Where in the World is Sherry?

Yes, it does seem that I have fallen off the face of the earth lately. . . . . but I have been so busy that thinking about doing a blog post was the last thing on my mind.

I participated in a Colonial Day in my hometown. . . and had to make a "quickie" dress for the occasion:



This is the first piece of clothing that I have sewn in probably 37 years!!  LOL  Luckily for me it was an easy raglan sleeved dress with no fitting to do done.  (Although it was about 5" too long and will need to be shortened before I wear it again.)

It is too long so I had to have the top bunched up in order to be able to walk.

The day was fun. . . .I had several quilts on display and got to work on a long time UFO to demonstrate the quilting stitch.

There were not many people . . . .so I don't know if they will be holding the event again next year; but it was fun to talk to the kids that came through about quilting and making quilts.  There were a couple that seemed to be interested in learning more. . . . but more of them seemed to be into papercrafts or music rather than needle arts.

I have several other things to talk about. . . . but I will give them their own post later.

In peace and pieces,
 

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Stash Report. . . Week 3

Well, it would be great if I could tell you all that I busted stash this week. But I didn't.

I added stash!

But, lest you all think that I am a complete failure I must report that I have been working on my "No More UFO's" system (based on one I read about on a blog. . .only I can't find the site to link to right this moment).

Anyway, what I have done is pick 4 UFO's that need to be worked on. . .one for each week of the month.

This week I was to work on my sister's very overdue wedding quilt. While I did not finish all that I had wanted to I at least got 4 more blocks cut & some of the sewing done.

Since it involves curved piecing I am sewing by hand. . .which is a little more time consuming.



Ok, guess I've stalled enough. . .

My quilt guild had a "tricky tray" event today to add some funds to our treasury. And, try as I might I bought tickets because there were things that I just wanted:

A new (to me at least) UFO! Those are yo-yo's making up a flag. My thought process was that I don't have a patriotic wall hanging & this one is already basted & ready to be quilted so half the battle is done!



There were 2 sets of fat quarters. . . I really like the floral print & the pink goes well with it. . .I'm thinking of making a doll quilt with it.


Then there was this stenciled panel. I have no idea what I am going to do with it. . .but I don't have the patience to stencil so I went for it:


I just loved this print. . . and there is THREE yards of fabric here. . .so I could definitely put this aside for borders or sashings:


This quilt block is very pretty with the fussy cut flowers in the setting pieces. . I'm thinking this might just be quilted & bound for another small wall hanging:


I also won some Halloween fabric. . . to the tune of another 3 1/2 yards. . .didn't get a picture of that, but there were two 1/2 yard pieces of a print fabric & and 2 1/2 yard piece of a black with moons & stars on it. . .but that piece doesn't feel like cotton -- I'll have to see how it washes to see if it stays in the stash or becomes something more utilitarian.

While I am confessing my "sin" I guess I better add in the 5 yards of white tone-on-tone that I have on order. . .I need it to go with the black & white & agua fabrics in my Black & White challenge because I have once again changed my mind about the block that I want to do! LOL

So, as of right now here are my numbers:

Fabric Brought in This Week: 14 yards
Fabric Brought in Year To Date: 30 yards

Fabric Used This Week: 0 (I've used but the projects are finished so I'm not counting 'em)

Drum Roll Please. . . . . .

Fabric Busted Year To Date: (30 yards)

Ok, I'll take my dunce cap & seat in the corner now. . . . .

EDIT INSERTED AFTER POSTING:

Wait, I forgot!! I turned in some fabric (pre-prints) and some charity quilt kits so my numbers actually aren't as bad as I reported previously!! YIPPEEE. . .

Here are the updated figures:

Fabric In This Week: 14 yards
Fabric In Year To Date: 30 yards
Fabric Out This Week: 13 yards
Fabric Busted Year To Date: (17 yards)

Yeah, I know, I still get the dunce cap. . . but at least it wasn't as bad as I first thought!

In peace and pieces,