I had a very productive week this week, as I finished off the teacher gifts and got them to school in time, made a stocking, worked on another of Lois' UFOs, started piecing on one of my UFOs that I cut early this year, and got more than half of a queen sized quilt quilted.
I meant to line up all the teacher gifts and take a picture of them together, but had them wrapped and half of them in the car before I remembered. Here's a picture of the last one I made. I had the kids ask each of the teachers their favorite color and matched the box to that. For most of Jenna's teachers, she picked out the FQ to use.
I also made a stocking for our friend Richard's little brother Curtis. Curtis was less than a month old last year at Christmas, and I didn't remember to make him a stocking like his brother's, so his mom asked if I would do it this year. Lucky for me, this was the last one in a panel of four. My mom embroidered his name and I got the stocking put together this week. They picked it up on Christmas eve, and I am sure Santa did a good job of filling it up for him.
On Thursday, I had a sewing day at Kathy's house and we really enjoyed working in her basement, which has lots of room for quilting and also a play area for the kids. Jack and Jenna kept themselves entertained all day playing with new toys and really enjoying the legos! I got this top together (it is one of Lois' UFOs) - just needs mitered borders added, which I'll do another day.
I will show pics of the other quilt on the frame when I get it done (hopefully later today). All in all, it was a great week and we celebrating Christmas over the past two days with lots of family, food, gifts, and fun! I did get a little fabric as presents, so that accounts for my fabric added this week.
Fabric added this week: 5 1/4 yards
Fabric used this week: 1 3/8 yards
Fabric added year to date: 44 5/8 yards
Fabric used year to date: 132 3/4 yards
Net fabric used: 88 1/8 yards
Not sure that I will hit the 100 yard mark by next week, but we'll see! I may have to cut up a bunch of pet scrap bags! I am going to finish off this year in my report next week since I run my stash week from Sun - Sat.
I meant to line up all the teacher gifts and take a picture of them together, but had them wrapped and half of them in the car before I remembered. Here's a picture of the last one I made. I had the kids ask each of the teachers their favorite color and matched the box to that. For most of Jenna's teachers, she picked out the FQ to use.
On Thursday, I had a sewing day at Kathy's house and we really enjoyed working in her basement, which has lots of room for quilting and also a play area for the kids. Jack and Jenna kept themselves entertained all day playing with new toys and really enjoying the legos! I got this top together (it is one of Lois' UFOs) - just needs mitered borders added, which I'll do another day.
I will show pics of the other quilt on the frame when I get it done (hopefully later today). All in all, it was a great week and we celebrating Christmas over the past two days with lots of family, food, gifts, and fun! I did get a little fabric as presents, so that accounts for my fabric added this week.
Fabric added this week: 5 1/4 yards
Fabric used this week: 1 3/8 yards
Fabric added year to date: 44 5/8 yards
Fabric used year to date: 132 3/4 yards
Net fabric used: 88 1/8 yards
Not sure that I will hit the 100 yard mark by next week, but we'll see! I may have to cut up a bunch of pet scrap bags! I am going to finish off this year in my report next week since I run my stash week from Sun - Sat.
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