13 | January | 2013 | Justquiltin with Denise Russart

Well it could be worse I suppose. My first stashbusting report had me at 5.5 yards busted. I wasn’t going to add in the fabric that I had ordered before the end of the year but arrived after the beginning of the year – but what the heck. So I added 5 yards into the stash (and there’s another box with Kona black fabric I needed for a block swap and perhaps another piece or two ordered with it coming in the mail this week). So for the 2nd week of 2013 — I’m back down to 1/2 yard busted. Guess that’s better than none! LOL
I have been sewing the last two days but just don’t have the project done yet. But next week I’ll be able to add in the yardage for this small Starshine.

I need to sew the stars to each other and cut out the border sections and get those pieced but it was really quick to put together. I should also be able to add in the yardage for the larger Starshine pattern for next weekend’s sew along – if I ever make a decision on what fabric to pull from the stash for it.

As I was looking for something in the sewing room, I opened a little storage drawer that I thought only had fabric scraps organized in it. Nope — there was knitty stuff on top.

I did not get that red/gold shawl blocked yet — it’s just not a blocking sort of day to me today — too damp, and mostly I haven’t cleaned up the sewing room to give me floor space to work on. I did however, move that shawl just a bit toward completion since now all the ends are finally buried. I also pulled the Honey Cowl out of my knitting basket and buried the ends on that — I don’t think that one needs blocking so it’s ready to wear now and marked DONE! My second finish of UFK projects – hey it counts even if it as a quick and easy one to finish off. VBG And I also found this in that drawer.

I had totally forgotten about this shawl. It was made from leftover sock yarns from other projects. It of course needs a whole bunch of ends woven in (yes I truly hate doing that part) and needs a good blocking. It’s actually a since large size and very stretchy so it will be interesting to see how big it is once I block it. So I’ll get the ends done this week some night and perhaps get both those shawls blocked next weekend.