2018 Fabric Moratorium
#431
Me too ck!
Rob really like your art quilt. Keep going back and looking at it. And your rocking the moratorium too!
Happylab what restraints. I will keep working on staying on the wagon with you guys.
I just keep plugging along on my five projects. Hope everyone gets to do some quilting.
Rob really like your art quilt. Keep going back and looking at it. And your rocking the moratorium too!
Happylab what restraints. I will keep working on staying on the wagon with you guys.
I just keep plugging along on my five projects. Hope everyone gets to do some quilting.
#432
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Florida
Posts: 3,832
To make quilts quickly, I've been using rail fence. With 3 1/2yd WOF strips, I can make a top 36 1/2" x 42 1/2". The guild comfor quilt program needs larger quilts. Most of my fabric is 1/2yd pieces. So I got creative. The layout was done on the design wall. Now that it's made, I can see how it can be done in strip sets-a lot faster. Will do this again.
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#433
Ooooooooh! Pretty peththefabric!!! Rail fence is a fun pattern to experiment with colors... I've only done this in strips but I haven't used scraps so I can see the challenge in doing this pattern in smaller pieces. 1/2 yard should do the trick with stripping.
Worked on SBS today.. 26 to go.... I am blasting through the background fabric for this project and had to pull more from stash (I had to steal WOW from a future project but I overbought so hopefully, I will still have enough)..
Worked on SBS today.. 26 to go.... I am blasting through the background fabric for this project and had to pull more from stash (I had to steal WOW from a future project but I overbought so hopefully, I will still have enough)..
#434
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Between the dashes of a tombstone
Posts: 12,716
Nice job...ptfabric!
Teen, just keep sewing, just keep sewing...you will have them done in no time.
Put another baby quilt on the LA today...almost done. I "wrote" in the horizontal dark border, and have to turn the fabric to "write" in the other 3 borders after it was all quilted. This quilt has a central cheater block and successive borders with cornerstones. I have to remember how I quilted in the top cornerstones..they aren't the same as the bottom..all part of the learning experience! I need to find another short piece of yellow dot binding for this, if I can't then will have to dig a bit into stash to finish it off.
Teen, just keep sewing, just keep sewing...you will have them done in no time.
Put another baby quilt on the LA today...almost done. I "wrote" in the horizontal dark border, and have to turn the fabric to "write" in the other 3 borders after it was all quilted. This quilt has a central cheater block and successive borders with cornerstones. I have to remember how I quilted in the top cornerstones..they aren't the same as the bottom..all part of the learning experience! I need to find another short piece of yellow dot binding for this, if I can't then will have to dig a bit into stash to finish it off.
#435
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 2,414
Hi y'all! Thank you for this thread. I took the pledge as soon as I joined and I haven't bought any fabric since then. Everything has come out of my stash! but you can't see the difference. I have enough left to make 1000 more quilts at least... enough to keep me busy for the next 50 years ... I'm only 80 yrs old now, so I have plenty of time ... LOL! I hope there are sewing machines in Heaven!
#436
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 9,186
Hi Silly Susan,
I am in the same boat as you! But here is my plan. I am going to buy a camper. Dig a big hole in the back yard for the camper to fit into, so when I die, my stash, etc. plus me will go into the camper and it will be topped with dirt. I don't just want to be buried in the ground with nothing to do.
Silly Ellie
I am in the same boat as you! But here is my plan. I am going to buy a camper. Dig a big hole in the back yard for the camper to fit into, so when I die, my stash, etc. plus me will go into the camper and it will be topped with dirt. I don't just want to be buried in the ground with nothing to do.
Silly Ellie
#437
Lol!! Wonderful giggle for my day... Good plan, Blue Bell! I believe God's got our back and will likely have a LQS at our disposal.
Silly Susan.... Good job using your stash and fulfilling your commitment to yourself. I bet your stash is a blast to pilfer..
Silly Susan.... Good job using your stash and fulfilling your commitment to yourself. I bet your stash is a blast to pilfer..
#438
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Between the dashes of a tombstone
Posts: 12,716
Hi Silly Susan,
I am in the same boat as you! But here is my plan. I am going to buy a camper. Dig a big hole in the back yard for the camper to fit into, so when I die, my stash, etc. plus me will go into the camper and it will be topped with dirt. I don't just want to be buried in the ground with nothing to do.
Silly Ellie
I am in the same boat as you! But here is my plan. I am going to buy a camper. Dig a big hole in the back yard for the camper to fit into, so when I die, my stash, etc. plus me will go into the camper and it will be topped with dirt. I don't just want to be buried in the ground with nothing to do.
Silly Ellie
#439
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Asheville, previously Lake Vermilion, Tarpon Springs, Duluth, St Paul, Soudan
Posts: 1,651
Well...today was close to a fall. Saw a beautiful laser cut applique pattern for a sailboat wallhanging kit. It was $99! But it was all cut accurately, and absolutely gorgeous, and DH’s sister just bought a sailboat in St Pete, and....
It was in my shopping cart. I was filling in the credit card number. I stopped, removed it from my cart. Bought a Hawaiian applique pattern from Etsy. I will find fabric in my stash that will work.
It was in my shopping cart. I was filling in the credit card number. I stopped, removed it from my cart. Bought a Hawaiian applique pattern from Etsy. I will find fabric in my stash that will work.
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