Friday check in: stash report and a new start before I depart

I knew I'd acquire fabric in September at the Wisconsin Quilt Show but I didn't know that I'd discover two new shops and get a big destash (for free).     Fabric IN:  195 yards, $407, $2.08 per yard.    I turned around and gave away a considerable quantity, as well as making flimsies, a finished quilt, and placemats.   Fabric OUT:  215-1/2 yards.  

September sewing 

2026 year-to-date:   IN 442-1/4, $719, average $1.62 per yard.  OUT 682-5/8.  Net decrease: 240-3/8!

In January I set quarterly goals.  #1 -- use at least one "I can't cut this" fabric.  #2 Use at least one vintage fabric.  I achieved #1 and #2 with several projects, most recently the all-solids log cabin and the top-along (African prints). 

#3 Use a different specialty ruler.  Not this quarter.  

#4  Keep up with RSC each month with a yearlong project and a monthly projects.  Yearlong project accomplished (Chinese coins) but not standalone.  

Here's the new start. I rediscovered an easy, scrappy, modernish design by Ringle/Kerr (Modern Quilt Studio) in the June, 2015, issue of American Patchwork and Quilting.  I could have taken my time making the hourglass units but I just kept on going.  

I'm mindful of Victoria Findlay Wolfe's encouragement to adapt rather than copy the designer's quilt and make it your own.   In this case my hourglass units are 3" finished (theirs are 3-1/2" finished).  

I may get the panel pieced this evening -- but that's the last sewing for 2-1/2 weeks.    Tomorrow I leave for Road Scholar #56 -- Morocco!   This time I have a traveling companion, my friend Helen.  We'll be home October 20.  

Today involves packing and tying off loose ends.   I need to harvest tomatoes and pop them in the freezer. 

Linking up with Finished or Not Friday

P.S.  Quilt physics.  I wonder if the pieces spiral the other direction south of the equator.