Let's Hear It For The Stash

 I've never felt like I've had to justify

having a fabric stash.

It's important to have a readily available resource

for your creativity.

I do use my stash.

I don't horde it (too much) or

buy excessive amounts (too often).

I buy what I like and

enjoy the pleasure of creating 

something tangible from it.

There are times when having a stash

is super important.

 How about when you need

a particular style of fabric

and a shop, even a good shop,

doesn't have anything close to

what you were hoping for.

Or that particular color just isn't popular 

right now.

Having a good resource of reproduction fabric

came in handy last

year as I stitched along with

Barbara Brackman's 

Stars in a Time Warp Sew A long.

Barbara discussed
so many different types of
historical fabrics.
Without a good stash,
I doubt that you could have
found all the different examples.

 
 I finished machine quilting and binding
my Stars in a Time Warp.

 
It was a fantastic study.

I made 72 star blocks
and didn't buy one piece of fabric.
Thank you stash!

Until Next Time-

I Finished the Trail

 At the end of September

Lori, at Humble Quilts,

began a quilt along

with a quilt she was calling Mountain Trails.

I'm a slow hiker, I know.

But I've finished one of the quilts that

I had started.

I challenged myself to a "scrap attack" and
 to use only the fabrics

that were in my scrap bag and here's

one of the quilts. 

 21.5" x 22.5"

"Follow the Cheez-It Trail"

 Remember I had help

choosing just the right fabrics.

With the trail done in a cheddar color,

and the shape a small square,

all I could see were Cheez-It crackers

making a trail.

I found a great fabric in my stash

to use on the back.

Can you tell how old this fabric is?

Good Grief,

it's 20 years old already.

Time to use some it, 

don't you think!

 Other quilters who are faster

hikers than I am,

have posted their quilts here.

I have one more quilt partly sewn.

I'll let you know when I finally get to 

the end of that trail.

But until then,

"Happy Trails to you

'till we meet again."

Until Next Time-