Another Addition to the Stash

+10 yards. yikes.

it adds up faster than I can use it!

:)

Look!

I'm quilting! and the colors are really off in the second picture~the patches are tan/brown and the thread is tan, also!

pattern: based on Bonnie's ISPY a 4 Patch

panto source: flirtatious by Willow Leaf Studio

Stash Report Week #30

I'm back from vacation...but there is a whole lot of things to do...other than sewing! I had a fun time away but it is always good to be home! :)

Fabric added this week: +1 yard
Fabric added this week: +169.5 yards

Fabric used this week: 0 yards
Fabric used this year: -239 yards

Net fabric for the year: -69.5 yards (used!)

Goals for this week:

• work on something!

No goals last week so no accomplishments this week!

One picture from the vacation...my yard of fabric I purchased!

A Michigan State print that I don't own and it was the end of the bolt. :)

WIP Wednesday

Bell Creek Quilts is closed.

Baby Brother is in for her *well Baby* check up and oiling.

Valerie is resting.

We have gone to the lake in Michigan to visit family (and other parts of Michigan.)

I may be *sighted* by other bloggers. :)

Design Wall Monday

I finished sewing the animal four-patch top, which I cut into the fish stash to fill out the bottom two rows.

pattern source: Bonnie's I Spy A 4-patch (except my square are 6.5 inches unfinished)

Stash Report Week #29

A good week for me! No shopping, no button pushing and I had one finish!

Fabric added this week: 0 yards
Fabric added this year: +168.5 yards

Fabric used this week: -7.5 yards
Fabric used this year: - 239 yards

Net fabric for the year: - 70.5 yards (used!)

What I accomplished this week:

• bound motorcycle strippie

No goals this week as DH, DD, DD's BFF and I are heading to Michigan for our annual summer trip.

Catcha on the flip side! :)

Friday's Finish

I finished sewing back the binding on this motorcycle quilt.

pattern source: Mary's Quick Strippie (with added borders)











panto source: Popcorn by Willow Leaf Studio

WIP Wednesday

Ever have fabric you were *saving* for a particular quilt? but you never made the quilt?

Yep~thought so!

I've been *saving* fish fabric for this quilt for about 5 years, maybe longer. I especially liked this arrangement for the fish bowls, found here (Google Image search result).
Amy couldn't believe it! I guess I should have joined in with Lori and Rosewillow's 'Just Can't Cut It' Challenge!

This week, I decided that I *needed* to cut into all of my fishes for another quilt I have started.

Now I have a few more 6.5 inch squares to add to my growing novelty square stash. :)

Sent Gifts Have Arrived!

In April, DD and I went to Dallas/Fort Worth and stayed with our friends Maureen and Alan. We flew home on Monday and the following Thursday, Maureen and Alan started their Beaches and Biltmore trip of 12 weeks. Crafts on Cumberland blog and Airstream Adventures blog.

I followed their travel blog (Airstream Adventures) anxiously awaiting news of when they would return home! I then timed the package so that it would be waiting for them at their local post office~but not too long. :)

Maureen's hobbies include quilting, stamping and traveling in their Airstream trailer. Alan's hobbies include cooking, baking (yes~there is a difference!) and traveling in their Airstream trailer.

Look at what DD and I put together. First for Maureen, a Stampin' Up! stamp scrubber pad~a must have for a serious stamper :) and this wonderful travel trailer fabric that even has Airstream like trailers that I found while trollin' the web (www.fabricshack.com). For Alan, a three pack of Ethnic Milwaukee spices from Penzey's Spices for him to experiment with!

Thanks again guys for letting DD and I spend our Spring Break 2010 with you! :)

Design Wall Monday

More like, *Design Cutting Mat* Monday.

In any event, I've been sewing 4 patches for my next project.

A friend is celebrating his 50th birthday in August so I thought I would make him a quilt. This is not on my *Summer 2010 To Sew List* so technically, I am off on another tangent. :) Some other day I will return to my *list* but right now, I'm sewing for fun! :)