Batting issues and finished quilts

I've about run out of batting-again. In December I was down to the last bits from my bolt of warm and natural batting, so when Hancocks had batting 1/2 price over new year I bought a new roll 20 yards-90 in wide. I'm now down to 3 pieces ready for 3 big quilts and the roll is already gone. I've still got some bits that i can use for small projects like runners and such but my big quilts are going to have to wait until I can find a way to buy another roll of batting. Joann's has it on 50% off this week and they have the 40 yd rolls...so now i need to find about $200 laying around.

These 4 quilts were finished last night and I pulled them out of the dryer this morning. The first is a 45x45 baby quilt made with the "dissapearing 9-patch" pattern. Then next 2 are from a line called "under the influence of fabric." The square one is about 50x 50 and the other one is about 30x50. The yellow and blue one is 45x60 and made from left over blocks and fabric from the quilt I made one of my brothers for his wedding. He and his wife may get this to use as a wall hanging over thier bed, or it may go to the next baby that needs one.

stash reports

Stash report for week 2:

Used 46.5 yards(this counts old tops from before I started keeping count of yardage used)
Bought: 20 yards(6 backs and some stuff for swap blocks)
Net used this week: 26.5 yds
Net used ytd:26.5 yds
Finished:7 quilts(all ufos)
Started: nothing new!

mysterys solved

I got 2 more quilts done friday(yesterday). Both are old mysterys about 60x60. It feels really good to get all these off my ufo list! I went and bought backs for 5 more quilts friday night-4 that qualify as baby size and one thats a big twin/almost full. Now the challenge is to get them basted tonight or tomorrow so I can sew all week again while the kids are at school.

on the line

I had a request to see what my storage for ufos, so here's my tops waiting for quilting. There are 17 baby or bigger tops each on thier own hanger, and 35 or so runner tops which are all sharing a pants hanger. If I have the binding and backing for a specific quilt its hanging with the top but only 6 of these have thier backs figured out. I am guessing that if I quilt 2-3 a month and buy 1-2 backs a month I should run out of tops well before the end of the year, not counting the runners. There are also 2 hand pieced antique quilts hanging here and counted in the 17 but I do not believe that I will even attempt to do anything with them, mostly because they need some repair work that I dont think i'm qualified for and also because I dont think that I have the time or patience that hand quilting them would require.

more finishes

I'm on a roll! I've gotten 3 more quilts finished in the last 2 days. Its amazing how much I get done when I have 5-7 uninterrupted hours in the sewing room. I've got 2 more basted that I'm hoping to get done tomorrow. The first is a Christmas mystery (2008) that I did in Easter fabric. The second is done with the "Holly Jolly" Line from Moda that I pieced last summer (2008) and the 3rd is an old one from when we lived in Germany (2004). The first 2 are 60something x about 80. The pink and green one is about 70x90.

first finishes of 2009

I Started this red and white quilt as a mystery on new year eve 2006 or new years day 2007. I'm not sure which. Its 60 inches square and I realized after I had sewn the top together that I had turned some of the blocks so that the real pattern does not show up properly-the white squares are not where they all belong but I was not about to re-do it when I was not really impressed with the project. The pink and green one was started in 2004 while we lived in Germany. Its about 64x72. The background pinks on both the center blocks and the border are the same color-but the print on them makes them look different which I think is why I did not like the top. Its also much softer colored than my usual quilts.

Late picture

I finished these stockings and counted them in my end of year tally but never got a chance to post pictures of them so here they are now. This is the 4th set i've made from this pattern, one for each of my brothers' families and one extra set. I've got a 5th set done but I cannot remember where I put them so i can't take pics until I find them again. I just hope I did not put them away with the rest of the Christmas stuff or I wont see them till next Christmas!