Applique Tuesday on Wednesday

After the past two days of baby sitting, prepping for medical tests, Christmas shopping (not - didn't find much!) and getting ready for St. Anne's - I barely had squeezed much applique fun into my time.  I did add a teeny bit to my poor neglected LE:

The background is a lot lighter cream.

 

Finally decided on a vase fabric.  Thanks to all who helped my out with this.  Were you more successful?  Sure would like to see some eye candy of any kind to soothe the harried soul.  Linky below.  I'm linking to Esther's WOW and Connie's Linky Tuesday.  See you there.



Coming off Design Wall

The rag quilt top is done. 

Here is the back.  I took all the pieces of flannel I had left of these brown fabrics and put them into blocks to make the 49 squares for the back. Yes, I had to use a small blue piece - but that's the luck of the draw from the bag.  Now a member of St. Anne's gets to clip it.

I'm linking to Judy's Design Wall Monday and Lyn's BOMs Away.  How about you?  What's on your design wall?  I still have the scrappy trip blocks to work on.

Stash Report

Can't believe this!  I've actually got a UFO out of a stash box and soon to be out of the sewing room, even.  Since I've never counted that fabric - that's a yard there and another for the back.  Also pulled some tiny scraps for hexies - but too small to count.  The rest of the sewing from last week was from a kit and the St. Anne's stash so I can't count that.  Here are my numbers:

in 0.0 yds.; out 2.0 yds.

Stash in YTD: in 9.0 yds., out YTD 111.44yds.

Donated YTD: 51.26 yds

Net for 2013: out 102.44 yds

That UFO is now sandwiched (I've decided that's my least favorite part of making a quilt), and I'm quilting it.  Nothing fancy - stars in the middle of the plain blocks, diagonal lines on the four patches, and loops and stars in the border done as FMQ.

I'm linking over to Judy's Patchwork Times.  How did you do on your de-stashing?