Design Wall Monday

Happy Memorial Day!

This week I am working on the next installment of blocks for Freedom Rings. The first one is finished below, with the other cut out and ready to sew.

Also on the board is the two sections of paper piecing I will be sewing for Sunshine Quilt Guild BOM. This was put together by Sandi over at Kwiltnkats. Hope I am the winner of this one!

 I have all the strips cut and ready to sew. Finished Quilt is below. Love all the black and white fabrics in this one. If I don't win, I think I might do this one in lime green, but also thinking it would look good in turquoise.

Check out more Design Walls at Patchwork Times. Have a great week!

Stash Report

This week there is a finish! Below is Between the Lines a pattern by Denyse Schmidt. The blocks were all foundation pieced on tear away stabilizer. The stabilizer worked great in keeping all the strips from stretching, but was a little bit hard to remove. The next time I will use paper.

Between the Lines

This quilt was super easy, except for lining up all the sashing. It took a little un-sewing to get it all matched up and as straight as possible. No purchases this week, so stash usage is looking better. Have a great week, and check back later this week as I will be posting from the Dear Jane Cowgirl Round up in San Antonio!

Used this week: 20 yards.

Used YTD: 99 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 51 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 48 yards.

See additional stash reports at Patchwork Times.

Design Wall Monday

This week I have a couple of projects I will be working on. 

Blocks are finished below for the Denyse Schmidt quilt. Check out her site for more modern quilt patterns. Will be working on the sashing and borders next. Hope to finish this by the end of the week!

Next up I will be working on the 5th installment of Freedom Rings. See the the 4th installment below. This is only a 7 month project so hope to finish it up sometime in July.

Lot's to keep me busy this week. Coming up next week, a trip to San Antonio for the Second Annual Dear Jane Round-up. Looking forward to a whole week of working on my Dear Jane Quilt with Brenda and the all the Cowgirls!

More inspiration can be found at Patchwork Times.

Stash Report

A couple of adds this week. Picked up backing fabrics for two quilts that are in the quilting Que and some black and whites for a future project, from Memory Lane Quilt Shop. Hope to have a finish by the end of the month to get the numbers back in line!

Black and whites

Backing fabrics

Working on the Half Square triangles for the 4th installment of Freedom Rings. These finish at 1" and will be in the six sawtooth star blocks.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 79 yards.

Purchased this week: 6 yards.

Purchased YTD: 51 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 28 yards.

How are you doing with your stash this year? See more at Patchwork Times.

Stash Report

No change this week, nothing in nothing out. I spent this week catching units for Prairie Gathering below. Some flying geese, more Churn Dash blocks and more
 red two patches.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 79 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 45 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 34 yards.

Hope you are doing better! See more at Patchwork Times.

The Big Reveal!

Here is my Sunshine Challenge Quilt-Uncle Sam. This pattern is from Quiltmaker Magazine July/August 2000. Yes, it is that old! Thanks to Sunshine Quilt Guild for giving me a reason to finally make it! I will be hanging in my office at work from Memorial Day through the Fourth of July.

Design Wall

This week I am working on a quilt for my daughter and her husband. The first of 25 blocks is completed. This quilt is made with fabrics from Cotton + Steel fabrics that were purchased last year at Rosie's Calico Cupboard. I like how the first block has turned out, and this will be a very modern quilt. Pattern is from Denyse Schmidt.

See more inspiration at Patchwork Times.

Stash Report

Nothing added, nothing used this week. 

A sort of finish with the block below for Sunshine Quilters.

Check back later in the week, when I reveal the Patriotic Quilt

 for our Challenge at Sunshine Quilters.

No change in the stash this week. Hope to see improvement soon!

Used this week: 9 yards.

Used YTD: 79 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 45 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 34 yards.

Have a great week and check out the link up at Patchwork Times.

Design Wall Monday

This months UFO for me is #4, but it is already done. So I will be substituting #7, Denyse Schmidt's Between the Lines pattern. I have most of it cut out and ready to sew to the foundations.
Here are the pieces for the blocks, ready to sew on the foundations. There will be 25 of them that will go into this queen size quilt.

Also on the design wall will be this paper pieced birdhouse block for our monthly Block of the Month at Sunshine. This will need to be complete by this coming Tuesday.

Have a great rest of the week. See more projects at Patchwork Times.

Sunday Stash Report

May first is traditionally know as May Day, and one tradition is to leave, or give flowers to someone you love or have a romantic interest in. Hope someone gave you flowers today!

Well, I do have a finish to report, but will not be able to show a picture until after May 10th and the big reveal at Sunshine Quilt Guild. Below I am sharing the finish for the 4th month of Prairie Gathering. These are just a few of the Shoo-fly blocks that were completed this week for this project.

There were many other partial units that were sewn this week, but nothing added to the completed center yet.

No adds to the stash this week, so here are the updated numbers:

Used this week: 9 yards.

Used YTD: 79 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 45 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 34 yards.

Check out additional reports at Patchwork Times.