Stash Report 102917

Fabric In - In a weak moment I went to my favorite thrift store.  That don't always have fabric that I am interested in, but this time they did.  The prices were great and I didn't hold back.

Amazing how happy these little bits can make me feel.

The football fabric (25c) I already cut for a pillowcase but I'll report on that later when it is all done.

The pieces/bags ranged from 25c to $1 and none of them were less that 1 1/3 yards.  Some were over 2 yards and one was even almost 4 yards for $1.

Total 2 yards in a zip bag for $1.

Someone's UFO.  Love the fabric choices.  Since most of it is cut it will make a quick top. $1

It all totaled 17.19 yards at a total cost of $7.25.  I really can't be sad about that! 
I had had a rough week and this was cheap therapy.  Perked me right up!

Folded and measured and ready to use.

The red flowered on the bottom is already made into aprons for College E and her best friend, but I'll report on that separately.


Fabric Out -  I finished the weighted blanket for my father, which you can read about here and here.  Most of the fabric to make that was from 2 king flat sheets and a twin flat (also from the thrift store!).  I did not count them in since they went right into the project, so I am also not counting them out.  I do get to count the front of the blanket cover which was from stash - my mother's stash but now that is the same as mine.  For sentimental reasons I still keep it separate.



Fabric Purchased This Week: 17.19 yards
Fabric Purchased YTD: 68.46 yards

Fabric Acquired This Week:   0
Fabric Acquired YTD: 18.98 yards

Fabric Used This Week:  2.67 yards for blanket front

Fabric Used YTD: 91.53 yards

Fabric Stashed in 2017: 4.19 yards used


My numbers took a hit, but considering how much fabric I used up with the pillowcases for Houston I did not feel bad at all replenishing at these prices!  I have a few finishes I need to catch up on reporting and a very old finish that I finally have photos for, so that will help me over the next few weeks as well.

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Friday Finish - Weighted Blanket

The weighted blanket for my father is done at last.  It was not hard.  I followed the instructions from Confessions of a Fabric Addict, but enlarged it to 60 x 60.

Pinning the back to the pocket front.

Wow, did it take a lot of fabric.  I would like to say it all came from stash, but considering that my strips needed to be 60" long and my backs and fronts had to be 62" square minimum I went with the recommendation to use flat sheets.  I hit the jackpot at my favorite thrift store a few weeks ago when their linens were 1/2 off!  I got 2 king flats and a twin flat for $6 total and I used it all up.  The front of the cover is from stash - my mother's stash actually which is appropriate since it is for my father.  There was just enough after I pieced it for extra width and length.

Marking the vertical lines to finish the pockets.

I don't know if I miscalculated the weight needed or if the weight of the fabric making it was so heavy that it overloaded my final weight.  I only used 50 of the 100 pellet pouches that I had planned to use.  That worked out fine.  We just put a pellet pouch in every other pocket and the weight is evenly distributed.

On the bed.  Size and color is good.

His initial reaction while sitting was that he liked the feel of it.  We are waiting to see if there is an improvement in his sleeping, which in turn will prevent the falls.

One of the employees at his memory care facility saw the blanket and asked about it.  She was very curious because she had looked into purchasing weighted blankets to have on hand, but the cost $150+ held her back.  I assured her that $150 was cheap for all the materials and labor that goes into it.  She will follow my father's progress.  She did say that mine was prettier than the catalog blankets.

So that is a heavy weight lifted from my to do list - all puns intended!

Linking up to Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Crazy Mom Quilts to show off finishes.

Pellet Pouches

I'm working on a weighted blanket for my father.  He lives in a memory care facility and wakes at night and gets up on his own and falls - a lot.  I knew about weighted blankets and "logs" for children and we even use them in my preschool.  But I recently learned that a weighted blanket can also help adults with insomnia and other issues that my father deals with.

It seems like it is worth a try.  I am using this tutorial from Sarah over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.  I'm making mine bigger so it will cover an adult body, but the basics are the same.  I started by making 100 "pellet pouches".

Little S sewed the first sides.  She offered and actually enjoyed it.  Wow!  What a huge help that was for me.  The last few weeks have been pretty hectic and as much as I wanted this project to be on the front burner it just wasn't.  So getting the pellet pouches done was a good step.  I've got the math done on the rest of the blanket so I should be able to move along on it now.

100 Pellet Pouches !!

I used assorted odds and ends of fabrics that I was pretty sure I would not use for anything else to make the 5" x 5" pouches. 


Fabric Purchased This Week: 0 yards
Fabric Purchased YTD: 51.17 yards

Fabric Acquired This Week:   0
Fabric Acquired YTD: 18.98 yards

Fabric Used This Week:  1.53 yards for 100 pellet pouches

Fabric Used YTD: 88.86 yards

Fabric Stashed in 2017: 18.71 yards used



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Stash Report 100117

I was willing to bring more fabric in this week.  All my fun fabric is pretty much used up by pillowcases, but when we went out thrifting there were no appropriate fabrics to be found.

So only fabric out.

More pillowcases for Houston...

Most of this row was sewn this week.

and 2 that went to Georgia.

And these two as well.

Fabric Purchased This Week: 0 yards
Fabric Purchased YTD: 51.17 yards

Fabric Acquired This Week:   0
Fabric Acquired YTD: 18.98 yards

Fabric Used This Week: 14.43 yards for 13 completed pillowcase

Fabric Used YTD: 87.33 yards

Fabric Stashed in 2017: 17.18 yards used



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