STASH REPORT - Week 1, 2013

Used this Week: 7 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards

Used year to Date:  7 yards
Added Year to Date: 0 yards 

Net Stash Decrease for 2012: 7 yards

 

Here I come, 2013--starting the year off right stash-wise!  I know that I won't be able to sustain these usage numbers, so I'll revel in it while I can.   I will use the same counting process that I used in 2012:  I count yardage when the quilt top is pieced and ready to be quilted; I make the binding and the backing when the top is completed--so that yardage is counted also.  Then I bundle the top, binding & backing together and put it in the Longarm UFO stack--so when I actually quilt it, all fabric has been counted and I do not count it again.  Just what works for me. 

 

I finished the patriotic string quilt top; it will be donated to the Star Valley Piecemakers for WY soldiers.  Diane gave me her patriotic scraps, so the quilt top will be returned to her.  I thought that with her scraps and mine, I would be able to make 2 tops--but only had a few "strings" left over after finishing 1 top.  I went into my stash for border fabric, which brought the dimensions to 72x72.  I would have liked to add a horizontal & vertical row instead of borders, but did not have enough scrappy strings.  I like my black & white string quilt better--it doesn't have borders and has the appliqued echinacea--but this is nice and will warm some wounded soldier.

Health issues continue to limit my time in my sewing/quilting room.  Unfortunately, I'm still able to peruse others' quilts on the internet--and that adds to my bucket list!!  Have a good week!