Week 13 (3/22-28/2020)

Used this Period: 12.2 yards

Added this Period: 0 yards

Used Year-to-Date:  72.48 yards

Added Year-to-Date:  46.33 yards

Net Stash Decrease for 2020:   26.15 yards

1'18" (1.5) blue for embroidered animals

6' 35"green trees backing

2'2" yellow backing
60" masks

Finished the Animals 2x2 embroidered quilt blocks!  I won't be trimmin'g them until their number is drawn--however, I will count the fabric used on the blocks now.  That was a lot of embroidery for sure.  Now I need to get the quilting studio ready for the next project.  I think I will put the embroidery unit away for awhile.

End of Week:  This week I quilted 3 quilts on the longarm.  I will load another one tomorrow and maybe I can get 5 done by the end of the month.  I have made 4 cloth masks to donate to the hospital and have another 5 partially done--hope to finish them tomorrow.

Week 12 (3/15-21/2020)

Used this Period: 0 yards

Added this Period: 0 yards

Used Year-to-Date:  60.28 yards

Added Year-to-Date:  46.33 yards

Net Stash Decrease for 2020:   13.95 yards

No fabric that can be counted.  I've spent all week machine embroidering Morehead's "Animals 2X2."  There were 28 designs and I can do about 4 a day.  They probably have an average of 18-19000 stitches and 10-12 color changes.  My back hurts before I'm done for the day!  Anyway, I have 3 more to do--then I can count the fabric used for the squares.  I won't make them into a quilt until that number is drawn.

No Stations last night, no Mass tonight--I'm going through withdrawal!  I hope we soon get past this coronavirus and hope all the family stays healthy.  Please God!

Week 11 (3/8-14/2020)

Used this Period: 14.25 yards

Added this Period: 0 yards

Used Year-to-Date:  60.28 yards

Added Year-to-Date:  46.33 yards

Net Stash Decrease for 2020:   13.95 yards

Thursday:

Done!!  Yea!!  The quilt turned out to be 85x85, and I really like it.  But I will say that I'm really tired of making HSTs!  Now I need to get ready for son & family's week-long visit.

   

Week 10 (3/1-7/2020)

Used this Period: 5.17 yards

Added this Period: 0 yards

Used Year-to-Date:  46.03 yards
Added Year-to-Date:  46.33 yards

Net Stash Increase for 2020:   .30 yards

(1 yd. panel, .34 yd. brown, 1 yd. yellow sash/brdr, 2.83 yd. back'g)

Monday:

I finished the Henry Glass "When I Am Big" baby panel; it is now in the queue for longarm quilting.  I wish the panels would be squared on the fabric--just saying.  One more done--it went fast and easy.  Since the March number is #7, I will need all the extra time I will have for the month.  This fabric and pattern were set aside long ago--before we left Casper (2005).  The fabric was purchased at Hobby Lobby on sale--they had wonderful sales back then with fabric often finally costing $1-2/yard. I love the fabric for this quilt!    

So, the Bear Paw in a Bear Paw quilt became a Double Bear Paw instead--a quilt I saw on the internet.  I worked on this quilt during the week--so many HSTs!  I've decided that I don't want to see another HST for the near future.  I was dreading making and attaching the setting triangles--but they went easily and look great.  I figured out the side triangles mathematically and then went to the internet to find out what size to cut the squares for the end triangles--what a great tool.  I decided to make smaller bear paws to put in one of the borders--haven't decided yet whether to put some appliquéd vines/leaves with partial borders of the bear paws.  So, still can't count any of the fabric--next week should show a decrease in the stash!  I hope to be able to finish this quilt this next week, hopefully with a few days to share.

Week 9 (2/23-29/2020)

Used this Period: 1.33 yards

Added this Period: 6.25 yards

Used Year-to-Date:  40.85 yards
Added Year-to-Date:  46.33 yards

Net Stash Increase for 2020:   5.48 yards

3/4 yd. red for pillowcase
3 yd. blue ($3/yd) for 2x2 animals quilt
2.5 yd. blue for bkgd 2x2 animals quilt

Sunday--

So, today I worked in my sewing room.  I decided that I would embroider on some kitchen towels, using the moose and cabin appliqués that are my favorites.  First, I had to find them--I will have to spend some time in organizing my design files again--they are such a mess and I can't find anything!  Then I had to figure out how to unzip files--that took a bit of research.  And then I tried to find my embroidery notes on the sequence used in appliquéing the moose and cabin.  I wasn't successful but did find a lot of stuff that I didn't know I had!  I have a lot of small disks with designs and software and we don't have any computers that will take them.  When I clean my room, I might as well toss them since I can't use them anymore.  We can still use the CDs and DVDs with our equipment, but who knows how much longer that will be the case.  After making a complete mess of the room again, I finally started embroidering the towels.  I did one that I will bring upstairs to use when I make cinnamon rolls--so I could write notes on the sequence to replace the notes I couldn't find.  I got 5 towels finished today and have 8 more to do.  They make wonderful small gifts, so it will be nice to get them done.  And I never did clean up the room!

Tuesday:
I finished the towels yesterday, so I now have plenty to give as gifts or to donate when my DH donates a cutting board to JCCW.  So that's one less project to finish.  Today I went to lunch with the seniors and that sort of messes up accomplishing anything for the whole day.

Saturday:
Senior lunch on Tuesday, noon Mass in next-largest nearby town on Wednesday, trip to nearest big town on Thursday, Mass on Saturday--another week with not much accomplished! It's so difficult to get motivated to start something when we break in the middle of the day.  And since we drive 70 miles round-trip to attend Mass (and DH is an usher so we usually get there an hour early), the day doesn't hold as many hours as I would like.  I'm still doing the recumbent bicycle every day (miss just a few) which also decreases my available hours for hobbies.  And maybe, just maybe, I've slowed down and also spend too much time on the computer!  (I spend time perusing my favorite quilting sites and saving pictures of quilts to make and longarm quilting samples--you should see how full those files are!!)

All that to say that what I accomplished this week was finishing a second pillowcase for Mr. Spiderman (grandson) and making 12 scapulars smaller and with shorter cords.  I also started working on the Henry Glass "When I am Big" child's quilt (10b on the list)--but not far enough along to count anything as used.  No longarm quilting done this month--now I need 13 quilts done to meet my desired schedule :-( and that's probably unattainable!  On to another week...