DWM - Saturday Sampler

...no change at all from last week.

I did some math, and have a list of the fabrics needed, but didn't get a chance to stop at the LQS on our way to the city.

{...to see The Hunger Games. Which was AMAZING. Not only did it stick fairly close to the book, but I think the additional set-up stuff will mean the rest of the movies will be better than the books.}

So I'm off to shop today and hopefully next week's wall will be a little fuller!

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Sunday Stash Report - Week 14

I didn't buy anything!

But I did win something!

{Totally stole the picture from Life in Pieces. Laaaaaaazy!}

I'm super excited about these because charms are perfect for the hotel kits I'm making, so the book and the squares came at the perfect time.

Nothing out, but I have three baby quilts pretty close to done. Hopefully the next couple of weeks will see some reductions, because I really want to keep the enhancement under 50 yards net.

Used this Week: 0

Used Year to Date: 33.67

Added this Week: 1.53

Added Year to Date: 82.61

Net Used for 2012: (48.94) yards

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Finish-A-Long First Quarter Summary

It's March 31st already?? Yikes! 

I said I wanted to finish three quilts this quarter, plus quilt as least one of my languishing tops. 

Then life, as it does, went all topsy turvy. My husband is deploying. In conjunction, the Dude and I are going to live with my parents this summer. They have a huge basement floor perfect for quilt basting. (I can't easily baste anything bigger than 50" on my kitchen floor.)

{And they have three cats. So there will be five of them "helping" me. And one is convinced he's still a kitten. He'll be a BIG help.}

So all tops - except for three baby quilts I need to finish in the coming quarter - will be doing more languishing until then. So I'm not technically finished with these, but I am finished in accordance with the new plans in my life.

Skorca! - top finished

Frolicking Pinwheels - top finished

Big Blue - top finished, quilted, waiting for binding

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Felt Food Friday - Sandwich Part 1

Part 1 of...I don't know. Until I run out of filling ideas.

 Bread, appropriately-orange sandwich cheese, and a tomato slice, from the Skip to My Lou tutorial.

I've been holding off on making bread because I thought it would be hard. It's not. Even the corners were easy peasy.

Additional fillings will include lettuce, pickles, PB&J, bologna... Suggestions are welcome!

WiP/FMC - Mojo

I took a week off to recover my mojo... Part of my time off was not reading blogs. I should have kept that up for another week. What is it about the spring that brings out quilting controversy and the snarky anonymous comments?

{My husband, who reads CNN comments, laughs at me. And then says he's glad he fights for the freedom to make snarky anonymous online comments. And then I start laughing hysterically because seriously, that was one of the comments I read. Yes, people, my husband is heading to Afghanistan to protect your right to make snarky anonymous online comments. We're very proud of him. *inappropriate Team America quote*!}

But, ahem, anyway. My mojo is back.

For my Fifteen Minute Challenge, I'm doing something new. This summer, we're going to be living in a hotel for about six weeks while my husband finishes his training. I will go insane if I can't sew for six weeks, but I won't have access to a design wall or a place to cut yardage. So I'm kitting up some simple baby quilts. Every day I spend fifteen minutes ironing, cutting and bagging up a quilt.

Kit #1: Nine patch and snowball

I started two new quilts this week, both for the same friend who refuses to find out if her unborn baby is a boy or girl. I don't do neutral.

The girl block

The boy block

{I know what you're thinking. Kate, you branched out! It's a half log cabin!}

She'll get one, the other will be for sale on my Facebook page.

I finished Frolicking Pinwheels last week. Been doodling quilting patterns on it ever since. I don't have anything with a curve that big to trace!

Quilt-Alongs
Fat Quarter Stars - 6/12 blocks - none

LQS Saturday Sampler 2012 - 6/36 - new blocks to make

LQS Saturday Sampler 2011 - Blocks done, center medallion started.

Quiltville Orca Bay {Skorca!} - backing pieced and ready for basting

Swoon A Little, Swoon A Lot - no new blocks

Granny Squares - rethought the center squares, and much of the other squares, too. It wasn't bright enough. I salvaged some of the squares and this is the first of the new blocks. Minus the corners. I would totally get the sides and the corners mixed up (I'm using the Traceyjay no-bias edges method), so those will go on all the blocks right before sashing.

Untouched This Week:

Chunky Log Cabin

St. Paul's Cross

Awaiting Quilting...will no longer be seen here. After the hotel living, we're going to live with my parents, and they have a huge basement floor that's begging for someone to baste on it. {And, bonus, three more cats to "help"!} So my focus will be quilt tops until then. And I don't want to look at a long list of projects I'm not working on! I will get them listed on a page up top soon.

Awaiting Binding:

Big Blue

Adoption:

Application Submitted - 2/12 

Home Study - home interview is Saturday. I tell myself I'm not nervous...as I scrub the kitchen grout with bleach.

New Projects: 2

Completed Projects: 0

In Progress: 12

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DWM - Saturday Sampler

All the blocks are complete...

 ...but not the center medallion. I didn't have enough scraps and fat quarters to get very far on it. 
Right now, I'm trying to get a sketch together and sort through the scraps so that I know how much to purchase.
I need to finish the plan soon - my LQS and the internet are running low on the fabrics!

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Sunday Stash Report - Week 13

I took a week off... It was Spring Break and I thought about scheduling posts and whatnot...but I didn't.

I got to see some amazing art and the world's largest fish. (The whale shark, which is neither whale nor shark.)

That's actually a catfish. I think.

And I got to laugh hysterically at the Coke propaganda film with my mother-in-law. I swear, no one else was laughing and we were ready to pee our pants.

I read all three Hunger Games books in less than 48 hours while getting sunburned by the pool.

I also didn't sew anything, didn't walk into a single fabric shop, and didn't doodle on my graph paper.

And that time away was so needed.

Once home again, I changed my needle and the rotary cutter blade, washed all the cat hair off my seat cushion, and started these little blocks. 

The bone Kona came from my Kaleidoscope scraps, then I bought a bit, and now I'm out again. Those little side triangles add up quickly!

Used this Week: 0

Used Year to Date: 33.67

Added this Week: 0.75

Added Year to Date: 81.08

Net Used for 2012: (47.41) yards

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