Used this Period: 5.7 yards
Added this Period: 0 yards
Used year to Date: 88.23 yards
Added Year to Date: 22.38 yards
Net Stash Decrease for 2017: 65.85 yards
A finish on a quilt top--the 3rd ugly quilt top to come from my studio over the years! Lesson learned: Don't forego buying fabric if nothing in your stash is right for the quilt you are making!
Several things went wrong with this quilt: 1) the background fabric needed to be a neutral; 2) OR if using this background fabric, I should have made all the spirals out of the same fabric--probably a pink that was darker than the pink in the background fabric; 3) OR if using this background fabric, all the spirals should have been done in bold, bright colors. I think any of these would have made the quilt nice. Alas, I'm very disappointed! In fact, I really had to make myself finish it after I saw how it was turning out--and then sewed seams as fast as I could! (The seams match surprisingly well for the speed and lack of care that I was taking!) DH commented on the fact that 3 of the background squares were going in the opposite direction of the other 9--he was right! (Am I ripping it out? NO!) He didn't notice that I ran out of the background fabric and had to substitute another fabric in the top and bottom rows. Overall, I think maybe I need to take a break from quilting--it makes no sense to make a quilt just to use stash. Anyway, I will make binding and backing tomorrow and use this quilt to practice longarming--and then donate it (in the dead of the night so no one knows it was made by me!).
Used this Period: 0 yards
Added this Period: 0 yards
Used year to Date: 82.53 yards
Added Year to Date: 22.38 yards
Net Stash Decrease for 2017: 60.15 yards
Nothing in, nothing out. We took the road trip to the West Coast and spent time with family there. So, the first part of this week was spent traveling--then came catching up with things on the home front. My jonquils are now blooming and the tree leaves are popping out. We're having spring weather, so it's time to get the decks cleaned and cushions out. DH has plants in the greenhouse--what a glorious time of the year! And maybe I'll even get some time to play with fabric this week!
