Taming of the Scraps

My scraps are out of control. I have a huge wicker laundry basket about 3 feet tall and 2 feet around filled to the top with scraps. I also have little baskets everywhere. I have been wanting to tame these puppies for years but haven't been able to.

I decided this year that I would go back to my 15 minutes or so a day of cutting them up. I figure a little bit of time will add up eventually.

I use the Bonnie Hunter Scrap User System. The only difference is that I also save 5" squares. I have a lot of patterns that use them.

This huge basket sits upstairs next to the card table so if I have a few minutes I can cut. I am sure my husband would love for this project to be done. It sits in the living room and is not a very pretty sight.

Here is my first 3 days of cutting. It really doesn't look like much. I just keep telling myself it was more than what I had "45" minutes ago. Snail pace is better than standing still. I separate into lights and darks and by size for everything except the bricks, they are must by size. One of these days I may even organize the bins by color, not anytime soon though that is for sure.

Until next time. 

Michelle

2014 Knitting Year in Review

 Picture post of my 2014 Knitting Finishes.

It really seems like there should be more. Hoping to see a better year production wise in 2015.


Michelle

2014 Quilting Year in Review

I finished more than I thought in 2014 but of course not as much as I would like.

Here is a quick post in pictures. It will be nice to look back on down the road.

Here's hoping to do better this year.

Michelle

Final Finishes of 2014

Here are the last 2 quilted finishes I had for the year.

Downton Abbey - I worked on this for a year and it was the quilt from he!!. I couldn't get anything to do what it was supposed to do. I consider this a labor of love. It was made for my sister and she loved it.

It was so big I had nowhere to lay it out properly. One of the student from my Loyal Union, Kris, was a sweetheart and long arm quilted it for me.

Dad's Christmas quilt. I love flannel really I do as long as I don't have to sew with it or have it in my house. Every stray cat/dog hair finds it's way on here. I finished this with a couple days to spare. I just stitched in the ditch on the sashing rows. I used a wool batting. It is very fluffy which was what I wanted.

If only I could have a quilt done every day. That sure would be nice.

Michelle

Yarn Report 1/2/2015

I know this is only the second day of the New Year but I was on a roll and actually have some outgoing yardage. I won't mention the yarn coming in that I ordered last year but of course won't arrive til later today I am sure. Oh well, I won't add it until next week so I will have pretty good numbers for at least 1 of the 52 weeks.

Used this Week: 1 skeins

Used this Year: 1 skeins
Added this week: 0 skeins
Added this Year: 0 skeins
Net Used this Year : 1 skein

Used this Week: 198 yards
Used this Year : 198 yards
Added this Week: 0
Added this Year: 0
Net Used this Year: 198 yards

Here is a close up of the cowl I finished yesterday. I am calling it Mary's Cowl. It is a really nice pattern for those 200 yd skeins we all love to buy.  Pattern: Blue Roan Bell Cowl

Head on over to Judy's to see how everyone else is doing.

Michelle

On the Needles 1/2/2015

I'm back and it is the start of the new year. So lets see how long it lasts.

I have tons of stuff on the needles but I haven't taken pictures yet. So I will just show what I finished in the last couple of days.

Not the best picture but I don't seem to have enough light in the basement. I found a link through Facebook that was asking for 1000 hats by Jan 21 for Michigan babies so I thought what the heck. This is an acrylic yarn (which was requested) and of course it is red, also requested. I ended up knitting one and crocheting 3. I haven't crocheted in a long time and I really can't do it very often since it really hurts my hands, but these hats only took my maybe 15 minutes each. It was really not bad at all. Just pretend to watch TV with the hubster and I am good to go.

Then, I received a lovely Christmas present from Mary, who is a student in my Loyal Union Quilting Class. It was a lovely skein of Blue Ridge Yarns - Boysenberry and a pattern to go with it. The other students challenged my to have it done before our class in January. So of course I took on the challenge. I finished it yesterday. So it is my first finish of the New Year. Now if only I could get my other projects done as fast.

The pattern was very simple but I loved the way it came out. It is a very airy cowl and I am going to enjoy it very much.

Hoping everyone gets a lot accomplished in the next year.

For more goodies head on over to Judy's. 

Hope to have plenty more to show this next year.

Michelle

Happy New Year.

Hope everyone had a Blessed and Happy New Year.

I am hoping to be back for good. I have decided that life will not be slowing down at all and more than likely will only be getting crazier for me. So I am just going to have to put on my big girl panties and get r done.

I am hoping to switch a lot of my stuff over to the laptop so that way I can just do my posts from upstairs instead of coming down to the dungeon.

I have lots of things planned for the upcoming year. I don't call them resolutions but more like vague goals. How's that for avoidance?

I will be very busy over the next couple of months. I have tons of fabric sitting around here waiting for me to make into kits for work. I have 2 new block of the months I start teaching this month one being a mystery. It is awesome. I am also taking 2 BOM this year as well, Pomegranate Lane which is a wool, and Mistletoe Lane which is an applique.

Here's hoping I have time to reach all my "goals" and still have plenty of time to not fall behind on my projects.

Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year and may all your "goal's" be reached.

Michelle