Stashbusting 2012 - Week 5

Not a whole lot of sewing got done this week.  Work is very busy and most nights I didn't get home until about 6pm (I get to work around 7:15am).  Friday night I didn't get home until 6:30pm...yuck!

However, I did get some sewing done this week.  I'm still working on the yellow/pink string block's for Bonnie Hunter's Orca Bay quilt.  I've completely worked through this pile of strings and had to cut more.

This is the picture from last week, but I wanted to include it again for the type of blocks being made.  These strings end up at 5.5" square, then you cut them on the diagonal, perpendicular to the lines of strings.

Since I did sew and had to cut more strings, I ended up using a little bit of stash.  I'm purposely making this entire quilt from stash to see how it goes.  Most of the fabrics are from a FQ pack that I received for Christmas last year, but I've had to throw in some other fabrics to supplement the amount of fabric.  I think it will look really neat in the end...or at least I hope so!

Here's the numbers:
Added This Week:       0 yards
Added Year to Date:    0 yards
Used This Week:         0.84 yards
Used Year to Date:      4.52 yards
Net Year to Date:        -4.52 yards

I'm still in the black...although that won't last much longer.  I am planning a quilt right now to fit as a wall hanging in our foyer.  Since its a specific quilt (a lone star) and it needs specific colors, I'll be buying fabric in the next week or two.  It will probably be around 8-9 yards of fabric just for the top.  But at least I can say that I go all the way through January in the black. :-)

Stashbusting 2012 - Week 3 & 4

I forgot to post my stash report for last week, so I get a somewhat "boosted" stash count for this week since its really two weeks.  I have been doing some sewing, but not a ton.  Work has been crazy busy.  The amount of work we have should be done by 3 times the number of people we have, so its been hectic to say the least.

Among a few other projects, I've been slowing making progress on Bonnie Hunter's Orca Bay Mystery.  Here's my pile of yellow and pink strings for step 4.

And a few string blocks made and cut...

I also put binding onto a small quilt that I had started last year.  I'm not going to show pictures of it until I've washed all the marks out of it though.

So here are the numbers:

Added This Week:       0 yards
Added Year to Date:    0 yards
Used This Week:         1.89 yards
Used Year to Date:      3.68 yards
Net Year to Date:        -3.68 yards

*  minus means I've used more than I've bought

First Real Snowfall

Here we are in the middle of January and we're JUST starting to get snow.  This year has been a very mild winter in upstate NY, which I have to say, I'm glad its been easy and mild.  I'd rather have snow just starting now than already being under several feet of snow.  My husband (a snowboard enthusiast) is not quite as happy.

We had our first real snowfall of the year yesterday and here's some pictures of the house.  It was very pretty with the clean white snow everywhere.  The guys hadn't come to plow the driveway yet, so the only thing to "mar" the snow was the tire tracks from my husband's car.

I like the red siding of the house even more with the snow surrounding the house.  The only thing we have to figure out is a better way to keep our wood pile dry.  On the left side of the porch, you can see our wood pile covered with snow.  This is just a "temporary" wood pile for keeping it a little dryer and easier to get to when we're burning wood.  To the right of the house (not in the picture) is our real wood pile that has LOTS of wood and is covered by a tarp.

Stashbusting 2012 - Week 2

This is going to be a quick post since I'm in the middle of making dinner (roast pork, cinnamon apples, rice, and roasted broccoli), but I did get some sewing done this week.  I finished up part 2 of Orca Bay from Bonnie Hunter.  I'm very far behind most people, but I'm enjoying making the quilt and doing some things that I don't normally do.  I also started on part 3 of Orca Bay, so I used fabric for both of those things.. 

Here are my numbers:
Added This Week:       0 yards
Added Year to Date:    0 yards
Used This Week:         0.39 yards
Used Year to Date:      1.86 yards
Net Year to Date:        -1.86 yards

Doing well...haven't bought anything yet and I may not have to this year.  Most of the projects I have lined up are ones that I bought fabric for in years past.

Stashbusting 2012 - Week 1

A new year...a new stash busting attempt.  This year, I'm actually starting out on the good side.  I used about 1.5 yards of fabric in the last week for Bonnie Hunter's Orca Bay Mystery quilt and since I haven't bought anything... :-)  I'm in the black for once, which I'm sure will probably change.


Here's the stash numbers for 2012:
Added This Week:       0 yards
Added Year to Date:    0 yards
Used This Week:         1.47 yards
Used Year to Date:      1.47 yards
Net Year to Date:        -1.47 yards

*  minus means I've used more than I've bought


Hopefully I can continue this trend for a little while.