Sunday Stash Report, Week #21 - Major changes coming

Another week without a finish, but progress was made on the Super Mario quilt. 

 At least I didn't add to the stash.

 

Added this Week: 0 metres

 Added Year to Date: 64.1 metres 

 

Destashed this Week: 0 metres

 Destashed year to Date: 22.55 metres

 Added for 2014: 41.55 metres

 

Total spent  YTD $294.20 = $4.59/metre

 

 

I did some string blocks for future quilts, I want to make Zuckerwatte by Bonnie Hunter.  This one will probably be gifted to Zoey - she loves purple and pink.

 

(and a blue one for fun)

 

I've also been making Boxy Stars, a free pattern from Bonnie as well.  These are perfect for using up those 2 1/2" strips that have been accumulating.

 

 

Then I tried a few using 2" strips!  I love little blocks and think these would be perfect for a baby quilt.

 

I put the larger ones beside them for comparison - they are so cute!!

 

In case you aren't familiar with Bonnie, check her out on the Quilt Show from the Quilt Show.  Today is the last day you can view it for free, if you don't have a paid subscription.  For details how to view it, click this link to Bonnie's website.  It is a great introduction to Bonnie and her method of using every bit of stash.

 

I have an even bigger project looming in the next year. My daughter and I have been talking, and we have decided to convert my home to an up-and-down duplex, and her family is going to move into the basement.  They want a place with a yard for a garden (currently they are living in a townhouse about a block away) but with house prices here on the West Coast of BC so high, it could never be in their budget.  I was talking about downsizing and eliminating yard work, but really hated the idea of sharing walls with a neighbour and leaving the wonderful area I live in.  It seemed to be a perfect solution to our needs to combine households.  Of course, now that means I have to condense 2000 sq feet of living into about 1200, and they have to condense 1600 into 1000.  Some renovations are required as well.

 

I'll be moving the contents of my sewing room, my scrapbooking room  (I'm also a Close to My Heart consultant) and my spare room into what is now the grandkids bedroom.  That's 520 sq feet that is going into a room of 144 sq feet (12x12). 

 

This weekend I started decluttering - the new quilt cave is almost empty and ready for paint.  I'm thinking a nice Caribbean blue for the walls.  I'm stuck with the pink carpet (mainly for noise reduction as my daughter and her husband's bedroom will be below, and it's a thick carpet with top-of-the-line underlay) but most of the time I probably won't see it anyway!   ;o)

 

 

Now what do I do with the kids toys?

 

Sunday Stash Report - Week 20 and some Pattern Testing

I was overly optimistic the last time I reported in, and not spent much time in my sewing room.  I did get to work on some pillow covers for my daughter, but they aren't finished, and from her leftover fabric so they won't count.

 

So nothing added, nothing out:

 

Added this Week: 0 metres

 Added Year to Date: 64.1 metres 

 

Destashed this Week: 0 metres

 Destashed year to Date: 22.55 metres

 Added for 2014: 41.55 metres

 

Total spent  YTD $294.20 = $4.59/metre

 

I did get to do a little pattern testing for Kristy of Quiet Play.  I think she is the queen of foundation piecing and has a huge collection of patterns on Craftsy, including Lego Star Wars figures. 

 

 

(note:  the gray is not striped, it is a Bella Solid but didn't photograph well)

 

I decided to do a little fussy cutting and cut into the last of my scraps of this:

 

 

to create this:

 

 

on the license plate!  It came from the double-decker bus and measures less than 3/16" wide finished.

 

 

I also fussy-cut swirls from a white-on-white to make the headlights!  It gave them the perfect depth.

 

 

I'll make my block into a pillow for my daughter and her husband, and incorporate the images from the scraps into it somehow.  They went to London on a delayed honeymoon a few years back, and stayed in the old Parliament buildings right next to the London Eye, so it will be a fun memory pillow for them. 

 

Yesterday, Alex and I did something new -  we visited a movie set!  A movie starring Danny Glover and Rob Lowe is being partially filmed in our town, it's working name is "Monster Trucks" so it sounded perfect for a five-year-old's field trip.

 

  

It's amazing how many people it takes to do one little car chase scene.  After we watched them set up the camera (on the left), we got shuffled back, and back, and back to the point where we couldn't see anything, so we went around the corner:

 

 

Alex loved seeing the big trucks (these were the security forces chasing the monster trucks).  The license plates were all from North Dakota, and one of the building was renamed as Anderson, so I guess our town will be representing the fictional town of Anderson, ND.

 

 

Finally, after much waiting, the monster truck blows through (that little green truck between the tree and the black truck).  Alex learned that there is a lot of waiting around, and didn't think he'd like to work in the movie industry, that is until he saw this camera car!

 

 

He thought that would be fun to drive!   

 

 

Sunday Stash Report, Week #18 - Getting back to the Sewing Room!

It's been a long month, with a lot going on.  But now that income tax season is over, I'm heading back to the sewing room right after I post this.  Can you believe I haven't even unpacked after my wonderful guild's sew-in with the Happy Zombie?  I'll be posting more about that this week, but you can click here to see what I have already said.

 

One benefit of not sewing, I haven't been shopping either.  Well, not completely true - on the one of two days I did sew (at the sew-in), I picked up a couple of half-metre pieces of Wee Wonder.

 

 

 

Added this Week: 1 metres

 Added Year to Date: 64.1 metres 

 

Destashed this Week: 0 metres

 Destashed year to Date: 22.55 metres

 Added for 2014: 41.55 metres

 

Total spent  YTD $294.20 = $4.59/metre

 

The other day I sewed wasn't even for me.  I helped my daughter make a sun-sail for her new deck (pictures to come!) She drafted the pattern and we had it cut out and finished in just one night.  It's a triangular sail made with Sunbrella fabric and measured about 10' x 14'.  We had a great time doing it, and she is going to help me create patterns for some of my original designs!  Monica (Happy Zombie) suggested I do that starting with this:

 

 

 

 

Nothing like having a renowned fabric and pattern designer inspire you!