Stash Report for June/July 2017

Running late but here nonetheless! Not tons of quilt finishes happening, but there have been a few. Oddly every quilt I finished have two things in common: they are small and they are mostly blue. But the blue scraps are slowly dwindling.

Stash Report for June/July 2017
	Yards	Completed Projects
Used this month:	11	Come Out to Play (3 yds)
Added this month:	3	Under the Haystack (2 yds)
Used in 2017:	38	AmandaJean’s QAL (5 yds)
Added in 2017:	3.5 gift	Small finishes (1 yd)

Stash Report for April and May

I seem to be on an every-other-month schedule for giving stash reports. Likely that's because I don't seem to be getting very many quilts completed. Wait, I am struggling with getting quilts started. 

I have been distracted quite a bit lately, and I tend to quilt and read sort of in the same way--hyper-focused and unable to do anything else.  Since school ended for the summer, I've read two books and in both cases I started and finished the book within 24 hours. That's just how I roll. Nevertheless, I have finished a few projects, though most of those were not quilt related. 

Stash Report for April/May 2017
	Yards	Completed Projects
Used this month:	12.5	Tranquility (5 yds)
Added this month:	0	Summer dress (2.5 yds)
		Cotton painting (1 yd)
Used in 2017:	27	Small finishes (1 yd)
Added in 2017:	.5 gift	Shorts (3 yds)

Goodness, one quilt in two months' time. I'll have to get working on improving that! Hopefully, I'll have something to report next month.  How has your quilting been going lately? I certainly hope better than mine.

Stash Report for February and March

I'm just plain disappointed in the amout of quilting I've been able to complete in 2017. It's simply not very much. I can't say exactly why, but I'm fairly sure it has something to do with all of the little projects--the interruptors. You know those: repairs for grands, shortening a uniform, fixing a costume, and so on. 

Stash Report for February/March 2017
	Yards	Completed Projects
Used this month:	7	Roseate (3 yds)
Added this month:	0	Scrap Baskets (4 yds)
Used in 2017:	14.5
Added in 2017:	0

It's not that I don't like doing those things, because I do. It's more that those things take away from the precious little time that I have for quilting. But there we have it, only one small quilt in two months, some scrap baskets (though lots of those) and other odd bits. Not much to count, but it's all I have.

Here's hoping that you were much more successful in what you had hoped to accomplish. 

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

December Stash Report

It's time to report again. December was the month of little projects and one unplanned baby quilt. I could have made another baby quilt with the time it took to make 10 or so headbands. However I've been making these for students who need warm clothing, so it's been a pleasure.

The pincushions, well, those are just for fun. I hope you've had a few just-for-fun projects this month also.

Stash Report for December 2016
Additions and Subtractions	Yards	Projects from stash	Projects in Que
Used this month:	1.5	pink baby quilt (3)	two scrap quilts
Added this month:	0	headbands    (1)	Moda Noteworthy quilt
Used in 2016:	83½	various pincushions (½)	khaki scrap quilt
Added in 2016:	43½

I'm impressed with the amount of yardage that I used this year. Of course, I bought half as much to replace it. I'm blaming Hancock Fabrics for the purchases since I bought most of it during their closing sale. In fact, I'm still amazed with the fabric that I bought with $100.  Hopefully, I'll use more than I buy in 2017. 

Though I may tweak my report, I've decided to keep track of my fabric usage again this year. I've discovered that it's a good way to encourage myself to use more fabric than I buy. In fact, I was encouraged to avoid buying all together--until the store closing--so it's a good way to stick with that goal. 

Are you planning to keep a stash report? How does it help you?

November Stash Report and More Headbands

I don't know about anyone else, but I had a good month of finishes. Four quilts total, and though two are small quilts, it may be the best month of finishes I've had. 

Stash Report for November 2016
Additions and Subtractions	Yards	Projects from stash	Projects in Que
Used this month:		Les Batons (2.5)	two scrap quilts
Added this month:	2	The Quarry—Quilty 365 (6.5)	Moda Noteworthy quilt
Used in 2016:	83.5	LSU (wallhanging) (1)
Added in 2016:	43½	Solicitude (2)

The pink and purple ones are for students;
the red and white one is for a teacher.

This week I also started making warm, fleece headbands for students. I asked one of my students to borrow her headband so I could look at it and get ideas for a pattern. After making the first one, I brought it to school to have a couple of the girls check my pattern. I wanted to make sure it would fit my girls without letting them see it.

Prototype

The pattern is pretty close to what I wanted. But, it turns out, the girls at school loved it. Four begged me to make headbands for them. Then one of my teacher friends saw the prototype and also asked for one. Tonight I have three of the five completed. 

This weekend I'll make the other two--they take only a few minutes--and then I'll be able to concentrate on the ones I want to make for my girls. The little grands will need a smaller pattern, so maybe I'll start there. Regardless, I've no doubt that I'll enjoy my weekend of sewing between the family commitments of a birthday party and Sunday lunch. What are your weekend plans?

Linking up with:

Finish It Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts

Fabric Frenzy Friday for Fort Worth Fabric Studio

Off the Wall Fridays at Creations Quilts Art Whatever 

Down a Size and Stash Report

If it seems that I've been working on lots of small projects, it's because that is exactly the case of my sewing lately. This time it's a pair of jeans that I bought recently. I hate trying on clothes, especially in stores, so I waited to get home to put these on.

Once we returned home, though, there were groceries to put away, a demanding little granddaughter, and several puppies needing attention. The jeans didn't get put on. 



Two days later I noticed the jeans in the closet. Richard had washed them and hung them up in the closet. Wow! What a sweetheart! Except, wait, I didn't know whether they fit. Oh well, I'd make them work. I'd have to since I could not return them any more.

They did not fit. And making them work? Well, that took much more work than I first imagined. The hips, crotch, and length all needed altering, but 30 minutes of sewing and testing fixed up most of the problems. 

They may not fit exactly as I'd like, but they are pretty close. Considering how large they were originally, I'm satisfied. Surely they will be more comfortable than when I wore them on Friday and had to keep hiking them up. 

I suppose it's a good thing that I'm not particular about my clothes. I prefer comfort over style, so getting these comfortable was my most important aim. Which is more important to you, comfort or style?

And drumroll please, this month's stash report brought to you by "Be It Less Than You Can" weightloss systems! So that you can be less than you are right now.  Yeah, yeah, get over it, already. There are no drums and no weight lost. Just an ordinary stash report with a few yards used in October, but not many.

Stash Report for October 2016
Additions and Subtractions	Yards	Projects from stash	Projects in Progress
Used this month:	6.5	Baby Bunting	two scrap quilts
Added this month:	0	Yellow Chevron	Moda Noteworthy quilt
Used in 2016:	74½	various small projects	Quilty 365
Added in 2016:	41½