Midweek: a flimsy, stash report, and first quarter roundup

It's a flimsy!  

I auditioned a couple of red/green prints for the border but nothing looked right (or I didn't have enough) so I used the background.  

64" x 72".  6 yards in all.

Here's a closeup.   

Several people have commented on how small the 9ps are.   I cut 1-1/2" strips and the blocks are 3-1/2 (3" finished).   I don't think that is that small.  Maybe it's all the practice I had with the mini-9p swap I participated in for so many years.

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Stash report, March.  Fabric in:   ZERO   Fabric out:  91-1/4 yards. (That includes packages sent to quilting friends.)   YTD fabric in:  3/4 yard, $10.00.   Fabric out:  194-5/8 yards.  Hooray!  

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It turned out that I didn't set a One Monthly Goal for March, but now that the first quarter of 2026 has concluded I can review the year's goals that I wrote in my post on January 1.  How have I done?  

 #1     Use at least one "I can't cut this" fabric in a project every quarter.  

#2     Use at least one vintage fabric in a project every quarter.  

#1  Yes!   Lazy Goose, the January top-along, fits this goal on the front and the back.   The geese are part of a FQ bundle I bought in Key West in December.  Ordinarily I'd have let them sit around for a long, long time until the perfect project came along.  I cut into 'em right away!    #2  sort of   The back (left photo) is a print I bought in North Dakota 30 years ago.  I thought I'd make a dress but I never did, and at least for this fabric I never will. 

   #3  Use a different specialty ruler for a project  each quarter.  No.  But I have regularly used the Split Rects ruler to make half-rectangle units out of scraps.  I have a bag of them on hand and an idea of how to use them.  

#4   Make 20 placemats in January.   Yes!  And I've made 26 placemats for the spaghetti dinner project in 2027. 

#5 Make 37 mug rugs for the P.E.O. convention (end of May).  Yes!  

Since I took this picture I've quilted and bound all of them.

 

#6  Participate in RSC 2026 with an ongoing block and a monthly stand-alone project.   Sort of.  I've got the ongoing project but not the stand-along.  

I'll cut out pink for April in a day or so. 

#7  Participate in SAHRR 2026.   Yes!   You're tired of seeing this......

Now that I've summarized what I've accomplished I should set some new goals.   Very definitely for April:   make a quilt for the backdrop of the committee display at the P.E.O. state convention.  That's the committee and the convention for which I made the Trip Around the World mug rugs.  I have patterns and designs.  I need to pull fabrics and get it done!

Linking up with Wednesday Wait Loss (thanks for the shout-out, Jennifer!)  and  OMG April