Did any of you see this article from CBC Marketplace about masks? Click HERE.
After reading this article, I asked Island Batik what the thread count is for their fabric. Here’s what Elizabeth Phillips (Marketing and Graphic Design) said, “Our greige goods are the highest quality we can purchase. The thread counts are stated a little differently when buying the prepared for dyeing cotton but It’s a little higher than 600.”
So there you have it! If you’ve been making masks with Island Batik fabrics … you’ve been doing the best you can.
And yes, I’ve made masks with Island Batik fabric … here’s a picture of my purse with the matching masks!
Design Wall
Piecing:
Scrappy 4 patches: The setting triangles are added as well as the first border. I need to dig out some fabric and audition it for the 2nd border. This needs to be bigger. At the moment, it’s 38″ x 44″ … if I add a 4″ border, that will make it 46″ x 52″. I’ll be happier with that size!
Quilting:
About the secrets … Secret #1 & #2 are done … #3 is almost finished. Then I’ll add the hanging sleeves (with a blind hem and invisible thread) to #2 and #3.
Stash Report
No finished projects, no shopping …
- Fabric Used this week 0 yards
- Fabric Used this year: 279.5 yards
- Fabric Bought this week: 0 yards
- Fabric Added this year: 50.5 yards (my husbands amounts as well)
- Net Fabric used 229.0 yards
- Husband’s purchases: 11.5 yards (which are added into my total amount of Fabric added this year).
Stitchin’ Time
I’m aiming for at least 30 minutes a day.
- January – Sept: 290 / 304
- 30 min days/ Nov: 15 / 15
- Total days in 2020: 305 / 318
- Percentage = 95%
For more Stitchin’ Time, you can check out Kate’s blog: Life in Pieces
TO DO
I’m linking up to Roseanne & Sue’s “TO DO” Tuesday. Their blog is “Home Sewn by Us.”
Well, I got the priority quilting done: IB November will be showcased on Tuesday as part of Island Batik’s “Inspired by Nature” Blog Hop. I was privileged to work with a fantastic fabric collection! Come back on Tuesday to see the quilt!
Last week’s list:
- IB November: Quilt and Bind √ done
- Work on Secret projects: Finish #3 not done
- Work on UFO (Scrappy 4 patches) (to flimsy stage) not done
- Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √ done
This week’s list:
- Secret project #3 : finish quilting, bind and photos
- Work on UFO (Scrappy 4 patches) (to flimsy stage)
- Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √
No UFOs finished. One Start in 2020 finished.
I did add the remaining UFOs to my list … just so that you KNOW I have more! (grin)
Inspired by Nature Blog Hop
Click HERE to see this week’s awesome Ambassador quilts!
One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!
Happy Quilting!
Gail
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Linking to:
- Sunday Stash @ quiltpaintcreate
- Oh Scrap @ Quilting is More Fun than Housework
- 15 minutes to Stitch @ Life in Pieces
- Monday Making @ Love, Laugh, Quilt
- Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
- To-Do Tuesday @ Home Sewn By Us
- Colour Inspiration Tuesday @ Clever Chameleon Quilting
I’ve pulled out this UFO: It was a Murder Mystery quilt that I started in 2010 at a Wild Rose Retreat in Orting Washington! It was a fun retreat! (Um … I haven’t been to a retreat that wasn’t fun …!!!) Anyhow, one of the shop’s owners was ‘murdered’ with a pinking rotary cutter … the evidence was the rick rack around his neck and the red fat quarter next to him … and the weekend went from there.
Dog/Cat Quilt #2 used 8 yards of fabric. You can see more details of this quilt 
In the past week, I finished 1 ½ UFOs. I finished Summer Solstice (
Tish, from “
Winnie the Pooh Quilt Along
I have a horrible habit of starting another project just as one project is finishing, or almost finished or is partly done. And, consequently, NOTHING gets put away or tidied up. Those of you that know me are nodding your heads and thinking “She is telling the truth!! A recent conversation on my guild’s Facebook page talked about setting our phone alarms to remind us to clean up our sewing rooms. I jokingly said that if I set my alarm to clean up, I’d likely ignore it and my room wouldn’t be tidied. Well, the state of my sewing room and I had a clash this week. It was SOOOOO bad, it was really bad … This picture is just a small corner of my sewing desk (2 containers – materials for the retreat bag, left-over backing, left-over border fabric, scraps … and who knows what else was hidden in there? Anyhow, I spent 2 hours tidying and vacuuming and dusting and putting fabric away. What a difference it made … and I think I was able to work better afterwards! SEW … you can see on my To Do list below, that I aim to work on my sewing room each week!
My sister and 2 cousins were all planning to go to Quilt Canada together, which was scheduled for later this week. We also decided it would be fun do a project together and decided on the Retreat Bag. This is a free bag from 
Quilting Gail 