A Peach in Stitches http://peachquilting.com ...my adventures in quilting and in life... Mon, 21 May 2012 19:33:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 State of the Stash – Week 11 http://peachquilting.com/2010/03/14/state-of-the-stash-week-11/ http://peachquilting.com/2010/03/14/state-of-the-stash-week-11/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:57:57 +0000 Kim http://peachquilting.com/2010/03/14/state-of-the-stash-week-11/ Nothing in or out this week.  I did work more on my Emma’s Legacy quilt – but the yardage that I had cut was already counted last week.

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Purchased:   yardage
Heartland Heritage BOM .5
Pineapples – leaves and inner border 2.75
Baby Quilt 1.75
Baby quilt binding .5
baby quilt backing 8
Week Total  7.5
YTD Total 47

 

Used:  Yardage
Blue and Yellow Binding 1
Weedwhacker Star Binding 1
Sweet Treasures Binding 1
Designer Mystery 2008 Binding 1
Pumped Pumpkins binding 1
Triple Scoop Binding 1
Friendship Star Binding 1
Japanese Jigsaw Binding 1
Merry Go Round binding 1
Another binding 1
Designer Mystery 200 block .5
Emma’s Legacy – Strips 10
Baby Quilt 1.75
Week Total 22.75
YTD Total 51
 

      Net Total <-4 yards>

I got a lot done this last weekend at retreat.  Mostly,I prepped bindings the first day.  I forgot my sewing machine so I got everything cut and pressed.  Carla let me use her machevery once in a while so I could finish them.

Max brought me my machine the second day so I finished the bindings and then worked on my Emma’s legacy strips sewn together.  Today I got one block from my Designer Mystery 2009 done.  We didn’t have a lot of time to sew so I didn’t get much done.

I will post photos this week from retreat.

]]> http://peachquilting.com/2010/03/07/state-of-the-stash-week-10/feed/ 0 State of the Stash – Week 9 http://peachquilting.com/2010/02/28/state-of-the-stash-week-9/ http://peachquilting.com/2010/02/28/state-of-the-stash-week-9/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:06:17 +0000 Kim http://peachquilting.com/2010/02/28/state-of-the-stash-week-9/ Yea… Another week of not doing anything but purchasing.

Week 9                                                                           
Purchased:                                                                       
    Moda Bella Cream    3                                                                   
    Flannel 108" wide        3                                                                   
    Week Total                  6                                                         
    YTD Total                    39.5        

Used :                                       
Week Total    0                                                 

YTD Total    28.25     

The only reason I bought the Moda was I only needed $10 more for free shipping when I bought the flannel that I needed for a design wall.  If I hadn’t have bought the moda bella, the shipping would have been almost $10.  So it was like I got the moda bella free.

]]> http://peachquilting.com/2010/02/28/state-of-the-stash-week-9/feed/ 0 State of the Stash – Week 8 http://peachquilting.com/2010/02/20/state-of-the-stash-week-8/ http://peachquilting.com/2010/02/20/state-of-the-stash-week-8/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:12:56 +0000 Kim http://peachquilting.com/?p=247 Yea… Ok.  I was a bad girl this week.  I bought a lot.  Or I should say a lot of what I bought came in this week.  But most of what I bought was for backings or bindings of quilts. 

Purchased:

  • Honey bun – clotheline basket – 2.5 yards
  • Japanese Jigsaw – binding – 1 yard
  • Sweet Treasures – backing – 1 yard
  • Yellow Brick Road – backing – 2 yards (120″ wide)
  • Red, White, and Blue – backing – 3 yards (120″ wide)

Total Purchased :  9.5 yards
YTD Purchased:   33.5 yards

Used:

  • Pumped Pumpkins – backing – 2 yards

Total Used : 2 yards
YTD Used :   28.25

Difference :  + 5.25 yards

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Week 7
Purchased:
Designer Mystery Block 0.5 yards
Week Total 0.5 yards
YTD Total 24 yards
Used:
Nothing
Week Total  0 yards
YTD Total 26.25 yards
I did purchase a honey bun for a project that I have been wanting to do.  I also bought some backing for a quilt.  It hasn’t come in yet, so I am not counting it.
But…  I did go to  burgandybuttons.com and saw a couple of honey buns that I wanted with matching charm squares.  I put them in my cart and then decided I didn’t know what to make with it, so I took it out.  I then put another line in  and the same thing.  I walked away without ordering anything that time.  Then a couple of days later I found a honey bun that I wanted to make those clothesline baskets with, so that one did get ordered.  I finally found clothesline for me to do that project with.
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Week 6
Purchased:
Home for the Holidays – Backing 1 yard
Borders for Jelly Roll Mystery 2 yards
Background for Pineapples 3 yards
Week Total 6 yards
YTD Total 23.5 yards

Used:
Neptune Quilt – inner borders 0.5 yard
Neptune Quilt – piano key border 0.25 yard

Week Total 0.75 yards
YTD Total 26.25 yards

]]> http://peachquilting.com/2010/02/07/state-of-the-stash-week-6/feed/ 2 State of the Stash – Week 5 http://peachquilting.com/2010/01/31/state-of-the-stash-week-5/ http://peachquilting.com/2010/01/31/state-of-the-stash-week-5/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:19:59 +0000 Kim http://peachquilting.com/?p=192 There was nothing in or out this week.  The fabric I ordered last week still hasn’t arrived.  The whole house was down with a cold, so no sewing this week really.  I did go to a guild workshop yesterday for making fabric postcards for our quilt show to sell.

So on to the numbers:

Used:  0 yards
Used YTD:  25.5 yards

Purchased: 0 yards
Purchased YTD:  17.5 yards

Net: – 8 yards YTD

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This week I didn’t purchase anything (well, I did, but it hasn’t arrived yet to the stash, so it doesn’t count until it gets here – it was also 1 yard so that I could finish the backing of a quilt).  I have also had a gift certificate to one of my LQS’s and it hasn’t been used yet – I am so proud of myself.

This week, I busted 16.5 yards.  Yep… you read that right, 16.5 yards!

Here is a summary:

Used:
Sweet Treasures – Block 8 0.5
Sweet Treasures – Block 9 0.5
Sweet Treasures – Block 10 0.5
Sweet Treasures – Block 11 0.5
Sweet Treasures – Block 12 0.5
Sweet Treasures – Block 13 0.5
Sweet Treasures – Framing 1.5
Sweet Treasures – Setting Triangles 0.75
Sweet Treasures – Sashing 3.5
Sweet Treasures – Stars 0.25
Sweet Treasures – Inner Border 0.25
Sweet Treasures – Outer border 2.75
Sweet Treasures – Backing 4.5
Week Total 16.5

That brings my year-to-date total up to:

Purchased: 17.5 yards
Used:             25.5 yards
Net:                 – 8 yards

WOOT!!!

Oh- I added a new page – “State of the Stash” – it embeds my Google Spreadsheet for my Stash accountability sheet.

]]> http://peachquilting.com/2010/01/24/holy-busting-batman/feed/ 4 State of the Stash – Week 3 http://peachquilting.com/2010/01/17/state-of-the-stash-week-3/ http://peachquilting.com/2010/01/17/state-of-the-stash-week-3/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:24:05 +0000 Kim http://peachquilting.com/?p=162 Um… yea.  No sewing going on this week.  I did cut out several BOM blocks on Tuesday, but they are not sewn together, so they don’t count as being busted yet.

I did get 3 charm packs of Eden in the mail so I do have additions to report.

Purchased:

  • 3 charm packs of Eden – 2 yards

Total Purchased This Week – 2 yards
Total Purchased Year to Date – 17.5 yards

Used:

  • none this week

Total Used This Week – 0 yards
Total Used Year to Date – 9 yards

]]> http://peachquilting.com/2010/01/17/state-of-the-stash-week-3/feed/ 0 State of the Stash – Weeks 1 & 2 http://peachquilting.com/2010/01/10/state-of-the-stash-weeks-1-2/ http://peachquilting.com/2010/01/10/state-of-the-stash-weeks-1-2/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:03:14 +0000 Kim http://peachquilting.com/?p=126 Though I am not really “stashbusting”, just trying to get projects done I am going to try to keep track of what I buy this year.  My guidelines for my stash report is as follows:

In: pretty simple, if I buy it or acquire it, it is “in” .  I will round to the nearest 1/2 yard to make my life simpler.  This will be mainly for kits, charm squares and BOM blocks – purchased yardage I will calculate what I actually buy.

Out: this is where it gets complicated.  Because I have several projects in multiple stages, what should I consider used and what not?  I am going to say if I cut the yardage and it gets used to make a backing , then it is out of my stash and into the WIP pile.  If it is made into completed blocks, then it is busted (ie BOM blocks).  But if I cut yardage for prep to making a quilt, it is not counted until the blocks  or top is made.  If the blocks are previously made prior to starting this stash report and not into tops yet, this is tricky.  I am going to say only those don’t count and only things that are used to finish the quilt will be counted.

That being explained, on to the State of the Stash.

Purchased:

  • Frosted Windowpanes Kit – 13 yards
  • Home for the Holidays (backing) – 1.5 yards
  • Designer Mystery BOM – .5 yard
  • Heartland Heritage BOM – .5 yard

Total Purchased: 15.5 yards

Used

  • Home for the Holidays  (backing) – 4 yards
  • Friendship Braid (backing ) – 5 yards

Total Used: 9 yards

Net Total for Weeks 1 & 2 : 6.5 yards

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