Current Status

 I've been away for too long; having trouble uploading photos from my phone. I've updated the app, hopefully that's all that's needed to solve that problem.

This was clogging up the floorspace in my sewing room yesterday. All that fabric had to be put back where it belongs.

Same with this.

Ta Da!. Empty table, empty wash basket. It took a while to sort it all out, then stash it back in the drawers and shelves, but it was totally worth it. I have room to move now. 

The other big problem in my sewing room was ironed fabric draped over every surface. Once I've gone to the effort of ironing a FQ or yardage I feel that I can't fold it up and put it away until I cut out what I need, and then I still don't put it away because I have ideas to use it while it's still lovely and uncreased. I was drowning in bits and pieces draped over every surface. I've worked hard for weeks to deal with that and I think I've got it under control now, but I'm worried that it will lapse back into that state.

My new strategy is, cut out what I need, plus maybe a half inch extra, from the un-ironed fabric, then put the rest away. Right that minute. Then I can iron the bits that I need, cut out the pieces I need, and put the rest into the strip drawers.  If you already do that you won't understand why this is such a revelation to me, but I've always thought, I'll just do a bit extra, just in case, and it's the extra bits that are draped over open drawers and shelves and doors.  So from now on, no ironing extra bits, and put it all away when I've finished with it.

Off to the iron, and the remainder of the fabric is already back in the drawers. Fantastic!

I've made probably 20 or so tops in the last year, and sold them all. My family doesn't need more quilts, and I won't stop making them, so it makes sense to let them go to a new home.

I've been leaning heavily towards Bonnie Hunter's patterns as great stashbusters. This is the third Boxy Stars  top I've made, it's a favourite pattern,

The blocks are quick and easy, use lots of little scraps plus some bigger ones, and they look great. I'm sure there's at least one more in the works, seeing I found 18 block quarters while I was cleaning up

I'm using the larger Doug Leko Folded Corner ruler to clip the corners off, and it's brilliant. These blocks came out to a perfect 12.5" size, can't ask for better than that.

I'll keep posting the tops that I've made over the last 18 months or so, a few at a time.  It would be overwhelming to do it all at once. I've been busy.....