Upcoming Projects – Clearing Out the Stash

When I first learned about the daily special at MSQC (Missouri Star Quilt Company), I pretty much purchased something every week.  If not more frequently than that.  I have slowed down quite a bit now . . . mostly because we have a lot of to-be-worked on projects.  Here are a few things we hope to get out of the dresser, so to speak (they are stored there)!

Stash Busting Projects

  • 12 – Microwave cozies – we have a whole bolt of the special batting for these (!!) and they need to be complete and sent to my sister-in-law by Thanksgiving.  Here is the last one I made from fabrics my sister-in-law picked out to match her kitchen:

Cozy

  • We just recently started a Princess quilt, and it turns out we have four charm packs exactly the same.  Four Princess quilts!  I guess I really wanted to have Cinderella and Belle.  What can I say?!  Here is the first top that we are embroidering hearts in the white squares.  Any suggestions on how to quilt the patterned blocks?
  • Now that we have Dominic in our lives, we are making a boy-themed quilt.  The layout is going to be very similar to the princess quilt above.  I would love to quilt some footballs or something like that in the white squares.  Any quilting suggestions?  I just love the plaids and stripes:

Play-Ball

  • We have a few panels that I want to get made and on the books.  We picked these up on some of our road trips with Carol and Ken.  The last one with the Paris fabric is for Sue’s bedroom:

Projects – Possible Additional Purchase Needed

  • We also found this cute little panel while in Phoenix, and I think it will be just perfect for Dominic in a year or so.  It has roads and a lake with boats – I’m going to start picking up Matchbox cars so we can roam around this little village.  There are also additional segments to make the village bigger:

Connector Playmat

  • I want to make a quilt for my own bed.  I am thinking of using this square from the Grandma’s Kitchen quilt along – or making a sampler of blocks that I love.  What would you do?

GKblock1

  • Last but not least, we need to make Dominic his own stocking for Christmas.  His parents have matching ones in a red- or green-dotted pattern with a cross stitch cuff.  I will be fashioning our own pattern since those are no longer made by Charles Craft any longer.  That will need to be complete by Thanksgiving or so – whenever they put their tree up for the holidays.  I will have to find the perfect fabric!

 

I think these projects should help clean out our stash a bit, and allow us room for new projects!

 

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10 Responses

  1. Hi Roseanne, good luck with all of those projects! It’s great that you’re making a quilt for your own bed – we seem to make them for everyone but ourselves 🙂 I like your block but I personally get bored easily so I have to either make different blocks, or use many different fabrics for the same block if I expect to finish it!

    • Roseanne says:

      Hi Andrée! This will be the first quilt I have made for myself. I just find that so appealing, but I can understand the being bored issue. I am thinking I need to make up my own sampler of sorts, if I can find blocks all the same size that I like. It will be a project, that’s for sure! Thank you so much for your visit and comment – I appreciate it so much. ~smile~ Roseanne

  2. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the panels. They are so cute.

  3. Tu-Na Quilts says:

    You do have a lot of fabric plans!! I have the same Paris couple with umbrella panel. But please tell, what line is the Paris text fabric from. I know a poodle quilt that needs to have this for the back.

    • Roseanne says:

      Hi Karen! You know, I think of you immediately when I see that fabric. I will check the line/name tonight and send it to you. ~smile~ Roseanne

    • Roseanne says:

      Karen – the fabric is by Windham Fabrics called Destination Paris. I got it from MSQC and . . . they still have it!! Run and get it right away. It is SO you. ~smile~ Roseanne

  4. Making plans.. either with stash or trips.. is essential to a cheerful life.. so you seem really cheerful.. and good to know. Gender-specific quilts are not on my list.. bright colors and balloons and creatures also work for baby quilts. Always interesting to hear about stash and sewing rooms… (corners?)…..and cleaning / oiling the sewing machines.. or maybe newer machines do not need that. My Singer is so old it is metal.. … me, too.

    • Roseanne says:

      Hi Maxine! Well, aren’t you sweet?!! I am a generally cheerful person – I am blessed with great family and friends and a strong faith. I agree about the bright colors for babies . . . and didn’t know I had so much gender-specific selections until we went through the stash. I think all machines need cleaning and oiling. I’ve been cleaning my machine much more often now. I have a Kenmore from the 70s that is still going strong that I bought when I was in high school (I’m old!). ~smile~ Roseanne

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