1/15/2017

Nothing Used and Nothing Added so far for 2017. Since I went on hiatus I never recapped my total for 2016.  I ended the year with +48.472.  This is very similar to where I ended in 2015.  I’m hoping to not add so much this year as I want to focus on using my stash than buying fabric.  I really only want to buy fabric for when I need it for a project.  Right now, it is generally when I need something for my backs.  I’m going to continue to monitor the adding and using of fabric since it really helps me in not going crazy and buying fabric.

For the fabric stash:  

• Used this week: 0 yards
• Used year to date: 0  yards
• Added this week: 0 yards
• Added year to Date:0  yards
• Net ADDED for 2016: 48.472 yards

For the Budget: 

Similar to the fabric stash, I’m really watching my budget this year.  I’m not going to set a budget but I’m only going to buy things that I actually need for a project.  For example, I’ve been working on a pair of socks that have been using #2 needles.  I’ve been using the #2 – 9 inch circulars and I’m at the point where I need to make the heel.  I’m not so proficient that I can do this with 9 inch circulars so I bought #2 DPNs.  While I was at the yarn shop, I bought some yarn to make my next set of socks.  Total spent this week – $39.91.  I do have $50 in gift cards to spend at my LQS.  I am close to finishing a quilt top and plan to use my funds on a back. 🙂

Spent this week: $39.91

Spent year to date: $39.91

For the yarn stash:

This year, I’ve decided not to count my stash.  I’m actually not buying yarn as much as I was and there’s not much movement here.  As long as I knit a bit each week, I’m okay.

And for Slow Stitching Sunday with Kathy at Kathy Quilts, I plan to continue my work on A Rainbow Garden!  I haven’t been around for a few weeks so I’m not sure if Kathy is still doing Slow Stitching Sunday.  I also haven’t touched this project in a few weeks so it’s still where I left off the last time:

A Rainbow Garden
Block 6
…in progress…
12/12/16

I’m going to work on getting those cream buds stitched down and then I can move onto Block 7. 🙂

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Melanie

For the fabric stash:  

• Used this week: 0 yards
• Used year to date: 65.5  yards
• Added this week: 0 yards
• Added year to Date: 113.972 yards
• Net ADDED for 2016: 48.472 yards

For the Budget: 

Spent this week: $0

Spent year to date: $4,677.89

For the yarn stash:

Used this week: 0 yards

Used year to date: 625 yards

Added this week: 0 yards

Added year to date: 1248 yards

Net Added for 2016: 623 yards

And for Slow Stitching Sunday with Kathy at Kathy Quilts, I plan to continue my work on A Rainbow Garden!  I got all the flowers stitched on and the next step is the little white buds.  I’m not really sure how I’m going to stitch them so I’m not sure if it will be quick or take a bit of time.  But these buds are the last step so once those are done I can pull out Block 7!

Here’s how it looked last weekend:

A Rainbow Garden
Block 6
…in progress…
12/10/16

And here’s how it looks now:

A Rainbow Garden
Block 6
…in progress…
12/12/16

I put french knots in all the white buds to keep them in their place but I also want to do a small stitch in cream around all those buds to keep them down.  I think I’ll take really tiny stitches but not as close together as the other stitches.  I don’t want the stitches to take away from the buds but I do want them to be completely stitched down.

A Rainbow Garden
Block 6
a close up …in progress…
12/12/16

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Melanie

Things are quiet in the stash department.  Nothing added or used!  Life is crazy at the moment with changes happening all around me so I haven’t had the mindspace to quilt Missing Ivy.  Or do the borders of Have Yourself a Quilty Little Christmas!  Even though my goal was to get 6 quilts done this year and these two are the quilts to get me there, I’m giving myself some grace to take time off.  I am working on En Provence and that is coming along nicely.  I’ll post more tomorrow for Bonnie’s linky!

For the fabric stash:  

• Used this week: 0 yards
• Used year to date: 65.5  yards
• Added this week: 0 yards
• Added year to Date: 113.972 yards
• Net ADDED for 2016: 48.472 yards

For the Budget: 

Spent this week: $0

Spent year to date: $4,677.89

For the yarn stash:

Used this week: 0 yards

Used year to date: 625 yards

Added this week: 0 yards

Added year to date: 1248 yards

Net Added for 2016: 623 yards

And for Slow Stitching Sunday with Kathy at Kathy Quilts, I plan to continue my work on A Rainbow Garden!  I got all the flowers stitched on and the next step is the little white buds.  I’m not really sure how I’m going to stitch them so I’m not sure if it will be quick or take a bit of time.  But these buds are the last step so once those are done I can pull out Block 7!

Here’s how it looked last weekend:

A Rainbow Garden
Block 6
…in progress…
11/27/16

And here’s how it looks now:

A Rainbow Garden
Block 6
…in progress…
12/10/16

Once this block is finished, I will have finished 3 blocks for this project over the course of 2016.  That’s really exciting and I hope to continue stitching these blocks in 2017 for Slow Stitch Sunday.

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Melanie

I added yardage into my house.  All the fabric I bought was for an intended purpose.  I love that!  I didn’t buy fabric just to buy fabric.  First, I bought the additional yardage I needed for Provence.  If you remember from this post, I miscut and needed to buy more for my side triangles.  To be safe, I bought 1.5 yards which should be more than enough of what I need.  Then I bought the constant magenta for Bonnie Hunter’s mystery quilt.  When I pulled fabric this year, I forgot that the magenta was to be a constant so I pulled all the pinks/magentas from my scrap bins.  Luckily someone said something or mentioned that it was to be a constant.  I returned all those scraps to the right bin and made my way to my fave LQS to correct the situation.  Bonnie called for 1.5 yards but because of my recent problem of not having enough of the right fabric, I bought 3 yards.  My LQS had a sale of thirties fabrics and I needed backing for the next quilt that will be finished… Have yourself a Quilty little Christmas!  I felt that thirties fabric will go well with that quilt and proceeded to by 4 yards for that.  Again, I bought more than enough to ensure that I have enough.  And finally, I still love this fabric:

My LQS had about 2.5 yards left on the bolt so I bought it all.  I am planning on making bags with the fabric.  I think the little scenes are adorable and they would make great project bags for my knitting.

For the fabric stash:  

• Used this week: 0 yards
• Used year to date: 65.5  yards
• Added this week: 10.5 yards
• Added year to Date: 113.972 yards
• Net ADDED for 2016: 48.472 yards

For the Budget: 

Spent this week: $109.23

Spent year to date: $4,677.89

For the yarn stash:

Used this week: 0 yards

Used year to date: 625 yards

Added this week: 0 yards

Added year to date: 1248 yards

Net Added for 2016: 623 yards

And for Slow Stitching Sunday with Kathy at Kathy Quilts, I plan to continue my work on A Rainbow Garden!  I only work on this project on Sundays for Slow Stitching Sunday so it’s the same project from week to week.  I also work on this project when I meet with my mini group each month.  We usually meet at someone’s dining table so hand work is the best project to bring along.   It’s slow but that’s the point of Slow Stitching Sunday.  Some days I enjoy the process and other days it’s a slog.  Last weekend I enjoyed it.  Even though my Clippers were losing.  Hopefully that continues.  My enjoyment, not the losses. ;0

Here’s how it looked last weekend:

A Rainbow Garden
Block 6
…in progress…
11/20/16

And here’s how it looks now:

A Rainbow Garden
Block 6
…in progress…
11/27/16

I’ve got 2 of the flowers stitched down with two more to go.  I really enjoyed stitching the flower on top.  It was the second one I stitched on and I like the little blanket stitch.  The bottom flower had just a bit bigger stitches and I didn’t enjoy the look of those as much as I do the top flower.

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Melanie

Per this post, I bought a yard of fabric for the side and corner triangles of Provence.  🙁  But it’s needed yardage to finish up a quilt and not just stash accumulation.  I like to track my yardage because it keeps me mindful of buying fabric.  I have 6 large plastic bins filled with fabric and 1 large bin for larger scraps and such.  That’s all the space I have for fabric and they are completely filled.  So, I’ve had to be careful with what I bring into my house.  Bonnie Hunter’s annual mystery quilt helps reduce my scrap bins each year.  The first thing I did to prepare is run through my smaller scrap bin for all the colors I need.  Then I go through the large bin.  As I work through the first clue, I haven’t run out of those fabrics yet but when I do, I’ll be hitting the larger bins with full yards of fabric.

Bonnie Hunter’s
mystery quilt
En Provence
1 of many
11/27/2016

For the fabric stash:  

• Used this week: 0 yards
• Used year to date: 65.5  yards
• Added this week: 1 yards
• Added year to Date: 103.472 yards
• Net ADDED for 2016: 37.972 yards

For the Budget: 

I bought the fabric mentioned above and paid for this month’s kit for Have Yourself a Quilty Little Christmas! And I bought new knitting needles.  I had to try the Ciaogoo 9″circular needles for the socks I’m making I bought #1’s and #2’s.  And as soon as I got them I started using them.  The #1s are being used in my pinky/purple socks and I casted on a new pair of purple socks for the #2s.  Can you tell I love purple? So far I’m loving them.

Spent this week: $65.00 (I just rounded because I didn’t have the receipt in front of me and I didn’t want to look for it.)

Spent year to date: $4,571.73

For the yarn stash:

Used this week: 0 yards

Used year to date: 625 yards

Added this week: 0 yards

Added year to date: 1248 yards

Net Added for 2016: 623 yards

And for Slow Stitching Sunday with Kathy at Kathy Quilts, I plan to continue my work on A Rainbow Garden!

A Rainbow Garden
Block 6
…in progress…
10/16/16

Now:

A Rainbow Garden
Block 6
…in progress…
11/20/16

And a close up of the flower…

A Rainbow Garden
Block 6
…in progress…
11/20/16

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Melanie

I’ve done nothing in terms of quilting or using up fabric these last couple of weeks.  I took a bunch of knitting with me so I have some yarnage used! 🙂  I also didn’t buy any fabric or spend any money on crafting.  All good stuff.  I’ve been busy and distracted by the world events and my own crazy life.

For the fabric stash:  

• Used this week: 0 yards
• Used year to date: 65.5  yards
• Added this week: 0 yards
• Added year to Date: 102.472 yards
• Net ADDED for 2016: 36.972 yards

For the Budget: 

I really tried to buy stuff in Colorado but the quilt shop we went to wasn’t open during the hours yelp and their door sign said that they would be open.  It was a small town shop and the shopkeeper next door said the owner recently broke her arm.  I understand that stuff happens but it wouldn’t have been hard for her to tell her neighbor to put a sign on the door saying that the shop would be open at 1pm instead of the normal hours.  I would have had time to go to another shop instead of waiting around had I known.  Oh well.  It was good for my pocketbook and my budget as I ended up not buying anything. Road2CA is coming up and I really need to start getting my supplies together. I’ll be working on that over the next coming months so all spending on this end will be towards that.

Spent this week: $0.00

Spent year to date: $4,499.85

For the yarn stash:

I finished my Clipper beanie for Jacob.  Here it is on his head!

Clipper Beanie
11/18/16

Used this week: 100 yards

Used year to date: 625 yards

Added this week: 0 yards

Added year to date: 1248 yards

Net Added for 2016: 623 yards

And for Slow Stitching Sunday with Kathy at Kathy Quilts, I plan to continue my work on A Rainbow Garden!  I haven’t had a chance to work on this project and it’s still where I was a few weeks ago!

A Rainbow Garden
Block 6
…in progress…
10/16/16

Until next time…

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Melanie

Nothing added. woohoo!  Nothing used.  boo!  Missing Ivy is still waiting to be quilted.  That’s on the calendar to quilt the weekend of 11/19.  Until then I’m plugging away a bit at a time on the various projects I’m working on.

For the fabric stash:  

• Used this week: 0 yards
• Used year to date: 65.5  yards
• Added this week: 0 yards
• Added year to Date: 102.472 yards
• Net ADDED for 2016: 36.972 yards

For the Budget: 

Nothing bought so I’m still where I was last week.  I am heading off to Colorado this week so purchases will probably be made. 🙂

Spent this week: $0.00

Spent year to date: $4,499.85

For the yarn stash:

Used this week: 0 yards

Used year to date: 525 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 haven’t had a chance to work on this project and it’s still where I was last week!

A Rainbow Garden
Block 6
…in progress…
10/16/16

Until next time…

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Melanie

Embroidery Class
10/30/2016

For my birthday we went out of town and as I do when I travel I visited the local shop.  So I have 8.597 yards added to the stash.  Nothing finished yet. I didn’t get a chance to post a stash report last week so I’m just adding it in now. The hubby funded this expense so I’m not adding it to the budget. 🙂

For the fabric stash:  

• Used this week: 0 yards
• Used year to date: 65.5  yards
• Added this week: 8.597 yards
• Added year to Date: 102.472 yards
• Net ADDED for 2016: 36.972 yards

For the Budget: 

I bought a new foot for Luna.  On that post I talked about getting the #37D and/or #57D.  On my 330 I have both the 37 and 57 so I figured I would get both the 37D and the 57D.  But when I went to get them last month the shop only had the 37D in stock.  I meant to go back and get the 57D but didn’t feel like spending the money.  I was at the shop today and discovered they have a new foot, 97D that combines the 37D and the 57D so I got the 97D.

Spent this week: $84.

Spent year to date: $4,499.85

For the yarn stash:

OMG! I forgot I finished my socks!  I’ll have to find time to get a pic for y’all. 🙂

Used this week: 225 yards

Used year to date: 525 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:

A Rainbow Garden
Block 6
…in progress…
10/9/16

And here’s how it looks now:

A Rainbow Garden
Block 6
…in progress…
10/16/16

Next step is to get those flowers appliqued on.  I’m leaning towards tiny blanket stitches to match the tiny blanket stitches of the darker inner purples.  This block is almost done!  I’m not sure how quickly I’ll get those flowers on but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.  🙂

Until next time…

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Melanie