Great Giveaway from Quilting on a Budget

Here's a link to a terrific blog. . . . not to mention a great giveaway:

http://quiltingonabudget.blogspot.com/2009/03/its-time-for-giveaway-3-small-storage.html#comment-form

There is still time to enter. . . but I'm really hoping that I win!!

In peace and pieces,

Stash Report -- March 22

Ok, the numbers haven't changed because I have finally gotten through all of the fabric that I own (well, at least I **think** I did)!! he he he

For Quilting Day (which was 3/21/09) I completed the 18 blocks that I needed to have done for the Spring Quilt Block Swap (you can follow the link on the right side bar).

I had signed up for 2 sections -- one in yellow & the other in purple. I heard from Jennifer that my blocks arrived at her home today. Yeah!! So I don't have to worry about them any more.

I won't deduct the fabric that I used to make them since I will be getting blocks back. . .so if I deduct now I would have to add it back when the blocks come back. I'll just, from this point on, make my deductions once I get tops and/or backings completed.

So, the numbers stand as follows:

Fabric In this week 0

Fabric In Y-T-D 20.5 yards

Fabric Used Y-T-D 0

Fabric Donated this week 70+ yards

Fabric Donated Y-T-D 212.75 yards

Fabric Stash Depleted Y-T-D 193.75 yards

It just dawned on me that I have been making blocks since last year for a Birthday Block Swap through the Quilting Forum at Ask.com. . .but again, I can't really count that as stash OUT since I have been receiving blocks IN and that would really just confuse me.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I have been working. . . there's just nothing to show for it at this moment. But, since I am not signing up for any more swaps at the moment (but am gearing up for the next Twisted Mystery quilt swap) I am hoping that I will soon have flimsies to show off.


In peace and pieces,

Stash Report -- 3/15/09 -- Belated

I'm sorry to be so late in posting this. . . and for being boring, but it was a productive week:

Fabric In this week 0

Fabric In Y-T-D 20.5 yards

Fabric Used Y-T-D 0

Fabric Donated this week 70+ yards

Fabric Donated Y-T-D 212.75 yards

Fabric Stash Depleted Y-T-D 193.75 yards

I did use 1.5 yards of fabric this week for swap blocks, but since I will be getting the same amount back I am not going to count that as used until the quitl top is completed.

This weekend (3/21 & 3/22) is the last weekend that we will be having the PODS unit on site (it gets picked up on 4/2) so it will be the final push to get through everything & get as much "outta" here as possible.

I believe that I have gone through all of the fabric & yarn that was out there. . . so the boxes & totes that are in the basement will need to find homes, but I am still trying to re-fold all the fabric so that it is all a uniform size.

I haven't had a chance to go back through all the books & magazines that I have. . . there are at least 5 huge boxes that were in the PODS and then there is the collection that I have in the basement that did not go outside. Guess I will have my work cut out for me for summer camping trips.

Once the PODS is gone & the basement is set up I am hoping that there will start to be pictures back on this blog. . . .I know how boring it is to just see words and words & more words without pictures.

In peace and pieces,

Stash Report -- Week 10

This week I purchased 4 1/2 yards of fabric. Yes, I know, "bad Sherry". . . but part of the reason was that the contractors were working in the basement & I couldn't go through the boxes that were down there, and part of the reason was that I re-read the directions for the block swap I'm in & realized that the fabrics that I had pulled from the stash wouldn't work (the swap called for monochromatic or at the most tone-on-tones. . and that is not what I had).

The other yard of fabric that shows in the "IN" category is the kit that I purchased in the Strip & Slash class that I took at the Quilt Fest in Somerset, NJ yesterday. It was a fun class & the technique is pretty interesting. The piecing is easy and I can see this as being a quilt that will be completed soon.

And since the contractors were in the basement I couldn't go through more fabric to see if there was additional yardage to cull.

So, here are the numbers:

Fabric in this week: 5 1/2 yards

Fabric in year to date: 20 1/2 yards

Fabric used year to date: 0 yards

Fabric donated year to date: 142.75 yards

Fabric stash depleted year to date: 137.25 yards


The numbers will be changing by next week as I plan on getting the swap blocks done, and working on the quilt piece that I started in the Strip & Slash class that my DH & I took at the Quilt Fest of NJ in Somerset, NJ yesterday.

Fabric

In peace and pieces,

Stash Report -- March 1, 2009

I have finally made it through the boxes of fabric that are still in the basement!

This week I culled another 44 yards for donating . . . and out of my stash. I didn't buy anything & I haven't used anything (although I printed out the directions for Judy's "Use That Stash" quilt. . . but until the basement is completed I won't be able to work on anything new.

Here are the numbers:

Fabric In This Week: 0 yards

Fabric In Year To Date: 16 yards

Fabric Used This Week: 0 yards

Fabrics Donated This Week: 44 yards

Stash Depleted Year To Date: 142.75 (which relates to 6 copy paper boxes worth of fabric)!!!

The numbers probably won't be changing for the next little while, unless we get some nice warm days where I can work on the boxes in the PODS unit (or the basement gets completed really, really quickly). You have to know that my wish is for that to happen. . . one because I like parking in my driveway instead of on the street, the second is that I want to be able to get the basement back together.


In peace and pieces,