Official Snow Day #3

It's Monday and our holiday time at home has been extended by snow.  DH and I agreed that Jan. 2nd was awfully early for the kids to go back to school. Two rounds of snow has given them 3 days off and school is cancelled tomorrow, too.  DH also got a snow day today, which was supposed to be his first day back.  Although, he's doing a bit of work while I try to quilt in the basement with 4 boys between the ages of 7 and 9 basking in their 3rd day off school.

Yesterday I cut out some background muslin to make 16 of these star blocks. This is block one - just had to see one made up.  I think it might make a nice graduation gift for our babysitter.

See those eight 2" bonus HSTs that come with every block? Maybe they can find a place in a border.

This is a Moda Bake Shop pattern called Charming Stars.  The red & white charms I'm using are from the first blogger swap I ever participated in about 3 years ago now.  One of the participants made this quilt with her charms and it's been on my list ever since.

I've been cutting for Clue 2 of Celtic Soltice as well.  I need a break before cutting another 100+ neutral squares.  Maybe a bit of reading is in order.

Namaste

Happy New Year (stash report week 1 of 2014)

Hope you all had a happy holiday season!

With out of town visitors in varying numbers for 10 days, I didn't even attempt to find the time to blog.  I did well to get enough sleep and keep the kitchen clean with all the meal preparations going on.  Due to snow forecasts my in-laws arrived a day later than planned and left a day earlier, so the original 12 day stay became 10 days.

On New Year's Day, day one with no company, I cleared my sewing corner and got it back in working order and slowly decided how to tackle Celtic Solstice.  I had only done parts of clues 1 and 2, so I decided to concentrate on one clue at a time.  In between lying on the couch and watching Miss Marple on Netflix, I cut most of clue 1 and continued cutting the next day and then got to stitching.  Bonnie revealed the mystery on New Year's Day and it is lovely! 

I have been thinking about my sewing goals for the new year.  Last year I was all about trying to finish projects.  And I did.  There are 3 finished queen size quilts and 1 at the quilter's plus a few smaller quilts scratched off the UFO list.  I also started "quilting by checkbook" in order to get projects finished.

However, it's so much fun to start new projects.  And, I have so many fabrics pulled with specific patterns in mind.  Also, there is the bolt of muslin that I got for Christmas last year that I barely used in 2013 and charms from swaps over the past two years just waiting to be used.  So, I'm going to start new projects and enjoy sewing again!

I am going to enjoy starting new projects without bringing 150 yards of fabric into the house, again!  With Celtic Solstice, my oranges, dark blues, and yellows are quite depleted.  But, I plan to stick to the fabric already pulled for projects.  I will need to buy border and binding fabrics here and there, but I will concentrate on using what I have.  As usual, the biggest dilemma is deciding which project to start first!

What are your sewing goals for 2014?

The best part of the new New Year?  Starting off with a clean slate on the ol' stash report!  I do not count fabric "out" until a top is complete, but I do count tops and backings before quilting.

Used this week: 0
Used YTD: 0
Added this week: 0
Gifted this week: 0
Added YTD: 0
Net used YTD: 0

Please also check out some more stash reports at Judy's Patchwork Times.