I've been scratching my head since the first week in December if I'd gotten off count with my weeks. There are only 2 weeks left in the year. Based on last week's post, this post would only be week 49. After taking a bit of look back, I missed a week back in April and didn't catch it. So I'm back on count with it being week 50.
I knew as we got closer to the holiday stitching time would suffer. It definitely did this week.
- 15 minute days/week = 4/7 days
- 15 minute days/Dec = 13/16 days
- 15 minute days/2023 = 295/350 days
- Success rate = 84.29%
As bad as this week was, next week is likely to be worse on the stitching front. But the holiday is for the family, so I won't miss the stitching time too much. I'll get back to regular stitching time once the holiday is over.
Even with the missed stitching days, there was still some time for scrap processing and fabric pressing. I hadn't looked in my working scrap bin in a few weeks. When I did I found all the left over scraps from the Macaron Mystery. So those needed to get processed before moving on.
The yellow was a scrap from Rhododendron that got tossed in the basket some time this week. But all the white, red and black left overs are now cut to standard sizes and sorted into the scrap bins.
I also made some progress on Scrap Bag #1.
The picture on the bottom looks emptier doesn't it?
Progress was also made on getting some of the washed fabrics to the pressed and folded stage.
Three 4-yard cuts and one 6 yard cut were pressed and folded this week. There are just 3 cuts left in the bin. The two black fabrics are probably 6-yard cuts, but I think the blue stripe is an 8 yard cut because I bought it on sale to use as a backing fabric. At this point it's a toss up if I'll actually get the tub emptied out by the end of the year. It would certainly be nice to start 2024 with a completely empty tub so I can fill it up again. I have a couple of stacks of fabrics that need to be pressed sitting in various places in the sewing room.
So how are you doing at making progress on your Christmas stitching, end of year goals or just playing in the sewing room?
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Any progress is still progress on emptying the scrap basket. Have a good week!
ReplyDeleteEvery little bit of progress is a positive, especially with all the busy holiday time. Yesterday I delivered the only Christmas stitching remaining - the tree skirt I made for my daughter. Now I'll just play with scraps, do some prepping for new year's projects, and enjoy the holidays.
ReplyDeleteYou’re doing such a great job! Just yesterday I set a time to pick up my sewing room for 15 minutes. The little random things everywhere were getting to me, but I never make the time to do it. I’m impressed by all the ironing and processing, as they are both tedious jobs.
ReplyDeleteYou're definitely making good progress on your scrap processing! Even if you aren't sewing, you're supporting future projects with that process. Have a great week, whatever you do!
ReplyDeleteHoliday time is not a good one for sewing, but you really did a great job organizing and pressing your fabrics. I may also count the time spent playing in the sewing room as stitching time, such a great idea for next year!
ReplyDeleteI'm more playing in the sewing room than working on Christmas projects this year. I didn't sew much the early part of the year and so don't have enough done on Christmas projects to make it worthwhile to push to finish them. Hopefully next year will be a better year for sewing and I'll end the year with enough gifts finished to make it worth pushing to finish the last few dangling projects as is kind of a tradition.
ReplyDeleteThis year I am kind of considering any forward movement on projects as a win. This week I cut a few pieces for various scrap projects and worked on Frugal blocks. I have 55 now, just shy of half what I need for a king-sized quilt.
It sounds like you had a productive week in spite of not getting to sew every day. Such is how it goes at the holidays. :)
Wouldn't it be great to have both the bag empty and the bin too? Ok, it's unrealistic for this week but maybe between now and 2024? Go girl. I'm sick of washing, drying and folding fabric. I'm halfway through the new box of beiges/white. But what's left is really large pieces of muslin. Luckily I don't have to iron any.
ReplyDeleteI think you have had a great year, Kate. I am like you though not as much quilting or stitching time as I would like right now. Today I worked on quilting my Santa quilt. I hope to move it along tomorrow as well. I would like at least 1 more finish before year's end. Enjoy your week. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteHi Kate, I'm sure that stitching will suffer in the next week but since I've finished the t-shirt quilt, I couldn't be happier. I think I'll start a little Christmas project for my son's girlfriend since they won't be here until just before New Year. Enjoy your time with family. You're doing great progress on the sorting. My studio looks like a tornado hit it, but it always does after a big project! Merry Christmas.
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