Rainy Days Quilt

This was Project #6 on my First Quarter list HERE for the Finish-a-long.









Quilt Specs:

Rainy Days Baby Quilt

Completed: March 2015

Design:  My Own arrangement of a BOM block

Size: 40" x 40"

Other info: Baby Shower Gift, Fabrics from Connectingthreads.com, uses a Pebble FMQ stitch for the border.

I am linking up this week to:

Thank Goodness It's Finished Fridays @TGIFF & Simply Pieced
WHOOP, WHOOP Fridays @Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Link A Finish Friday @ Richard & Tanya Quilt

Fabric Tuesdays @ Quilt Story
Needle & Thread Thursday @My Quilt Infatuation

*\o/* Cheers

Shanna

WIP-Rainy Day Quilting

I am eager to complete this quilt before Sunday so I can deliver all the recently born babies (born in the last year) from my church friends at once! This one I decided to throw in pebbles FMQ because I love the sound of rain on stonework.  The fabrics are from Connecting Threads' collections from about 2 years ago. I am down to just a couple FQ's and some yardage for 2 of the prints.

Thanks for stopping by!

*\o/* Cheers

Shanna

PS-Mini Madness Plus More Mini-ness

Don't forget to download Mini madness download HERE today before its gone tomorrow! Tomorrow there will be a new video and new lesson plan available!

Connecting threads has also announced on their blog they will be having a monthly mini's club and do a sew-along to go with it each month in 2015!  You can take a peek on their forums HERE.  The January quilt kit (right) can be purchased HERE or if you are just wanting to pick up the pattern you wait until the first week of each month to pick it up.  They are also having their end of year sale HERE where everything is marked 20%-60% off their already super low prices for fabric!

Mini-Quilts must be the focus this year, not only have I been seeing them on my friends' blog pages, but even Craftsy is leaving some tips for binding your mini-quilts (see HERE).  Speaking of Craftsy, be sure to check out their free quilting Mini-classes HERE before they replace them with new offerings for 2015. Once you are in a class they keep you enrolled even after they stop offering the class, like the BOM for 2014.

I'd better be off as tomorrow I start my yearly fabric wash, trim and organization project!

*\o/* Cheers

Shanna

Stash Report Saturday

Black Friday Morning** we were still at my in-laws in Kansas.  We had no plans to hit any Black Friday sales as we were literally "in the middle of nowhere" (according to my 5-year old nephew who asked his daddy, "Does Grandpa and Grandma live in the middle of nowhere?") and we pretty much already had purchased or made all our Christmas presents for this season.  But as Baby Girl was still getting adjusted to the time change, being away from home and waking up to mommy and daddy only a couple feet away from her, 5am wake up calls were beginning to become the norm by the end of the week!  Grandma had swiped Z into her clutches as soon as I made my way down stairs for some morning cuddling so I checked my email.  Connecting threads had an ad in my box about their mysterious Black Friday Sales so I waiting for their 6AM PST sale to start...

Maple Skies Quilt Kit

Even after the sale finally started loading I debated for over an hour on which Quilt kits I wanted to purchase.  In the end I picked up 2 Quilt kits using the Maple Skies line marked down to 60% off even while their yardage was still marked at full price. My original thought had been to make the lap quilt pattern included with the kit so I purchased the second kit to use the fabric for the backing, but once I received the fabric I loved it so much I just have to make this into a quilt into my own bed quilt.

Fabric for the Legacy Sampler BOM Club For November Block

I realized yesterday that I forgot to add in the fabric I received for the BOM from The Old Craft Store for both the month of October and for November (come back on Monday to see the finished block), so I am adding it in the counter for this week, estimating 1/4 yard for each week.  I will not be counting the fabrics used in the blocks however until I finish and bind the completed quilt.


Here is my Stash Report through 12/07/2012*:
Used last Week:  2 1/8 yards

Used year to Date: 67 1/2 yards

Added last Week:  24 3/8 yards (Includes BOM Fabric)

Added Year to Date: 74 yards

Net Used for 2012: -6 1/2 yards

Thanks again for stopping by and you shall see me tomorrow!

*This is a rough estimate in the foggy haze of birth and all that.  I do remember getting a stash of fabric from some people moving out of my building in late April & my mother gave me fabric as well (some got passed on to others) but I had to guess at amounts.  I will be better about exact amounts from July onward.
**Black Friday refers to the Day After Thanksgiving, the 4th Thursday in November, in the United States.  It is called such because it refers to financial operations going from red ink to black ink indicating a profit.

UFO & Stash Report Sunday (WK 45)

Well My Box Has arrive from Connecting threads!  Below You will see fabrics from a couple different lines and some basic prints as well.  I am still waiting on the batting to come in the mail though.  I can't get started on these projects until after Thanksgiving, but I am so looking forward to it.  The fabrics are truly lovely, soft, sharp printing and a dream to sew with (known from past projects).

Connecting Threads Soaked line

Connecting Threads Hello Sunshine & Soaked Lines along with some Basics

Here is my Stash Report through 11/04/2012*:

Used last Week:  0 yards

Used year to Date: 65 1/4 yards

Added last Week:  23 1/2 yards

Added Year to Date: 49 7/8 yards

Net Used for 2012: -13 5/8 yards

Thanks again for stopping by and you shall see me later!

*This is a rough estimate in the foggy haze of birth and all that.  I do remember getting a stash of fabric from some people moving out of my building in late April & my mother gave me fabric as well (some got passed on to others) but I had to guess at amounts.  I will be better about exact amounts from July onward.

Linking up:
UFO Sunday @ The Free Motion Quilting Project
Stash Report @Patchwork Times
WIP Wednesday @Freshly pieced

SR/WIP-2012-W1: The Amazing Race and Fabric Glee!

Hello New Year!
Santa was very good to me this year...I received a box with 48 beautiful fat quarter cuts of basics (12 yards of fabric) from Connecting Threads for Christmas.  I wish it did not sound so dorky to say that I have spent a lot of time this week petting a box of fabric, but I have.  How will I ever be able to cut into it?!  This may take some time, just like it took me 4 months to cut into my Grand Finale Fat quarter pack, and even now I hesitate to use the fabric.  I am hoping to change that this year and do some serious cut backs on my fabric stash by making whatever I can make in around caring for Ziona.

The amazing race to finish projects is well under way!  I am expecting Ziona to come some time in the next 0-60 days and boy is there a lot to do!  Yes, I am taking breaks and being bossy from the couch on more than one occasion, but I am putting in a little time in the sewing room as well.  I do have some larger projects I would love to get finished, but my eyes are mostly on the small ones I can do and get off my list.  My last WIP list was pushed into the "WIP Pit of Despair" (also known as my UFO list) on my 2011 End Year report.  Has it stopped me form starting new projects? Of course not!

My Goals for this week:
1)  Iron & organize fabrics that have no home yet and get them folded into my Stash
2)  Finish hand-stitching the binding on the Modern Pinwheel Twist Quilt
3)  Finish hand-stitching the bindings on my Valentine's Day projects (4 total)
4)  Continue to grow Ziona (ie. "rest" while doing #1- #3, possibly #5).
5)  If I have time, I am hoping to tackle these 4 placemats...

I've decided these will be placemats; thinking about adding vinyl to the multi-colored set

Projects:
On WIP List this week:    00
On UFO List this week:   00
Started in last 2 weeks:   02
Fabric:
Busted this Week:          0.0
Busted this year:            0.0
Stashed this Week:       12.0
Stashed this year:         12.0

Net Busted for 2012:    -12.00

Linking up this week to: