It was a great week when I look at my goals. I thought I had put too much on the goals list last week but surprise, surprise I pretty much finished everything by Friday. Here's a refresher on what was planned for last week.
1/10/2022
✅Start first round of SAHRR
✅Work on Sail boat quilt (January UFO)
✅Make RSC blocks, mystery block You can see them here.
✅Make backing for Happy Blocks It's already loaded on Ruthie
✅Make more ombre blocks
✅Add Go dies to online list
And, with such a successful last week I'm going to push myself this week.
1/17/22
Do 2nd round of SAHRR
Quilt and bind my Happy Block quilt top
Finish Sailboat top (January UFO)
Make more ombre blocks
Keep making Happy Blocks, Twirl blocks, and Spider blocks
I decided I was going to try using two of my unused Accuquilt dies today. First up is a half hexagon. Unfortunately there aren't a lot of things you can do with that die without some other ones. But I do like this Twirl quilt.
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| Picture from Accuquilt.com |
Side note -- you know how you can't remember what you had for breakfast but you can remember where you got a piece of fabric 30 years ago? The large floral print came from a quilt shop in Los Angeles that I "think" was owned by Mary Ellen Hopkins. I forget why I had gone to LA, probably to see my dad, but I spent a bit of time checking out a couple quilt stores while I was there. For some reason I remember this fabric and that store. (No name for the store -- memory is a weird thing!)
2021 | Fabric In Month | Fabric In Year | Fabric Out Month | Fabric Out Year | Total In or Out Year
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Dec | 16.75.00 | 126.0 | 13.250 | 146.625 | 20.625 |
Year | Fabric In | Fabric Out Year | Total In or Out Year |
2010 | 65.000 | 70.250 | 13.000 |
2011 | 186.500 | 72.000 | 114.500 |
2012 | 113.545 | 108.970 | 4.575 |
2013 | 100.710 | 103.015 | 2.305 |
2014 | 108.250 | 79.750 | 28.500 |
2015 | 66.205 | 77.150 | 10.945 |
2016 | 83.375 | 55.375 | 28.000 |
2017 | 118.625 | 108.125 | 10.500 |
2018 | 85.375 | 94.250 | 8.875 |
2019 | 55.830 | 66.625 | 10.705 |
2020 | 95.750 | 95.625 | 0.125 |
2021 | 126.000 | 146.625 | 20.625 |
Because I had purchased 2 wide backs and was given a lot of fat quarters for Christmas I thought I might have bought more than I used. Well, no, that didn't happen. It was a great year for me for fabric usage. Unfortunately, Over the last 12 years I've brought in 119 yards more than I used. I'm going to need to get way more productive (or give away some large hunks of fabric) to ever use more fabric than I bring in since when I started keeping stats.
True confession time though: On January 2nd I purchased 9 yards of solid fabrics from JoAnns. The fabric was on sale and I could take an additional 25% off if I ordered online and picked it up at the store. Well, yes I will take advantage of that great sale. I'm pretty sure I've already put some of it to use. But I only count fabric used after the item is finished.
On to a sad occasion for me. No, not really drastic but I was trying so hard. Do you use a Kindle or the Kindle app on your tablet or phone? I love mine. And on January 4th here's what my unbroken streak of reading on my Kindle looked like.
On that happy note it's time to list the linky parties that you can visit and see what quilters across the world are working on.
Happy Quilting! Bonnie
I have a kindle ap on my phone and Ipad but I never use it on them - I just read on the kindle - I find the phone just too small to read from and the Ipad as large as a book so harder to hold.
ReplyDeleteI have the pattern that you are using for the half hexie-I first used it before I had that die and cut from a ruler that some quilt designer has I don't remember the name - I made the pattern for my grandson.
I love the idea of the twirl quilt, but that looks like a whole lot of Y seams, yikes!
ReplyDeleteThe twirl blocks will be great, Bonnie, and a good idea to use those dies! (Note to Vicki: they're pieced in rows, so no inset seams.) Congratulations on the slow-and-steady stash consumption. I haven't gotten the hang of e-reading....paper or audio for me. That they/it keeps track for you is pretty neat (and a little scary).
ReplyDeleteNope Nann, there are Y seams in every triangle. But, marking them before sewing has allowed me to make 3 blocks that are nice and flat!
DeleteKudos on trying out a couple of your cutting dies, Bonnie!
ReplyDeleteLove the spiderweb block. It would make a fun quilt for the RSC challenge - not the full block, just quarters in all the selected colors. Great job on your goals last week!
ReplyDeleteOMG, I shudder to think how many yards of fabric I bought in the past couple of years. Apparently it gave me some comfort during a stressful time to shop for fabric online and way too often I bought the fabrics in the cart. I definitely have more than a lifetime supply now. LOL
ReplyDeleteI am a serious reader, too - probably have not gone a day without reading since I learned how! We will vouch for you to your Kindle that you didn't really miss that day, Bonnie! I really like the half-hexagon pinwheel design. Fun to see it develop with those light sections against the darker prints.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on all the check marks from last week. Hopefully you've already made good progress on this week's list. And more congrats on the more out than in last year on the fabric front. Enjoy playing with your new Accuquilt blocks.
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