Quilt/Stash Project--2020..Determined Quilter

QUILT/STASH PROJECT-2020...DETERMINED QUILTER


Wednesday, August 25, 2010..year 2...Blog 72..Day 410 of 4,014

Brief check-in and report..

I am FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I HAVE NOT UP-DATED THIS BLOG FOR 11 DAYS.

I planned to be more consistant..at lest twice a week....

No excuses..just can't even explain all that was going on...

However..for the record....

I HAVE been quilting several hours EVERY DAY...completing quilts...and adding to my inventory of quilts to be sold at a local Community Center Christmas Crafts Fair...

I am happy with my progress...although the scraps and stash still remaining often seems endless and daunting.....

So..keep plugging away..

...and I will somehow manage an accounting....when I manage an accounting...

THE important thing...I AM focused and consistent in doing some quilting every day....

...and the "inventory" of quilts on guest room bed gets bigger every day.

So EVER ONWARD!!! YES!!!

DETERMINED QUILTER!!!

Quilt/Stash Project-2020--Determined Quilter

Quilt/Stash Project-2020--Determined Quilter


Saturday,August 14,2010..ONE YEAR Aniversary..Blog 71..Day 399 of 4,014

YES!!!! CELEBRATE!!! CELEBRATE!!!!

AUGUST 14, 2009..inspired by the movie Julie and Julia..I started this blog...

GOAL: to complete ALL unfinished quilt projects, and use all scraps and stash to zero by 2020..WITHOUT BUYING NEW FABRIC---giving myself 10 years...

This has been a very rewarding and successful adventure...

...and even more exciting and compelling now: The decision to SELL the quilts at "local" Community Center's Christmas Crafts Fairs... Two fairs now on the agenda/schedule.

I planned to do a recording of ALL unfinished projects completed...and..ALL new quilts made..

Well..because the foggy-cold weather has made extended hours of quilting desirable and possible...my brain is groggy at the end of a -4-5 hour stint....Ido NOT want to think--be "organized'...I only can "vegetate"--think "soft" thoughts...

maybe next week...

Anyway...in ALL ways this quilt/stash project 202o has been a g.r.ea.t. fun challenge...and happy success for me...

I DO see the scraps/stash diminishing...and acceptable to super marvellous puppy/kitty quilts."pictures" and wall hangings completed...

yea!!! I AM on a roll.

Happy year TWO starting!!!!

Determined Quilter

Quilt/Stash Project -2020..Determined Quilter

Quilt/Stash Project-2020...Determined Quilter


Tuesday,August 10, 2010...Year 2...Week 52... Blog 70...Day 393 of 4,014


Progress!!! Progress!! Progress!!

Yes!!! the progress continues....

Today...HALF the binding on the Lorraine Torrance "Hawaii" quilt finished.
need additional binding fabric..JoAnn tomorrow.

And....

A 16.x.20 framed "PICTURE" quilt....Dramatic black and red with gorgeous gold/red rose flowers...and..and.. all but a few teeny-tiny scraps of that fabric used....

Also continued progress on the puppy/kitty quilts...

These truly ARE a challenge..because...they are made only and entirely of "ancient" scrap fabrics...

So....while I wish I somehow was a 'FASTER" sew-er I am making progress..

Need batting......and to arrange for a new long-arm quilter for two still not-quilted wall hangings...

I AM CELEBRATING!!!

HAPPY QUILTING..Determined Quilter

Quilt/Stash Project--2020--Determined Quilter

Quilt/Stash Project--2020--Determined Quilter



Friday, August 6, 2010...Year 2...Week 51...Blog 69...Day 391 of 4,014

Well..one week since the last blog....

EVEN WITH BEST EFFORTED AND DETERMINATION--LIFE HAPPENS..

and..even though AUGUST..the weather all week has been cold, grey..foggy..unpleasant..PERFECT!!! FOR LONG HOURS OF MORNING QUILTING....

and that HAS happened.....

and I planned to report on all progress and finishes on the puppy/kitty quilts....

Well.... for all kinds of reasons just..for the moment geting-"it"-together to itemize--describe the quilts....just is not happening.

maybe next week.

And...it did want,however, to keep this blog record --somehow..going..BECAUSE....

My "secret"????....Does this adventure have the possibilities of a book??a movie???

The one-year aniversary date of the beginning of this blog coming up August 14...

Time for CELEBRATION.... and achievements report....

I WILL work to get-it-together FOR SURE BY AUGUST 14TH.

Happy quilting--Determined Quilter

Quilt/Stash Project-2020--Determined Quilter

Quilt/Stash Project-2020--Determined Quilter


Friday, July 30, 2010...Year 2...Week 50...Blog 68..Day 384 of 4, 014

PROGRESS!!! PROGRESS!!!....Fantastic progress.

The Kaffe Fassett, Monet Garden quilt is finished!!!IT LOOKS G>R>E>A>T!!!

...and will be hung in my front hall...

Then....

Big progress: ORGANIZING...ALL the scraps and stash...(big mess on sewing room floor)..

And I DISCOVERED..SEVEN..YES!!! 7 PARTIALLY COMPLETED TOPS THAT WILL BE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT..PERFECT TO COMPLETE AS PUPPY/KITTY QUILTS....

to be sold at the Community Center Christmas Crafts Fair in November...

..and all without too much additional work.....

Fantastic..Fantastic..Fantastic......it is just amazing to me how "'suddenly" those"quilts"....in boxes for months..years??? suddenly manifest themselves..

So I will be recording for the next two weeks...I think that is all it will take...my "inventory" of puppy/kitty quilts.

When those are finished.......the challenge of acceptable wall hangings will again be front-and-center...

So......a happy..happy week..yes!!!Progress.

Happy Quilting-- Determined Quilter

Quilt/Stash Project-2020--Determined Quilter

Quilt/Stash Project-2020...Determined Quilter


Tuesday, July 27,2010...Year 2...Week 50...Blog 67..Day 381 of 4,014


Amazing!!! Rewarding Progress in just FOUR days...

First: FINALLY!!! after more than two months I got 2 quilts back from the "professional" long-arm quilter...

This means that two quilts now can have binding and be completed...

The first and most exciting is the Monet Garden Quilt that I made in a class with Kaffe Fassett in Hawaii in February 2009 ( I understand that this design is featured in Kaffe's new quilting book) this quilt had been "waiting" unfinished in a drawer for 18 months...

I will hang this quilt in my front hall...

The second is a quilt made in an Empty Spools Seminars class with Lorraine Torrence in 2002--yes!!! 2002.

It has gorgeous bright flowered fabric...with an "original" block created by me..with inspiration and direction from Lorraine..of course..

So I am smiling!!!

Then...Two special "picture" (framed) quilts 12 x 16 inches; each spontaneous-- design-as-I- go, made from scraps..which adds to my inventory of quilts-to-sell at the Christmas Crafts Fair--November 8.

Bottom line from these break-through "goodies'... Lots of energy to-get-on-with-it...and quilt--quilt-quilt this week..

Happy Quilting--Determined Quilter

Quilt/Stash Project2020--Determined Quilter

Quilt Stash Project 2020--Determined Quilter


Saturday, July 24,2010...Year 2..Week 49..Blog 66..Day 378 of 4,014


The weather co-operated this week...cold/ grey--foggy...so I was able to quilt every morning without sun in my eyes.....or blinds closed..

...and I made substancial progress...

The 24x24 inch brown/aqua circle wall hanging IS quilted and completed...

This was an adventure....and I want to give special credit to Louisa Smith for teaching me about strata...and circles... reference: www.quiltescapes.com. I took Louisa at Empty Spools Seminars ( www.emptyspoolsseminars.com) in 2005 and 2008.

The fabric for this quilt also has a story...Why brown and dark aqua???? THAT is a MYSTERY... (as are so many other fabrics in the stash). This brown/dark aqua fabric was purchased at the Yokohoma International Quilt Show in 2009 (www.TravelingTogether.net) WHAT WAS I THINKING???

These are NOT my preferred colors... and with the strata..and circles..the piece DID turn out very o.k. ; hopefully someone who DOES like those colors will buy that wall hanging..

Then....I also completed two "pictures" (installed in picture frames) using scraps and stash bought for one day classes at the Sisters, Oregon Outdoor Quilt Show--some year...1999-2000-2001 ( www.sistersoutdoorquiltshow.com)...again..WHY did I think ORANGE and BLACK were wonderful???? MYSTERY!!!!!

and I am now quilting a small puppy/kitty quilt made with left over blue/white angel and white/blue/pink hearts scraps....I have a super nice blue/white flannel backing...(some good person was giving way her scraps in an Empty Spools class and I benefited).

and on design board...Japanese!!!!....more of THAT adventure later.

Conclusion: a rewarding week of work..and progress: "inventory" for the Christmas Crafts Fair--November 10......How many quilts are enough????

So..Happy Quilting!!! Determined Quilter