October Stash Report and Goals Update

Lots of stash activity in October, both In and Out. Due to some finishes in both September and October, I can count a lot out, but I also brought in a lot for the Crossroads Wheel project I'm working on as well as some backings. 

My only complete finish this month is the Windmill Baby quilt. 

Other than that, I mostly worked on Crossroads Wheel blocks. After exhausting my scraps and my stash, it's been fun collecting new FQs and small cuts of yardage to add to the palette. I'm fussy cutting wherever the print offers opportunities. 

I was supposed to have two time slots on PCQ's long arm this month, but one conflicted with an event in the room so it got cancelled. My Almost Postage Stamp top was finished and the backing was ready, so I quilted that during my one time slot. Full post coming soon. The teal top and backing are ready but that will have to wait until my next long arm opportunity. 

October Stash Report

IN this month: 9 yards (3 yards from Connecting Threads.  1-3/4 yards from Hobby Lobby. 4-1/4 yards from Prickly Pearadise.)

OUT this month: 28-1/4 yards (Backing and binding for windmill baby quilt, 1-3/4 yards. Teal quilt top, 10 yards per EQ. Postage Stamp top, est. 10-1/2 yards. Backing and binding for Postage Stamp, 5-1/2 yards.)

IN YTD: 60-3/4 yards

OUT YTD: 121-3/8 yards

YTD Net Change: 60-5/8 yards out. 

Goals Update: 

October Recap: 

1. Quilt the Postage Stamp quilt. Done. 

2. Bind the red and black churn dash top. Done and donated. 

3. Fix the bottom border on the teal top. Piece the backing for it. Done. 

4. Quilt the windmill baby quilt on my domestic machine. Done and donated. 

5. Finish piecing the Positively Scrappy top. No, not touched. 

6. Make some more blocks for the new Crossroads Wheel project. Yes, made 22 of 36 blocks. 

7. Start planning a new video game-themed quilt for grandson's birthday. Found suitable fabrics and got his dad's approval. Piecing will be simple to feature the prints. 

8. Make a banner for my souvenir pins. Done and hung. 

Mostly the Crossroads Wheel blocks consumed my attention this month. I did get to social sewing a couple of times, and finished the scrappy top I've been working on there. I found backing for it in the club's stash. I'll post more about that project separately. 

November Goals: 

1. Bind the postage stamp quilt. 

2. Prep batting and quilt the teal quilt. 

3. Continue piecing Crossroads Wheel blocks.

4. Make a mug rug for the PCQ Holiday Luncheon exchange. 

5. Design and cut out grandson's new video game inspired quilt. 

The video game quilt has an end-of-January deadline, so I need to get as far along as possible with it. I also need to find licensed fleece fabric featuring Mario, Yoshi, Picachu, or MineCraft for the backing. 

Since the top I've been working on piecing for months at social sewing is done, I'll need to take something else to work on there. I'll take the Positively Scrappy project that wasn't worked on in November, and maybe I can finish that top. 

The other big accomplishment for October was the banner for my souvenir pins. I've been collecting pins for years, and I finally got around to making a display banner for them. 

All in all, October was a great month on the quilting front. In addition, the weather here has turned cooler and we're enjoying fabulous resort weather. DH has been working in the yard, so we've been visiting garden centers and cactus farms. We brought home five new specimens. Two will be hardier replacements for a couple of Yellow Barrel cactus that didn't make it through the extreme summer heat in full afternoon sun. The others will be planted in our shadier back yard, some in pots. Who knew cacti do better in the shade!!! In the almost 5 years we've lived here, DH has turned our back yard into a botanical garden.