WIP Wednesday

Yay! I've completed my Star Stuck blocks! Next is to sew the top into a flimsy!

Stash Report Week #26

*Nothing* seems to be the common thread this week! :)

Fabric added this week: 0 yards
Fabric added this year: +146 yards

Fabric used this week: 0 yards
Fabric used this year: -141 yards

Net fabric for the year: +5 yards

What I accomplished this week: I sewed a few Star Stuck blocks

Goals for next week: continue sewing Star Struck blocks.

Summer 2011 *To Sew* List

I am dividing my list into three categories this quarter: personal, donation and blocks. So here we go!

Personal:

grocery bags
Oconomowoc ugly fabric challenge

Donation:

QOV A
QOV B
4 QOV pillowcases
MHC A
MHC B

Blocks:

crumb
dryer sheet

Short and sweet. I also want to make cards that I will need throughout the year this summer. We'll *see* how I do! :)

Summer Solstice

June 21, 2011 is the official beginning of summer with the summer solstice.




Image from here.




Time for me to review my Spring 2011 Sewing Goals and set my Summer Goals.





As you can *see* from my List, I finished some projects but not others. I'm thinking for Summer 2011~it will be a time to catch up and finish a few projects! One of these projects has been hanging around on my list forever! Time to get it done! :)

Another Quick Finish

DD asked for a water bottle cover. A few adjustments to the pattern for the smaller bottle and she was ready to go! I told her that she could pick any fabric and waved my hand at the mess...she replied, "oh boy~you NEED to clean and organize this!"

Out of the mouth of babes...lol!

Design Wall Monday

My current project. The Star Stuck quilt pattern, found here.

Stash Report Week #25

Yay! I had a finish! and I didn't buy!

Fabric added this week: +0 yards
Fabric added this year: +146 yards

Fabric used this week: -9.5 yards
Fabric used this year: -141 yards

Net fabric for the year: +5 yards

What I accomplished this week: finished D4P and pillowcase

Goals for next week: sew as much as possible! :)

Happy Belated Father's Day

I made Father's Day cards for DH and Grandpa.

First: DH's card with $1.00

Second: Grandpa's card with $20.00

I simply Google Search: *How to Fold a Dollar Bill into a Shirt* for directions. There are at least a page of choices for directions.

Happy Belated Birthday Cher

Last night, my online quilting group~the FAB's~were able to get together for Cher's Belated Birthday Party and gift opening. The 2011 FAB Challenge is to make a gift for each member's birthday!

My gifts to Cher were three pillowslip covers (only one pictured here) inspired by Allison at Cluck Cluck Sew. I had made Cher three Fall pillowslip covers last Fall in one of our 2010 FAB Challenges. So now, she can change out her pillowslip covers with the seasons. Well~she is missing winter. lol.

original tutorial is found here.

I also included a water bottle cover made from a Groovy Girl pattern I received earlier in the year. It is a Terry Atkinson design that was included in her Groovy Girl class that I took at The Quilted Basket quilt shop.

WIP Wednesday

Yay! The Disappearing 4 Patch is complete! In time for the Graduation Party on Saturday, June 18th. Which, btw, is my Mom's 89th birthday! Her birthday wish?! A visit from her children! I am also going to give her a pile of $ingles so that she will be able to tip her hair dresser. Mom says she has already *used* the pile of $ingles we gave her at Christmas. Shhh...don't spill the beans! :)

D4P tutorial may be found here. I saw on my trolls through the web that there is a Disappearing 16 Patch...ummm...might have to give that one a try too!

The Curly Heart panto. Seriously, once the long arm is fixed~I really need to change out this panto. But it is so much fun! and thread easy!

A Michigan State pillowcase~all from stash. I know~sometimes the stash is a good thing. and this is not the same MSU fabric that is on the back of the quit! :)

ps. Gotta LOVE that my *holder* is home on summer vacation! Wonder how many quilts and things she will hold for me until she gets *tired* of it?! Thanks DD! :)