Archive for April, 2018
April 15th, 2018 - Spring?
How about this wacky weather! My sister came for a visit last Saturday and was supposed to go home today but is stuck here until the weather improves. Not that it’s all that bad here in Windsor, just rain right now, but Northern Michigan is a mess. I bet most of Michigan is closed due to inclement weather. At least she’s getting in a really long visit with family and friends.
Now about that stash. We went on a mission yesterday to see if we could find a Kona solid called snow. It’s not white but slightly off with a hint of yellow in it. No one here carries Kona, mostly Northcott solids and I certainly don’t buy that colour, only white because that goes with black the best, so she couldn’t shop my stash. Anyway, I ended up buying more fabric. Some white batik from Cantik and raspberry Toscanna from Northcott and I just love the colour. I will be sure to prewash that before I use it. Here are my numbers and I’m still in the good. Whew!
Fabric used this week: 2.46 yds
Fabric used YTD: 80.09 yds
Fabric added this week: 5.77 yds
Fabric added YTD: 75.91 yds
Net fabric busted: 4.18 yds
As for the amount of time spent in the sewing room, I’m here for hours most days but I’m not working on my stuff but helping my sister get many of her UFOs done. I think we finished 4 already and will probably finish a few more before she gets to go home. That’s okay because I will be cutting out fabric for stuff for my Etsy shop. I’ve collected most of the materials to make a load of items to sell. Wallets, bags, little quilts and the like. So my time spent sewing has been a lot less than normal.
April 1-7 2018: 11 hours
April 8-14 2018: 19.5 hours
It’s still a far amount of time and I’m very fortunate that I’m retired and can spend all this time down here, sewing away in my space with the diffuser misting out Peace and Harmony and my music playing in the background.
I’m linking up with Donna at QuiltPaintCreate for the stash report and Kate at Life In Pieces for 15 Minutes to Sew. I hope everyone has a great week and spring gets here someday. Tomorrow would be nice!
April 1st, 2018 - Happy Easter
Happy Easter! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. But this weather here is something else. I can remember being a kid and getting the new Easter outfit that did not involve a winter coat. Today, here in Windsor ON, it’s a bit brisk. It was 32 when I went out this morning and now at 1:42 it’s 37. Certainly doesn’t feel like the first day of April. Can I put the snow shovels away yet?
On to the fabric department. I didn’t post last week because ……. That’s a who knows why, what was I doing, can’t remember anyway. At least I wasn’t shopping for fabric. But I did cut up a lot of fabric for backings. Here are my numbers.
Fabric used this week: 14.06 yds
Fabric used YTD: 77.63 yds
fabric added this week: 0 yds
Fabric added YTD: 70.14 yds
Net fabric busted: 7.49 yds Oh Yeah! Back in the black again!!
I didn’t even sew that much in the last 2 weeks. I clocked 11.5 hours and 19 hours. Now to get back in the groove again.
I’m linking up with Donna at QuiltPaintCreate and Kate at Life In Pieces.
Have a great week!