Stash Report Sunday week 2 2011

Stash Report 
Used this Week:         5.125yards
Used year to Date:     5.125 yards
Added this Week:       0        yards
Added Year to Date:  0        yards
Net Used for 2011:    5.125 yards
This week I worked on my UFO challenge #3. I put the blocks together; made rows and added sashing to make the center. Then I sewed the first border together and finally added both borders to finish the top. The fabric I had set aside for the backing was too small by 6 inches so I used another piecet. I am counting the backing today since it is going to my quilter. I will count the top and binding when it is done completely.

I also worked on my Swap block and my Bee block. I can't count either since the Swap block was scraps except for half of a fat quarter of grey and all the fabric for the Bee block was sent to me. Both blocks made me come out of my self-imposed box. The Swap block made me think; use computer; EQ7; and foundation piecing skills I hadn't used in a long long time. The Bee block also made me think since the colors or prints were not ones I would use ever! 
Thank you to both Kurt and Linda for making me think outside of the box!

Design Wall Week 1 1-3-11

1) the center is pieced

Design Wall
1) Tanya's Graduation quilt
2) Charlotte Angotti Mystery #3

3) Not a very big selection

3) 4 potato bags  with one done in yellow scraps.

2) 9 of 20 done already

Just got a call from my DSD#1 in San Antonio. For Christmas, I made and gave all my girls an envelop potato bag. Lynn got hers as a Thanksgivings' thank you for having us over.
Well she called to let me know 5 things:
1) She was loves the bag and has been using it since Thanksgivings for potatoes, rolls, sweet taters, etc.
2) Potatoes and sweet taters come out of it fluffy and full of flavor.
3) You can only cook 4 in a row. The fifth one burns a hole in the bag.
4) My soon to be GDiL is sure glad that she still has hers in tack.
5) Lynn needs a set of 4 so this won't happen again. GDiL wants another too.

Her call made me feel so good since she was actually using what I had given her. Homemade gifts don't usually go over well with our combined family but with 7 children and 19 grandchildren...each group gets the same gift but slightly different. This year the girls all got potato bags except for Billie who got a mug rug (she doesn't eat potatoes unless fried.) and DS got a very large towel with his name embroidered on it. The grandchildren all got a pillowcase based on their room and/or likes. The pillowcases came about because I went to my child's home and requested a pillow. It arrived w/o a case and there was a search to find one. LOL
Well, time to get back to piecing the CA#2 blocks since my quilter, DD#1, is saying that she won't be able to finish by end of January if I get it to her on the 20th as planned so I will try to get it to her by the 11th.
Life, with my family, is still a roller coaster and the swing is up right now.
Well, Lator Gators! Remember to keep 2011 STRESS FREE!

Stash Report Sunday week 1 2011

Stash Report
Used this Week:  0 yards
Used year to Date: 0 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 0 yards
Net Used for 2011: 0 yards
Boy, that looks like I haven't been sewing. Yet I have sewn everyday this past week but don't count fabric until the project is completed. 
Well, Lator Gators! Have a blessed week. Keep 2011 Stress Free!