Stashbusting 2011 - #23

Fabric Added this week - 0 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date - 61.25 yards

Fabric Used this week - 3.5 yards
Fabric Used Year to Date - 106.125 yards

YEAR TO DATE STASH USED: 44.875 yards

The only fabric I used this week was for the borders, backing and binding of my Hands 2 Help quilt, but it's done and ready to be shipped.

My Big May Finish

This baby quilt consumed much of the month, but it was certainly worth it. I gave it to Dané at her baby shower on Saturday and I think Jeff and Dané both liked it.



Some closeups of the blocks:








And the corner:


Cupcakes and the diaper cake for the shower:

Carole's Sunbonnet Sue

I finished this beautiful quilt made by Carole. She had some of the crosshatching marked as she was planning to hand quilt it.



She requested echo quilting around the trapunto'd Sunbonnet Sue and the bunnies. I quilted Continuous curves in the colored squares and added a little spineless feather in the outer borders.



And the back:

H2H Update & Design Wall Monday

This is the status of my H2H quilt. I plan to finish it this week, adding some borders and doing the quilting.

Stashbusting 2011 - #22

Fabric Added this week - 0 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date - 61.25 yards

Fabric Used this week - 4.625 yards
Fabric Used Year to Date - 102.625 yards

YEAR TO DATE STASH USED: 41.375 yards

Just the backing and binding on the scrap squad quilt this week.

How long?

How long does it take to load, quilt with a dwirling design, cut, attach and hand stitch binding on a 62x72" quilt?

4 hours and about 17 minutes. That's what I did last night for Vicci.
She made this cute quilt for her grandson and needs to get it shipped across the country for his birthday.



I loaded it with my quick snaps at about 8:00pm after dinner and making cream cheese mints for the baby shower this weekend.



I started hand sewing the binding at 9:40 and finished at 12:17am



Yes, I was a bit tired today, but not too tired to load and quilt the latest Scrap Squad quilt tonight.



Now, if the tornado sirens would quit going off, I could get some sleep!

Stitch-Fixer

That's the new name we've chosen for my husband. Maybe we need joint business cards: Ruthie's Quilting and Stitch-Fixer!

Last week Dan attended Sewing Machine Repair School in Shipshewana, given by Ray White.



He really enjoyed the class and learned a lot. It's been interesting hearing him talk about sewing machines, the perfect stitch, and figuring out problems in the machines he's collected.

And now he's certified! Do you have a machine to be serviced?