Category Archives: baby quilts

Sunday Stash March 8, 2020

No change in the numbers. A special thanks to Marti over at Plainstitches for creating a button using a picture of my hand painted fabric. Great job Marti! I sewed the body of the bear quilt together yesterday, but it … Continue reading

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In Defense Of Adopting Strays

There’s been a lot of talk of orphan projects here over the past few month. It got me thinking about all the ones I’ve finished over the years, and there have been many. I don’t have pictures of all of … Continue reading

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November Scrap Progress And December Goals

I completely forgot about my November scrap goal but still managed to make progress. I planned to finish the second Stitching To Dye quilt. I have the columns sewn together and the vertical sashing and borders picked, but haven’t stitched … Continue reading

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Stash Report And Comments

No fabric added this week and fabric out for the baby quilt. Somewhere along the line I dropped my yarn usage. I’m picking that back up, even though nothing has changed. Thanks to everyone for your comments. I read the … Continue reading

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A Scrappy Finish

I finished the baby quilt for charity earlier this week. It’s made entirely from scraps, except the yellow spacer strips. Even after this quilt I can barely get the lid on the yellow/brown scarp bin. The pattern is called Siberian … Continue reading

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Stash Report And Sewing Machines

No fabric in this week. I don’t know where I would put it if I did buy it. I thought I’d have a finish this week, but I ran out of bobbin thread at 10:00 last night and called it … Continue reading

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The November Short List

I have no idea where October went and now here comes the holiday season. That means a few extra days off work to spend in the sewing room. We’ll see how that works out. Last month I finished the Market … Continue reading

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May Scrap Progress

May was a two steps forward and one step back scrap month. I used scraps to make this leaf block and this leaf block that looks more like a tree block. But then I bought these scraps of cat fabric. … Continue reading

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May Scrap Goal

There’s a scrap challenge going on over at Confessions Of A Fabric Addict. The best part of the challenge is that each participant sets her own goal for the month. In March I organized all my scraps on one shelf. … Continue reading

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Stash Report And Two Down

No fabric bought or used this week. I’m still working on the March blocks for the block of the month quilt. I’ve procrastinated because they had flying geese units in them. For whatever reason, I don’t like sewing flying geese. … Continue reading

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