Sometimes a retreat isn't so good for the stash report, especially a retreat in a quilt shop! With a shop hop! I do most of my retreat prep ahead of time with pre-cutting so I don't often have lots of fabric usage on retreat, but I usually do a little bit of shopping. This year, I didn't do as much pre-cutting, so I knew I would have some usage on the retreat. I did buy a few things, but overall came out on top. You can see the projects made from the fabrics I used here.
I did go on one shopping trip and bought a few pieces of bright red and orange. I don't have a plan for them, but couldn't quite pass them up. I also bought a FQ of the cream fabric to finish up my Disappearing Four Patch top - I wanted to make it a certain size and ran out of my background fabric, so I found something in the shop that would look close enough that it wouldn't stand out like a sore thumb.
Fabric added this week: 2 3/4 yards
Fabric used this week: 5 3/8 yards
Fabric added year to date: 6 1/4 yards
Fabric used year to date: 16 yards
I am hoping to get some borders on a top and a back made this week, so hopefully I will have some more to report as busted next week - fingers crossed!
Hope you had a great week with your stash! See other stash reports over at Patchwork Times (which is a great blog to read whether you're a quilter or not!).
Oh, and I have to show you how pretty the snow was in my backyard when I arrived home from retreat on Wednesday afternoon - this will likely be our last snow of the year and it was a gorgeous one!
I did go on one shopping trip and bought a few pieces of bright red and orange. I don't have a plan for them, but couldn't quite pass them up. I also bought a FQ of the cream fabric to finish up my Disappearing Four Patch top - I wanted to make it a certain size and ran out of my background fabric, so I found something in the shop that would look close enough that it wouldn't stand out like a sore thumb.
Overall, the report didn't take too much of a hit:
Fabric added this week: 2 3/4 yards
Fabric used this week: 5 3/8 yards
Fabric added year to date: 6 1/4 yards
Fabric used year to date: 16 yards
I am hoping to get some borders on a top and a back made this week, so hopefully I will have some more to report as busted next week - fingers crossed!
Hope you had a great week with your stash! See other stash reports over at Patchwork Times (which is a great blog to read whether you're a quilter or not!).
Oh, and I have to show you how pretty the snow was in my backyard when I arrived home from retreat on Wednesday afternoon - this will likely be our last snow of the year and it was a gorgeous one!
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