Using it up or whittling it down? Does it even make a difference in my sewing fabric stash? Not visibly, maybe a little mentally, it’s like attacking an avalanche with a spoon. I was trying to find an empty Artbin case for my new BOM Blooming Beauty, which I did, but I also came across one full of solid color scraps. They are from the Gravity and Forest friends quilts (also BOMs) long finished and put into use. What can I do with all of these triangles and scrappy pieces? Bonnie Hunter is working on a scrappy string log cabin quilt these days. She came up with an interesting idea to make sashings for it using paper foundation piecing. She is using a stash of cut off triangles saved from many projects using the folded corners method. EQ8 to the rescue, I can print these out and start my own, but what to border them to? Thats on the back burner, slow simmer. I got the third Starry Skies block done, Pisces, in record time.

After finishing the Eclipse top, I dusted off the Cotton and Steel collection of clam shell blocks I was trying to make into something “pretty?”. Looking back I had these on the design wall last year, rearranging them and trying to finish the top. These scraps were from the quilt top I made 2018, which also needs to be quilted. I got out my two Its Sew Wonderful books and looked through them to try and find something a little different. The reason I stopped last time was that the top would be too small once it was together. I felt it needed more blocks and then I found that I didn’t have enough of the color ways to match it. So I took it down and tried not to buy any more fabrics. This line of fabrics has a gray-ish tone to it, the pinks and reds especially don’t play well with others. I persevered and put them together in a horizontal pattern. It’s okay, needs borders or something. I am thinking of making it into a kennel quilt for my friends dog. It is done, and I am tossing the scraps.

I got the binding done on the winter village quilt, it’s in the To-Be-Photographed-Pile. This time of year, my usual picture taking area doesn’t have enough natural light. Taking the set up outside is problematic too, rain, wind and mud aren’t helpful in getting photos worth posting on Etsy. I finished the Seasons study top too, it’s really pretty, for mushrooms and flowers. I had enough scraps to make a throw quilt. I am still adding blocks to it, maybe the green border and printed borders are enough. These scraps play well with some of a jelly roll of Grunge fabric I have.

The manor house is growing, brick by brick. I like how the over dyed flosses are working to give the bricks and slate roof some shading and interest. I am thinking of adding clouds to the sky, half stitches to add a little texture. I opted not to add landscaping, but may do something similar in the foreground like grass or plantings.

I am hoping the backings I ordered will get here tomorrow, there will be quilting this weekend. Also I am awaiting delivery of more fabric to make another Zen Chic design quilt called Celestial. I am using a fat eight bundle from the Moda line called Love Letter by Lizzy House. The first blocks for the Blooming beauty arrived and I really should do them too.

Be Kind.