It's time to take a look at my fabric-tracking spreadsheet to see how February turned out. Though I'm still determine to use more than buy in 2025, February found me falling short on the use more/incoming side.
I'll blame spending time quilting my Party Time! improv quilt for not using more fabric than I did. Since finishing Party Time! quilting, I made and attached binding that I'm currently hand sewing.
In February I also hand-pieced 26 more Inner City blocks. I've made 114 blocks toward my goal of 218. While flying to and from Phoenix for QuiltCon, I pieced these 12 blocks that I haven't yet taken time to press.
The sum-total of fabric used-up in February is 1.2 yards, while incoming fabric was 8 yards. I needed more color options to audition "one added color" for my Paint Chip Challenge quilt which must be purple/lavender and pink/mauve.
While at QuiltCon, my friend Candi @candipursuits convinced me to select a more bold (than oyster) color to go with purple and pink. A purchase from String and Story, a QuiltCon vendor that sells all colors of Painter's Palette solids, was where I found Painter's Palette Lemon Ice. and Frolic. I auditioned both colors and have settled on Lemon Ice as the color that will give purple and pink the pizazz I'm looking for.
February fabric-tracking numbers are 8 yards in, and 1.2 yards out, for a net gain of 6.8 yards.
Yep, I'm in the red, but I'll rectify that in short order. In March I'll be hustling to make the Paint Chip Challenge quilt (approximately 72" X 72") by the April 15 deadline. Linda
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