Stash Report: Week 51

I've gotten a very late start this morning.  Last night was supposed to have been Drama Teen's winter formal, but it started snowing right about 6 PM and the school canceled the dance at 7, just an hour before it started. Of course DT and her friends were already at dinner by that point.  So with everyone all dressed up and with no place to go, they all came over here to play board games and hang out.  Needless to say I didn't get to bed till about midnight after making sure they all got home safely.  Thankfully it was a very dry snow, so the roads really weren't that bad.  Drama Teen looked very festive.  

  
So my plans for an evening of stitching didn't quite work out, but I did get a bit of stitching in between the pre-party photo session and the impromptu party.  It didn't make up for all the nights this week I didn't make it to the sewing room, but some is better than none.  Actually it wasn't so bad this week, I did mange to get in 4 sessions in the sewing room this week.  With just one week to go, I've managed to find time to stitch 274 days out of the 352 so far this year.  

There's a bit out of the stash this week:
Used last week:  0.52 yards
Used year to date:  59.03 yards
Added year to date:  69.02 yards
Need added year to date:  9.99 yards

There probably won't be a lot of stitching this week as holiday prep is in full gear and we'll be spending time with family.  But I'm off work the whole week after Christmas, so I'm hopeful of getting in a lot of stitching before the end of the year.  

Linking up with Patchwork Times for the weekly stash report.  

Rainbow Scrap Challenge: Little Black Dresses

It's been a week full of end of year meetings at work and then holiday prep at home.  Cookies are mailed, in-law gifts are mailed, and Christmas cards are mailed.  All that's left is a bit of gift wrapping.  That shouldn't be too hard to get done this weekend. 

We did the grocery shopping last night since conditions are only going to go down hill during today.  We'll have dangerously cold temps just like most of the Midwest with maybe a dusting of snow.  It's a good day to hide out in my sewing room.  I got a start on the hiding out last night.  As a result the second little black dress is finished.

 Vintage Dresses, by Charise Randell

It's hard to see but the black isn't really solid, it has a nice texture to it.  I'd wear this to an elegant New Year's Eve party.  Here are both black dresses.  

Both dresses are cute, one's elegant, the other is fun.  Just need one more dress to make to finish out the block count for the quilt.  I've gone through most of the "standard" colors.  I don't have a white/neutral dress, but with the white background, I'm not sure that would work.  Hopefully today I can take a look at my scraps and see if there's something fun to use for the last one. 

While I'm hopeful the last block will get done this month, the quilt won't get put together this year.  Then next year I can start adding the coping strips and the sashing.  I've already got a plan for next year's Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  It will be another paper pieced block, but not nearly so complicated as the Vintage Dresses have been.    

Linking up with Soscrappy, then I'm going to drink some coffee and check out all the progress on everyone's scrap projects.

WIPS: Here and There Progress

It has been a busy week already and it's just Wednesday.  Last night was package cookie night.  Drama Teen baked Snickerdoodle cookies to share with some of her more far flung friends.  So we spent the evening getting all the cookies into tins, adding festive trim to the tins and than packing for shipment.  Since Tuesday is also gym night, I didn't make it to the sewing room. 

I've been blogging about the progress on En Provence, but haven't said too much about the other projects which are in the works.  Bejeweled is the "priority" project at the moment.  It's one of the 4 graduation quilts, so it has a May due date.  

Bejeweled, From the book "All About Strips" by Susan Guzman

A few more columns have been stitched together and some of the sashing strips have been added.  So this project is moving along.  I'm hoping to have this one to the finished flimsy stage by the end of the month. 

Blooms and Butterflies has also been progressing.

Blooms and Butterflies
Bloom block by Lea Brummett, setting by Kate

Sorry for the slightly crocked photo.  I had to lay Blooms over Bejeweled which is taking up most of the big design wall.  It was hard to get it on the wall straight with the other blocks behind it.  At any rate, the pieced butterfly blocks borders are all attached.  This one just needs one more narrow border of the polka dot and then the final border added.  Depending upon how much time I have after Christmas, this quilt might just make it to finished flimsy stage by the end of the month. 

Linking up with 
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Needle and Thread Thursday

Weekend Stitching: Another Clue and the Fabric Search

It was a busy week, with not a lot of stitching.  That just seems to be par for the course in December.  I tried to make up for the lack of weekly stitching time yesterday, but an apparently much needed afternoon nap won out instead.  

There was enough time in the sewing room yesterday to make a start on the third clue from Bonnie Hunter's En Provence Mystery.  

Blues are taking the place of purple in my 4 patch blocks.  I like the contrast between these two.  Though I didn't get very far this weekend, there will be time later this month to catch up once we get past the Christmas holiday.   

I also realized this weekend that the middle of the month is just a few days away and there has been no progress on December's One Monthly Goal.  The plan is to get started on graduation quilt number three before the end of the month.  The pattern (you can see that here) and the focus fabric has been selected, but the accent fabrics needed to be chosen.  Spent some time in the fabric closet choosing possibilities then Drama Teen helped me choose the final palette.  

I'm looking forward to getting started on this project.  The blocks are all big HSTs, so I'm hoping it will go together fairly fast.  Graduation quilt 1 is done (need a sunny day to get good pictures), the blocks for graduation quilt number 2 are up on the design wall being stitched together, fabrics are now selected for graduation quilt number 3 and the design for graduation quilt number 4 almost finished.  May is going to be here so soon!  

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Bonnie Hunter Mystery Monday
Main Crush Monday
Monday Making
Design Wall Monday

Stash Report: Week 50 of 2016

The holiday season is in full swing at our place.  Baking, shopping, wrapping, and visiting family are well underway.  So much so that there's not been a lot of stitching this week.  I only managed to spend one day out of the last 7 in the sewing room.  It's just that time of year.  Consequently the stash report is pretty minimal this week.  

Used last week:  0.16 yards
Used year to date:  58.51 yards
Added year to date:  69.02 yards
Net added year to date:  10.51 yards.  

At least there is a bit going out with nothing coming in.  I'm slowly working myself out of the negative.  Unfortunately, I don't think there is enough year for me to get all the way back to the black.  

The tree is all decorated, Drama Teen and a couple of her friends finished that off last week.  I'll sign off this week with one of my favorite ornaments from the tree. 

Linking up with Patchwork Times Stash Report.