In just over three weeks, the kids and I will be heading to the great, flat Midwest for a few weeks to spend some time with my family. It will be plenty of crazy and lots of fun, but it also means no sewing machine for a bit over two weeks.
So the question is this: how much can I get done between now and then? Or, at least, done to the point where I can bring it with me and finish the binding by hand? I need a list.
The ORBCo quilt may very well come with me to Florida, so I anticipate it being Done very soon. The nine-patch quilt is also ready for quilting, so that’s next on the list to be finished. But there’s no rush, so if I get most of the way there and then just leave the binding half-on in time for my trip, so be it. Honestly, I started quilting it last night, and despite the fact that it’s smaller, I think all of those straight lines are going to take forever.
Next up, and high on the priority list, is a twin-sized ragged square quilt that has been ever so slowly in the works for ages. I’ve got most of the fabrics chosen and cut, and I think it should come together pretty quickly, but I need to get moving on it. It was my second custom order, and was always intended to be done by August, so it’s about time. Again, I can certainly bring the last of the binding with me to Chicago and ship it from there. (Lordy, I’m going to have an extra suitcase just for sewing, aren’t I?)
I’ve got two more orders for three more quilts. Two more ragged-square quilts for a blog reader’s twins, and a baby shower gift that a real-life friend of mine has asked me to make. All three of those are small, in the 24×36″ range. Do-able.
Plus, of course, there will be a very good friend with a brand new baby when I’m there. Can I arrive empty-handed? Of course not.
Anyone taking bets on how much I can actually get done in three short weeks? Especially when one of those weekends will be spent in Florida? Hrm.
