hind sight?

So yesterday I was trying to find a suitable backing for a recent quilt.

I picked this 1974 Urban Chicks fabric from my stash.

I needed 4 yards or 70"x70".

Surely I bought a 4 yard piece of this fabric...

Nope.

it's 3 1/4 yards.

I tried to figure out mathematically how I could get the piece I needed

BUT it just wasn't enough....

I whined and groaned and searched my fabric stash....

I gave up on that and found another stash piece of 1974 Urban Chicks in Red

sure enough I did have 4 yards.

In hind sight...

I wish I had bought 4 yards of the light fabric or any fabric for that matter.

I found that every piece I had that 'might' be enough...wasn't enough.

I have a lot of stash but not a lot of backing sized stash.

I thought about piecing the backing but my machine quilter isn't fond of that

(yeah it's sometimes frustrating but he's a convenient so I take that inconvenience)

I think the next time I find a 'deal' or sale yardage I am buying 4-6 yard pieces for backings.

Ever been in this situation?

1651

inches of binding made yesterday....

and that's just the beginning....

Fave Pin Friday #10

Source: emeraldandella.com.au via Vickie on Pinterest

I am really crushing on these spice containers.

Fave Pin Friday #9

Funky Valentines are my fave pin this week.

I want to sew some right now...

Click on the patternspot link to this free pattern.

Source: patternspot.com via Vickie on Pinterest

By the way, I missed the Thursday Three yesterday.

I was so wrapped up in my week that I forgot about it.

I know how on earth could I do that?

Well, my hubby was gone for 5 days, while he was gone my sister was here with her 9 month old baby.

 Add work and kids and generally crazy life and you have a recipe for failure.

I just did what I could and the blog got neglected.

I haven't been able to show much of the sewing I have been doing but there's quite a bit going on.

On a super happy note, I got an iphone today!

I was a diehard blackberry user....so this is a BIG deal for me.

So far it's been easy to use.

Any quilt/sewing Apps I must have?

Fave Pin Friday #8

Brown Sugar Blondies

 

Source: bakedperfection.com via Belinda on Pinterest

I am pretty sure this sums up what I want to make today...

just need the pretty M&M's.