So I’ve decided to participate in the January Color Palette Challenge and make an AAQI Priority quilt. I have an idea for it and a name already, which is usually the hardest part for me! Here are the Cherrywood fabrics I’ll be using.
I’ve cut up some shirts and pajama pants that will need to be added to the stash report. I think I’ve broadened by color ranges with these few 
Check out the bonus zipper with the ribbon in the zipper pull I got from the pink and white gingham shirt…..have you seen metal zippers used as embellishments? I think I have an idea of a way to use it.
Lastly, here’s my progress on my current AAQI Priority quilt that was supposed to be done in October or at least by the time I sent the guilds quilts to AAQI. I’ve had trouble getting the embroidery done mainly because I’m out of practice. I want it to be the best I can do rather than hurry up and get it done….perhaps there’s a happy medium? I want to take out the “tail” of the daisy chain stitched heart. I used stem stitching to fill in the tail but realize now I should use smaller and smaller chain stitches so it isn’t so heavily filled in. It’s almost done……
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Here are updated pics of the bunk bed sewing table after the mattresses were removed. Look at all the space 
Most of the puzzles there are from the Goodwill Clearance center, score!
See the large boxes? One is empty so there’s even more space than it appears. Woo hoo! See the Vicksburg quilt laid out and ready to sew? Well, it’s not ready. The setting triangles were not cut right and there isn’t enough fabric left to cut more which means I have to decide on different fabric. It was hard enough deciding on the fabric for the borders!
I’ve continued to have fun sewing red strings. They aren’t going as fast as the blue strings……perhaps because they are larger?
Happy Quilting, Cherie
I left a comment for Jill on her blog Ramblings of a Fabric and Yarn Obsessor about New Year’s Resolutions. Her only resolution this year is to use more stash. That sounds like a good plan to me because I didn’t do well at all following through on Judy’s 2011 UFO Challenge. My list is here. I pieced a few of the Moonglow blocks and that is it, as in nothing else on the list got done 
Judy is hosting a 2012 UFO Challenge but I’ll sit this one out…..just like I did last year, apparently, lol.
So for 2012, I resolve to use more of my stash….further, I will limit my net stash in to 25 yards. Now that might not seem right, letting myself have net stash in but I can’t go cold turkey! For 2010 & 2011 I accumulated 105.5 and 88 yards respectively so limiting my net stash in to 25 yards will be really hard!!! REALLY, REALLY hard. And since I can’t post without pictures, here’s my stash:
Well, that’s most of it anyway
Happy Quilting, Cherie
Here’s the first Design Wall Monday posting for the new year. Be sure to check out Judy’s DWM post and see all the new things folks have on their design walls.
I completed the December First Saturday blocks.
And did some organizing in my sewing room, finally removing the mattresses from the bunk bed sewing table. This is a before picture when I did my big sewing room clean up last July….see the mattress taking up a lot of room?
This has increased my under table storage tremendously
Stash Report – First one in 2012
- Fabric in: 0 yards
- Fabric out: 0 yards
- YTD Fabric in: 0 yards
- YTD Fabric out: 0 yards
- Net Fabric In/(Out): 0 yards – so far so good
Happy Quilting, Cherie
It’s the last day of the year, time for a look back at this year’s projects and my final stash report.
Scrap Club January Project (flimsy)
Technicolor Yawn aka Scrap Vomit (flimsy)
Free Pieced Words for Tonya
Animal Baby Quilt
Lily’s Baby Quilt – “Kristy’s Dream from L’Fair Quilts
Zig Zag 9 Scrap Club Quilt (flimsy)
Nine-patch Mini
Nine-patch Mini (No picture of it completed)
I had plans to sew together a top or two before the year end but alas, I didn’t. What I did do was go to the Goodwill Clearance Center….twice! Here’s some of the goods I snagged, all washed and ready to deconstruct. I’m working on broadening my stash colors and did quite well :-O
Some of the things I’ve already cut up (except for that stripe on top which is a wof strip I found, score) and so have to be added to my 2011 stash report.
Stash Report – Final Tally
- Fabric in: 6.75 yards
- Fabric out: 0 yards
- YTD Fabric in: 168 yards
- YTD Fabric out: 86.75 yards
- Net Fabric In/(Out): 88 yards accumulated……better than the 105.5 yards accumulated in FY2010
Happy Quilting, Cherie
Wow, I can hardly believe this is our last 2011 Design Wall Monday post. I’ve benefited from these posts in so many ways, first the encouragement they give me to have something to share on Mondays, second the inspiration from seeing what other quilters are working on and third meeting new blog friends. Hop over to Judy’s DWM post here to enjoy more DWM posts.
My design wall is the same as last week but I’ll bet I’m not the only one who hasn’t had much sewing time
But look what’s sitting next to my sewing machine……..and what’s on my ironing board!
I had a few minutes for some mindless sewing…..it’s an excellent way to relax….very theraputic. Just random mindless sewing………nothing at all to do with this!
Stash Report – No change……be on the look out for a final 2011 Stash report on New Year’s Eve day!
- Fabric in: 0 yards
- Fabric out: 0 yards
- YTD Fabric in: 168 yards
- YTD Fabric out: 86.75 yards
- Net Fabric In/(Out): 81.25 yards accumulated
Happy Quilting, Cherie
…..when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for a mouse……. sewing blue strings
Of course these are just random 3 1/2″ blue strings and have nothing to do with this because I’m not allowed to start a new project, right?
Here’s what’s on my design wall:
I settled on a fabric for the sashing for the Vicksburg quilt. I think it will give me the look I want. I’ll use the blue fabric from the border swags for the corner stones. I didn’t buy any new fabric for this quilt, pulling everything from my stash. Now that the blue strings are sewn and trimmed, I plan to start putting this top together and then starting on Roll, Roll, Cotton Boll. Can’t wait.
Stash report:
No change from previous with my year-to-date net stash in standing at 81.25 yards.
Yea!! The appliqued swags for the Vicksburg border are done Time to pick out the sashing fabric and get this puppy together!
It’s Design Wall Monday time Be sure to hop over to Judy’s DWM post and check out all the links. I’ve finished a few more of the swag blocks for the Vicksburg quilt…..only TWO more left to sew!!
I’m excited about getting this quilt finished…..the only decision left is what fabric to use for sashing and that shouldn’t hold me up, right?
I made bags this weekend for a couple of Christmas presents and I think they turned out pretty cute. This one isn’t fully packed yet but you get the idea
Also this weekend I cut up some phone book pages and started chain piecing some string blocks…..that does not have anything to do with Bonnie Hunter’s new mystery quilt Orca Bay. I’m not allowed to start a new project at this time, so these little 3 1/2″ blue string blocks have nothing do to with a mystery. Nope, nothing. Just wanted to have some mindless sewing time while catching up on movies It’s so therapeutic to just grab strings and sew.
Stash Report – No change from last week 
- Fabric in: 0 yards
- Fabric out: 0 yards
- YTD Fabric in: 168 yards
- YTD Fabric out: 86.75 yards
- Net Fabric In/(Out): 81.25 yards accumulated
Happy Quilting, Cherie
Hey, check out the announcement below! Isn’t it wonderful what quilters can do?
Hollis Chatelain Gets Hat Trick — AAQI Gets $17,327.26
Hollis Chatelain earned a “hat trick” and the coveted MVP award for “Hollow,” a 16″ x 16″ thread-painted, machine quilted image of a woman’s face. Chatelain’ss quilt raised $2,570 for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI) in the “Stanley Cup Quilt-Off” online auction which ended November 10th. This is the third year in a row her quilt earned top dollar in the charity auction.
Twelve quilters in two teams competed for bragging rights, the highest selling quilt earning its maker the MVP award in this spirited competition between The Feed Dogs (Alex Anderson, Hollis Chatelain, John Flynn, Becky Goldsmith, Renae Haddadin, and Sue Nickels) and The Rotary Blades (Caryl Bryer Fallert, Pat Holly, Libby Lehman, Judy Mathieson, Mary Sorensen, and Ricky Tims.
The annual celebrity quilt auction was the most successful online auction in AAQI history raising $14,025 for the nonprofit. A Viewer’s Choice component to the “Stanley Cup Quilt-Off” was also offered at the International Quilt Festival in Houston and online. Each $1 donation to the AAQI was counted as one vote, raising an additional $2,277.26 overall. Profits from sales of earrings made with images of each of the 12 auction quilts, brought in $1,025 for a grand total of $17,327.26.
