Whew - - - it's done! My clean-out-this-stash project is finished!

This is the last quilt - TPP aka Teal-Pink-Purple. 

This quilt is 62" square. I used my quilting rulers to cross hatch this with a free-motion foot rather than marking straight lines.

I used Aurifil thread for the piecing and the quilting and Dream Cotton Batting. The back is a soft lavender and has some of the leftover blocks.

The binding has all of the colors of the quilt.

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23 quilts are done and 22 will be or have been donated. I used the few fabrics in my stash that were not my favorites and many not-so-big pieces leftover from other quilts. I began this project 6-months ago in September, 2016. The flannel leader-ender project, started at the same time is still ongoing - those 3 quilts will be finished by next winter. 

I hope to keep my stash a little more under control - this was ridiculous. I'm so glad that these quilts will now go to people who can use them.

Here is a quick recap of the other 22 scrap quilts:

Dinosaur Quilt 

Blue Jelly Roll Race with Brights

Flannel Baby Quilt with Animals

Blue with Sunshine 

Red Lasagna

Sailboats

Scrappy Stars

Pepto Pink

Grandsons' Donation Quilt

Jungle Donation Quilt

Red and Blue Stars Donation Quilt  

Turtle Quilt

Baby Elephants

Circus Donation Quilt

Red White Blue Lasagna Quilt

Boy Squares

Red Lasagna with Sunshine 

Gooseberries

Red and White Squares 

Child Bricks

My Stars

Brights with White Squares

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What's next? I still have a huge stash It does fit into my studio though and in addition to piecing the three flannel leader/ender quilts, I have my Kaffe Fassett quilt from last September to quilt.  I also have six other quilts started using just fabric that I own. It's hard to believe I used to only work on one quilt at a time. I don't think I'll have any problem staying busy...

Brights with White Squares and one more Chemo Hat are finished

Happy National Quilting Day! I spend all morning rolling pie dough - our team is again making pies to benefit our churches'  mission teams. Later I will spend some time stitching. Yay!

Brights with White Squares is finished. It is 57" by 69" - a really nice size to snuggle under. This is another donation quilt from my  clean-out-this-stash project.

The pattern is Piece Out, from Missouri Star Quilt Company's Block magazine. I think the only change I made to the pattern is that I used one border instead of two. A friend made this in black and white with the little squares in bright colors - it was gorgeous!

This is free motion quilted with a stipple loop pattern. The loops are the sizes of nickels and quarters. Of course, I used Aurifil thread and Dream Cotton batting.

I love the back on this quilt - it's orange!

It is rather busy but neat.

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I  finished another Chemo Hat. This is made from Bamboo Pop. I think it's a very happy color.

Now it is time to sit down and stitch...

Child Bricks, My Stars, and more Chemo Hats are finished

Child Bricks is finished.  The bricks are 4" by 8" finished and the quilt measures 56" by 60". All of the bricks are either plain colors or relate to things kids like. This is another quilt from my clean-out-this-stash project.

I used Aurifil thread and Dream Cotton batting. I really like having the entire quilt made of cotton. The back has a few small bricks.

The entire donation quilt is 7 bricks by 15 bricks. I quilted it with a square stipple using my quilting rulers but I not sure you can see the quilting in the photos. Maybe some child will be able to use the back as roads for their toy cars.

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My Stars is also finished. This is another donation quilt from my clean-out-this-stash project.

Using my quilting rulers, I quilted the stars in straight lines radiating out from the center of the star. 

Then I did a large stipple with various large flowers around the stars. 

The small orange border is feathers while the outside striped border is a large stipple. 

The corners are flowers.

The back is pieced with all orange and yellow polka-dot fabrics - I do love orange!

This photo is a little washed out.

This quilt is 48" by 48" and I used Aurifil thread and Dream Cotton batting.

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I have also finished a couple more Chemo Hats. These are both made from Bamboo Pop, a bamboo and cotton yarn.

Both of these are very soft and lightweight.

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Today Ray and I spent a number of hours making pies for our church. Twice a year, our team takes orders and then makes pies with the proceeds going to our mission team. It was the perfect day, after all, today is  3-14, pi day!

Red and White Squares and a Few Hats

I guess I haven't posted for a while. Hmmm, I must be busy - I know I'm not bored! 

I finished Red and White Squares. This 49" by 60" quilt is a variation of Missouri Star Quilt Company's Floating Stars. This quilt is part of my clean-out-this-stash project -  there are only 4 more quilts to finish. I've already started working on other projects but you will see those 4 finishes before any other quilts get done!

I quilted this donation quilt in a crosshatch grid pattern using my quilt rulers.

I used Dream Cotton batting and Aurifil thread. The back has some of the leftover blocks from the front.

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I've been knitting some donation hats. My 'local' yarn shop the closest one to us is collecting Chemo Hats for Halos of Hope. I decided to use some of my leftover yarn and some free patterns to make a few hats. I'm making more - it's a great use for leftover yarn.

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I've been kitting some projects for an upcoming retreat. I wanted one more project but then I saw two quilts that I really wanted to make. They both have batiks. I love batiks! I have them both cut out and ready to go. I just pulled fabrics from my stash - I still have plenty 😊

An End and some Beginnings

Today I decided to do the middle of my housework! Ray is gone to a photography class and there isn't much I need to do. I am vacuuming - well, Rosie Roomba is actually doing that; I just pushed the button.

First, I have a finish. I won a charm pack about a year ago at Lucky 2B Quilting. I bought a second pack and the backing to go with it. These colors/fabrics really don't go in my house but this will be perfect for the table on our screened porch this summer. Gooseberries is 52" by 54".

I didn't take a picture on the porch because we had snow last night and some wind - the table is covered with snow. I used Aurifil thread and Dream Cotton batting.

I knew I had enough of the backing for the binding but I couldn't find it. So the binding is navy. I did located the extra fabric - about 10 minutes after I sewed the binding on!

I free-motion quilted this. I started in the center (the turquoise square) with a circle and wavy flower-like petals around it. I continued from there in all directions adding in partial flower centers and the petals. I think it gave some great dimension and crinkliness to the quilt.

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I sewed a blue binding on a Child Bricks - I hope to have it finished soon. It was square so I trimmed the batting and binding away after I sewed the binding on.

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I have a retreat coming up in a month and I wanted to prep some projects. Everything that is left from my clean-out-this-stash project either needs to be quilted or is waiting for binding. So it is time for some new projects - yay!!!

You may recall that my friend Nancy gave me her stash a while back. I was to keep anything that I would use. I kept lots.! I think this will be a simple baby quilt that will go together fast.

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The fish fabric is also from Nancy. The green, yellow, orange, and turquoise (which doesn't show in the picture) is from my stash. Yes I still have a large stash! I have a simple quilt in mind that I'll call Fish Sticks. 

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I have seen a quilt on Facebook a few times recently and I want to make it. It is from the blog, Quilting is More Fun that Housework. Here is Cynthia's picture:

Cynthia gives a tutorial on her blog. I'll be following it with a few changes. I've pulled fabric from my stash, cut some fabric and decided I have to wait for the retreat to begin sewing.

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Then I decided to spend some time on my leader/ender project. I am making a flannel quilt(s) called Hugs. Leslie, The Cuddle Quilter made a couple quilts a while back and I loved them.

I have enough HSTs for the first quilt and am well on my way to having enough for the second. I'm not sure - I might make three of these with different variations.

I still need to sew some of the triangles into squares. 

 

Today I decided to start making units of two and then four. The sun was beautiful coming through the window.

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Hope Ray enjoyed his photography class as much as I enjoyed sewing today! He'll be home before long - we are headed to the Firemen's Steak Fry tonight.

More finishes - Red Lasagna with Sunshine and hats

Red Lasagna with Sunshine was last week. It is another donation quilt and measures about 55" by 60".

I used Dream Cotton batting and Aurifil thread for both the piecing and quilting. I used my wavy ruler and yellow thread to quilt this - I think you can see the quilting in this photo.

 

This photo of the back is not true to color. The back is brighter and there is no pink in the front.

One more picture of Red Lasagna with Sunshine - I love the streaks of sunshine hitting it from the beautiful day we were having.

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After making grandson G's hat, I got orders from his two brothers. Grandson L wanted a hat just like G's but I wanted them slightly different so he got stripes. The letters 'HOCKEY' are duplicate stitched.

This is the same pattern that I used for G's hat - my children's version of the Manning Park Hat Pattern. The back does not have any writing.

The inside of the double brim is red. L loved his hat!

Grandson M sat down with a paper and pencil and designed/drew a picture of what he wanted. He plays a Fender guitar and asked if I could put patches on his hat. There is a first time for everything...

The inside of the brim is red.

I told him I could only do one patch because it would inhibit the  stretch of the hat but I found that I could do two - he was very happy!

Fender guitar patch

M's hat is made from the Manning Park Hat pattern. I followed the pattern for an adult small with a few changes - I shortened the length of the brim by 1/4" and the length of the hat by 1/4". I made the hat all black except for the inside of the brim according to M's specifications.