2012 MONTHLY Stash Busters

We certainly accomplished a LOT with the "Stash Buster and UFO Basher" last year, so I will be organizing a similar activity this year! However this year, we will be focusing entirely on shrinking our stash. An additional change this year is that we will be doing it on a MONTHLY basis. There will be a small prize for each monthly winner. But...there will also be a GRAND prize for the gal who is the overall monthly winner at the end of the year! So this year, it will be little steps (monthly) to master a huge accomplishment: BUST THE STASH!!!!

In 2012 we will be focusing on trimming down our stash. You know how many resolutions involve weight loss and slimming down?! Well, instead of working on our body...we are going to work on our stash!!! lol To be a member of this group you are encouraged to USE THE FABRIC IN YOUR STASH that was purchased prior to January 1, 2012. You may start new projects or finish old projects- but choose the fabrics from your stash. (Anything purchased during this 2012 year canNOT be counted as part of your stash!) You will need to keep track of how much fabric you use out of your stash each month. The easiest way to do this is measure your fabric piece before you use it in a project and then measure your fabric piece after you are done using it. That will help you determine how much fabric you have used! Even easier-if you use only fabric from your stash for your quilt, the pattern you are using will tell your yardage. Who wants to join me on this quest to shrink our waistlines...er, I mean stashes???

I know several of you who have that competitive edge and will be enticed by this challenge! Sometimes a task (e.g. shrinking your stash) can be better accomplished with a 'support group' cheering you on! "YOU CAN DO IT!"- yelled while shaking my pom-poms (how's that for support?)!!!

So, let's take it one month at a time! Tell us about the project you are working on that is helping you deplete your stash. You are encouraged to post pictures of your projects! And remember to post the yardage you use from your stash each time you complete a project!!! (YES, a quilt top will count as a completed project- even though it is not quilted! Oh- and don't forget to count the yardage you used to prepare a backing for the quilt top!) Remember: you cannot count any newly purchased fabrics for your project....ONLY what you use from your stash.

If you need to buy some fabric to complete a project...we promise we will not bully or intimidate you! Our goal is to see how long we can go without purchasing fabric and to see how much fabric we can use up from our own stash!

GO, STASH BUSTERS, GO!!!!

STASH yardage used during the 2012 year was an amazing 1,179.67 TOTAL YARDS:

Andrea- 11.02 total yards

Betty- 196.15 total yards

Deb S.- 42.6 total yards

Diane- 333.86 total yards

Froggie (Linda)- 4.5 total yards

Jan- 177.75 total yards

Lynne- 89.2 total yards

Marcia- 111.75 total yards

Pat A.- 117.99 total yards

Peg- 64.75 total yards

Shirley- 13.5 total yards

JAN. Stash Busting Queen- Betty (33.6 yds)/TOTAL yardage for group: 178.7 yds

FEB. Stash Busting Queen- Diane (38.5 yds)/TOTAL yardage for group: 88.94 yds

MAR. Stash Busting Queen- Diane (70.46 yds)/TOTAL yardage for group: 135.21 yds

APRIL Stash Busting Queen- Diane (29 yds)/ TOTAL yardage for group: 73.72 yds

MAY Stash Busting Queen- Lynne (39 yds)/TOTAL yardage for group: 86.65 yds

JUNE Stash Busting Queens-Jan & Peg(34.25 yds)/TOTAL yardage for group: 99.68 yds

JULY Stash Busting Queen- Diane (54.54 yds)/TOTAL yardage for group: 166.69 yds

AUGUST Stash Busting Queen- Diane (25.63 yds)/TOTAL yardage for group: 53.63 yds

SEPT. Stash Busting Queen- Betty (36.04 yds)/TOTAL yardage for group: 84.17yds

OCT. Stash Busting Queen- Diane (36.38 yds)/TOTAL yardage for group: 91.18 yds

NOV. Stash Busting Queen- Betty (35.92 yds)/ TOTAL yardage for group: 59.47 yds

DEC. Stash Busting Queen- Diane (22 yds)/TOTAL yardage for group: 61.63 yds

Formula to help you figure yardage of your project: multiply number of inches for width times the number of inches for length and then divide it by 1,296 inches (which is a square yard: 36" x 36").

WIDTH x LENGTH divided by 1,296 = your total yardage!

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Permalink Reply by Peg on February 11, 2012 at 9:45am

I like that one too Deb. I think I've got some large kiddie prints that would work very well in that pattern - have to go pull them out.

Permalink Reply by Lynne on February 13, 2012 at 6:25am

Add the bird quilt for me please. 62x93 plus back & binding = 9.6yds

Picture is on my page

Permalink Reply by Jan from Iowa/Arkansas on February 14, 2012 at 9:25am

This is the Scrappy 9-patch quilt I finished up this past week. As I was quilting it, I noticed that one block is wrong (light block is supposed to be in the center of all blocks), but I left it that way. It is a donation quilt, and I doubt most people will notice that anyway. It turned out pretty well. I did straight stitch in the ditch quilting all over. It has 7.9 yards of fabric from my stash.

Permalink Reply by Linda Hiatt on February 14, 2012 at 12:17pm

Nice Jan, and I agree "people will not notice". It's a nice quilt and will keep someone warm.

I think we notice those things when we're the ones making them, but other wise we don't. At least that is my WISH!!!! <LOL>

Permalink Reply by Marcia (aka "Life is Grand") on February 14, 2012 at 1:27pm

Lynne and Jan's quilt prove that the ol' Nine Patch pattern is hard to beat! Both quilts look different from one another; yet both quilts look awesome! :)

Well done you two gals!

Permalink Reply by diane on February 15, 2012 at 6:13am

Marcia please add 6 yds to my count f,or the backing of a quilt I put on the frame yesterday.
Hope you are getting some rest and your brother is doing better.

Permalink Reply by Jan from Iowa/Arkansas on February 16, 2012 at 10:48am

This is the notebook cover I made this morning. It is from my batik stash. I would guess about 1 yard of fabric was used.

Permalink Reply by Peg on February 16, 2012 at 12:30pm

Ooh - I really like that one Jan! Could it be the batiks?!

Permalink Reply by Deb Semmens on February 16, 2012 at 2:37pm

:-) !!!! Wow, watch out or Peg may come and steal that one.

Permalink Reply by diane on February 19, 2012 at 1:46pm

here is my latest offering for the stash busters count-28 yds-that includes the backing and binding--If I ever say I intend to do anything like this again I hope someone has me committed until sanity regains a foothold in my brain. This is Pam Bono's design called Pieces of Baltimore--there "only" 8 blocks BUT these blocks each have over 100 pieces in them! That does NOT count the bargello blocks either. No wonder this has been languishing on a shelf for more than 10 years.