Stash Report 4/21/13

These lilies surprised us!

Not much actual quilting this week using up stash fabric except for a few scraps for my hexie project and a few batik scraps for my morning glory block for a total of .13 yards (LOL).  So I went stash diving and found 7.25 yards to donate to my guild Thrifty Corner.  The money realized from this fund raiser goes to pay for community service endeavors - ie batting, backings, etc. - a good cause.  Here are my numbers:

in 0.0 yds.; out 7.38 yds.

Stash YTD: in 3.0 yds., out   36.96 yds.

Donated this week: 0.0 yds; YTD: 15.34 yds

Net for 2013: out 33.96 yds.

 

 Next week I hope to start another charity quilt and thus move forward with used instead of donated fabric.
I'm linking to Judy's Patchwork Times.  Check out how others have done.

Friday Finish

I finally gave in and started a hexie project.  I had seen so many beautiful ones online that they finally got to me.  That and the wonderful tutorials out there for making them. One of my favorites is by Becky Goldsmith - she shows you how to use a glue pen and that makes it go fast! Go here to see it.
And here's the one I finished (well, at least the first row - phew! Remember this is new to me):

And of course, I started with one of the smallest templates.  These measure 1/2" on the side, but that's what the pattern I chose calls for.  Now for you hexie veterans a question.  When do I take out the papers?  The center one alreay popped out when I was adding the last ones in the row.  Should I leave the others in until I attach to the background?  TIA!

And I made a lot more progress on my morning glory block:
The flowers are just placed so I could see how they looked with the background.  I have seen some this color on my daily walks. They're on a fence around a senior apartment complex.  I have had white ones and lavender ones in my garden in previous years, but they take up so much water, I've stopped planting them.  Actually, I don't have to as there are so many volunteers. Now these on the block are in very rudimentary stage. I still have to glue down the ridges in the centers and then do some thread work . Then they'll be ready to fuse to the block. You can see at my previous post how speedy I got with this one and see my giveaway too.

I'm linking over to Amanda Jean's Finish it Up Friday. Lots of beautiful finishes over there.

Applique Thursday 4/18/13

Finally made some progress on my Forget Me Not block.  I am learning a lot doing this BOM. People have already finished theirs.  I'm just on block 5. However the quilts are so beautiful, I'm going to keep on going cuz I want one too!  Got more of the greenery done today.

 

Now have to work on the morning glory flower petals.

 

The winner of the Wacky blocks book last week is Hueisei from Malaysia. Congratulations, Hueisei!

 



This week's book has no applique.  Totally piecing.  Has some great quilts and interesting ideas for these kind of quilts.

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.

I'm linking up with Pat Sloan's Show & Tell.  Check it out.