in the bobbin and on top.

The current quilt is the most recent baby quilt for the new grandson--I really like it.  I should be able to complete the quilting today as I just have borders and sashing left to do--all the SID and echo quilting within the blocks is done, which has stabilized the quilt.  Normally I would do the borders and sashing as I go; but since I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, I stabilized it with pins and left it.  

 

I have figured out how I want to make the settings for my next set of embroidered blocks, so that will be my next piecing project.  But I want to get 2 more tops quilted on the longarm before I start that project.  Wouldn't it be nice if I could reduce the LongArm UFO stack to zero this year?!