Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Wip/FMC - The Other Stuff

This week has been consumed by Other Stuff.
We went to a wedding in New York this weekend. The only thing the Dude remembers is "seeing" the Statue of Liberty. From Battery Park. We actually went to Times Square and the 9/11 Memorial, and he doesn't recall either of those.

At home, I've been working on a pile of Other Stuff - clothing for a friend, pillowcase dresses, squadron baby blankets, pillow shams. Nothing difficult, but lots of little stuff I need to check off my list before leaving.
Note: when working with a directional print cut on the fold, one of the patterns needs to be flipped and cut on the other side of the fold. Good thing I thought to check before cutting!

I didn't do very well at the FMC this week - Thursday-Sunday was the wedding, with no sewing, and I didn't get a chance to do anything yesterday. There were a few sewing related things going on, but no kits cut. My list of kit requirements is winding down - which is good, because I leave in less than two weeks! 

Non-Quilt-Along
Started quilting my husband's offensive t-shirt quilt. Not all of it is offensive! {Just most of it.}

Quilt-Alongs
Fat Quarter Stars - 6/12 blocks - none - tossed into the packing box
LQS Saturday Sampler 2012 - 12/36
 LQS Saturday Sampler 2011 - have a plan for the center, but on summer hiatus
Swoon A Little, Swoon A Lot - top done!! Finally!! Too big for my fence picture, but you get the general gist of it. And the general gist is AWESOME.
My Precious Quilt Along {Shoe Boxes} - no new boxes since Monday

Untouched This Week:
St. Paul's Cross 

Awaiting Binding:
Big Blue - binding made. Now starting the long process of attaching binding.

Adoption:
Application Submitted - 2/12 
Home Study - in progress - checking on background checks today
USCIS paperwork - completed & waiting on home study to mail

New Projects: 0
Completed Projects: 0
In Progress: 9

Linked:
Life in Pieces' Fifteen Minute Challenge
One Thing, One Week

12 comments:

  1. I LOVE YOUR SWOON QUILT! Okay well the pattern is a hit no matter what. But adding those baby blocks and mixing it all up just makes it even better.

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  2. Kate, I just love your version of Swoon. The baby blocks are so adorable and unique. Congrats on finishing the top!

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  3. The layout of Swoon is so great. Like a whole town of them.

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  4. Your swoon quilt is amazing!

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  5. love the swoon so much! so refreshing to see your own spin on it!

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  6. I will hop on that bandwagon! Your Swoon quilt is stunning! Great placement and use of the different sizes of blocks.

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  7. Lots of progress considering you were busy over the weekend.

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  8. I LOVE your swoon quilt. The different sizes together is just amazing.

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  9. Great progress. And your swoon - the general gist IS awesome!

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  10. Where did you find instructions for the different size swoon blocks?

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