Stash Report 061216

Fabric Out at Last!!

I got Meet in the Middle backed and bound and that is a good chunk of fabric out the door.  I had bought the backing fabric specifically for this quilt a while ago and it worked perfectly.

Fabric Used/Out This Week: 5 yards
Fabric Used/Out in 2016: 36.5 yards

Fabric In This Week:  0 yards

Fabric In 2016: 29 yards
 
Net Used 2016:  7.5 yards

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Meet in the Middle is Done, Done, Done!

Somehow the size of this quilt made me think it would take forever, but it went so quickly.  The piecing was fast and the quilting was fast.  It helped that school is out and I have more time now.  Over 2 days I got it quilted and bound.  A record for me.  I am very, very pleased with how it turned out.

It is destined for my SIL as a wedding gift.  She and her fiance chose several designs and gave me the color preferences and I picked what I wanted to make.  So it is a surprise for them, but I know they will like it.  WIN! WIN!

This is Meet in the Middle from Jo's Country Junction.  I made it longer and wider so it is plenty large for a full-size bed.   It actually turned out nearly square so it can go either direction, which is kind of neat as well.  This was a design that I liked when it first came out and I am so glad I had to opportunity to make it.  I definitely recommend this pattern for ease of construction and quickness to put together.

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

Stash Report 042416

Crazy busy week and I am behind on reporting.  Hope to catch up a bit today.

Finished the Meet in the Middle flimsy.  Woo hoo.  A fun top to piece from Jo's Country Junction.  It is destined to go to my SIL for her wedding in June.  -6.18 yards

Had a yard sale with my sister and got rid of some odd non-quilty fabrics in the free pile.  -3 yards

Dropped off the leftovers from the yard sale at a local thrift store and discovered they were in the process of reorganizing and so everything was fill a brown grocery bag for $3.  Found some nice cottons.  By the time I filled the bag with stuff for school/work for which I will be reimbursed, I figure the fabric was free.  Can't go wrong there. The 4 yards of cream will be super useful.  Not sure what I'll do with the fleece (brown w/ pink circles), but a yard is enough for something.  Maybe more monkey blankets.  The prints will work themselves into something.  + 8.25 yards

So here are my new totals:

Fabric Used/Out This Week: 9.18 yards
Fabric Used/Out in 2016: 27.03 yards

Fabric In This Week:  8.25 yards

Fabric In 2016: 24.75 yards
 
Net Used 2016:  2.28 yards

Seems like a lot more fabric has come in this year than usual, but I'm getting it out slightly faster, so it all works.

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Meet in the Middle is a Flimsy

My SIL in Guatemala is getting married.  She is a craftsy kind of person and has made a quilt herself.  She has seen me make many many quilts.  I knew she would appreciate a quilt, but I didn't want to chose a pattern or color on my own.  So I asked her to choose 3-5 quilts that she liked and give me a basic color or colors to work with.  I directed her to Quiltville and Jo's Country Junction as starting points since I have made many quilts from their patterns.

In less than a week she had chosen 2 designs and the color blue - all shades of blue.  So of her two choices  I picked Meet in the Middle from Jo's Country Junction and started cutting into all my blues.  Since she doesn't know which one I picked it will still be a surprise.

I made a few adaptations to the pattern to end up with a full size quilt.  I made 42 strips instead of the 32 in the pattern and my white stripes were longer.  So mine will be longer and wider.  This was a super easy pattern to adjust for size.

This was a relatively quick quilt to put together.  The hardest part was the randomizing of the blues.  I used a variety of white on whites and I just didn't worry about where they landed.  There are a few that ended up side by side and one that ended up 3 in a row, but I think it just adds to the charm.

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

My Stash Took A Hit

Stash Report 041716

I am nearly finished with the Meet in the Middle quilt for my SIL and it is all blues.  I knew I did not have anything large enough or enough of anything to even piece a backing. I was dreading having to buy a huge amount of fabric for the backing.

This week I was at the craft store getting something for work.  I can usually avoid the temptation to buy fabric if I am on a work-related mission.  But I always check out the clearance fabrics just in case.


Lo and behold, in the clearance section, marked "AS IS $2/yard" was a bolt of medium blue 100% cotton.  I opened it up to see what was wrong.  The cutter lady opened it up to see what was wrong.  The only thing we could see was very very light blurs of slight discoloration.  For the backing of a quilt this would not be a problem.  I had her measure 7 yards.

Not the greatest picture, but the idea is - it works!

Then just as she was about to cut I came to my senses. Buy the whole bolt!  I have at least 3 flimsys that are predominately blue and need backings.  So I should be able to back at least 2 quilts with this.  Meet in the Middle will get done in the very near future so that will be outage.

So I'm taking a hit in numbers, but my pocketbook is thanking me for it!


Fabric Used/Out This Week: 0 yards

Fabric Used/Out in 2016: 17.85 yards

Fabric In This Week:  11.25 yards

Fabric In 2016: 16.5 yards
 
Net Used 2016:  1.3 yards



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