Stash Report 8/28/11

I made two BOM blocks and those extra 2 light blocks so that used up a fat eighth and I put the back to my scrappy split nine patch, so that used a yard, I'm happy to report giving me these numbers for the week:
Used this week: 1.13 yards
Used/Donated Yr to date: 56.95 yards
Added this wk: 0.0 yards
Total Yr to date Added: -11.0 yards
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Total Yr to date Use: 45.95 yards

And here's the finished quilt front.  I like how rotating it can make a different set of blocks pop out. 

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Favorite Things Friday 8/26/11

Two of my favorite things are my family and my garden.  I mentioned in Thursday's post that Lily likes to dance.  If she hears music, she starts dancing and even singing along.

And from my garden:  A Naked Lady surprised me!

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Applique Thursday 8/25/11 - One of First Efforts

Back from a wonderful two days babysitting my DGD, Lily, at my mother's house.  DS and DDIL took DGS2 to LegoLand - not a place for a 16 month old.  Here's our darling:

I couldn't believe 16 month olds could move so fast!  And she wanted to check out everything!  Nothing was safe.  Good thing Mom and I put everything below 30 inches away so Lily wouldn't take them apart.  She loves to push buttons, and dance.  I'll post about that later. 

As expected, no sewing got done, but I was able to photograph one of my first applique efforts.  It is a round robin my DD, DDIL, and I made for Mom.  It's totally made in flannel and the wonderful color scheme is due to my DDIL's wonderful eye for coordinating fabrics.  Check this out:

I hand appliqued the hearts on my first round.  When it came back to me for the second pass, I decided to do the applique border.  The vine is machine straight stitched and the flowers are hand appliqued.  Here's a close up.

Mom keeps it on one of her guest beds. 

As it's Applique Thursday, please add a link to an applique work you admire, are in the middle of finishing or any applique you'd like to share. Just click on the blue Add a link below.  It will walk you through how to do it.  So look forward to your eye candy!