Stash Report-week ending 3/6/11

I've tried to be strong. I've tried so very hard to stay on this fabric diet. I look at fabric online almost every day. I even fill up carts and make wish lists. I'm weak. There are so many fabrics that I'd love to buy. Some have even been on sale. I've resisted most of them. My all time favorite Fig Tree line since I have gotten back into quilting has been Patisserie. I have a layer cake of it and a teensy bit of yardage that is set aside with a pattern in mind. But I've been looking for another layer cake. I found one, full price and was about to buy it and then I got a sales notice from The Quilt Shoppe. I thought they had already closed their doors but this said that all remaining fabrics were 50% off. So of course, being weak, I went to take a look. There was ONE layer cake and ONE Jelly Roll of Moda's Patisserie! I put them in my cart and thought about them for a bit. Just for a bit, because I knew that at 50% off they wouldn't last long. I bought both of them thinking that surely one or the other or maybe both had really already been purchased by someone ahead of me and they site was not updated yet.

This is what showed up in my mailbox yesterday!!!



I want to use the Jelly Roll to make THIS pattern by Margot. I can hardly wait for that pattern to be released. I'm not sure what I will use as the border at this point. I'll have to start searching for some yardage and hope it will be available in June. I'm still undecided which pattern to use with the layer cake but I have a few ideas. I know that I will keep at least one of these quilts.

So all that to say, here is my stash report for the week.

6 yards in week ending 3/6
9.875 yards out week ending 3/6
15.75 yards YTD IN
28.50 yards YTD OUT

12.75 yards TOTAL BUSTED 2011

I am linking up here with my stash report.


The yardage OUT is what I've used for the Thimble Blossoms 'A Piece of Cake' quilt using Moda's Cotton Blossoms daughter colorway. I am sewing the binding to the back now and should probably finish that up tonight or tomorrow night while hubby and I watch a movie. I should have pictures of the completed, washed & dried quilt later this week.

Praise - Today we had sunshine AND snow. At the same time! God is so amazing.

Prayers - continued prayers for Katy (church friend), Grant and Joanne. For healing for their bodies. For strength and comfort and rest.

and a little bit of Pink & Black

Finally - the Minkee 1 project that I posted about here arrived at its destination. It seemed to take FORever to get there. Now my friend usually rips her packages open right there on the front porch while I possess more restraint. Yesterday she was taunting me. She ate some lunch while chatting with me on messenger. Then she decided to have some ice cream. She didn't know that I could out wait her. Oh sure I was anxious for her to open the package but I KNEW that she could not outlast me. I KNEW that it would get the best of her - eventually. And it did. After we chatted some more she said "Don't you want me to open the package?" Hehehehe :D I said, "whenever you get around to it is good for me". I figured that would get to her. When she finally got through all the packing tape, this is what she found;

It is a throw for her scraproom couch. That is the color scheme of her scraproom. Pink walls, black furniture. If she would ever get the curtains done they would be Sis Boom Bell Bottoms Damask and Stripe in black and white.

That is the first time I have used Minkee and mmmmmmmmmmm it is so luxurious! I plan to use some for the backing of a quilt in the near future. Maybe the one I make using Moda's Cotton Blossom.


A nice Sunday afternoon here but once again it is way too cool to be at the lake. I think I am going to SEW!!!

Prayers - for all of the people in the path of Gustav, and those left in its wake. I have been watching the progress of the storm with a heavy heart. To see there is another one developing right behind this one...ugh. Praying!!