Project Linus Quilts / Stash Report

When I make donation quilts I always finish them - quilting and binding. I got a call from Project Linus and they needed some tops so they could tie them on their next sew day, luckily I had a stack of panels waiting to be made into tops. I also had five pieced tops waiting to be quilted that went to PJ.

The first four are panels with side borders -

This next quilt I got last year as a kit from Hancocks of Paducah. I do remember that I thought the directions were a bit confusing, just can't remember what it was that had me stumped.

I spy panels with side borders. I bought this fabric for $1 a yard 3-4 years ago. I had enough to make 8 of these tops. I just let the fabric sit until I decided to add a 1 inch strip on each side in a primary color and then a black and white stripe fabric that matches the black and white stripe at the top and bottom of the panel. Easy way to finish off the quilt top.

Another kit from Hancock's. I like this one better than the other and I had no problems at all with the pattern. Love sewing with Batiks.

Next quilt is made from 5 inch I Spy squares. I got the idea for this quilt from "made by Rae". Here is the link - 

http://www.made-by-rae.com/2010/12/finito-storytime-squares-quilt-in-far-far-away-ii/

Great pattern if you need a a super fast and easy quilt.

Next, I can't remember on which blog I saw this quilt. I ordered the book and while waiting for it to arrive made the top.

I also made a yellow version of this quilt. Made with 5 inch I Spy blocks. Learned that I should have used a busy non-directional piece of fabric for the framed blocks, as some of the designs are now sitting  cockeyed.

I made this quilt for my friend's husband who is in the hospital for a extended stay, hope it brightens up his room and reminds him that we love him.

It is from Kim's Bracket Scrap Basket Surprises book and is call Scrap-Basket Blues. Pretty easy quilt, cut and pieced in one day, quilted and mailed the next. I used one fabric for the back ground.

My granddaughter wanted to make a quilt for her cousin for Christmas and picked the pattern 

"The Big EZ" by Bloom Creek

We went to JoAnns and she picked out all the fabric, it has bears, wolves and eagles on it. She is getting so much better at her 1/4 in seams. She patiently watched while I cut out the pieces and stated that now that she is 13 she should be cutting out the pieces. Next time she can, after I buy her a cutting glove!

She pieced the top in one day, it is huge - 63x79 and most of the pieces are big so it went together quickly. She quilted and bound it the next day. I am only adding 1 yard of left over fabric from this quilt to my report.

Bought YTD - 47 yards (paid for 41 yards in 2012 - it arrived in 2013 so I counted it for this year) actually only purchased 6 yards this year)

Used - 281.04 yards

Total YTD - 234.04

Hoping to get some bed quilts finished by the end of the year and that will really help my numbers.

Check our how other quilters are doing with using their stash

I CAVED!!!!!

Well.......... so much for my commitment not to buy any fabric this year. My best friend, for over 35 years, just adores Suzy's Zoo. Every card and letter I receive from her has Suzy's Zoo characters on them. When I heard about the fabric line I went in search of it and got 5 yards. It is so cute. I especially like the happy little snails.

This is the fabric I used. The pattern is Picnic Quilt from the book "Orchard Quilts" by Lynette Jensen.

The flying geese are hard to see. The quilt finishes at about 78x66, perfect for a outdoor concert quilt.    I used just over 8 yards to make it.  

Had problems with my thread breaking on my long arm. Called APQS and Dawn Cavanaugh called me back while she was traveling and was so kind about my lack of knowledge of the machine. She stayed on the phone while I   completed all the tasks she gave me, took about 1/2 hour. She gave me her cell number just in case I needed more advise. The thread quit breaking and everything is running smoothly once again. The APQS team have always been so helpful and kind to me. 

Bought YTD - 46 yards (paid for 41 yards in 2012 - it arrived in 2013 so I counted it for this year - actually only purchased 5 yards this year)

Used - 234.43 yards

Total YTD - 188.43

Linking to Judy's blog.

Stash Report 11-11-12

Fly Away by Bonnie Olaveson/Cotton Way is the pattern I used to make this quilt for my mother's caregiver, she celebrated her birthday this week. Measured about 64x75 before washing. The 360 geese took two days to make and trim. The pattern went together quickly after that. The colors remind me of the trees in our woods this fall.

Do you shop at amazon.com? If you do please click over to Evelyn's blog and see how you can help her get to Austria to be with her family for Christmas, it won't cost you one cent.

Saturday was spent getting my handgun carry permit - it was an all day class and a birthday present from my son.

I only missed two questions on the written test.

I got 100% on the gun range,  only one shot veered into the 8 circle, the rest were in the red zone and the 9 circle. The only problem was that my gun kept jamming and the instructor  had to help me with it.  

Used - 405.84 yards

Added - 94 yards 

Net Used YTD - 311.84 yards

Quilts finished in 2012 - 43

My goals for 2012 are simple~

1 - make one QOV each month. 

Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  June  July  Aug  Sept  Oct  Nov  Dec

2 - make one quilt for Ronald McDonald's House each month

Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  June  July  Aug  Sept  Oct  Nov  Dec plus 3

3 - finish one already started quilt each month 

Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  June  July  Aug  Sept  Oct  Nov  Dec

4 - if I complete the above 3 goals each month I can start one new quilt

 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10

See how others are busting their stash over at Patchwork Times.

Stash Report October 28, 2012

The pattern for this quilt was found here - http://quiltinggallery.com/2012/06/23/my-next-scrappy-project/ and I just knew I would make it someday.

The pattern called for 1.5 inch squares and strips, since I had an abundance of 2.5 inch squares and strips my quilt turned out huge, it finished at 113 inches square before washing.  I used white with black dots for the cornerstones and a black with white dots for the binding. Another quilt that was easy to piece. All types and colors of scraps went into this quilt.

The quilt isn't as crooked as it looks, my hanging job was off.  I used 23.96 yards, including the back and binding. This quilt is off to live with a very good friend.

This next quilt is going to Ronald's house. It is 47 inches square. I had a bunch of leftover 2 x 3.5 blue strips and paired it with some orange pieces. Luckily I had the perfect fabric for the border. This is a bright and cheery quilt.

Used - 397.27 yards

Added - 94 yards 

Net Used YTD - 303.27 yards

Quilts finished in 2012 - 42

My goals for 2012 are simple~

1 - make one QOV each month. 

Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  June  July  Aug  Sept  Oct  Nov  Dec

2 - make one quilt for Ronald McDonald's House each month

Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  June  July  Aug  Sept  Oct  Nov  Dec plus 3

3 - finish one already started quilt each month 

Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  June  July  Aug  Sept  Oct  Nov  Dec

4 - if I complete the above 3 goals each month I can start one new quilt

 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9

See how others are busting their stash over at Patchwork Times.

Stats for 2011 / Goals for 2012

I am only counting fabric out of the stash when the quilt is 100% finished. Makes counting the fabric so much easier.

Of the 47 quilts finished this year about 30 only needed to be quilted and bound. I used 443.28 yards of fabric in 2011 - remember some of these finishes are more than 2 years old.

Here are a few of the completed quilts for 2011 -

This is a king size quilt 135 inches sq for my Daughter in law for Christmas. It is adapted from JudyL's book Weekend Quilts. I made the stars different as I already had some green 2.5 inch squares cut and waiting to be used. She wanted it big enough for a pillow tuck and their mattress is a huge pillow top. She seems to like it. It barely fit on my long-arm frame. After making this quilt I made Bill promise we would never ever get a king sized bed.

This baby quilt was made from a yellow flannel charm pack,

Tumbler quilts are one of my favorite scraps quilts to make. This one is twin size.

Had some red and green strips and made this small lap quilt.

While cleaning out one of my cupboards I found a bunch of 6.5 inch star fabric sqs and made this QOV.



I bought 75 yds of fabric in 2011.

Total yards used for 2011 was 368.28. Yippee!

My goals for 2012 are simple.
1 - make one QOV each month.
2 - make one quilt for Ronald McDonald House each month
3 - finish one already started quilt each month (have about 20 of these, some more than 3 years old)
4 - if I complete the above 3 goals each month I can start one new quilt

fabric used YTD - 0
fabric bought YTD - 0

So far so good.......

Stash Report - August 21st and Best of Show Winners!

Here are my finished quilts since my last stash report.

This is a baby quilt for my great niece - Olivia.

This is a I Spy quilt for our Church's Santa's Warehouse, nice to have this one done ahead of time. I have 4 more of this quilt cut out, using different color sashing. I am trying to use up all my novelty prints. It is lap size.

This is a Alaska themed quilt. My mother and I went to Alaska in June and we bought fabrics that would remind us of our visit. There is fabric that says Welcome To Alaska, a map of the area we visited, bears, seal, whales, all kinds of birds, glaciers, small airplane, sea otters, a dog sled (I highly recommend that to anyone who goes to Alaska) every activity we did we were able to find fabric for. I used the All About Me pattern. This is 100" x 100".

This is a huge Halloween quilt. You never can have too many Halloween quilts.

Another I Spy quilt sent to a friend to enjoy with her grandkids.

Granddaughter #4 and her Best of Show Hello Kitty wall hanging at her county fair. She designed this quilt, cut it out, I did the ironing, she did most of the zigzagging around the pieces, quilted it, sewed the binding on by machine, made and sewed on the label, I sewed the sleeve on the back. There are numerous mistakes but I didn't have the heart to make her rip anything out. I am so proud of her, she is 8.5 years old. She said to me "I know why you like quilting as a hobby....because IT IS SO MUCH FUN!" Sure made me smile. She already has plans for next years quilt, a face with flowing hair - wish us luck. She won $60.00!

Couldn't get the picture to go the correct way. Another Best of Show (4th to 6th grades)  for Granddaughter #2 who is 11 years old. She designed her quilt and did everything without any help from me (I did wind the bobbins and thread the sewing and quilting machines) . She also did her own ripping out. I am so proud of her. She asked me that when I get too old to quilt if she could have my long arm! There is a better picture of her quilt in a previous post.  She won $76.00! She also made a stuffed dog with her other grandmother's help and it came in 1st place.

I also made 7 small pet beds for the animal shelter out of left over pieces of flannel with batting and scraps of fabric cut into 2-3 inches squares for the stuffing. 

Total fabric used this year - 184.96


I have decided not to post how much fabric comes into my home. I know that once we are retired I won't have as much $ to spend on fabric. I am buying background fabrics for current quilts and for quilts that won't be made for many years. I think of it as my Fabric Savings Plan or my 401K in fabric. I'll need something to keep me busy for the next 25+ years.

Stash Report - March 21, 2010

Happy Spring!

I pieced this top last week and finished it this week. I am not very creative when it comes to using up a gazillion 2.5 inch squares.

I pieced this top last year and finished it this week. I have a hard time tossing away these little pieces,I feel guilty when I do. The solid is a really nice deep blue - not periwinkle.

This is another way I found to use up some of the 2.5 inch squares. Pieced in January and finished this week.

The black and white fabric is NYC landmarks.I bought this at "The City Quilter" in NYC almost 5 years ago. I have been looking for the perfect pattern and came across the BQ pattern while in SD last year. I am not at all happy with this quilt. I made it as a rememberance of my NYC trip. I have decided to give it to a friend at Christmas. I think the reason why I don't like it is because the repeat in the fabric happens too often . I still have yards of the NYC fabric and I am going to get some other NYC fabric and mix it up a bit. The City Quilter is going to be coming out with custom NYC fabric that is just made for their shop. I really like the red and black fabrics next to the print. This was pieced last year, quilted in January and  I put the binding on this week.

Fabric in this week - 0
Fabric in YTD - 113

Fabric used this week - 40.35
Fabric used YTD - 111

Fabric busted YTD - -2

Stash Report Week 8

Haven't had much quilting going on......What can I say....Life happens.

Used this week - 22.5 yard
Used YTD - 22.5 yards
added this week - 10 yards
Added YTD - 51 yards
Net YTD - <-28.5>

Here are the three quilts I finished this week - 1 for a gift and two donation quilts.

I can't find the pattern for the second quilt - It is a great pattern for large print fabrics.

Hoping to do better this next week and get a few more quilts finished.