Here is my progress on the elephant quilt. This little elephant pattern was rather small, long and skinny so I had to add extra borders on the sides to make it a more pleasing shape and big enough to be a blanket. I'm almost done with sewing down the pink splashes and will be tackling the elephants next. Then on to the quilting! The grandma's request was to keep it a light blanket that the little girl could carry around with her so there will be no batting in it. Just the front and a really soft plush backing. Probably very light quilting to keep it soft.
Do you remember Miss Frizzle and the Magic School Bus? I have a daughter who is an Elementary Education major and she is already planning fun things to wear as a teacher. She is going to be JUST LIKE Miss Frizzle. She will be one of those fun teachers the kids will adore and never forget. Lucky kids! 😊 I might end up having to learn how to sew clothes. We will start with something simple like a circle skirt. Don't think I"m quite ready for a dress like this, but isn't this the cutest?
And now! On to a very fun project I've been working on (well fun for me anyway). I LOVE organizing! I was inspired by Tish over at Tish's Adventures in Wonderland when she wrote a post entitled "Slash that Stash!" I have not been happy with my system of fabric organization (or lack thereof) for quite a while so I am joining Tish in her endeavor to SLASH THAT STASH! Although I am taking my organization a step further. I am taking a handfull at a time and sorting as follows: anything that is a fat quarter or larger I am wrapping around comic book boards. They are a board that is stronger than just plain card stock but not quite as thick as a cereal box. Fat quarters fit on them PERFECTLY. The cards I ordered measure 6 3/4" x 10 1/2".
Here is a FQ ready to load on a board
Fold it in half short side to short side keeping the wrong side to the inside.
Lay card in the middle
Fold left side over card
Then fold right side over and pin through the layers to hold together. It's probably better to put the pin in facing toward the bottom instead of what you see here.
Here is my before . . .
And here is after going through 2/3 of my stash. Starting to look orderly! I plan to put everything in color order once I'm all through going through everything. I can see what I have to work with so much better now and when I do a fabric pull I'm not messing up the whole pile just to get at something on the bottom and have to refold and restack every time. The cards I ordered come in packages of 200 and I was SHOCKED to discover I used them all up before I was even close to being done. I had to order more. What you see here is about 250 different fabrics and I haven't even started on the bottom shelf yet. Yikes! I need to use up this stuff!
Anything not big enough to go on a board is getting cut into either
5 inch squares, 2 1/2" strips or 2 1/2" squares. I gave my Accquilt Go! Cutter a workout this weekend! So much so that I need a new cutting mat!
Seeing all that luscious color made me want to do a fabric pull for a block. Can you guess what these fabrics might potentially become? Not all will make the cut. And the ones that don't make the cut get put back in the stash just like a library book with no muss, no fuss. How cool is that!
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