oksewglad

Are you ready for more?
First photo made from 1" scraps. Borders made it 60" square. Now quilted
Second is made from leftover triangles...call it Land of the Misfit triangles. Also finished and bound. My design wall doesn't lay real flat so my photos show ripples!

ibex94

Wowsa! These are beautiful!

retiredteacher09

Welcome back, oksewglad! I’m so glad your husband is doing well!

Lovely quilts! Oh the patience for all of those HSTs.

WMUTeach

I love making HSTs, but I am not sure I love them that much! Tee-hee-hee. Thank your for all of the photos. You have been busy and using so much of what others would just toss out. Congratulations and stitch on, Oksewglad. Inspiring and encouraging for use all to see what can be made from odds and ends.

oksewglad

Thanks everyone. The quilts made with the smaller pieces go in a pile of quilts called "The 14". I hope to have one special quilt for every Grand that they can fight over after I'm gone. I chuckled when I was showing the little Log cabin to our 15 yo Grand. She asked, "Is this one of the 14?" Gotta love her! BTW. I have 14 plus in various stages from WIP'S to finished waiting for them sometime in the distant future!

WMUTeach

What a lovely plan, Oksewglad. I have family that need a quilt. The grands all have at least one but are now ready for adult sized patchwork snuggles.

WMUTeach

I stumbled on a new way to clean out some of my stash. I am part of a group that makes simple quilts and other items for donation. Last Tuesday, I took a layer cake with me and finished a top in just a little over two hours. Yup, just joined the blocks in a 5X6 grid and the other ladies will layer using the birthing method and then tie the quilt. This one will go to a homeless individual in our area. I found a jolly bar in my cupboard when I got home and will do the same with the 5X10" strips making a bright and colorful quilt for a woman or an older child. Just about 5 yards of fabric out of my stash that I did not particularly like but did not have the heart to give away. I think this may help me clear away some of the pieces I have that have been sitting in the shadows for years. Out the door!

Buckeye quilter

That is most certainly a guilt free way of cleaning out some fabric. Some people may beat themselves up for spending money on fabric that they really didn't LOVE. But you were able to bless someone else with the bounty that you have and there is no reason to beat oneself up over that. Bless you!

WMUTeach

Thanks, Buckeye. That is much the way I look at it. If I purchased the fabric and did not use it, well move it on and allow someone else to enjoy it or to have a warm snuggle from a quilt. So much of what I have is donated to me. Just this morning I was given a bag of scraps of Fig Tree fabric. Enough for a quilt? Well maybe not but pretty close if I was making a baby sized quilt. I also try to take advantage of bargain tables and give away tables to find what I need or what sparks creativity. In like manner, I donate plenty of my stash to others on those bargain tables so they can partake in my bounty and blessings.

I plan to dig a little deeper and keep making those quick tops to clear out more from my pre-cut stash. I went through a phase where pre-cuts seemed to dominate my purchases but then just sat prettily on the shelf. Now off they go as tops, fingers crossed in the new year.

Iceblossom

I am glad to report that all of my Bonnie Hunter mystery for this year will be from stash which is my usual (but not always achieved) goal. I'm going a bit off script from Bonnie's plan but I'm pretty happy with my choices. A few years ago (2019) I made one of my really good buys at the thrift store, but I've been challenged on what to do with the fabric, mostly due to color. A couple of weeks ago I was looking at it thinking it was probably time to re-donate. But when Bonnie called one of the fabric choices as "melon" I knew I had my answer both with what to do with the fabric and what to use for the mystery. Not only will I be using yardage on the top of the quilt, but I also have a back made from a companion fabric. It helped me resist a backing sale knowing that I do have backs for all my un-quilted projects plus a couple more.

My vision has improved greatly after the cataract surgery. I'm still in long term healing before I can be fitted for contacts. I'm really looking forward to be able to sew and use up stash this coming year