Sunday Stash #69

The 'Miss Freelove' Homespun Edition

Wowzers! 69 Weeks of Sunday Stash! Great numbers. I was born in the Summer of '69. 

This week I was Star Wars pattern testing for Kristy of Quiet Play - not a hardship really - but I needed some flesh coloured fabric pronto. 

So I ventured off to Spotlight and found some Prima Homespun in 'nude'. It is a slightly more pinkish than the Kona 'ice peach' that Kristy has ordered for her Star Wars blocks.

I also added some Prima 'chestnut' for his hoodie. Close to Kona 'chocolate'.

Then there are the staples of any good Bee stash - some black, white and light grey.

Hosting Sunday Stash

Thank you to the SEVEN extra bloggers who responded and signed up to host Sunday Stash last week. I so appreciate your enthusiasm. I needed to add a few extra dates to fit you all in. Here is the updated list for the remainder of 2013.

July 7th - Gemma of Pretty Bobbins
July 21st - Kristy of Quiet Play

August 4th - Amanda of What the Bobbin?
August 18th - Melissa of Ms Midge
August 25th - Heidi of Fabric Mutt

September 8th - Vera of Negligent Style
September 15th - Audrey of Hot Pink Quilts

October 6th - Emily of Sew E.T
October 20th - Foster of Foster Reviews It
October 27th - Michelle of Squeak Crafts

November 3rd - Rachael of The Floral Suitcase
November 17th - Lisa of In Port Hope

December 1st - Josh of Molli Sparkles
December 15th - Kelly of Made By Kelly
December 29th - Alyce of Blossom Heart Quilts

Most Visited Last Week

And congratulations to Cynthia Brunz Designs and What the Bobbin! who were equally the MOST visited posts of the week.

Next week Sunday Stash is hosted by Gemma of 'Pretty Bobbins'.

Now it's your turn to link up your Stash reports below.

Block of the Month (BoM) with Craftsy

One of my goals in 2012 is to challenge myself with quilting blocks. I have never signed up to a 'Block of the Month' challenge BUT this one from Craftsy BoM comes with video lessons. Being a visual learner I was happy to sign up.

My online 'Quilt Club Australia' group has set up a QCA 2012 Craftsy BOM support page where we can create and share. It is open to other Aussies too. Feel free to join up at any time.

January Blocks

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It was easy to follow the instructions (once I could get a computer to liaise with our new modem - that's still an ongoing problem btw) with the online tutorial.

Wonky Pound Sign

Now even less cutting and sewing for this block.

The hardest decision was whether or not to use white or jade for the solid fabric. Most of the samples I have seen use white but I decided that the jade would tie my various fabric together more successfully. It was a relief to see a great result.

Until next month (you can't actually get ahead with the online tutorials).