Cabin Stash Day!

I don’t keep a lot of stash at the cabin.

For the most part, projects are kitted up at home – meaning all of the block parts are cut and baggied up and travel back and forth with me from place to place, be it an on-the-road trip where I am sewing during my off hours teaching, and for transport for cabin weekends.

My stash fit into a couple of bins, and some of it, like the de-boned shirt parts STAYED in a bin, so into the closet they went along with a bin of crumbs and smaller pieces destined to be used up in very scrappy quilts.

The stash cabinet was never very organized, just a set of shelves to place my piles – glass doors have the job of just keeping everything contained and from falling on the floor!

Ready to fill!

The cute door you see is to the full bath.  There is also a fridge in the utility room –I don’t ever need to go upstairs! LOL!  Yes, I have plans for that extra microwave as well, popcorn and quilting is a perfect snack combo.

Three bins of neutrals on top!

Colors on the shelves.

I don’t really have YARDAGE here.  I’m used to quilting with many small bits and pieces, and yardage is something that would travel with me if I needed it for the borders of a project, or for sashings or to use as a constant within blocks – and if it was a constant within blocks, it would already be cut to the sizes I need and travel in baggies.

The neutrals however, are something I need constantly and I go through them like running water, so I need an ample supply, mostly in the form of fat quarters.

One basket of open layer-cake type squares

One basket of open random charm pack squares

A rainbow of piles – just enough to keep me sewing and going.

My thought was this –if my pickings are SLIM, I am forced to make choices that I wouldn’t otherwise, and these choices keep me on my toes and out of my box.  I try to think of quilters in times gone by, how they were limited by the meager contents of their scrap bags, and because of those choices, they came up with some wonderful eclectic combos.  Those are the things I absolutely love about vintage scrap quilts -

And let’s face it, the fabric stash at HOME is EPIC, so I can replenish this at any time I want.

I sorted by color family, separating anything that was in one collection and mixing it in with those of like color, instead of what came in "one line."  This also opens up my freedom to use any fabric with any other fabric just by how I like how they play together.  My choices, my vision.  I'm happiest that way.

Oh what a difference daylight bulbs make!

See how yellow the “old one” is?

So much better and brighter!

The cutting table is in a bit of a dark corner, so there may be exta light added over there too.  That can come in time.

It’s been a whirlwind of activity.  Slowly but surely the placement of “all things needing to be hung" on walls is happening. 

A clock in the kitchen.  A stitchery over the door leading down to the studio.  The “Hunter’s Quilt Villa” sign painted by my mom hanging over the sliding door to the front porch.  All of those little touches making this place feel more like ours.

It will continue through today –in the morning, The Hubster will make the long trek to Hickory (about 2 hours drive) for work, and Sadie and I will head home with a short stop in Winston-Salem for a yearly mammogram and bone scan. (For me, not for Sadie!)  There is no need to go all the way home, only to have to double back a 30 minute drive to go for the scan, so I’ll do that on the way home.

Tuesday – Bye Bye Thing Day!  This coming week is already turning up busy.

If you missed yesterday's post - we have a Quilty Box Giveaway going on!  The drawing happens on Wednesday evening.  You can find all of the pertinent info ON THAT POST.

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

Believe you can and you are headed in the right direction!

Vintage feathered star quilt found while Mary and I were out antiquing in Greensboro, North Carolina last Wednesday.  I loved this one!

**PS** Just for kicks I timed how long this took to upload.  20 minutes.  It's a cloud covered rainy day so it is interesting to see how that effects connectivity via cell phone hot spot.  It's all good.  this is uploading more than an hour later than I wanted it to be, but it is uploading, and that is what counts!

Have a wonderful Sunday, everyone!

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