A Happy Girl and A Stash Report

First up - the happy girl.  Last month I told you about the Nightmare Before Christmas Quilt I had just finished (you can read about it HERE), so I thought I'd share this picture of Cerena with the quilt when she received it.   I think it was a hit!

 

I've started working on another niece/nephew quilt, still making my way through my batiks stash. That stash "ain't what it used to be" (as they say), so I added to it when I was at retreat in July.  Just some FQs but not a bad selection. 

 

If you ever get to Shipshewana, Indiana try to make a stop at Lolly's Fabrics and Yoder Department Store to do a little stash enhancing.  And make sure you allow plenty of time!  

I'm using the "All Stacked Up" pattern by Linda and Carl Sullivan for Colourwerx. Here's a preview -

AUGUST

Fabric Added in August - 3.7 yards

Fabric Used in August - 14.5 yards

Fabric Added Year to Date - 55.7 yards

Fabric Used Year to Date - 153.4 yards

Net Used in 2022 - 97.7 yards

Days I sewed in August - 31/31

Days I sewed this year - 232/243

Percentage - 95%

August Goal Done (Thank Goodness!)

My August One Monthly Goal was to finish putting together Cerena's quilt top.   I used a really fun "Nightmare Before Christmas" print for the focus fabric and drew colors from the print to build my version of the Mountain Horizon pattern. 

When the blocks were ready to put into rows (on point) I wondered how it could possibly come together accurately since the directions called for using half-blocks as setting triangles.  Normally, you make your setting triangles in such a way that they are large enough to give you a seam allowance along the quilt's edges, so you don't lose any of your nice, clean, sharp points.  In fact, when you look at the "picture" on the "Mountain Horizon" pattern the points along the edges of the quilt are perfect.

I consider myself to be a fairly precise sewist.  Decent points. 

 

But the edges of my quilt top looked like this .....

..... which meant the triangle points would be cut off once the binding was added.  

I checked the designer's web site (Lo & Behold Stitchery) to see if there were any corrections.  There were none.  However, the designer's own photo shows the same points cut off when the binding was added.

Another quilt top from her site ..... 

..... shows the same thing.  Obviously the "photo" on the front of the pattern is not a photo, but rather an artist's rendering or digital image of some sort.  (Can you tell I am not a happy girl right now?)

All that aside, the quilt is finished .....

..... and in the mail, and it might even be loved.  

Even though it's not my work that's in question, I'm not super proud of this finish.  I didn't even put my name on it like I normally would, just my initials.

And that's all I have to say about that.