A Little Quilting ! ! !

Daughter Debra and I have been slowly using

all of our Fabric Stashes.

This summer we are finally making headway.

We spent several days cutting 2.5" strips

of every size piece of fabric we own.

All that remains are a half dozen or so

pieces of Fabric that we can use for Backing

for other projects after this one.

Before beginning cutting those 2.5" strips

we cut the backing pieces.

Since we were cutting from Stash

we decided pieced backs would be the way to

use what we had to our best advantage.

We formed a plan ! ! !

A version of a quilt-as-you-go/'rag quilt' style

quilts would suit our mood.

Since we do not want to do any large quilts . . . . .

We cut 21" square backing fabric and batt.

In fact, we cut eighty-five 21" square quilt backs.

That is enough for seven quilts ! ! ! ! 

These quilts will be four rows by three columns.

We used approx. 27 yards of fabric and 

the same number of yards of batt.

Well on our way to completely de-Stash ! ! ! 

We went on to cut 2.5" strips of the remaining Stash.

These strips are of various lengths

varying from wide of fabric (40-42ish inches)

to some as short as eighteen inches.

We cut, and we cut.

For several days we cut.

Of Course, we used our Accuquilt GO!

cutter using the 2.5" die

which make the entire process a bit easier.

Now we have a great many stack of strips.

I sewed a very long strip about 3,800" in length.

This is equal to a piece of fabric

42" wide by 6.25 yards.

I was able to quilt-as-you-go

the twelve blocks necessary to make one of our quilts.

A quick calculation shows that our goal of

seven quilts takes more than 45 yards of fabric !

The strips I used hardly make a dent in our

'Stash of 2.5" Strips'.

We have a feeling there will be enough to

reach our immediate goal of seven

60"-ish x 80"-ish quilts.

27 yards of backing fabric

plus

27 yards of batt

plus

at least

45 yards of fabric cut into 2.5" strips

That's a lot of YARDS

YAHOO ! ! !

My second Dahlia

 Isn't she sweet?

hugs 'n smiles