Friday check in: success on the third try, snaps, and the stash report

I made twenty batik crumb blocks. I planned to sash them shadowbox style and auditioned some fabrics.   In addition to this purple/turquoise combo I tried a white batik but that contrast was too stark.  [Of course I am using only what I have on hand.]
 

Then I found a lovely soft brown/tan Indian batik (part of this gift).  I was so sure it would be ideal that I cut all the sashing. 

I wanted low-volume but it was TOO low-volume and the colorful mix of the crumbs got lost.  

I tried a third time, and here's how it turned out.  It's still busy, which I wanted, but the crumbs stand out.  The inner border just about used up this batik.  (No, I don't remember where/when I bought each piece of fabric but that particular print was in the clearance bin at a now-closed local shop many, many years ago.) 

Why call them Snaps? Because they are a snap to make. 

48 x 60.  

Here's the stash report for April:                              Fabric OUT:  42-1/8 yards                                        Fabric IN:  24-1/8 yards (13-1/8 as a gift and  11 yards for $1.50 at the church rummage sale)

YTD fabric OUT: 182-5/8 yards                                       YTD fabric IN:  83-1/8 yards ($1.50 for 11 yards; all the rest were gifts)                                                                   YTD net:   99-1/2 reduction!!

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