Stash Report ~~ January 2017

My first stash report for 2017 and there's very little to report. I haven't completed as many projects as I'd hoped I would. The problem, of course, is that I have to go to work. Believe me, teaching all day takes the wind out of your sails. I tend to come home and crash. 

Mind you, that is after teaching and whatever Beta business I'm caught up in. Right now Beta means getting ready for convention: practicing for the skit, helping our candidate with her speech, making costumes, working on props, backdrop and general "stuff."

Stash Report for January 2016
	Yards	Completed Projects
Used this month:	7.5	Camper Rug (2 yds)
Added this month:	0	Murky Waters (5.5 yds)
Used in 2017:	7.5
Added in 2017:	0

The Beta costumes don't count either way as we purchased felt especially for that purpose. The pillow I made for Marley early in the month is counted in with the camper rug. I have not a clue of how much fabric I used on the rug. Once it's in strips, it feels like a lot, but who knows? I'm not cutting more fabric to figure it out, but you are welcome to do so.

Finally, you may have noticed that I changed the grid a bit. No reason. This is just easier. I tend not to have very many UFO's hanging around.  How is your stash looking?

#marymarcottequilts

Scrap Busting on Two Fronts

I'm determined if nothing else! I have a couple of scrap bins that are full. I mean packed in and shoved down to keep it from bursting over the top. I have got to get it under control.

To that end, I am working on the scraps in two different ways. Firstly, I cut up some of the thin, cheap fabric that I've had for a long time. These skinny strips of about one inch each are now in a basket next to my favorite chair, ready for me to make fabric rope. 

I'm winding the rope onto a cardboard and plastic cone that held ribbon once upon a time. (I keep a few of these cones in a box along with other sewing organizers. You never know when you'll need a free organizer.) 

I filled the cone and piled on a bit more of the rope before getting started on the actual project. We need a small run in the camper bathroom, so yesterday I started sewing up the rope into a rope rug. It's much easier than I expected and I ran out of rope quickly. I still need to add about four inches to the rug, so I'm back to making rope while Rich watches television. 

The second scrap project that I'm working on is an improv quilt using the scraps in my neutrals bin. Actually the bin holds neutrals, browns and whatever is sewn onto either.  This is where I was last night, but I added a few more chunks today.

There's no guarantee that I'll use up most of these scraps, but at least I'm giving it a go. Plus, I can see the difference in the baskets, so there's that! 

How do you handle scraps? What projects have you found to bust up some scraps?

Linking up with

AHIQ with Ann at Fret Not Yourself and Kaja at Sew Slowly