Week 49: Stitching Stuff

It's week 49, so just 3 weeks and 2 days left in 2019.  I'm so not ready to change calendars.  How about you?  Let's just ignore that for now and focus on how last week went. Did you get in your 15 minutes of stitching time most days?  

Work has been brutally busy, but I still managed to get in a bit of stitching related activity every day last week, though it pretty much was just 15 minutes a day during the business week.  

15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
15 minute days/December 7/7 days
15 minute days/2019 = 309/341 days
Success rate = 90.62%

I'm on track to end 2019 having stitched 15 minutes more than 90% of the time.  Last year my success rate was 92.9%.  Doubtful I'll reach that mark this year.  After the work mania of the last few weeks, I'm more than happy with my current success rate. It could be so much worse. 

How did you do this week at getting in some stitching time each day? 

1. Meloney 2. Chrisknits 3. karen

4. Julie in GA 5. Shasta @ High Road Quilter 6. DawnyK

7. Amanda 8. Christina's Handicrafts

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December One Monthly Goal

I was so glad to make it to Friday, only to discover that I'd missed the deadline on some important reports. So the first 6 hours of my day off were spent not in the sewing room, but on my work computer finishing up what was supposed have been turned in Thursday.  We get up at 4:30 AM (yes even on our day off) so I was done by 10:30, but it made for a lousy start to the day.  That's the kind of week it's been. I'm hoping that it will be calmer the rest of the month.  Assuming that's the case, what should I pick as the December One Monthly Goal?

There's lots going on in the sewing room. Four mystery quilt alongs in progress:

Mosaic Mystery Quilt
from Cheryl at Meadow Mist Designs

 2019 Christmas Mystery
designed by Carrie Randall (Quilter's Hideaway)

  

 Quiltgirl Winter Quilt Along
Alycia Quilts

Frolic
Bonnie Hunter 2019 Mystery Quilt 

Of those four only the 2019 Christmas Mystery is far enough along that it could be a finished flimsy by the end of the month. 

Or I could focus on the new borders I decided that Twinkle Stars needed. 

Twinkle Stars

Tutorial by Andrea Feldbush of Soscrappy

There's no chance of getting in another finish before the end of the year. But it would be nice to get one off the UFO list in January. Since Twinkle Stars is the closest to finished flimsy, it just makes sense to put in the effort on that project. So that's the plan, get Twinkle Stars to finished flimsy.  Fingers crossed that I can make that happen before the calendar turns over to the new year.  

To Do Tuesday - The Last Challenging Work Week of 2019

One work day done, three work days left in this week. And all three are jam packed, including a working dinner on Wednesday evening.  Hopefully life will slow down a bit next week.  No work days last week, but with family in town and prep for the holiday, sewing room time was minimal. Even so there are two check marks and progress on the last two items on last week's list.  

Weekly To Do List for 11/26/2019
1. Medallion Butterfly Panel - Stitch Butterfly names in upper left corner of panel✔
2. Frolic - Get started on clue 1✔
3. Mosaic Mystery quilt - finish November's clue - progress
4. Winter quilt along - Finish clue 2 and clue 3 - progress

This seems to be my "to do" list pattern, a couple of check marks and progress on the other items.  If I can keep that up, I'll be happy.   So what goes on this list's week?  

Weekly To Do List for 12/2/2019

1. Twinkle Stars - Add last two borders.  

2. Frolic - Start clue 2, make progress on clue 1

Frolic
Bonnie Hunter 2019 Mystery Quilt 

3. Mosaic Mystery - Finish November's clue

  Mosaic Mystery Quilt
from Cheryl at Meadow Mist Designs

4. Winter Quilt Along - Finish Clues 2, 3 and 4. 

 Quiltgirl Winter Quilt Along
Alycia Quilts

That's a pretty aggressive list. I'm hoping there's one day of nothing but sewing this weekend.  If I can make progress on each one even with no check marks, I'll be happy.

Linking up with Home Sewn by Us for To Do Tuesday.   

Bits and Pieces Part 2

After having a fun week off to spend with family, I'm not ready to head back to work this morning.  But once I get through this week, things should calm down for the rest of the year (fingers crossed that's actually true).  Though I expect this week to be pretty rough with a number of long days.  

There wasn't a lot of sewing room time even though I was off work. There was lots of prep work that went along with all the family time.  But I did get in some time with the embroidery project. 

The wording around the right corner of the project is now done. I'll start working on the diagonal moving to the left.  The next bit in the hoop will be the leaves there in the corner.  

I wasn't able to get back into the sewing room till after dinner on Saturday. Making a start on the first clue from Bonnie Hunter's Frolic was the goal.  I wasn't completely happy with my "raspberry" fabric. After taking another look through the stash, I found a substitute, but it needed to be washed, dried and pressed first.  That out of the way, I was able to get in a few 4-patches Sunday afternoon.

Frolic
Bonnie Hunter 2019 Mystery Quilt 

I should have some time to catch up next weekend. I decided to half the number of blocks to start.  I'm hoping that means it will be easier to keep up with the clues this year. 

Lastly, there was some progress on clue 3 for the Winter Quilt Along.  

 Quiltgirl Winter Quilt Along
Alycia Quilts

Not all the blocks in each row are sewn together, but at least I got a good start on assembly.  Clue 2 hasn't been finished yet, but I reached the halfway point with that clue. 

Not bad for a week away from the sewing machine.  Linking up with the Monday Design Wall.  

Week 48: Stitching Stuff

We've eaten and shopped pretty much the whole weekend.  Family is gone, so it's back to just us.  It was a very nice Thanksgiving, but now I'm just tired.  The SIT goes back to college this afternoon, but she'll be home for winter break in just two weeks.  Stitching happened this week, mainly just the hand type, but that still counts. 

15 minute days/week = 7/7 days

15 minute days/November = 29/30 days

15 minute days/2019 = 302/334 days

Success rate = 90.42%

It was a good week. Hopefully you found a bit of quiet time this week to stitch a bit each day.  You can link up at the bottom of the post to share your success and/or regrets for this week.

On the stash front, November was better than October. 

Fabric out for November = 3.11 yards

Fabric out for 2019 = 41.03 yards  

I was hoping for 60 yards out.  Not likely I'll make that goal this year.  But as I start assembling some of the blocks for the mystery quilts, there should be a bit more out in December.  Linking up with QuiltPaintCreate for the weekly stash report. 

Before I close out with the linkly, here's a few shots of the pretty Christmas lights we braved the cold and rain to check out last night. 

So how did your stitchy week work out?  

1. karen 2. Chrisknits 3. Julie in GA

4. Meloney 5. Quilting Gail 6. Mary-Kay

7. Amanda 8. Christina's Handicrafts

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