Design Wall Monday 9/19/11

My coverlet is back on my design wall.  Tomorrow is the end of summer and the last day I can say I finished this for this summer.  But if it doesn't happen - I"ll at least have it done for Indian Summer as the Autumnal Equinox is wednesday and I want to work on it all week.  And we always seem to have some warm days for that.  We were suppose to use it as a light cover for summer when you don't want something heavy and warm on your bed.  Looks like it will be a bed topper to ward off the chill after the Indian Summer days.  Have added a new bottom row.  It took a while as I had to take apart one of my swap blocks to make it fit - too big (lol - that's better than too small).

What's on your design wall?  I'll be at my DS's house, and will check from there when Lily gives me a chance.  To see others or perhaps post your own, go see Judy's at Patchwork Times.

Stash Report 9/18/11

Only used some scraps to make flying geese for the Crumb-Along - about a fat eighth.  And I did add a half yard of Kaffe Fassett from a local quilt shop where I went to buy a new Creative Grids ruler (6 1/2 x 24). So it's back to weeding my stash and giving some fabric away.  Here are my numbers:

Used/Donated this week: 9.13 yards
Used/Donated Yr to date: 74.75 yards
Added this wk: 0.5 yards
Total Yr to date Added: -11.5 yards
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Total Yr to date Used: 63.25 yards

Again, not the way I want to destash, but need to make some progress.  I'll take the nine yards to my LQG meeting tuesday.  Sadly, my DS's MIL is in the ICU unit at the hospital and it does not look good, so I probably won't get much quilting in.  I'm going to go and help with the DGKs so that my DIL can stay with her mother as much as possible.  Please pray for Barbara and the family.

To see more stash reports, visit Judy's Patchwork Times. 

Applique Thursday 9/15/11

Another busy day - 5 errands to run and a road trip to take Mom home to Temecula. I'm posting today another early quilt (way back in the 90's) of an piecing and applique quilt I made from blocks won in a BOM. The birds are borderie perse. I called it Our House is Always Open. Would love to see your eye candy that has applique and piecing. Leave a link below.