Food and Fiber Friday - Countdown on Christmas Quilts
This Christmas will be a 'Quilty' Christmas. There are several reasons for this decision. One, I need to use up my stash. I have fabric I have dragged to Montana, then back from Montana and then from Charlotte to my present home. A lot I donated to the County Extension Quilt makers. But I still have several boxes and bins of fabric. I need to use it up so I can justify buying more! Two, it will save me money. I am diving into my stash to come up with the fabric for the large lap quilts. I am using as much as possible, tweaking designs to create the quilts. Three, it has set me a project to go along with finally attempting to organize and to be able to utilize my upstairs space for crafting and a 'grow room' for seedlings. I want to finally get all the girls 'stuff' rearranged, packed up, stored until I can get it to their homes. And to go through and donate things which need to be gone. Four, it is giving me a reason to go at least once a week to 'quilt...