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Used this Week: 46 inches
Used year to Date: 390.75 inches (10 yards, 30.75 inches)
Added this Week: NIL
Added Year to Date: 985 inches (27 yards, 13 inches)
Deficit of 594.25 19 yards, 2.25 inches
…….’nuff said
Can we please just say “Sugar-Hats-Icing-Tommy”…sure you can figure it out!! 
Used this Week: 12 and a half inches
Used year to Date: 332.25 inches (9 yards, 8.25 inches)
Added this Week: 50 inches (1 yard, 14 inches
Added Year to Date: 935 inches (27 yards, 13 inches)
Used for 2011: 9 yards, 20.75 inches……
Deficit of 640.25 17 yards, 28.25 inches
not sure what happened with the figures, only guess is that I’ve not added each week properly
but the figures are coming straight from the spreadsheet!!
guess this is what happens when you miss a couple of reports…..
anyways, jump on over and see Judy, and see everyone else’s progress…
ok……
NOTHING on the wall of floor this week
am madly prepping hexagons and will try for a marathon piecing session before Sunday (my workshop day!!)
have purchased a laarge piece of Quilter’s Flannel for the portable design wall, that will hold quilts from next Monday
and here is the reason I can’t use the design floor…..
my new exercise buddy
an 8-ish month old Shar Pei
we are fostering her through Shar Pei Rescue
as you can imagine, loose ANYTHING is a potential puppy plaything
so drop by Patchwork Times to see what other people have been up to
I swear, I just turned around and a week has gone by
Used this Week: 25 inches (15 white and 5 purple strips)
Used year to Date: 219.25 inches (6 yards + 3.25 inches)
Added this Week: 20 yards, well it was expected for next Sunday’s workshop
Added Year to Date: 883 inches (24 yards, 9 inches)
Used for 2011: 66.25 inches……
that’s a NEGATIVE of 816.75 inches, or 22 yards, 24.75 inches MORE than I have used
*sigh*
pop over to Judy’s blog to see how every one else is faring this week
Still don’t have access to either the temporary or permanent design walls
Finished the binding on my first hexie quilt, husband draped it over the sofa for its picture
a close-up of my loopy quilting pattern
and an awkward picture of “Insanity II”, front-room floor is the only space in the house where we can lay it our flat
jump over to Judy’s blog to see what every one else is working on this week
Used this Week: 108 inches (3 yards for backing)
Used year to Date: 194.25 inches (5 yards + 14.25 inches)
Added this Week: None
Added Year to Date: 153 inches (4 yards, 9 inches)
Net Used for 2011: 41.25 inches……MORE than what has come into the house!!
haven’t cut more pieces for “Insanity II” yet, should need that this week
and the fabric I ordered should arrive this week……watch this space for a big stash increase
this tracking exercise is making me more aware of what I’m using/buying, and that is a good thing
now to find a way to use my time more effectively as well 
and pop over to Judy’sblog and see how everyone else is doing
but only once this year
#10 on my UFO list
it’s the Cowboy Kaleido
have made some progress with my machine quilting, another hour or two and I’ll be ready to take it along to my guild and hand-sew the binding down tonight
then it’s back to the “Insanity”, workshop on the 20th
after that , it’s YEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Gratitudes
machine is working, it’s temperamental, but it’s mine
a wealth of fabric
husband who can fix my machine, and unpick bad quilting
school back on Friday, more time in the Studio
as far as the eye can see....
This is UFO #6, “Shelley’s Flower Garden” from Australian Patchwork & Stitching, Vol. 6#3, not sure what year/month though
back is pieced, binding made, and it’s loaded onto the Short-Arm
and that’s where things went awry
new needle, newly wound bobbin, and new reel of quilting thread
and HUGE tension problems
husband says it could be a humidity problem, there have been a few days of over 100 degrees this month
enough to make the floor-boards mis-behave, so why not quilting cotton?
…so much for show-n-tell this month I guess
It’s Monday in the US, and that means heading to Judy’s blog for a virtual tour
as for me…..my (temporary) design wall is gone!!
have moved the family room around and there is nowhere to hang the backdrop at the moment
it should be back in service next week
figures aren’t good, I’ve added 156 hexagons to “Insanity II”, sounds better when I say that is another 1.5% of the total added to the quilt though
also been a prepping fool, weather has been hot the last couple of days, good for napping and prepping, not so much nursing the quilt……
