hind sight?

So yesterday I was trying to find a suitable backing for a recent quilt.

I picked this 1974 Urban Chicks fabric from my stash.

I needed 4 yards or 70"x70".

Surely I bought a 4 yard piece of this fabric...

Nope.

it's 3 1/4 yards.

I tried to figure out mathematically how I could get the piece I needed

BUT it just wasn't enough....

I whined and groaned and searched my fabric stash....

I gave up on that and found another stash piece of 1974 Urban Chicks in Red

sure enough I did have 4 yards.

In hind sight...

I wish I had bought 4 yards of the light fabric or any fabric for that matter.

I found that every piece I had that 'might' be enough...wasn't enough.

I have a lot of stash but not a lot of backing sized stash.

I thought about piecing the backing but my machine quilter isn't fond of that

(yeah it's sometimes frustrating but he's a convenient so I take that inconvenience)

I think the next time I find a 'deal' or sale yardage I am buying 4-6 yard pieces for backings.

Ever been in this situation?

1651

inches of binding made yesterday....

and that's just the beginning....

Fave Pin Friday #10

Source: emeraldandella.com.au via Vickie on Pinterest

I am really crushing on these spice containers.

Fave Pin Friday #9

Funky Valentines are my fave pin this week.

I want to sew some right now...

Click on the patternspot link to this free pattern.

Source: patternspot.com via Vickie on Pinterest

By the way, I missed the Thursday Three yesterday.

I was so wrapped up in my week that I forgot about it.

I know how on earth could I do that?

Well, my hubby was gone for 5 days, while he was gone my sister was here with her 9 month old baby.

 Add work and kids and generally crazy life and you have a recipe for failure.

I just did what I could and the blog got neglected.

I haven't been able to show much of the sewing I have been doing but there's quite a bit going on.

On a super happy note, I got an iphone today!

I was a diehard blackberry user....so this is a BIG deal for me.

So far it's been easy to use.

Any quilt/sewing Apps I must have?

Fave Pin Friday #8

Brown Sugar Blondies

 

Source: bakedperfection.com via Belinda on Pinterest

I am pretty sure this sums up what I want to make today...

just need the pretty M&M's.

Thursday Three:

First blog on the radar today is

Anyone Can Quilt
This blogger has several neat projects to look at.

Cotton Flower

I'm crushing on "Cotton Flowers" fabric choices for her bag.

I must check this blog often, for inspiration, of course.

And

Fresh Lemon Quilts

a more modern-ish style blogger designer....

I think I may have seen her blog before but for some reason it didn't end up in my google reader.

It's there now!

I hope you find an enjoyable new blog today.

Have a great day :)

♥ 12 done ♥

12 days/12 blocks!

I am so happy that I squeezed in some time yesterday afternoon to finish sewing these.

I hope to set them this weekend.

I doubt it will get quilted in the near future....but the top will be done atleast....

{p.s. Block can be found at Temecula Quilts}

Fave Pin Friday #7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: flickr.com via libertythreads on Pinterest

Knitted Hexies.
Love..

Thursday Three

First:

Obsessively Stitching

This blog features a Blythe clothier, crafter, stitcher kind of gal.

I am smitten with her pink dresses for Blythe's...

Pink, red, white, Valentine-y fever....

Second:

We Love French Knots

so much inspiration on this blog for the stitcher in all of us.

and lastly...

Sew For Home

A plethora of sewing ideas...

check em out.

p.s. just an fyi...this is NOT sponsored in any way. I just stumble on new blogs I'd like to share :)

Getting the Valentine crafting itch...

yep the Valentine crafting has begun with Bareroots stitchery.

I used some scraps of Ruby for the border of the pillow.

add some crayons

a little varigated DMC threads...

{sigh}

I'm on my way to 'finishing' something...