March 5-11, 2011
Still not a lot of sewing going on around here. I made some quilted postcards that used about half a yard of fabric. I'll share pictures of them in a later post. I've also been working on some more pillowcases for charity. They use a good bit of fabric, but they're not done yet. I've got a quilt loaded on the frame, but at the last minute decided to use a different thread color and had to wait until I could get it. Oh, and I've also decided to spring clean my sewing room. That will take a good bit of time, but I'm really wanting to get rid of a bunch of stuff that I know I'll never use. Hopefully I can find good homes for all of it.
I did make it to the quilt store last Monday where I bought some stuff, but not as much as I expected. When I walked in the door, I thought I would be coming home with this fat quarter bundle...
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Civil War Fat Quarter Bundle from Whistle Stop Quilt Shop |
But as I walked around the store with it tucked securely under my arm, I started to picture Mr. Quilting Bug's reaction to a quilt made with this fabric and I just couldn't see him liking a quilt with pink and brown in it. They are so not to his taste. I didn't want to expend all that effort only to have a quilt that I couldn't comfortably put on our bed - so I put the bundle back.
Instead I picked up the fabric I needed for a few other projects. First, I bought 10 quarter yard cuts of some neutral backgrounds. I forgot to take a picture before I cut them up, but here they are in the bag with the rest of my purchases...
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Purchases from Whistle Stop Quilt Shop |
These neutrals will help fill in the missing fabric gaps from the Pieceable Puzzle Quilt kit I bought. I was already missing fabrics from the kit, but now that I've decided to make it much larger, I need even more. I was calculating all of the fabric requirements this afternoon and my husband asked me what I was doing with all that math. He was surprised when I told him it was for a quilt. But quilting is really about geometry so it shouldn't be too surprising.
I picked up a couple half yards of fabric to audition for the pieced blocks in my Winter Wonderland quilt. I think they coordinate pretty well. I need to decide if I want to go scrappy or just use a few fabrics before I buy any more.
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Fabrics for Winter Wonderland Quilt |
Finally, I bought a couple of different border fabrics to coordinate with all of the
Buttercup charm packs I bought recently. I think one is a
Buttercup fabric and the other is
Breakfast at Tiffanys. In any case, they're both from Fig Tree Quilts, so they go together beautifully. There's a total of 5 yards here.
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Border fabrics for Buttercup quilt |
So...
Purchased-this-week: 8.5 yards
Used-this-week: 0.5 yards
Purchased-to-date: 55.5 yards
Used-to-date: 38.5 yards
Net used:
-17 yards
At least next week should see a bump in my used totals. But only if I finish the pillowcases I'm working on.
Mr. Quilting Bug snapped this picture of David in his desk chair this week. Doesn't it make you want to rub his belly?
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David |
Until later.. .
This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.
1 John 1:5 (NLT)