My Stash Immortalized

One day a few years ago, I met a super fun and talented artist named Lysa. She asked me if she could draw my stash. Weird.

I like Lysa and we both like fabric and Mexican food and sushi.  So I put some of my most precious stash fabrics into several shopping bags and gave them to Lysa. She took them away. Scary.

Two of Lysa's stash drawings on wood panels (that she generously gifted me) are on display above my shelving unit!

If you want to see what magic Lysa worked after that, and learn a bit more about me, my stash and other exciting tidbits, then check out the interview I did on her blog today!

In case you were wondering, after Lysa completed her series of drawings of my stash, she gave it all back (I think).

Pssst, wanna see a swap summary of 2010?

You'll have to visit me over here, where I'm guest posting today. You can see all 15 swaps I made over the past 12 months and find out where most of them ended up!

C'mon, it's only one more click.

♥ Krista

Sunday Stash on Monday

Happy Monday!

I hope you had a fantastic weekend. Mine was a blur: Roxy/Quicksilver sample sale with kids Friday night, then set up retreat, 14 hours at retreat Saturday, B & T overnight hike with Scouts from 7 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday, D on a sleepover, 8 km walk with doggie Sunday a.m. followed by whole house vacuum & folding of multiple loads of laundry, retreat unpack (sort of), afternoon of family games and pizza downtown with friends. I am super tired and attempting to keep my blood pressure in check because this is gonna be a very busy week.

I intended to jump on the "Sunday Stash" blog- bandwagon yesterday, but decided to take a much-needed break from the computer. So friends, now I give you Sunday stash on Monday:

I'm probably the last quilter to acquire this delicious Hope Valley by Denyse Schmidt. My LQS is having a 30% off anniversary sale - DANGER - so I did a bit of stash-building last week.

My stash reds tend towards burgundy, so I just had to buy these nice, clear, bright ones. Really, I need them! My very talented flickr/blogger friend Carol just published this great pattern and my plan is to make this for my sister's family in time for Christmas. You read it here: Christmas project underway (sort of) 8 months in advance.....will she get it done, you ask? Keep an eye on me, and get ready to dish out some encouragement. You know how these Christmas projects always start with the best intentions, then summer comes along and the garden needs attention and before you know it, it's Hallowe'en costume-making-time and suddenly it's Dec.24th!

Moving along, these next ones are just because.

A fun Kaffe Fasset spot in brown & aqua, his Paperweight in lime (my all time fav Kaffe print) and a Kona solid, likely destined for sashing on some project or other.

And now to my busy week.....things may be quiet here for a few days!

Eenie, Meenie, Mienie, Moe

Proper spelling of mienie notwithstanding, I'm having trouble choosing today. Retreat is only 2 sleeps away and I should be gathering projects and supplies to FINISH projects, but I cannot seem to avoid pulling fabric from my stash that I could use to START projects. A couple of days ago, I signed up for Jacquie's Joy in the New Year UFO challenge (see button on my sidebar), pledging to complete 2 of my unquilted tops. I even donated a thread catcher to the prize pool hoping it will help keep me accountable. Does anyone else seem to stall at the quilting phase? I have so many unquilted tops!

One project I will need to start soon is my Fall Quilt Swap. So, with something leafy in mind, I pulled these:

This will be my first online swap, so I want to do a good job! I've been spying on my partner and it's hard to get a read on her quilting tastes...I do have a plan for a little surprise based on her blog and heritage, though. Supplies for that are en route from far away. For now, I've got these to ponder, and possibly cut into, over the weekend.

Don't forget to leave a comment here by Sunday night if you'd like a chance to win my Thread Management give away!