Weekly update: stash report, it's a flimsy!, and OMG for April

 

On Saturday morning we two Rotarians enjoyed Kiwanis pancakes at the Moose Lodge.  I quipped that we were practicing cultural diversity.   (The pancakes were good and it was great to see so many folks we know.  I bought raffle tickets but didn't win anything.)  

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I surprised myself when I did the stash report calculations.

March IN 107-7/8, $123 (93 yards were gifts)

March OUT  112 yards (sold 35; gave away 28)

YTD IN:  233-1/2, $632, avg  $2.70 per yard

YTD OUT: 213-1/2   net gain 20 yards

For nearly a decade I swapped 3-1/2" nine-patches.  I've used a lot of them but I still have two shoeboxes full.   A pattern called To the Nines by Mandy Leins came to the top of the stack of torn-out-of-magazines patterns and bang! there was my next project.   I used two grays for the setting and made blocks until I used up all of the darker one.  

Having the nine-patches on hand speeded up the process considerably.

I added a strip around the perimeter to keep the bias edges from stretching.

62 x 72.  

Here is a pre-constructed block. Partial seams are one of those 'advanced beginner' techniques that, once learned, greatly expand design possibilities.

And I have already sewn and trimmed all the cutaway triangles. (I have hundreds of these 1-1/2" HSTs.)  

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My OMG for April:

(a)  something purple for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 

(b)  12 daisy-themed mug rugs for the ongoing P.E.O. project.  (My chapter sells two-ring vinyl yearbook covers.  A coupon for a mug rug is enclosed with each order of 6 or more binders.  I have only four mug rugs on hand.)

(c)  A non-quilting commission.  A friend asked if I could make drawstring bags for her five granddaughters using her wedding dress and her mother's wedding dress.  The 1970's dress is polyester; I'm not sure about the 1950's dress. Both were home-made.   The granddaughters are ages 5 to 17 so there is no immediate deadline.

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Linking up with Oh Scrap  OMG at Elm Street Quilts and  Design Wall Monday

P.S.  Speaking of home-made leads to hand-sewn which leads to Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris .  We'd intended to see it in the theater last summer but didn't get there.  It's now streaming on Amazon Prime and we saw it Saturday evening. It's charming!