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Welcome to the 2013 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 Quilting & Needlework!

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 - please don't post things you made otherwise - sew & tell would be a more appropriate thread to share those projects. There are no signups, or swapping or... Just this thread. Everyone is welcome!

As an incentive -or as a reward- cksvett has graciously agreed to give a prize to someone who completes a stashbuster each month if her name is drawn. Let's all be sure to thank her!


SEW, let the stashbusting continue!

Stashbusters for March:
SavedSinnr
Elainetoo
MountainLaurel
nlk
Rainbow
Lindaj52
sewandsew
jayardi
Handie Ann
Marion2
Will Quilt for Chocolate
motqltr
crazy'boutquilts
Mary J
DJBrown
gardenpat
PatriciaAnne
char77
goaskmom
cksvett
PatV82
sewlove2quilt

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Well I will start with my BOM for March , seein's how I have to have it up first thing in the morning... I plan on stash busting MORE this month

We need to see more projects with all that orange you got, Chicky. LOL Maybe Precious will get to use some of that orange to make something???

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Originally posted by patty j:
We need to see more projects with all that orange you got, Chicky. LOL Maybe Precious will get to use some of that orange to make something???

:blush:

bump

Binding done on one..

Swirl table runner from a class that our own MB member, quiltslots, taught. I just pulled some batiks from my stash instead of buying anything new.

savedsinnr love that block

Mt laurel like the swirl runner

I made these burp cloths for my boss's wife who is expecting their 2nd child on March 10. It will be a girl & I had girly flannel in my stash so I made 6 of these for her. I made her a baby quilt too but it was from a kit & not stash. I'll post it later for all to see. These burp cloths are so easy to make. The hardest thing about them is finding cloth diapers these days! :0

Does this count? I used 2-1/3 yards of 108" wide batting

Hey LORI ... recognize this guy?

Great start to this month everyone!

Mailed out crazyboutquilts package yesterday. Don't have the slip with me at work so don't remembe the expected delivey date, but wanted to post so everyone knew it went out... Chris

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Originally posted by SavedSinnr:
Does this count? I used 2-1/3 yards of 108" wide batting

Hey LORI ... recognize this guy?

Nope, let me see his legs

As soon as you get that quilt that is on the design wall finished it'll count

I did some stash busting this month. I did my Row Robin row three totally from my stash (sorry, no pic 'cause they're secret until the retreat), and I have already pulled the fabrics for row four from my stash also. I'm also planning on using my stash for Quiltaholic's Butterfly Block swap. Once I get those blocks started, I'll post a pic.

LindaJ52

Rainbow, I love your idea of making the extra blocks when you make the birthday blocks. Before you know it, you'll have enough for another quilt.

I made this three zipper pouch with stash.

And here is the matching water bottle holder.

● ● ● I used up a WHOLE bunch of stash on this one.

Well I didn't get anything sewed but I did get my quilting machine leveled so maybe I can get back in the swing of things soon.
Love all the projects y'all.

I have the binding sewed on my Son-in-law's quilt so I can show it now. the backing is from stash and the top was in the UFO file. first the top.

Now the back. He picked out the top. I had to add to the back so I used the w/b and green to kind of draw the eyes away from the floreal for him.

All great project and that is a striking quilt Handie Ann. It looks masculine even with the flowers. Now, how did you get that small strip of green next to the black in the border? Really sets it off.

The small strip of green is a one inch strip of fabric that I folded in half right side out and sewed in with the border. When I quilted it I had to tack the strip down so the needle would go over it without pulling it up out of place.

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Black and white with that gorgeous green is really striking. Love it.

Oh Rainbow if I knew where time was disappearing to I would run and catch it to make it come back.LOL

I know where an hour of it went...

When I get back from Texas later this week, I'll take a picture of the queen size quilt that I just finished quilting before we left.

pat

LOVE LOVE LOVE the projects so far this month ... and yes, Lori ... that top will be finished this month ... and I have another on the board as well ... now if I could just finish all the projects in my head, I'd be the stashbusting queen!

I made some more potholders from stash bandanas and b/w fabrics.

I love your potholders Marion! We need a tutorial on how to make these. Deb

I received a wonderful goodie pkg from cksvett today! Its too dark to take a good pic now, but I will get one tomorrow. Thank you!!

Handie Ann- LOVE your block of the month quilt. It would go perfectly in my bedroom- same color palette

I'm counting this as March stashbusting...I made it in December, but I didn't quilt it or finish it until today. so, I consider it finished now!

It's a Christmas gift for my Mom

Here's the photo of my Feb win

Thank you again Chris!!

~sorry there is so much reflection! I can't quite figure out the fabric~ it is kind of like linen, or maybe it is something older~? Any hints Chris?

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I'll be teaching the rope bowls later this month, so I decided to whip up a small example bowl, from stash!

I bought the top, a Lone Star, at the local thrift store. Used stash for the backing and binding. Finished this past Sunday
Sorry the lighting isn't the best.

an area LQS is closing, they had the licensed Univ of Idaho fleece, so I had to buy some. This is the college my sons attend. This is the front (or it could be the back)

and the back (or the front)

I made St Patty's table topper and placemats. Had to purchase the backing, but the batting and binding and other bits were all stash.

Crazy'boutquilts, no idea on the fabric. So many things end up in my stash, and I have no rememberence where they came from. Know I bought them, but it could have been at a quilt store, Joanns, a thrift store, quilt show, garage sale, estate sale, etc... Chris

As usual, lots of fantastic "eye candy"!!

I finally got a couple pr@yer quilts finished, and delivered them to church today.

This is the 2nd one.

NICE projects everyone! Good prize there, CBQ .. Mary, LOVE the prayer quilts ... love praying over quilts as I make them for someone special ... Jill, beautiful quilt & bowl... motqltr, Love the lonestar (thanks for rescuing that) and Marion... LOVE the potholders! What a great pattern

Here's something that was made out of my batik stash today ... sure is pretty!

and this is the one who made the purse ... we used MY stash! She ways "batiks are yummy". Precious and I had a FUN day playing with batiks, and she was sewing on Jenny She says Jenny rocks!

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Originally posted by DJBrown:
I love your potholders Marion! We need a tutorial on how to make these. Deb

DJ - Marion was kind enough to send me a photo of the instructions a while ago. They are basically made from 4 assorted 8" squares folded diagonally Wrong side together, a 4" square under the opening, an 8 1/2" piece for the back and 2 8" pieces of cotton batting (poly will burn) and lastly 1 8" square of silver heat-resistant fabric for the filling. You layer it:
1 batting
1 silver square
1 batting
8 1/2" square RS up
4 folded triangles, right angle in each corner
Sew around edge making sure all layers are caught. Flip inside out through the center.
Tuck the 4" square inside the opening and tuck back the bias edge of each triangle. Quilt to hold in place.
I hope that was all. If you have any questions I can try to figure out how to transfer the instructions over to you.
Joan

ETA Forgot to add a 2 1/2" x 6" strip for a hanging loop that can be inserted between the back square and the front triangles before sewing.

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So many wonderful projects this month!
Nice purse Precious made, SS.
Thank you for the potholder instructions, Marian! I really like them and will try those.
I'm in awe of the variety of eye candy and the talent that's shown! Thank you all for sharing!

Quiltinana2 thanks! I'm going to gather the supplies and try to see if I can follow along.

Thanks again, Deb

DJ and Quiltinana2: Here is what I used to make the most recent ones and it works better for me:

I used 5 8 1/2" squares of fabric (one for the bottom and 4 to fold into triangles for the top. I used one 8" warm and natural batting and 1 7 1/2" Insul Bright squares for the inside. It made sewing and turning inside out much easier.

DJ: I sent you a pm.

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