Design Wall Monday, March 11, 2024

Here's the next UFO to finish.  I have all the pieces cut for three projects.  Two will be gifted.  I will have something to show you on Sunday Stash Report for sure.  There are lots of small pieces, but they should go together fairly quick.

This is Sunshine Quilt Guild February BOM.  Hallie coordinated it; providing us with the pink centers.  Our donation to the project was four white squares and eight pinks.

Sunshine Quilt Guild meeting is tomorrow.  Jo will be providing the how to on wool applique.  We could either bring our own or make from her offering.  Beware It's Halloween has been waiting its turn and since it is a wool project...I plan to take advantage of Jo's expertise.  Beware It's Halloween is a 12 month installment project.  There are eight candy corn blocks of wool on cotton to be made.

These are tools Kerry and I saw at RD2CA.  Kerry has a friend who can get special pricing so we both purchased from her.  Has anyone tried the Magic Pins?  I know I will like the new size ruler.  The blades will work just fine for my smaller cutting needs.  I haven't used the small cutter in a very long time, but I will have it when the time comes.

The mail also brought Katerskill today (along with the tools).  It is awesome!  I love it!  Katerskill is a UFO too.  I will have it bound and finished for next month's Sunshine Quilt Guild meeting.  I will share it with you on Sunday or Monday next week.

See some of you tomorrow and others perhaps later the end of the month.  Until then have wonderful days in your sewing room =^.^= or wherever makes you happy.

Sunday Stash Report, March 10, 2024


The Baby Ducks quilt is finished.  I trimmed the blocks into squares yesterday and placed them on my design wall.  Time to sit back and enjoy these cuties.  I plan to look for the sashing and border fabric tomorrow at Rosie's.  A calico still stands out in my mind.

I had hoped to hold off on this start.  It will be my third stamped cross stitch project since last March.  The stitching is like potato chips for me.  Easy, relaxing, and a project easily transported along with dodging the cats as they curl up on  my lap in the evenings.  Kosmo and Kassy are very good to leave the thread alone although they have been quite curious seeing it move in and out of the cloth =^.^=

October Morning (2024 UFO) finished today.  It would have been finished on Saturday, but piece of sashing didn't fit quite right.  I made it work, but then a second piece of sashing didn't fit quite right either.  Both of these just happened to be of the same fabric...  This had me thinking that it couldn't be coincidence.  Well it wasn't!  They were both apparently cut at the same time and a 1/4 inch to short.  Time for my Clover seam ripper to come out.  Didn't take too much to correct it thank goodness.  A name is being sought...

Used this week: 3 yards 
Used YTD: 20.75 yards 
Purchased this week: 0 yard
Purchased YTD: 36 yards
Net used in 2024: -15.25 yards

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

 

Happy Wednesday!  The last duck has been completed <Quack, Quack>  This guy will soon be cut on the solid lines with the other 11.  I am both excited to move on to the next steps of this project nearly as much as I am that it is finished.  These ducks are just plain Happy.  I headed over to Hobby Lobby after work last night to pick up the floss for the next cross stitch project.  While there I checked out the fabric to see if anything twisted my neck for duck sashing and border fabric, but nothing did.  You never know where the just perfect fabric will be waiting for you.

A little about the next project.  It is all transportation vehicles.  As you would know I needed all but two of the 12 colors of floss.  $0.53 is what I paid for each unit.  There was a time according to the bands around some of the floss in my stash when they were $0.15 per unit.  Can any of you remember a lesser price?  You will be seeing a lot of this project once it gets going.  It will definitely be my project when I head to Maryland in a couple of weeks.

Hope your Wednesday is a good one for you =^.^=