I completely missed posting how I did on my November goals last Thursday. Last week was both hectic and tiring, so a post just didn't get written. Better late than never. So here's how I did on my Year of the Finished Project Goals.
1. Mon Ami
Bind and label
binding made, but not attached.
2. Back to Square One
Clue 9 Done
Clue 10
Clue 11
3. Jigsaw
Make 24 blocks
4. Neutral Gems
Make 4 blocks Done
5. Road to Brenham
Make 24 quarter square triangles Done
6. Scrappy Stars
Make 5 blocks
7. Scrappy Trip Around the World
Make 2 blocks Done
Only 4 out of 10 goals were completed, but progress was made on all the projects. Since that's my goal, is to do a bit each month, the challenge is working well for me.
December is going to be a challenge. The first week in December is already gone and I've not done much sewing at all. It will be a busy month, but I have hopes that I can make some progress on all my projects. Here's the goals for December:
1 Mon Ami
Bind and label
Mail
2. Back to Square One
Clue 10
Clue 11
Clue 12
3. Jigsaw
Make 10 blocks
4. Starburst
Make blocks 1 to 5
Keep up with new blocks
5. Neutral Gems
Make 4 blocks
6. Scrappy Trip
Make 2 blocks
7. Scrappy Stars
Make 5 blocks
We'll see how much gets done. It doesn't hurt to dream big, but I also know that I really want to start Bonnie Hunter's Celtic Solstice mystery. Check back in January to see if how it all turns out.
I'm linking up with Lynn at Never Too Hot to Stitch for the 2013 Year of Finished Projects.
As it's the first Thursday of the month, it's time to link up with Lynn over at Never Too Hot To Stitch for a report on how I'm faring this Year of the Finished Project.
I've done much better this year in starting projects than I have been at finishing them. My last finish was back at the end of June. Still I've been making steady progress on a number of different projects. Here's how things looked at the end of October.
Mon Ami
press, package and send out for quilting Done
Back to Square One
Finish Clue 7 Done
Finish Clue 8 Done
Finish Clue 9
Finish Clue 10
Neutral Gems
Make 6 blocks Done
Christmas Angels
Make 29 Triangle in a Square blocks Done
Road to Brenham
Make 18 B/W HST Done
Make 18 W/W HST Done
Make 36 Quarter Sq Triangles 15 completed
Scrappy Stars
Make 5 blocks 4 completed
Scrappy Trip Around the World
Make 5 blocks Nada
October was a good month, progress was made on 6 of 7 projects. Mon Ami is on it's way back from being quilted, so I may have a finish for this month. That will probably be the last one for 2013. The next likely finish will be Back to Square One. I'm really hoping to get caught up on that one this month, just in time for the last clue. The other goals for November include:
1. Mon Ami
Bind and label
2. Back to Square One
Clue 9
Clue 10
Clue 11
3. Jigsaw
Make 24 blocks
4. Neutral Gems
Make 4 blocks
5. Road to Brenham
Make 22 quarter square triangles
6. Scrappy Stars
Make 5 blocks
7. Scrappy Trip Around the World
Make 2 blocks.
That's still a pretty ambitious list. I'd like to finish Jigsaw before Drama Teen's birthday. Not sure that's going to happen, but I've moved it into second on my list. The blocks go fast once you have them cut out. Scrappy Stars only needs 9 more star blocks and it will be ready to set together. It will be nice to get the one off my to do list as it's my oldest UFO. Hopefully, this plan will set me up for some early finishes in 2014.
Check out all the other progress reported over at Lynn's Never To Hot to Stitch.
This is my last work day for the week. We'll spend tomorrow morning at the oral surgeon since Drama Teen is getting her wisdom teeth out. I'm hoping to get some stitching in as we've been told she'll mainly sleep tomorrow. I'm sure the rest of the weekend will be spent trying to keep her comfortable. It's a miserable way to spend Fall Break, but she's looking forward to having it all done. She's being pragmatic about it. Get them out now and she won't have to worry about it later when she's trying to deal with college prep tests. Plus if she does it now, she'll have Mom to fuss over her.
Yesterday was the 15th (already!). I've been setting monthly goals as part of Lynn's ( at Never to Hot to Stitch) Year of the Finished Project challenge. Reviewing my progress at mid-month helps me stay on track. So here's what's done and what's not.
Mon Ami
Ready to take to the post office for shipping
Back to Square One
Clue 7 Done
Still need to finish Clues 8, 9 and 10
Neutral Gems
Three of six blocks completed
Christmas Angels
Completed 29 Triangle in a Square block, so this one is done.
Road to Brenham
Finished 14 of 18 black/white HSTs
Finished 2 of 18 white/white HSTs
Finished 2 of 36 quarter square triangles
Scrappy Stars
Finished 1 of 5 blocks
Scrappy Trip Around the World
No progress on making at least 5 blocks.
Not bad for mid month. My main goal is to get caught up on Back to Square One. Not sure I'll get all the way to completing clue 10, but I get closer each month to getting caught up. I need to get busy on both Scrappy Stars and the Scrappy Trip blocks, so those may make their way to the top of my "to do" list this weekend.
Hard to believe that we are already three days into October. I have a feeling that from now until Christmas, the days are going to fly. October is wrap up time at work, I've got a number of reports that need to be completed by the end of the month. Though I have deadlines at work, not so much with my sewing. I'm not trying to have anything done for Christmas this year. However, since it is the first Thursday of the month, it is time to see what progress was made on September's sewing goals. I'm linking up with Lynn over at Never to Hot to Stitch for her 2013 the Year of the Finished Project.
My September goals were pretty ambitious. Not sure what I was thinking when they ended up on the blog. But all in all, I didn't do too bad.
Mon Ami
Make backing Done
Send out for quilting
Back to Square One
Finish Clue 5 Done
Finish Clue 6 Done
Finish Clue 7
Finish Clue 8
Finish Clue 9
Neutral Gems
Make 5 blocks Done
Scrappy Stars
Make 5 blocks Only 3 completed
Christmas Angels
Make 9 4-patch blocks Done
Additional progress: Finished 14 Triangle in a Square Blocks
Road to Brenham
Make 32 red/black HST's Done
Additional progress: Finished 32 black/white HST's
I need to take the time to press out Mon Ami and it's back so I can send it out for quilting. I just haven't wanted to spend the time with the iron. Back to Square one was 5 clues behind in September. Looks like it will be just 4 clues behind in October, so I'm gaining some ground there. It's fun to see the progress with Neutral Gems. The only goal I didn't make this month was making 5 of the Scrappy Stars, but the addition of 3 more is still progress. Both Christmas Angels and Road to Brenham are ahead of plan. I like making a few of the HSTs and Triangle in a Square blocks at a time, that way I don't have to stand at the cutting table and trim dozens of them before moving on to the next step. Making a couple every time I stitch on the other projects makes those blocks a lot more palatable to me.
So what's the plan for October?
Mon Ami
Press, package and send out for quilting
Back to Square One
Finish Clue 7
Finish Clue 8
Finish Clue 9
Finish Clue 10
Neutral Gems
Make 6 blocks
Scrappy Stars
Make 5 blocks
Christmas Angels
Make 32 Triangle in a Square blocks
Road to Brenham
Make 18 black/white HST
Make 18 white/white HST
Make 32 quarter square triangles
Scrappy Trip Around the World
Make 5 blocks
Another ambitious list for October. I think this one is doable, but I'll probably have to scale back for November since holiday activities will start showing up on the calender.
That's it for my efforts this month. Check out all the other project progress over at Never Too Hot To Stitch.
The last day of the month seems to come faster and faster the later in the year it gets. As hard as it is to believe, this is the last day of August. That means it's time to link up with Cat Patches for the August version of the NewFO Challenge.
I wasn't sure there would be a NewFO this month. I've already started 7 new projects this year, but balanced out some of those by finishing 5 projects. So my "to be completed" pile has grown by only 2. But some of the projects started this year have only one block completed, so I didn't get very far on several of them. I had definitely decided not to start anything in August. Then Judy Laquidara of Patchwork Times started her Back to Brenham quilt along. I just loved the pattern and couldn't help checking my stash to see if there were any cuts that had enough yardage to work in this pattern (it calls for almost 6 yards of the focus fabric). Once I found a couple of cuts that might work, I couldn't resist playing around in EQ and came up with this:
Now I wanted to make it. So in spite of my good intentions to finish up a couple of other projects before starting this one, I pressed the fabrics and cut the strips for the first set of half square triangles last weekend. I haven't made much progress, just 8 HSTs completed so far.
I love the red with the black. Not sure how much progress I'll make with this one, there is no way I'll keep up with the quilt along. It will get done when it gets done. The one consolation is that it will use up quite a bit of stash.
Check out all the other NewFOs over at Cat Patches.
