Stash, Stitching Time, and a Really Old Quilt

In my last post, I shared my newest fully finished cross-stitch items and I have an exciting quilt finish for this post. I shared a bit of the background of this quilt and a picture of the quilt back in my end of January post. I realized a few weeks into February that I needed to finish this so that I could quilt a baby quilt for a baby shower, so I got moving and finished this one up, then added the binding a little later in the month. This quilt is affectionately called "The Fat Quarter Quilt" as you select 8 fat quarters to create the cascading pattern across the middle. I just found the price tag from when I bought the fat quarter bundle as the group of 8 was only $12.50!! Today, most fat quarters are $3-$3.50 each. 

Fat Quarter Quilt - started 2006, finished 2022

Quilting detail - Fat Quarter Quilt

After I finished quilting this one, I got a move on with the baby quilt and loaded, quilted and bound it all in one day so it would be ready for the baby shower! It is a panel called a Monthly Marker and mom lays baby on the quilt, takes a picture, and then circles the age by selecting the right month/day/year. These are quite the popular way on Instagram to watch a baby grow. I gifted it to the mom-to-be the following weekend and hope that she'll enjoy using it. 

Monthly Marker baby gift

I also have two stitching finishes for February - I have been working on both of these for a while and am glad to have finished them both up. 

First is Chilly Penguins, a hand embroidery piece. This came printed on a piece of natural muslin and I used two strands of DMC thread in to do the stitching. This was a great travel project, as it is a little easier on the eyes than cross stitch. I plan to finish this one into a wall hanging. 

Chilly Penguins

Second is the Snow Place Series by Country Cottage Needleworks. This is 5 separate patterns that I decided to stitch in a row. It is stitched on a mystery fabric which is most likely 28 count with most of the called for colors. The blue and the green house on the right are done with Threadworx and I just love the vibrancy and variegation in these threads. You can bet I will be looking for other projects which could use this thread. For this one, I am not sure yet if I will frame this or make it into a pillow. 

Snow Place by Country Cottage Needleworks

It was a good month - between these and the three FFOs that I shared in my last post, it has been a good start to the year. Life is a little busier in March and I am sure it will be through the warmer months, but I am glad to have a few stitching WIPs complete and a few quilt UFOs finished. 

Here are the stats for those who enjoy following along with stash usage and stitching time: 

Stash Report - linking up with Donna at Quilt Paint Create

Fabric added this month: 2 1/2 yards (I picked up a layer cake for a future project)
Fabric used this month: 2 1/2 yards (the baby gift)
Fabric added year to date: 3 1/2 yards

Fabric used year to date: 7 5/8 yards (thanks to quilt backs!)
Net fabric used: 4 1/8 yards

Stitching time - linking up with Kate at Life in Pieces

Days with at least 15 minutes of stitching = 27/28 = 96%

Hope you had a great February too!