September Stash Game: Week Four Top Ten!
- At October 07, 2013
- By Kelly
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Woohooo! Here are the final week’s tallies! Looks like the machines were really humming this last week.
Week Four Top Ten point scorers:
The overall monthly totals will be coming in the next couple days, those are a bit of work for the Stash Goddesses to verify.
Fantastic work everyone!
Kelly
September Stash Game: Week Three Top Ten!
- At September 24, 2013
- By Kelly
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We’re in the home stretch!
Week Three Top Ten point scorers:
Just like the last weeks, week four is a new week for weekly totals, so don’t be discouraged if you didn’t make the top 10 this week. :) Plus, week 4 picks up the last couple days of September, so you get extra days in the week.
Hooray for National Sewing Month!
Kelly
Stash Game – Week Two Standings
- At September 17, 2013
- By Kelly
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We’re halfway through the month! Hope everyone is sewing merrily along. It was another close week, just 3 points separated the 10th and 11th place!
Week Two Top Ten point scorers:
Excellent work, ladies!
Just like the last two weeks, week three is a new week for weekly totals, so don’t be discouraged if you didn’t make the top 10 this week. :)
And for those following along with me, last time I checked in, I was at -22.667.
Ruffle Doll Skirt = 1 ruffle scrap + 1 waistband scrap = 2pts * 3 skirts = 6pts
Crib Skirt = .75 yds zigzag fabric + 1.5 yds top fabric = 2.25yds * 8pts/yd = 18 pts
Pillow cover = .5yd * 8 pts/yd = 4pts (I’ll show you this one soon, but it’s not very exciting, so don’t get your hopes up.)
Hooray! I’m at +5.33pts month-to-date! Do a little happy dance with me, I’m not in the negative!
Just keep sewing, just keep sewing…
Kelly
Stash Game – Week One standings
- At September 10, 2013
- By Kelly
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The Stash Gamers are off to a great start this month!
Week One Top Ten point scorers:
Remember, week two is a new week for weekly totals, so if you didn’t make the top ten in week one, everyone starts from the same place at week two, which started Sunday. There was just *one point* separating places 10 and 11 this week!
Great work everyone, keep sewing! I’ll be over here continuing to attempt to climb out of my negative 20-something hole… :)
Happy Sewing!
Kelly
Stash Game – pajama pants love and a ruffle skirt
- At September 05, 2013
- By Kelly
- In Sewing For The Kids
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Pajama pants are a great way to sew up a fabric stash. My growing-like-weeds-children all need them. Of course, they need pajama tops, too, but pants are quick and easy. I’ve been in need of a quick project that would get me back to sewing again. After finishing 3 pajama pants for Zoe, I cut out a pair for Jack and sewed them up. To celebrate, Zoe and I went to the fabric store. Though we really did practice much restraint, we still ended up with nearly 12 additional yards. So, on Monday my stash game tally looked like this:
Zoe pj pants (qty 3) = 1.25yds + 2 notion points = 12pts * 3 pairs = 36 points
Jack pj pants (qty 1) = 1 yd + 2 notions = 10 points
11.91 yards of fabric purchase = -96 points
Current tally: -50
So, ummm, yeah. But I finished up two more pj pants for Jack!
I’ve been using the same Kwik Sew pattern (3275) that I used for Zoe. Jack’s only 7. He’s perfectly happy with pull on elastic pants with no fly. The fact that it’s a girl’s pattern will be our little secret, okay?
I finished this up today, too.
Zoe picked out this fabric on Sunday. I bought only what we needed (2/3 yard) and am happy to have it sewn up. I was sort of dreading sewing it because it is thin and wiggly and let’s face it, the thought of matching up those ruffles is intimidating! Fortunately, it went together quickly. I used wonder tape to match the ruffles up before sewing as in Mel’s tute here. It needs a quick run through the wash to get rid of the tape bits before I let Zoe wear it.
So, that sewing helps the stash game tally over here –
Previous Tally: -50
Jack pj pants (qty 2) = 1 yd + 2 notions = 10 points * 2 pairs = 20
Zoe ruffle skirt = 2/3 yd + 1 c/l scrap for waistband + elastic because I didn’t trust the c/l = 7.333
New Tally: -22.667
Well, I’m still in the negative, but hopefully the more serious stash gamers are making better progress. I’m claiming this as a victory because it’s more sewing than I’ve gotten done in a while!
Next up – a crib skirt for my new nephew or tops to go with all these pj pants? Hmmmm…
Happy Sewing!
Kelly