Hampton Ridge is done! woohoo! I’m taking 14.5 yards used this week. Thank you very much! Someone asked me recently how I determine how much is used. I struggle with this and can very from one day to the next. But to give you an idea of my calculations. Basically, I count the yardage that comes in and goes out for my own benefit so it doesn’t have to be 100% accurate. As long as I have a general idea then I’m okay with it. So here’s how I do it… I take the finish size of the quilt and calculate the area. I figure out how much area a yard is in square inches. Then I divide the total area of the quilt with the area of a yard and that gives me the yardage for one side. So I multiply it by two to get the top and bottom. Then I add how much I used for binding which is generally very easy to figure out based on how much I bought and how much I cut to use. Then I add 15% for trimmings. If the quilt has a lot of little pieces (like Celtic Solstice) I may increase that to 20%. If the piece doesn’t, then I may decrease that to 10%. But for the most part, I use 15%.
In addition to my usage, I also bought 1.5 yards for more golden/yellow borders for Missing Ivy.
For the fabric stash:
- Used this week: 14.5 yards
- Used year to date: 65.5 yards
- Added this week: 1.5 yards
- Added year to Date: 83.875 yards
- Net ADDED for 2016: 18.375 yards
For the Budget:
And since I bought fabric this week for Missing Ivy, I have to update my total spending so far. 🙂
Spent this week: $17
Spent year to date: $4,279.35
For the yarn stash:
I’ve touched my socks a lot this week. I am working on finishing the first sock and I hope to get on to the second one soon.
Used this week: 0 yards
Used year to date: 300 yards
Added this week: 0 yards
Added year to date: 1248 yards
Net Added for 2016: 948 yards
And for Slow Stitching Sunday with Kathy at Kathy Quilts, I plan to continue my work on A Rainbow Garden! I’m halfway through stitching on the stem. Here’s the pic from last week:
And here’s how it looks now:
Until next time…
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~Have a quilty week!
Melanie
I love your mitered borders. Also, tracking your spending. I plan to do that in 2017–we’ll see how it adds up…
Thanks! It’s been an eye opener to track my spending and I hope to continue it into 2017.
Hampton Ridge is gorgeous!
Thanks Wendy! 🙂
Beautiful finish! Yay for scratching off the list. Now you can buy more fabric 🙂
Thanks for linking up with Oh Scrap!
Thanks Cynthia! 🙂
Gorgeous finish! Congrats on some great stash busting! Enjoy your slow stitching today.
Thanks Kate! 🙂
Congrats on a fabulous finish! That is a lot of work right there!
Enjoy some relaxing hand stitching!
Thanks Kathy! 🙂
Congrats on your finish – the quilt is really stunning!
Thanks Jennifer! 🙂