Applique Thursday 4/11/13

I never thought I'd say this but after my marathon of finishing 4 charity quilts, I'm bummed out about quilting today.  I hope it goes away soon.  I am happy I got two of my three goals done, but all I've accomplished for my third (and the applique one at that!) is finally decide on the background for My Whimsical Quilt Garden.  Because I'm trying to use up stash, I dug and dug til I found this:

It looks like it would go nicely with those whimsical blocks, and it's a big enough piece for all of the quilt.  I know it isn't yellow as was my first choice, but the only yellows I have seemed too bright for the background. What do you think?

Oh, I am so in need of eye candy.  Here's the book I'm offering this week:

To win this copy, all you need to do is comment or link to have a chance for it to be yours. Or do both and have two chances. And for extra chances, tell your friends about this giveaway. If they comment or link and mention you in their comment, you'll automatically get another entry in this giveaway. Submissions end Wednesday night. Use the blue link below. And remember, it doesn't have to be applique (that you share that is) - all sorts of eye candy is eligible and very welcome - even projects you finish a while ago - it'll all be new to me. 

Design Wall Monday 4/8/13

I thought I had 4 charity quilts to quilt - turns out I only have one to quilt and three to bind.  Am now working on the binding of the third. In the photo above I am sewing the binding to the back of the quilt and then will bring it over to the front and machine stitch it down.  I finished the two others and they are on this pile (the first top two). These will go to St. Anne's for new mothers and their babies.

I'm been reprieved of babysitting tomorrow, so that will give me a good start on quilting the last one and then binding it.  I'm on track to get them done by the 10th to show on the 11th - yeah! My cutting table is my design wall and the extension to the bed of my sewing machine, so that's why I'm showing these today.  What's on your design wall?  I'm linking over to Judy's Patchwork Times to see what others are working on.

Back to binding.

Stash Report 4/7/13

Frank was over for a part of his spring break. We took walks and explored the neighborhood.  Took in a movie, visited family in between spots of computer time.  It's always nice to have him here.

After his dad picked him up, I was able to put in some quilting time.  I sewed together a VA charity quilt for 2 yards out and bound two other charity quilts for .6 yards out.  Hope to get another St. Anne's quilt done today.

Here are my numbers:

 in 0.0 yds.; out 2.6 yds.

Stash YTD: in 3.0 yds., out  27.33 yds.

Donated this week: 0.0 yds; YTD: 8.09 yds

Net for 2013: out 24.33 yds.

 

Still at a snail's pace forward, but it is forward - LOL - I'll have to weed some fabric from my stash for the thrifty corner at our next guild meeting - maybe that will jump start me again to a faster pace.

 

How are you doing?  Would love to see what's happening with your stash.  I'm linking to Judy's Patchwork Times to see what others have done.