Sunday Stash Report

I got my Hand Me Down baby quilt finished up today…..

Gracie wasn’t the best model….this photo was about the best of the bunch.  The blocks in this quilt are from Bonnie Hunter’s book Scraps & Shirttails: Reuse, Re-pupose, Recycle! The Art of “Quilting Green”.  I was busy making a blue and red version of the Hand Me Down quilt in the book when I got a baby shower invitation.  I quickly cut out some green and blue men’s shirts and started sewing.  This came together really quickly.  There are 25 blocks and then a 4″ border.

The backing was leftovers from a project Kelli had left here and said I could use if I wanted….

The border was thrifted fabric that I bought for fifty cents….the binding is leftovers from my stash.  So, for the most part, this quilt was very inexpensive.

My thread was even a “user-upper”.  I have used this thread on a different project but had some left over.  It wasn’t enough to do a large quilt but just the right amount to finish up this baby quilt.

It was really a fun project.  I just love how the blocks are so mis-mash.

I plan on picking up a few more shirts….Wouldn’t it be cute in pinks and purples for a little girl?  I have a friend expecting a boy in a couple weeks…I think I just might sew another one of these.

If you’re wondering how my stash report for the week ended up…

I ended using 1 yard of fabric in making this quilt…

So the official stash report is…

Used this Week:    1 yard
Used year to Date:   108  yards

Added this Week:     0 yards
Added Year to Date:     45 yards

Net Used for 2011:   63 Yards of store bought fabric…2.5 of recycled fabric.

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