Stashbusting Report 2010-01-10

I had to go up and sew yesterday, so I'd have something to report in my Stashbusting.  The thing about my stash is that it's almost all in sets offo fabrics - not just individual pieces to be used one at a time.  In this case, I had this floral that I thought about using for curtains for DDs room, then didn't.  So I found some pieces of pink and green, and decided to use it all up on Disappearing 9-Patch (D9P).  I've never made one before, but thought it would be good to try to use up some of the sets of fabric I have.  I realized part way through that I was going to run out of green, so I switched to pink and ended up with two block styles.

I didn't like the way the one on the left looked by itself when I cut it apart and realigned it - the green "plus sign" sections were too dominant.  So I played around with combining pieces from both blocks, and came up with this, which I really like:

There are enough blocks for at least two more lap-size quilts, so I'll have to play around some more.  This one is about 35" square, which was intentional because I had a 36" square piece of pink to use for backing.  The yard of fabric for the top counts now that it is done; the back and binding don't get counted until the quilt is all done.

So my stashbusting report goes:

Used this week: 1 yd

Used YTD: 1 yd

Purchased YTD: 0

Net bust YTD: 1 yd

Thanks to Judy L for running the Stashbusting Reports - my wallet and my storage closets are all breathing a little easier after last year, and I'm hoping for another good year of using it up in 2010!