That’s correct – my period of fabric anorexia has ended. Well, I made it almost a month! A friend of my sister’s took me to a wonderful quilt store on the east side of Edmonton. Lori’s Country Cottage. I caved. I saw this awesome black material in the clearance section … then I found out that if I bought 8 meters, it would be $7.50 / meter. The black was 3 meters … so I also bought 5 meters of neutrals. No more fabric anorexia!
PHD #4 DONE!!!
I brought 3 “Retreat Bags” to work on. This is the small bag. I did the quilting after taking a “Zen-doodle” class last year … It was fun to do the quilting. The pattern is free at Emmeline Bags . You can also purchase the wire frames from her as well.
PHD Update
So far this year, I have completed 4 UFOs. My goal for the year, for my PHD, is 28, that means I have 24 left to complete. There is a total of 56 UFOs left.
Stash Report
I just realized that I did not include the fabric that I used to complete the Flannel Fat Quarter quilt. There were 2 packages of 8 fat quarters … so that’s 4 yards and 6 yards for the back … so another 10 yards. Then there’s another yard for my latest finish.
Fabric Used this Week: 1 yards
Fabric Used year to Date: 17.5 yards
Fabric Added this Week: 8 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date: 8.5 yards
Net Fabric used for 2017: 9 yards
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Quilting Gail 
I love the bright thread and quilting on your bag. You are moving right along on your UFOs!
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Thanks! It was fun to do! Happy Quilting!
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Hi Gail,
Great job on finishing your fourth UFO for the year!! Wowee – that’ great. Good way to start the year and knock down that number to set your pace. ~smile~ Roseanne
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Thanks, Roseanne! I doubt I’ll keep up this pace because these latest are my small and fairly quick to finish UFOs! But – at least they are getting done! 🙂
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Never had heard of fabric annorexia! Cute! My stash is morbidly obese! Not sure if I am strong enough for fabric dieting!
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You made me laugh!!! My stash is also morbidly obese! That’s why I didn’t mind having fabric anorexia for awhile! 🙂
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The retreat bag is my new favorite bag – I’ve made several and loved them all. I love the doodle quilting on yours – what a great idea!
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Thanks Gayle! The doodle quilting was fun! And yes, the retreat bag is a great bag and the directions are very well written! 🙂
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Wow! Love that zen doodling!
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Thanks, Cathy!
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You’re doing great on both fabric usage and finishing your UFOs. How long can you keep pace with finishing one a week?
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Well, I can finish one a week if they are small projects! Once I get to the bigger projects – I’ll be lucky to finish one in 2 months! 🙂
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