Valance

The valance pattern is from Simplicity #9566

Finally something to show for my efforts!

I spent the weekend getting some odds and ends finished in the bedroom that I just painted.  I have some quilts to hang on the walls, but I did get a lined valance finished.

This took a lot of fabric, it called for 4 yards of main fabric and 4 yards of lining.  There was some waste but it sure busted a bunch of stash fabric.  I am a member of Stashbuster and have been participating in the 100 yard dash from the stash for this year.  To date I have used over 179 yards of fabric.  Can you believe it?  That's a lot of fabric.

yummy stuffed squash

The first link with the stuffed squash recipe in my last post was so good.  I didn't have currants so I used dried cranberries, craisins.  This recipe would be good in acorn squash too. 

Sweet Dumpling Squash

We were at the produce stand on Thursday and I bought some squash I had never seen before called sweet dumpling squash:




Sweet dumpling squash


I found 2 links for recipes:

http://inspiredbites.blogspot.com/2008/10/stuffed-sweet-dumpling-squash.html

Sweet Dumpling Squash

The first link sounds good for a main meal so I may try it tonight.

Not much quilting this week

I started to tackle the guest bedroom on Wednesday.  Painting is done, carpet is cleaned.  Today DH and I moved the furniture back in.  I still have to hang the blinds back up, and I need to make a curtain, or some kind of window treatment.  I did buy some new rugs for the room.  I'm going to hang some of my small quilts on the walls, I might as well use them.  I will post pics when I get my window curtain finished.  So glad that we didn't have the problems that we had in the bathroom.

New crop of strings

Does it ever end?

I did get all of my unruly scraps cut into nice stacks, but you know it generated a whole bunch of strings!  That's not bad, it refreshes my string and crumb collection, giving it new life.  But it never ceases to amaze me how far one piece of fabric goes, even a fat quarter!  I've never followed & documented the life of a fabric in my possession but wouldn't that be interesting?

New crop of strings and crumbs

These strings are more generously sized than normal, truth is, I was getting tired of cutting and just wanted to finish.  But I have found in the past that some fatter strings are nice to have.

Scraps are project-ready

It took me a couple of days but I was able to get that pile of scraps cut into nice stacks of 10" squares, 5" squares and a nice bunch of 2.5" strips.  Now I can get out my pattern books and think of which pattern to make with these goodies.



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