Once again this year, I am coordinating a Quilt of Valor ceremony for six veterans in our car club. It is only fair that I help make the quilts so I have offered to longarm two or three. I thought it would be nice to make one myself, so pulled out my stash of patriotic fabrics to make some stars.

I used the Chain Piecing Half Square Triangles method shown on that post to make a bunch of HSTs.

I used a 6-1/2-inch square for the center of the star.

Later that day, I had 6 stars done. My plan at this point was to get a panel and put the stars around it, spaced with a patriotic print, and add borders.

A hot lunch is nice when sewing on a cold day. This tuna melt hit the spot!

I spent one whole snow day just clearing out fabrics from the basket tower. I should have taken a photo before I started, as it was a stuffed mess, with every bin overflowing with bits and pieces along with good yardage. Once I got started, I ended up doing the whole thing. I bagged up scraps less than 1/4-yard into 2-gallon plastic bags. Then, I looked at each and every fat quarter and piece of yardage and made a decision to keep or donate. I pulled two large paper grocery bags of things to take to the rehome table at guild. Now, what I have left is neatly folded and stacked. In the coming days, I’ll go through it again, sort by color, and see if there is anything else that can go. This will greatly help my Stashbusters totals!

Because of very low readership and participation on our Stashbusters posts, monthly reporting is moving to our Facebook Friends group. I hope this will allow those of you who wish to continue to have a place to keep track. I put a post up on Tuesday for you to report your progress, and I plan to have a check-in once a month around the first of the month.

Wednesday, I was finally able to get out of the house after four days of being housebound. I had lunch with a friend, did a bunch of errands, and stopped by my local quilt shop for a patriotic panel. Beginnings in Hendersonville has a impressive inventory of patriotic panels and prints. This is the one I bought.

Another round of snow and ice canceled our Area meeting yesterday. That was disappointing as I had to miss the big guild meeting in January due to snow. With more snow on the way this weekend, I may have more snowy sew days to sew. If you are in the path of the this next arctic blast, stay safe and warm! What are you working on this week?