My Precious "Shoe Box" Blocks

So... I have 40 blocks from my most precious Objects of Desire honey bun...

Now I just need to decide what to do with them!

5x8 - long and skinny - 25x56" - table runner

8x5 - 40x35" - square(ish) baby quilt

4x10 - 28x50" - slightly too square table runner

10x4 - 70x20 - reeeeeeeeally skinny table runner

{I wonder what size my kitchen table is?}

I also have the panel back at home... Near as I can figure, one way uses 24 blocks and yields a 52x42" quilt. The other way uses 34 blocks and yields a 52x46" quilt.

Or, I could add a layer cake...or 4-5 charm packs...

Ah, decisions!

Linked:

My Precious QAL

WiP/FMC/Just 3 - Still Transistioning

Guess where I am!?

I know, you totally thought California. I've bought so many one-way plane tickets that I'm sure I'm on a terrorist watch list. 

 But the husband got sent to an exercise in Vegas to finish his training, and like a good camp wife, I packed up and followed. 

Thank goodness the Dude is laid back. As long as there's a pool, he doesn't care what state we're in.

Anyway, sewing...

On Wednesday, I finished up the Shoe Boxes.

Now I need to figure out if I want to sew them into a table runner, a small wall quilt, or figure out if I can set them around the panel and get a little bigger quilt out of them.

Thursday, I packed up; Friday, I flew to Cali.

 My baby traveled in a beach bag from Target, strapped to a rolling frame. I thought about putting it in a small rolling suitcase, but we ended up on regional jets to Vegas, and all those little rolling suitcases were gate checked. My little beach bag still fit in the overhead bin.
I got a couple raised eyebrows through security - but hey, it wasn't 4 oz of liquid, so no danger!

{I did take the needle out for the flights, but kept the power cord in case they wanted me to prove it was a sewing machine.}

Saturday, we went to Lake Tahoe. Because, why not?

Sunday and Monday, I worked on the Striped HST quilt, with the Nine-Patch Snowball as leader/ender.Tuesday, I flew to Vegas. Sigh. Now to set up a new hotel room.

In-Progress-But-Not-During-Hotel-Sewing-Month

Fat Quarter Stars (6/12 blocks)
LQS Saturday Sampler 2012 (12/36 blocks) 

LQS Saturday Sampler 2011 (12/12 & center) 

Chunky Log Cabin (13/20 blocks)

St. Paul's Cross (2/42? blocks)

Big Blue (hand stitching binding)

Adoption:

Application Submitted - 2/12 

Home Study - approved 5/12(!!)

USCIS paperwork - mailed 6/12(!!)

New Projects: 2

Completed Projects: 0

In Progress: 9

Linked:

Work in Progress Wednesday

Life in Pieces' Fifteen Minute Challenge

WiP/FMC - Transitions

What a week - there was packing {cramming everything I could in the car}, driving {reassuring the cats over and over that this would not be the worst thing EVER}, unpacking {reassuring the cats that acclimating to my parents' three cats would, in fact, be the worst thing EVER}, and now, repacking to visit my husband in training.

Fifteen Minute Challenge

Speaking of repacking...

This is the result of my 15-minutes-a-day hotel kit cutting. Eight kits, ready to go! Awesome use of 15 minutes. Today I'm hunting for a bag big enough to carry my sewing machine on the plane.

Oh, and random aside - my friend had her baby last weekend and I'll be shipping the UBG quilt to her! And another friend found out she's having a boy, so I'm ahead on the baby quilts now.

Quilt-Alongs
Fat Quarter Stars - 6/12 blocks - none
LQS Saturday Sampler 2012 - 12/36 - I picked up June & July before I left, so I won't get too far behind this summer

 LQS Saturday Sampler 2011 - on summer hiatus

My Precious Quilt Along {Shoe Boxes} - the only thing I've been working on this week. My sister {the gimp} matched the remaining blocks and did the layout.

Oh, and speaking of extra cats...

 Someone else wants to be featured as "the cat on the quilt."

Untouched This Week: 
Chunky Log Cabin

St. Paul's Cross 

Awaiting Binding:

Big Blue - hand-stitching the binding to the back! 

Adoption:

Application Submitted - 2/12 

Home Study - in progress - all the background checks are in!

USCIS paperwork - completed & waiting on home study to mail

New Projects: 0

Completed Projects: 0

In Progress: 8

Linked:

Work in Progress Wednesday

Life in Pieces' Fifteen Minute Challenge

WiP/FMC - More Other Stuff

Another week of "other" sewing, and the stress of it all sent my poor machine to the repair shop. Luckily I finished almost everything first, and spending a couple days with my secondary machine has confirmed my decision not to bring my secondary machine this summer!

Dresses {McCall's 5613}, top {McCall's 6022}, shirts {applique} and shorts {McCall's 6022}

A ribbon blankie divided

Fifteen Minute Challenge 

I cut hotel kits every day this week - thank goodness! I'm down to one kit {the mason jars} to be finalized before we leave. And it feels so, so good to have these all settled and waiting for me.

Non-Quilt-Along

 Finished my husband's offensive t-shirt quilt. And...if you want to vote for it, the nomination form is here, and mine is #338. ;)

Quilt-Alongs
Fat Quarter Stars - 6/12 blocks - none - in the packing box
LQS Saturday Sampler 2012 - 12/36

 LQS Saturday Sampler 2011 - on summer hiatus

My Precious Quilt Along {Shoe Boxes} - no new boxes since Monday 

 

Untouched This Week:  

Chunky Log Cabin

St. Paul's Cross 

Awaiting Binding:

Big Blue - binding attached to the front. I should, uh, probably fold it up for the hand-stitching on the car ride. Before it gets cat hair on it. 

 

Adoption:

Application Submitted - 2/12 

Home Study - in progress - almost all the background checks are in!

USCIS paperwork - completed & waiting on home study to mail

New Projects: 0

Completed Projects: 1

In Progress: 8

Linked:

Work in Progress Wednesday

Life in Pieces' Fifteen Minute Challenge

Make it, Wear It 

DWM - Shoe Boxes

I love these little boxes!

{Go figure - I like my precious fabric better as a quilt.}

I haven't had too much piecing time, in between dresses and quilting and binding, but I run a couple of these every night, just to see them multiple on the wall.

Linked:

Patchwork Times

Also, y'all should check out Sew Mama Sew's Giveaway Day. I'm not giving anything away this time - too much to do before heading out this weekend - but there's always tons of goodies!

DWM - Shoe Boxes

I took down my Saturday Sampler...I have a plan for it, but it's going to be on hiatus for the summer. Plenty of time for fine tuning on paper.

Meanwhile, in between catching up on laundry, emails, and vacuuming four days worth of cat hair, I did some quick piecing.

LOVE these little boxes.

The rest of the week, I'm going to be quilting, binding, and sewing clothes (not to mention packing!) so it was good to start the week with a bit of piecing.

Linked:

Patchwork Times

My Precious Quilt Along