WiP/FMC - Swoon and Skorca Week

Hey, for the first time in two weeks, I don't have any fun life events to share! It's good to have a quiet week.

Fifteen Minute Challenge - I did my mini-quilt (see below) Wednesday-Saturday. Then I realized how messy the sewing room had gotten, and dedicated 15 minutes every day to putting away the clutter. Most of it was scraps for Skorca that could finally go back to their boxes. 

And then there was the pile of the Dude's jeans that surpassed his non-destroyed pants. What is it about boys and knees? Fifteen minutes later, there's patches to survive the spring before these become shorts. Like all his pants have for the last three years.

My mini-quilt. It's hanging on the wall until I get the nerve to try hand embroidery again.

Quilt-Alongs: 
Fat Quarter Stars - 6/12 blocks - will be getting more background fabric on Saturday and having some catch up time

LQS Saturday Sampler 2012 - 6/36 - caught up!

LQS Saturday Sampler 2011 - 10/12 blocks

Quiltville Orca Bay {Skorca!} - is 90% assembled...and all you get is a shot of the middle rows. All I'm going to say is it looks pretty awesome...somehow way smaller than I thought. Something with 80-billion-little-pieces should be bigger than 58" square. Wait, when did 58" square become small?

Swoon A Little, Swoon A Lot - really like this color combo

{Creepy Cat as I assembly Swoon pieces}

Untouched This Week:

Chunky Log Cabin

St. Paul's Cross

Frolicking Pinwheels

Awaiting Quilting:

Sunkissed Jewel Box

Bad Romance

Layer Cake Quilt Along

Hunter's Star

Fall-gyle

Star Wall Hanging

At the Quilter's:

Big Blue

Adoption:
Application Submitted - 2/12 
Home Study - in progress 

New Projects: 0

Completed Projects: 1

In Progress: 15

Linked:

Work in Progress Wednesday

Life in Pieces' Fifteen Minute Challenge
 What A Hoot's BOMs Away!

And check out my giveaway here!

Tuesday at the Table - Death by Chocolate Star

I actually have something to post due to the Dude's birthday party this weekend! It's more of a how-to (or how-not-to) than a recipe, but whatever. Totally counts.

So, the Star Wars themed birthday party was kind of a no-brainer here. Cake Central had a post on making your own Death Star cake, so I followed some of the instructions. Mainly baking in a bowl.

The first one is one box of cake mix in a 6" bowl. Round, but not very big. The second is one box in a 9" bowl. Big, but not very round.

{The suggestion was made to go with the little Death Star, and break the big one into pieces and call it Alderaan. Yes, we're horrible parents.}

If I had time to bake a third round, I would have gone with two boxes in the 9" bowl.

{My piping skills are less-than-adequate. But Lego lasers were a big hit!}

Instead, I went with the "cake pop" premise and mixed frosting and the crumbled flat cake. I cut out Star Wars shapes with my cutters, which actually worked really well considering they're not designed for cake.

I thought the kids would be annoyed by the lack of visible frosting, but they thought they were brownies, so it worked.

And the Dude's friends know him well.

Linked:

Tuesday at the Table

Jo's Try It Tuesday

And check out my giveaway here!

Design Wall Monday - Skorca! (Last Time!)

Yup, this is the last time you'll see Skorca! on the design wall.

All I have left is sewing the red and blues together, and then the rows. Borders on by Friday? I think it can be done!

As long as I remember to fix that one twisted hourglass...

Check out more design walls at Patchwork Times.

And check out my giveaway here!

Sunday Stash Report - Week 10

I finished this top for the mini-quilt challenge, all from stash.

 And I made some burp rags for a baby shower.

And I didn't buy anything! (Like I needed to after last week?)

AND I'm giving away some of my stash! (I guess that won't count till next week.)

Used this Week: 1

Used Year to Date: 20.74

Added this Week: 0

Added Year to Date: 63

Net Used for 2012: (42.26) yards

Check out more reports at Patchwork Times!

Fifty Follower Giveaway!

In celebration of fifty followers, I'm giving away two prizes:

Two charm packs of Meet the Gang...

And four quarter yards of homespun.

All you need to do to win is:

a) leave a comment saying which you'd prefer to win

b) be a follower. (Duh. It's a celebration of YOU, followers.) But new ones are welcome.

Winners will be selected randomly on Saturday, March 10. Winners must have an email address to win. While she is my favorite follower, my mom can't win. (She'd just give the fabric back to me, anyway.)

Modern Mini-Quilt Challenge

It's not modern, it's not all that mini, and technically it's not even a quilt yet, but....

I told my husband I wanted one of the "Home is Where..." plaques for Christmas. Except I told him in mid-December, and they all require way more lead time than that. So he got me speakers for my sewing room (totally worth it) and I decided, when this modern mini-quilt challenge came along, to make my own "Home is Where..."

It's constructed of (very traditional) log cabins and courthouse steps. Each block measures 8" finished; the quilt is 24x32". It fits perfectly on my wall, but seems huge for a "mini-quilt."

{See? Perfect size!}

It's unquilted as of yet. I tried both hand and machine embroidery for the names of the bases, and I didn't like either. I need to practice my hand embroidery and reattempt.
Plus, we are about ten years in this Air Force journey, so there's going to be some more places added before it gets finished.
Plus, I'd like to applique our faces in the windows, and our family is not yet complete. For now, it will be framed.

{Obligatory Oklahoma Wind Shot}

The house is beige with green shutters - same as the house in Washington where the Dude was born. I'm not sure why I went with a red door - perhaps a secret desire to be Episcopalian.

The absolutely anal part of me loves the back of these blocks.

Linked:

Ellison Lane's Modern Mini-Challenge

By the way, I did notice that I hit 50 followers on Leap Day. Even though #47 was my mom. (Love you!) So stay tuned for a followers-only giveaway tomorrow! (Mom's not eligible.)

Felt Food Friday - Pancakes

Ahh, I missed the felt food. So easy. So fast. So yummy.

Cut out a circle traced around a CD. Sew a pat of butter on it.

Sew two circles together.

Pile two together. Freehand cut some syrup.

And breakfast is served!