Finished Baby Quilt and Tins

This is the finished baby quilt.
And I am way more excited for this, the tin pieces for my pie safe came today. I can't wait for my husband to buy the lumber to make it!

More Success!

I got the benefit quilt complete, and have the triangle one on the frame. If both boys are napping this afternoon, I might get some tying done. Yesterday I got a small flannel baby quilt made for a former co-worker. I decided to go back to the pieces I had cut for the benefit quilt before realizing the sizes didn't match up. I have probably half the hourglass blocks made now. I would like to get this UFO top made just to be done with it, but now I still need to figure out if I still want to use the squares between the blocks (even though the squares are larger) or just make 2 separate tops.

I did look for fleece to make a tie quilt, but didn't like what I found. I did leave the store with 5 1/2 yards of flannel.

Stash count: -14 1/2 used for backing, and baby quilt
+ 5 1/2 for my flannel

Stash Totals

I went through my posts since the first of the year, and have good news to report. I am down, drum roll...8 yards. Wish it was better, but even 8 is decent. That's about a quilt top.

I got the benefit quilt tied, and thinking I will have a blister on my pointer when I wake up tomorrow. I didn't even bother taking it off the frame, but that can wait. I have vacation days Friday and Monday, so hoping to get the edges done then and get the last quilt top on the frame to tie. (The triangle one). If I'm lucky, I could get that one done on Monday. Friday is going to mostly be a me and Blake day. I am taking him to get 3 year pictures done in the morning, then maybe a little shopping. I am also thinking about making my husband a tie fleece blanket for his birthday. We'll see what actually happens.

Fabric Cupboard

I guess the design I want for my cabinet is called a pie safe. The hubby is working out the plan, and once he has that, I can figure out how big my tin designs need to be. There will be 6 panels, I know that much so far. It should be pretty cool!

Ta-Da!

Stash Update: -8 yards for this top (I'm rounding a little)
I had thought about doing a tutorial on this, but it went together really fast. I guess it did help that I was home with one of the boys Friday morning, so I had an extra block of time to work on it. Defiantly a pattern I will use again.

Designing a new kind of project

We got our tax money back, and before we got the taxes done, we decided we were both going to get a little money to do whatever we wanted with. Well, I know what I want to spend my part on- a cabinet for my fabric. And I have an equally crafty husband who I think can make it for me :) We went to Menards last night for pricing a few other things we intend on buying (new water heater, mattress and snow blower), and then I had my idea light bulb go off. I've seen old cabinets with punched tin panels, and that was the image I have for this cabinet. We checked out a few things (I can't believe how expensive copper sheets are!), and now I get to plan it out so he can get the materials. Thinking 30 inches wide, about 60 inches tall, 18 inches deep. Something like that. So one of my next steps is deciding what kind of design to punch into my tin. I want to keep it so it looks old, so maybe wheat, Sunbonnet Sue, some kind of quilt design. Just so many choices!

I started my aprons for the auxiliary yesterday, so the stash is down about 6 yards. I was able to get 8 out of the piece I bought, and have to do a little figuring to get the part for the strap to go through made. These are not double sided like the other ones I made, so I'm needing to adjust my original pattern.

Pattern in Question

I got off work early today and finished the benefit quilt top.
I am still looking for the name of the pattern I saw at the quilt shop, but have managed to sketch it out. The green triangles would just be a dark, and the white ones a light color. Sounds like a great way to use up my stash :D

Fabric used from stash: 7 yards for quilt top (and soon another 12 for the backing and batting)