WiP/FMC/Just 3 - It's May...

It's May?

Let me rephrase that.

IT'S MAY?!?!

I'm leaving my stash in 3.5 weeks.

I'm moving into a hotel in four weeks.

I'm not ready.

I need more kits.

I need a suitcase for my sewing machine. Which sewing machine am I taking, the light one or the workhorse?

I need to buy a little cutting mat and ruler.

I need more kits.

Can I take a rotary cutter on an airplane?

How am I going to fit everything in the car, with the cats, too? {The Dude doesn't need to pack any toys, right?} I won't have room for both sewing machines, which means I have to haul the heavy one on the airplane.

I need more kits.

How many bags can I check? 

Fifteen Minute Challenge

I continued cutting willy-nilly until Saturday, when I sat down and made a list. Then I made a list of the hotel kits that still need work. Then I made a list of the fabric that still needs to be purchased.

It's a loooooooong list.

But at least I've got something to work with now. 

Just Three

My April goals were the three baby quilts due in May. One, Airplane Dreams, is completely finished.
The other two are in the mostly-quilted stage.

Unnamed Baby Girl Quilt - 75% quilted. I'd show off the quilting, but, well, I wouldn't want to make the cat move.

Granny Squares {mine} - quilting in progress. I already echoed every block. Trying to decide where to add more - in the sashing? {edge-to-edge!} or in the blocks? {more thread burying...}

For May, my Just Three are my husband's Inappropriate T-Shirt Quilt, the back of my cousin's t-shirt quilt, and finishing the heck out of my hotel kits. {And moving into the hotel. After driving to Virginia. With a kid and two cats.}

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

 LQS Saturday Sampler 2011 - still working away at the center

Swoon A Little, Swoon A Lot - my last two Swoon blocks. And that brown star? Every single stripe is going the same direction. Oh yeah. It's time to assemble! {Anyone else just yell "Avengers Assemble!"? No? Just me? Okay then...}

Untouched This Week:

Chunky Log Cabin

St. Paul's Cross 

Awaiting Binding:

Big Blue

Adoption:

Application Submitted - 2/12 

Home Study - held up by background checks from Texas and Washington. Why do we move so much??

USCIS paperwork - in progress

New Projects: 0

Completed Projects: 0

In Progress: 11

Linked:

Work in Progress Wednesday

Life in Pieces' Fifteen Minute Challenge
Just Three

DWM - Saturday Sampler

The Sampler is coming along.

It's taking some fiddling to use the panel {not in the pattern.} Two of the words are 18", so they fit on the medallion with no issue. Mother and Sister will need a tiny strip to fit.

I thought I had a good idea for the corners, but now I'm reconsidering. The colors blend too much with the blocks {see: bottom}, so I'm going to remove one row and sash it with the white {see: top}.
Then I have to fill the four setting squares...then I have to figure out the setting triangles...and corners... And this is why you should follow the pattern on BOMs!

Linked:

Patchwork Times

BOMs Away!

Sunday Stash Report - Week 18

Well, I really tried to finish quilting the Unnamed Baby Girl quilt so I could count the back out as well as in, but it's slow going. Definitely by next week.

I did finish the Granny Squares top...but had to buy a little more of the blue to do so.

And I made a pillowcase dress out of fabric - haven't got a picture of it yet, though.

Used this Week: 3.08

Used Year to Date: 45.64

Added this Week: 2.75

Added Year to Date: 100.58

Net Used for 2012: (54.94) yards

Okay, I didn't make it to 50 busted before 100 purchased...but I'm pretty close. And I shouldn't have to purchase anything for my next three finishes. But I will have to buy for a few of my hotel kits. Never ending cycle.

Linked:
Patchwork Times

Felt Food Friday - Lemon

When life gives you lemons...you better hope for some sugar, too, because you can't make lemonade without it. Seriously, who came up with that saying?

Anyway, I made a lemon from While Wearing Heels. Since I thought last week's lime was a bit too curvy, I went a little shallower on the sides. Perfect. I skipped the leaves, because we like to go topless around here. {HA!}

I also attempted the slices that are in my Simplicity 2445 pattern, but apparently I am just not smart enough. Or the pattern makes zero sense. I'm going to blame the pattern, because I read that thing five times and my slice still didn't work.

I found this tutorial, read through it once and understand exactly what to do. I will be catching up on fruit slices next week.

WiP/FMC - Saving Prom

Last week, Katie saved prom. This week, it was my turn! Luckily, it was just a hem and strap shortening, and I had 24 hours notice. It forced me to learn how to use my rolled hem foot - I was not touching a chiffon hem without that!

{Pain in the butt cat was not allowed on the sewing table with the dress. This is apparently very depressing.}

When they asked about payment, I said I wanted a spot in their bunker in case the Zombie Apocalypse happens while my husband is deployed. Since I proved that I have a useful skill, I'm totally in!

{Which, can you imagine how useful I'd actually be? "OMG, that's $20 a half yard Japanese fabric! You can't use it as a tourniquet! What do you need a tourniquet for, anyway? Did you get bit? Because I've seen the movies and a tourniquet won't stop you from becoming a zombie. You need to cut off that limb. And you better not use my stash to mop up the blood!"}

Anyway, in normal sewing...

Fifteen Minute Challenge

Worked on Hotel Kit #4 {I think? I really need to make a list of these.} Cutting background and lids for the mason jar picnic quilt.

And I started Hotel Kit #5 - carefully cutting the border strips. Alternate rows with four patches and pinwheels, and alternate the fabrics in those rows in each quilt. Two quilts from five one-yard cuts! {If my math is right.}

Non-QA Quilts:

 Unnamed Baby Girl Quilt - basted! And...nice corner, huh? The only creatures in my house with such a wild disregard for fabric also don't have opposable thumbs, so it was written on at some point in the manufacturing/distribution process. I was able to baste around it, but I'm still annoyed.

I also started a pillowcase dress/tutorial.

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

{Buckeye Beauty - Crosses & Losses - X Quartet}
LQS Saturday Sampler 2012 - 9/36 - I picked up the next two months of blocks to keep up while I'm gone over the summer.

 LQS Saturday Sampler 2011 - medallion is together, two of the word-y sides are on, and I'm piecing little blocks to fill in the other word-y sides.

Swoon A Little, Swoon A Lot - Debbie yelled at me, so I dug Swoon out. Turns out I only need two more blocks! So I started on them as leaders/enders. Need to pay attention to the stripe direction.

Granny Squares {mine} - top done!

Untouched This Week:

Chunky Log Cabin

St. Paul's Cross

Awaiting Binding:

Big Blue

Adoption:

Application Submitted - 2/12 

Home Study - in queue for approval

USCIS paperwork - in progress

New Projects: 0

Completed Projects: 0

In Progress: 11

Linked:

Work in Progress Wednesday

Life in Pieces' Fifteen Minute Challenge

DWM - Saturday Sampler

I got the medallion together, woo!

{Pain in the butt cat continues to be a pain in the butt.}

The words are not cut to size yet - "mother" will be proportional! I think I'm going to log-cabin the little flowers in the corners to fill in the space, or maybe do the cute four-patch-y thing from the pattern. {What? Follow the pattern? Weird!}

Linked:

Patchwork Times

BOMs Away!

Sunday Stash Report - Week 17

I was doing really well this week...until I went to a fabric store closing sale. And really, I think I controlled myself there. 

Minimum cut was a yard, so I avoided the bolts and picked out seven fat quarters.

And, um, some clothing fabric. But it doesn't count! Lace isn't quilting stash!

I finished a pillow cover for my friend who sent me Hawaiian fabric. She asked for a camera block like Ayumi's. Mine is a little less detailed, but I'm quite happy with it. It's a mix of traditional piecing, paper piecing, and improv piecing, with a bit of applique tossed in.

 It's 16" square, envelope style, and echo quilted in teal and variegated purple. Fabric is Poetica by Pat Bravo, and bits from my yellow scrap bin.

Used this Week: 0.75

Used Year to Date: 42.56

Added this Week: 1.75

Added Year to Date: 97.83

Net Used for 2012: (55.27) yards

Linked:
Patchwork Times

Sew Darn Crafty
{Sew} Modern Monday

Fabric Tuesday