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Welcome to 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!

Cool Beans, huh?

SEW, let the stashbusting continue!

This month's Stashbuster Extraordiaires:

HandieAnn
goaskmom
MountainLaurel
Marion2
Imaquilter
Rainbow
AngelaC
fishingwidow
sewlove2quilt
mcpatches
gardenpat
Elainetoo
paus4quilts
Savedsinnr
Aliquilt
Will Quilt for Chocolate
Chlynn1129
Jayardi
Gonesewin
trish212
quiltlady928

These are the Stashbusters I counted this month. If I missed anyone, let me know and you'll be in next month's drawing

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Goodness...March sure eneded with a bang... dropped in to see the last days - and there were so many neat things to see.
This is such a fruitful enterprise every month, talk about win/win
Thank you to the ladies keeping it going; and congrats to the winners.

Well I think I will start this month off. This is the top that I finished today. all from stash but I had to buy some fabric for the backing. This is for a dear friend of mine whos DH has stage 4 cancer. This is for when she is feeling blue she can wrap herself in a hug from me.

This is the center block of the quilt top.

Ann,

That is wonderful!! I love it, you did a great job.

Mary

Handie Ann, that is soooo beautiful. I'm sure she will feel the love when she wraps herself in that quilt. G.O.D. bless you and your friend and her husband.

Linda

I really love that twister center. The fabric really looks like a heart of fresh flowers! What a wonderful gift, too.
Susan

That is a beautiful quilt, beautiful thought, and will long be a cherished gift.
Good job ... you are a good friend.

Handi, that's a beautiful quilt!!

Handi, beautiful quilt TFS. Ts for your friend. Pat

quiltlady928, your package was mailed today parcel post. Look for it about this time next week... chris

I received a very delightful generous package of things from Royalboomer today. I had a post with a picture all typed and it vanished. My picture size was a little too big and the site I use to resize things is not working so I will have to try again at another time. The package was just beautiful and full of so much inspiration! I will have to get busy and make something from the wonderful things she sent! Royalboomer--you more than made my day...thank you! Amy

My April chick is all from stash. These are lots of fun but they sure don't use much of my stash up.

I bought this book several months back and hopefully can do each of the 12 months eventually. This is a picture of the back cover and each month fits into the middle of the section I finished. The name of the book is "Quilter's Dozen Plus" by Janet Selck.

http://www.valleyforgequilters...BlockOfMonth-Pg.html

All of this is made with stash and tried not to get 2 of any one piece of material.

Wanted to add that this was all made with my treadle machine except for the quilting part. PS Do not really care about paper piecing!!!

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I had a lot of fun quilting it and am starting to feel a little more comfortable doing it as long as the machine works good.

I am trying to post a picture of my prize from Royalboomer. I am experimenting with a different program so it might not be a good picture! I see the picture did work. Can't wait to play with some of this!

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I'm going to try posting another picture. The original picture is not very good as it was too bright outside when I took it. This is inspired by a pattern called Applejack. I have added the black borders and colored the pieced lipstick border a little different from the original. I also changed the corners of the lipstick border from the original pattern. This was a UFO from 2008!

This is a second attempt at resizing the close-up! I am getting some practice using the program on my computer. The original picture is not the best either, but at least it will give a better idea of the quilting and fabrics.

This started out as 3 10" potholders but I decided to put them together to make a tablerunner.

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Here is the back. Recognize it from a doll quilt? It is the fabric I used in the stars and binding.

closeup

I've made a little cheer up quilt for our friend too. A "semi-crazy" healing heart.

Great projects shown, you all have been busy finishing up those those lovely items. Love those mini cheer up quilts. Great job!

Oh Angela .. that is soooo cute .. she is gonna love it ... where doyou find time to do all these things?

Great start this month everyone!

Made a bunch of pillowcases for QWL. Will post a picture when DH downloads it for me sometime this month I hope... Chris

I really like your cq heart, Angela!

Made a wheelchair bag for my uncle. It is made from upholestry fabric I had (and plan to make a cushion for my Mother's porch swing.)

Just want to jump in and say I LOVE the completed projects. HandieAnn: are those frogs? I love it! (whether or not)

Hi all,

Wonderful results ladies. I am doing the BOM chicks and finished my April blocks. All of the blocks made so far are from my stash, and until I finish. I am using Chr*stmas fabrics which I have lots of.

Here is my pic.

Mary

Auntie Reba, yes they are frogs, My friend is crazy about frogs. I have a pattern of a stuffed frog that I'm thinking real hard about making her.

I received my package of goodies on Monday...(I was away for a few days) Got some wild Indian prints rusts and golds a good book with a southwest flavor. As soon as I get the quilt together that I am working on right now for my niece's wedding shower I promise to find a pattern in the book or magazine and show you what I did with the material you sent.
THANK YOU
Jeanne

This is the walker bag I made for my Aunt. Actually, this was made from some fabric cksvett sent me for winning a Stashbusting prize!

I lined it with yellow stash and made two pockets from green stash.

Love ALL the projects! sewlove2quilt - great idea to put twisters in the borders!
Susan

This was made from blocks in the blue & yellow string block swap a while ago. One of the UFO's out of the dresser in the guest room. Only about 20-30 more to go!

Many great projects here. This is very inspiring. I'm working on a project and can't wait to post it!

I got it ... I used it ... I mailed it ... now I'm sharing it ... I should'a made one for my favorite stashbusting hostess ... I bet you are just DROOLING wishing you had this, eh Lori ?

I made this for our friend Chris 915 ... she needs some sunshine ...

yeh - those are Chris' colors. She'll appreciate it ALOT more than I would...

What great projects. Love them all.

Finally got this quilt top finished! You'll recognize it as a pattern that Royalbloomer gave me as a stashbusting prize! I really like the pattern and hopefully, will have it quilted and bound by the end of the week!

Sorry I've been away from the board for so long- been canning, drying and freezing produce these past 3 weeks and that's kept me busy!

pat

Nice work everyone. I do stop by several times a week to see what's going on. Haven't posted to this thread in a while - but have been doing the BOM from stash. So here's April's block. Have several other small lap quilts going which hopefully will be finished up this month.

Wow! That was super fast. I'm moving this one closer to the front, I really do like that pattern. You did a great job

What a wonderful thread to find!!!! I've never participated in the Stashbuster threads but I think I might do so this year. Thank you, Gonesewin.

Handi Anne, your quilt is wonderful. So full of love. Your friend will love it, use it and be comforted.

Mountain Laurel, your chick looks like lots of fun. Maybe small in stash usage but big in smiles.

Goaskmom, that's a great quilt. I love the flying geese. That would use up a lot of scraps, I'm thinking.

Imaquilter, love the lipstick border!!!!! How big are they? I got lots of 1 1/2" pieces in my stash.

Marion, I recognize that 'potholder' pattern; what a great idea putting them together that way. That wheelchair bag is a great use for the upholstery material. BTW do you have a thing for those bags. Nice one you made for your Aunt.

Rainbow, do you have a thing for rainbows?????

Angela, very nice crazy quilt.

That's super block you made, fishingwidow. Those Xmas fabrics worked well in that block.

What a fun twister quilt, sewlove2quilt!!!! Love how you did the border.

McPatches. String quilts...always wonderful. The blue and yellow go great together, don't they?

Ohhh, GardenPat. I've seen that pattern and think it is so lively and spring-like.

Elaine, that wouldn't be a RWB block I'll be seeing in a couple weeks, would it? Like the way those colors worked for you.

Delightful projects, all.

I, also, have something to show. I see you have a prize for large completed projects; how about small projects?

As I was working my DGGSs quilts, I got tired of reaching around my machine for the pin cushion so I came up with this little 3" pin cushion that attaches to my machine. And can be removed, easily, to put the pins back in the big one when the little one gets full. Believe me, everything in the pc is from my stash. Scrap of fabric, filler from another pc and even a piece of plasticized cardboard for backing that I use when paper piecing.

If it's made from stash it's a winner! If your name is drawn then you win twice. Welcome paus4quilts