I figure about 15 yards of that was scraps that got mailed out in 10 USPS medium flat rate boxes. the boxes were stuffed with the appropriate color requested and then pieces of yardage added to round out the box. i am estimating 1.5 yards per box but there was probably more. but i can live with that figure.
Also, in the last couple weeks i have been busy emptying those plastic bins that had partially done projects in them...some of them YEARS old. a couple of them i just threw away...i had no desire to finish them and wondered what i ever saw in them to begin with. i actually didn't count the yardage that i threw away. but i did finish these AND get them quilted. yea me!!
This is from the April 2008 issue of McCall's Quitling magazine. it is called Gumballs...beats me why. but it is great to use up scraps. their finished size was 60x72 but i added the sunflower border and made mine 74x88. better couch size in my opinion. i have yet another box with this exact same pattern cut out in browns. i must have really been trying to use up those scraps in 2008. LOL there have got to be about 75 different fabrics in this quilt.
This little beauty (50x50") is made of fabric with fish, turtles, seahorses and starfish on it. i THOUGHT it would make a good 1 block wonder quilt. i had all the little matching squares cut up in the plastic box. as i put a few blocks together i realized they didn't really work as i wanted them to. but i decided to go ahead and finish them anyway. i put 4 of the 4-patch blocks together and added sashings and a border and considered it done. a little kid will only see the fish and turtles and still like it . (i hope...LOL)
This was a top that was already pieced and lounging in the cabinet for about 6 years. it has machine embroidered roses in the middle of each block. it was made with my first embroidery machine way back when i first got it...and i was still working. and i've been retired for 5 years. but i still like the fabrics but today i would not have put the roses on it. but it is quilted and done is done...it is 62x76
This was also many scrappy pieces in a plastic bin...all cut out. i had pieced 24 blocks. and actually started to finish the other 24 blocks but decided i really didn't care for it anymore and trashed the rest of it that was not pieced. unfortunately, once i put the blocks together that i had, i realized that from across the room, it actually looked decent. but the trash man had already taken away the pieces i had thrown out. so this Streak of Lightning (from the Nickel Quilt Books) became only 64x86 instead of twice that big. oh well. this was cut out several years ago and had every available fabric that i had in my stash i believe...at least 100 different fabrics...probably more. as i was piecing it and seeing it close up i didn't really like it now but once it was on the wall, i noticed the 'lightning' white spaces more clearly. although there were many shades of light fabric.
And the last thing i have to show you today is a Round Robin quilt that was done several years ago when i was a member of the LongArm Chat online group. I really like this quilt and it, too, was marinating in the cabinet for some time. my Photowise program for some reason wouldn't process the full picture, so all i have is the middle and a pic of the corner. but i think you get the idea...hopefully. there were some awesome ladies that added borders to this quilt and i thank them once again.
So, i hope March is as productive as January and February have been. i have many more plastic bins to empty and much, much more stash to bust.
If you are interested, I will be putting quilts on eBay for sale...starting today. i also have my selvage jackets and vests out there and will be adding more things along the way in the next few weeks. eBay seller name is shimmymom go take a look....might be something you just gotta have. LOL
Till next time...happy stitching.
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