This turquoise quilt is going to be a present for my older daughter’s 19th birthday in March. When she was a little girl, this was her favourite colour, and several of these cotton fabrics are scraps from sundresses and shorts outfits that I made for her. I hope it will bring her many happy memories. [...]
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Plans for the Turquoise (Week 52 Stash Report)
Posted in Stashbuster Report, tagged quilting, Scrap quilting, Sewing, stash report on December 27, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Resisting Temptation (Week 51 Stash Report)
Posted in Stashbuster Report, tagged quilting, Sewing, stash busting, stash report on December 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I really thought I was going to buy some fabric this week. I was even planning the fine details of my shopping trip, like — which shop, how many yards, and what colours. But then I didn’t go. I don’t know why. It was very helpful that it snowed Thursday and Friday because I don’t [...]
Pillowcases for Christmas (Week 50 Stash Report)
Posted in Sewing, Stashbuster Report, tagged free pillowcase patterns, pillowcases, quick Christmas gifts, quilting, Sewing, stash busting, stash report on December 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This week I’ve been sewing 18 pillowcases for Christmas gifts for family members — everyone is getting two pillowcases each because I had lots of fabric! I used two of my all-time favourite fabrics, which I have been saving for a “worthy purpose” like this. Ribbons… and Cute Chairs… I’m not sure where I bought [...]
Empty Spools (Week 49 Stash Report)
Posted in Stashbuster Report, tagged cloth shopping bags, quilting, Sewing, stash report on December 6, 2009 | 9 Comments »
It’s too bad we don’t count thread usage in our Stash Report. Look how many spools I emptied from my thread stash while making all those cloth shopping bags! Our PTA Christmas Fair was great! I set some of the bags out on a long table and displayed others on a coat rack. They looked [...]
More Shopping Bags (Stash Report Week 48)
Posted in Sewing, Stashbuster Report, tagged cloth shopping bags, free shopping bag patterns, Morsbags, quilting, Sewing, stash busting, stash report, Tipnut blog on November 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This week I have been sewing more shopping bags for the Christmas fair at my daughter’s school. This is a great stash-busting project! I am only using new fabric from my stash, and I’m absolutely flying through the yardage! What fun! And I have discovered that my “what was I thinking when I bought that” [...]
Hoffman Challenge from the past (Week 47 Stash Report)
Posted in Stashbuster Report, tagged Hoffman Challenge 1997, Hoffman fabrics, quilting, Sewing, stash report on November 22, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I didn’t buy any fabric from the shops this week, but I have been shopping in my stash. This is my favourite-ever fabric, and my very first “expensive” quilt fabric. It’s “Kaleidoscope,” the Hoffman Challenge fabric from 1997. The Hoffman company still has the information on their website. I’ve been collecting companion fabrics for years, [...]
Restoration Project (Week 46 Stash Report)
Posted in Sewing machines, Stashbuster Report, tagged quilting, Sewing, sewing machine restoration, Singer 27K sewing machine, stash report, vintage Singer sewing machine on November 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I didn’t buy any fabric this week, but I did buy another vintage Singer sewing machine. This one is a Model 27K, one of a group of 100,000 manufactured between January and June 1908, at the Kilbowie Factory in Clydebank, Scotland. She used to be either a treadle or a hand-crank, but she’s been converted [...]
Freeze Frame Finish (Week 45 Stash Report)
Posted in Judy L's Quilt for an Hour, Stashbuster Report, tagged free quilt patterns, Freeze Frame, Judy Laquidara, Quilt for an Hour, quilting, Sewing, stash report, stashbusting on November 8, 2009 | 11 Comments »
A finish, a finish, I finally have a finish! Here is my version of “Freeze Frame”, a Quilt for an Hour pattern designed by Judy Laquidara. Here’s a better look at some of the fabrics used in the quilt. I am estimating that I used 7 yards of fabric for this quilt top, calculating [...]
Panic (Week 44 Stash Report)
Posted in Judy L's Quilt for an Hour, Stashbuster Report, tagged Freeze Frame, Judy Laquidara, Quilt for an Hour, quilting, Sewing, stash busting, stash report, unfinished projects on November 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
What a shock when I realised this morning that there are only 8 weeks of Stash Reports left this year. There are still so many unfinished projects on my To Do list for 2009! I felt a surge of panic — because, silly me, I am always setting unrealistic goals for myself. Then I took [...]
Recycled Bath Mat (Week 43 Stash Report)
Posted in Nigel the quilting dog, Sewing machines, Stashbuster Report, tagged bath mat, Janome 6500P sewing machine, quilting, recycling household items, scrap project, Sewing, stash report, stashbusting on October 25, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I had a little bath mat that was looking kind of sad and threadbare. I could have thrown it out or given it to the dogs, but I’m on this recycling kick lately, so I decided to make something with it. It is now a “New and Improved” Bath Mat! Here’s the mat in its [...]
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