Stash Report Week #26 and 15 Minutes

 I cleared out a project box and put the fabric I’ll never use into the giveaway box, so I get to count 2 yards out.  I did, however, also order an extra wide backing for one of the quilts I’ll be making this year, so I have 3 yards in.  Not quite the direction I want to head, but I really am making progress in the pile of blocks I’ve accumulated!

IN this week: 3 yards

OUT this week: 2 yards

IN YTD: 62 3/4 yards

OUT YTD: 39 1/4 yards

YTD Total: 23 1/2 yards IN

I am steadily quilting my hexagon quilt.  I am breaking needles at an alarming rate, but I am getting into a better rhythm for quilting.  Progress is finally visible, which is always reassuring when I have an enormous project ahead of me.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Stacks of Blocks

I had a ridiculous amount of blue scraps for 16 patches, so my block count this week is a little wild.  This stack is 269 blocks.

Last week, we dyed fabric and tshirts.  It took me a long time to rinse and soak everything this time.  The Assistant wants some curtains in her bedroom at college, so we made some textured red and blue squares.

 I have less turquoise scraps than blue, so next month will be a little less wild!

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Stash Report Week #25 and 15 Minutes

 I bought fabric from Vicki since she’s closing down her dyeing business.  Since I waited this week to open it, I haven’t counted yet.  It’s a lot.  I have hundreds of 16 patch blocks ready to make into quilts this fall, so I will get my stash report turned back in the right direction.

OUT this week: 0 yards

IN this week: 16 yards

IN YTD: 59 3/4 yards

OUT YTD: 37 1/4 yards

YTD Total: 22 1/2 yards IN

On a more productive note, I have finished quilting roughly 1/64 of my hexagon quilt.  My goal is to quilt one frame worth each week (about a 17” x17” square).  I have vague plans to quilt each quarter of the quilt in a different direction, so once I reach the halfway line as I move along, I get to return to the beginning for the next frame.  Yay!

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Flowers and 16 Patches

I managed to turn all my 1.5” blue squares into 1/2 blocks this week!  I will have a lot of blocks at the end of next week.

I also finished my blue flowers this week.  I really did have a large stack of navy blue scraps!  I’m glad they’re turning into something useful.

The Scouts came home a day early due to weather and strep, so the yard is a mess of drying tents and miscellaneous gear.  I am glad that it’s not my job to clean it all up when dry!  I get to enjoy the afternoon inside, as it is quite warm here and not rainy at all.

Yesterday, we (all the non-Scouts in the family) did our annual summer dyeing.  Some of us dyed shirts, but there were also a few shorts and a dress.  We dyed silks for Bojagi and fabric for me to dye.  The Assistant has requested a curtain for her college dorm, so we picked a few colors for that.  We started the rinsing process this morning, but we’ll get back to it tonight.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

 

Stash Report Week #24 and 15 Minutes

 It was a good week for progress:

I finished off my 12th spool of thread for the year.

I gave Miss G a large piece of fabric to cut and design, so I get to count two yards out.

I quilted several rows every day this week!

IN this week: 0 yards

OUT this week: 2 yards

IN YTD: 43 3/4 yards

OUT YTD: 37 1/4 yards

YTD Total: 6 1/2 yards IN

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Blue Scraps

 I had four days of classes, so I am far from having my twosies turned into four patches this week.  I am making progress.

I have a few flowers made, but since they are varying shades of navy blue, they all look the same!  I’ll get a picture of all of them when I finish them next week.

The husband, Q, and JoJo are headed to scout camp next week, so I think I’ll have a better chance of sewing mindlessly!  Of course, PK wants me to create dragon wings and Miss G has dreams of tie dyeing this week, so I might not.

I’m linking up to the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Stash Report Week #23 and 15 Minutes

 I think I’m finding my groove on quilting the hexagon quilt, so my fifteen minutes a day was easy this past week.

I gave Miss G two yards of fabric to chop in any way she pleases, so I counted that out this week.  I received a roll of extra wide fabric for backings, so I still upended my stash report!  One more spool of thread ran out this week as well.

IN this week: 20 1/2 yards

OUT this week: 2 yards

IN YTD: 43 3/4 yards

OUT YTD: 36 1/4 yards

YTD Total: 7 1/2 yards IN

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z,

Pleasantly Blue

 What did I do this week?  Mostly, it feels like, prepare for work.  I’ll be returning to teaching full time this fall, so I needed fingerprints and paperwork and all the things.

I also made a weighted blanket for my niece’s best friend.  It’s not that it takes so long, really, but that it’s messy.  I have little plastic pellets all over my floor because they are experts at escaping.

In between all the coming and going and messiness, I did sew my blue strips into sets and cut them all.  Next week, I have classes Monday through Thursday, so I’m trying to imagine what I can actually get done each day.  For now, I’ll just enjoy this pretty container of fabric.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

June Goals

May was busy.  Both kids graduated, and since we're not much of a party family, the celebrations were minimal.

1. Scraps were trimmed and flower blocks and 16 patches were made.

2. I basted and began the quilting on my hexagon quilt!

3. I finished the New York Beauty quilt and gave it away.  I received a lovely thank you.

4. I finished the blue blocks quilt!

5. For other sewing,  I added a row or two to the sunset jogakbo and made the chima (although I might have done that in June?).

June includes a week of classes as I work on reestablishing my teaching license.

1. Scraps: trim, blue flower blocks and blue 16 patches.

2. Quilt the hexagon quilt.  I'm using a small frame, and would like to finish the frame section four times.

3. Repair a crochet quilt.

4. Make a new ironing board cover as the old one is faded, stained, and the batting underneath is thoroughly squashed.

5. Make a weighted blanket.

from the room of Zana's Ninis,

katie z.

April and May UFO Count

 It would appear I have neglected my UFO report for a few months.  The last time I posted, it looked like this:

March 1: 8 projects

Started: 1

Finished: 0

March 31: 9

1. Double wedding ring

2. Brown pillow

3.  ABC appliqué*

4.  Hand pieced hexagons

5. Pink hexagons

6. Box blocks

7. 16 patches

8. New York Beauty

9. Flowers

Nothing about it changed in April.

For May, I finished two projects and started 0 new ones.

May 1: 9 projects

May 31: 7 projects

1. Double wedding ring (will I ever actually start this?)

2. Brown pillow

3. ABC applique (I would like to finish these this year, but it is seeming unlikely)

4. Hand pieced hexagons

5. Pink hexagons

6. 16 patches

7. Flowers

from the room of Zana's Ninis,

katie z.

May Block Count

 I made 198 blocks this month, most of them on the last two days of the month!  I made my last hexagon filler pieces 4), 8 flowers, and 186 16-patches.  This brings my total to 706 for the year.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Stash Report Week #21-22 and 15 Minutes

 Life feels like a lot lately, so I’m abandoning blog posts when I can’t manage.  It’s not even that my time is full, but that my brain is full.

So two weeks of stash reports… I finished a chima (wrap skirt) and a new ironing board cover in the last two weeks and bought/received white fabric, pink fabric, and a Japanese fat quarter.  The pink was supposed to get used for an apron for Spunky for NakaCon, but it didn’t happen.

IN this week: 5 3/4 yards

OUT this week: 1 1/2 yards

IN YTD: 24 1/4 yards

OUT YTD: 34 1/4 yards

YTD Total: 10 yards OUT

I will be destroying my stash process over the next few weeks as I ordered a bolt of 60” fabric to dye for backings, a lovely collection of fabric from Vicki Welsh, and I have plans for a custom order.  I will use it all eventually, so it is going to be okay.

Two more spools of thread were emptied, for 10 for the year.  Between the 16 patches and a bojagi piece, I’m using lots of thread!

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Shifting Colors

There was enough schedule disruption this week that I didn’t add more work for the week, but only focused on my pink 16 patches.  I’m shocked to end the week with 186 new blocks.  It might not look like it in the picture, but each stack of pink has 60 blocks!

I tried to convince Sneaky Pete to help me sort blue scraps, but he was less than enthusiastic this time.  The Assistant helped a bit too, and in the end I’m pretty confident I have less blue scraps than I had pink.  My stack of blue bricks from the 2.5” box is ridiculous, so there will be a lot of dark blue flowers for that project!

 from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.