Day 4.

Toothache day. Woke up with a toothache and was surprised to be able to get an appointment with my dentist today. The bad news is he is not sure what is wrong. The good news is it may be sinus and nothing to do with the tooth. I am on antibiotics for a few days to see what happens. Hopefully nothing bad as it is a long weekend coming up.

I did manage some me time. Preparation counts in my challenge and tonight I started basting the 64 cream hexagons I need for the next section of Cream Tea.

 

I have gone back to thread basting. Tried glueing but I am not a fan.

Ally has just popped her head in to see what I am doing. Time for bed I think.

 

 

5/1/14

In keeping with this years mantra of reduce I am going to give the weekly stash report another go. I will still buy fabric but my aim for the year is to use more than I buy. So the totals for week 1 are

Fabric used 1/4 metre

Fabric bought. 0 metres

Net position. -1/4 metre

Part of my strategy to use up the stash is to start using Bonnie Hunter's method of having fabric cut intro useable strip sizes. The theory is if some of the work is already done you can get to the fun bit of sewing quicker. I can't bring myself yet to just cutting up the stash so it will be a gradual process. For example as I am cutting strips for her Celtic Solstice quilt I am also cutting strips in all her suggested sizes. I can see from this mystery how much quicker things would go with pre-cut strips. By this time next year I should have a selection ready to start.

I am also trying to use leaders and Enders so that progress is being made on a secondary project. I find it tedious to be cutting for two projects at once so on Sundays I will have a clean up of the fabrics used during the week and get some components ready to feed through my machine. This little pile was all I managed today.

 

Finally today's photo a day prompt was "found". The gorgeous Ally is rarely seen during daylight hours so when I saw her sunning herself I managed to snap a photo.

 

 

Design Wall Monday

Not a lot happening on the sewing front this week. I did finish one block from the Xmas quilt. Takes me to 7 of 36. Hopefully will not take me another 29 weeks to get it done.

Here's a photo of Cleo after she had finished her crab last night. She could barely move but was one contented cat.

Ally does not usually sat still long enough for a photo but I managed to snap this one earlier today.

Exercise is still happening. The last couple of weeks it has been out of the gym. This morning I hit the treadmill for 35 minutes and managed 3.11 kms.

Ally and the Stash

Meet the other member of the family. Ally, Ally Cat, Allyoop, Alikazam, Miss Ally or the devil. She has the face of an angel and I was asked how I could name such a sweet thing Ally. I must have known she had the devil in her. She is certainly our most affectionate family member but only on her terms. As a kitten she never wanted to come in at night. That changed the night she was run over. Fortunately only bruised but it certainly tamed her wild streak. She still gives us grief from time to time but we love her dearly.



Now after that distraction the stash report for this week.

Fabric used this week 1 yard

Fabric Used this year 25 1/4 yards

Fabric purchased this week 6 1/2 yards

Fabric purchased this year 59 yards

Net reduction + 33 3/4 yards