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Welcome to the final thread of the 2012 Stashbusting Thread.

I am Gonesewin and I will be starting a new thread for each month for everyone to post pictures (If at all possible) or tell about your stashbusting efforts. It does NOT have to be quilting! This can be any kind of sewing!

There are just 2 "rules" to join us: what you make make should be mostly from stash and it should be finished during the month you post it as finished. There are no signups, or swapping or... Just this thread. Everyone is welcome!

cksvett has graciously volunteered to send out surprises each month. Your name will be entered each month when you show or tell us about your stashbusted project. On the first of the month when I start a new thread, someone from my family will draw a name and the winner will be posted on that new thread. If your name is drawn please send your mailing information to cksvett so your surprise can be mailed to you.

New This Year Royalboomer has graciously volunteered some of her "extras" as prizes too! So what I am going to do is this: Those who finish bigger projects or do multiples of 5 smaller items from stash will also be put into a separate drawing and one will be awarded a prize from Royalboomer each month!

November's Stashbusting thread:
http://boards.hgtv.com/eve/for...632/m/9303964467/p/1

Cool Beans, huh?

SEW, let the stashbusting continue!


This month's STASHBUSTERS are:
City/Sandie
cksvett
cksvett
Craftyrad
Elainetoo
goaskmom
HandieAnn
headielamar
hockeymom
J Lu
jacky
jayardi
Lumpy Tush
Marion2
mcpatches
motqltr
MountainLaurel
PatriciaAnne
Patty J
paus4quilts
pvillelou
quiltbea
Rainbow
SavedSinnr
Seeing Stars
Sue B
toryam
wiley

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I am not a regualr member of the stash busters but have been busting my stash. DH said i have to pay my card down before I can have any more fabric LOL. I can get around that but he is right. I have made him a purple top ready to pin to the quilting machine. Am using stash for my 5 sets of a BOM with the Carol Doak site. Have made a bunch of blocks to make tops for QWL tops and hope to have time to quilt them before the end of the challenge. Don't know how much I'll get finished this month but will post if I do, of couse the BOM isn't going to be done till June of 13.

Patty FL

....today i had to remake a gift mugrug ..
the first one had the batting on the outside .. when was the last time you did that? Good grief!
This is a block I made to go with the blocks we exchanged at Christmas 2 years ago in my Charity group ... and the FMQ is supposed to be holly leaves .. there is a big one on the cup ..

Well, this might not count as stashbusting because no sewing was involved, but I figure I used up almost 6 yards of Christmas stash making these ornaments.

Craftyrad - those ornaments are very neat. Can you share where you got the pattern?

WQFC -- Here's the link for the pattern for the star ornaments. I found that 12" was plenty long for the strips.
http://blog.betzwhite.com/2011...nament-tutorial.html

have finished 15 pillowcases, all from stash.
Finished a doll quilt working on a second one. Using the Lil Twister pattern, since I learned how easy they are to make.

Ruth Ann - thanks so much! I can't wait to give it a try! !

I'm going to try those stars too!

Wiley - any pictures you can share??? I'd love to see the doll quilt.

I am going to try the stars too! ...they may be a project the Girl Scouts can do too!

thanks, everyone, for sharing your projects

i am usually a lurker loving all the projects. but this month i can post to stashbusters. i made this 1600 quilt and then cut it down to make another wallhanging. all from stash.

this is the second one

Great projects already and it isn't even into th double digits yet Definitely going to try the star and I'm getting really close to trying the 1600 quilt.

...royalboomer ... that 1600 will go so fast and easy you will wonder why you delayed ... I like the diagonal edges where the strips join, especially if the plan is random. I guess that means if there is no plan LOL. when you get them all sewn chain style, you have a long rope of loops, cut it apart while you cut the triangles off the seam joins .. 2 jobs at once ...

Well, here's a UFO that I finally finished. This is the 2011 Scraps to Treasures Challenge that never got completed because of family circumstances at the time.

It is suppose to be a picture, the sun shining over the mountain onto the water and beach. It never turned out the way I pictured, so put it away until this week. Decided to get it quilted and let it keep someone warm.

Elaine - your quilt might not have turned out the way you had thought, but it's gorgeous none the less! There is a quilt blog out there called Exuberant Color and it reminds me of one of her quilts. She's had shows in galleries!

Beautiful job!

I started a swap, does that count?

Anybody got any fabric with words on it y'all want to get rid of?

Here are some of the BOM blocks i made from stash

nov

oct set2

nov set2

....Lumpytush/ all so pretty - but I'm an ORANGE fan when it's really orange, and those came thru really ORANGE ... wow - nice bloxks too

I've never been on this thread but, I'd like to start showing off some of the things I have finished since I now know how this attachment works. I have a few tings done but I can't put them on right now because it is a challenge project. Here are a few.

I made this bag from a jelly role race I was in on a retreat this year. It sat until last week I through it together for a challenge at my guild only I lost the pattern for the handles and that was suppose to be the challenge. lol!

I made this for my mug rug swap

J lu = so cute.. and nice other projectes, I'm glad you finally got to sharing ...

I have something to show you guys ...it's a 'MAN BIB' I made it for a friends husband, as a joke, she said when they go out he usually ends up with something on his shirt, last time it was from HER dinner!
Model is Anthony, my 10 year old grandson - he wasn't very enthusiastic about modeling a BIB! GRAMMA! but he is a good sport ..

...and the back - far less Christmasy but certainly patriotic - hard to see I thi nk though ... I didn't have a pattern and just started whacking, got the neck too wide, so there is a (nice??) box pleat in the center front of both sides ... he is NOT chubby so I hope he not only gets a kick out of it but also doesn't feel insulted!

Way to go, J Lu!!!

Great items already this month. Any more pictures? We love pictures. No sewing here, just a lot of volunteer gift wrapping so far... Chris

Ditto, cksvett comments. Everything is so nice. Haven't been doing much of anything myself, too much on my mind and heart this month.

Mountain Laurel, your package was mailed today. Delivery is slated for the 14th... chris

I love snowmen so that mug rug caught my eye.
Everything else is so lovely as well. Good job everyone.
I went to PJPartytime class last nite and today I finished my quilted journal cover. I'm a gardener so I used my garden fabric.

Looking good girls! Than you city/ Sandie.

I have some more BOM blocks done but have not taken a pic yet. I will try to get a pic with more than one so you don't have so many posts. I am actually doing 5 sets for Christmas presents next year. Set 5 I didn't like and had only done 2 blocks so I finally decided what browns i wanted to use. Hope to post soon. I am trying to get caught up on them.

Here are two throws that I made out of some fabric that has been under my bed for a long time!!!!! Are the last items I was making for the tree at c*h*u*r*c*h... Chris

What gorgeous work. TFS

Here is the picture of the Doll Quilt I made. The back is the same fabric as the binding.

And here is picture of the back.

Well I'm working on another tree skirt for number 2 son. I have 4 more rows to go. I added 4 extra rows I do t know why I'm obsessive.

Oops ill post pictures next time

Made an apron for my sister-in-law for Christmas. She had sent me probably 12 yards of the flamingo fabric to make cushions for my wicker chairs, and I STILL have a couple of yards left.

I made this purse from my stash. I love it and will use it for the first time tomorrow.

...that is really cute and very fresh looking ..

Here is a journal cover that I made for my embrodery book It is all from stash.

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My DH and I put up our tree Sunday. I have two tree skirts but they have dissapered down that black hole we all have in our homes. You know the one where we put things in so we can find them when we need them only when we need them we can never find them. Well I just made me a new tree skirt. and it is all from stash.

I made a mug rug for the current swap - from stash.

I misplaced the memory card from my camera! I can't post any pics!

Anyhow, did my row robin for the retreat from stash and the SSSS stocking for Nickilee's swap, also from stash. Wouldn't have been able to post pics of these even if I did know where I misplaced the memory card.

Pretty blocks and projects all. Especially the cute mug rug!

Does making 12 dozen cookies and a cake from mixes on the pantry shelf count? No?
How about sending 15 boxes of sewing patterns that I have had for about 15-20 years, that I will never use, because I no longer make clothes to Goodwill?
I am also going through tons of fabric for clothes (not suitable for quilting) and will be sending that to Goodwill.
Don't know what motivated me to do this finally, but I am and I'm going to continue till I'm done. After all I only have One more week off work to get things done. Actually I am ready to go back. Eight weeks is too long when you can't really do anything until the last 3 weeks, making the most of those three weeks. Can you tell I'm bored???

GRRRR I lost my post again. My picture was too big.
I don't usually post on this thread, but I thought this might be an idea that anyone can use. Sue and I made these Santa bags to cover a sewing machine case, a sewing machine, Queen size, and King sized quilts. All of it was made from stash. Including most of the quilts. The bags were really easy to make and didn't take as much time as it would have to wrap with paper. Plus the bags can be reused for big presents another time. Posted the post first then posted the picture with the edit key, I'm feeling pretty smart.

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Patty - sorry you lost your post. The bags sound so cute. Can you shrink the picture and try again?

I did reshrink and posted again. I had to shrink it 3 times. I don't understand how the same number doesn't shrink to the KB orMB or whatever. LOL