Yikes, it's been a while!

My son starting college really disrupted life way more than I thought it would. I'm somewhat settled and back into a routine.

I've been sewing and quilting the whole time. I even taught myself how to crochet!

I'm attempting to focus more on my Etsy shop. 

So back on track with the Sunday list then a bunch of pictures.

The List

1. Aggie Love - needs binding
2. Slice of Sunshine - needs binding
3. Noteworthy - needs binding
4. Chevron afghan - a little more than half done
5. Maroon knit blanket - started
6. Jewel tone scarf - halfway
7. Aggie stripes scarf - halfway
8. Green stripes - needs binding
9. Coming Home - piecing
10. "Vinny's" quilt
11. Baby quilt for Fish Fry -  pattern selected
12. T-shirt quilt for Fish Fry - awaiting donated t-shirts
13. G's quilt- pattern selected, some fabrics selected
14. Baily
15. Kyle
16. Heather
17. Swoon
18. Sprocket Pillows - 3 finished, 7 more in various states of assembly

March Along....

Oops, I was supposed to post this Sunday. I spent time in front of my new Janome instead. Her name is Jessie. We are now good friends.

I did get quite a bit of sewing done this week. Let's do the list then pics.

The March List

1. Swoon one
2. Pillowcases one pair 
3. Aprons at least one 
4. Secret #1 start top this month, to be finished by November
5. Secret #2 pattern chosen, will chose fabrics soon
6. Secret #3 start top this month
7. Arbor Lane short road trip for our anniversary next weekend, I might take this along
8. Pouches at least one I actually made 1 and a couple little totes!
9. Aggie Baby top complete, need to decide on backing and quilting design.
10. Challenge Blocks done, pics later turned in for the show!
11. Scrapboxes red to be done this month
12. Baby quilt- start top

Excuse the bad lighting, pics of the little totes, challenge blocks,  and Aggie Baby quilt top

 

 
The New Big List

1. Swoon one block per month
2. Pillowcases one pair per month
3. Aprons at least one per month
4. Secret #1 fabrics and pattern chosen
5. Secret #2 pattern chosen, will chose fabrics soon
6. Secret #3 pattern and fabric chosen, to be done by May
7. Arbor Lane
   
8. Pouches at least one per month
9. Socks not feeling this right now.
10. Heather I need to look at see where I am on this one.
11. Aggie Baby 5 of 9 blocks pieced. Needs to be done by March
12. Challenge Blocks done, pics later
13. Scrapboxes making several. Need to start
14. Baby quilt- fabrics and pattern chosen, need to start soon.

 

Holy cow, football ate my fall (and part of winter)

We had an incredible football season. My son's team went 15-1 and played in the state championship. It was a lot of fun but as a booster club officer, it often felt like I had 2 full time jobs. I wouldn't trade the memories we made with those boys for anything!

Sewing and quilting suffered. I did finish most of the projects I was giving as gifts (it helped that the state championship was the weekend we were supposed to celebrate with my family and I got a couple extra weeks to finish). I'll post pics of those later this week.

I now need to reorganize and restart The List. It helped a lot last year. Whew, let's get started. First, the old list...
Big List

1. Aprons- back to at least one a month, I got a great new book of apron patterns
2. Bailey- done, pics later this week.
3. Kyle- ditto
4. Swoon nothing new, back to one a month
5. Pillowcases nothing new
6. Secret #1 gonna be next Christmas....
7. Secret #2 well, this one's on hold for a little bit. I have a pattern chosen but I'm unsure on fabrics.
8. Secret #3 Have fabrics. Design chosen. nothing else
9. Arbor Lane Road trip coming up!
10. Potholders for gifts
11. Pouches Because I'm now obsessed with making cute little pouches.
12. Socks Having some issues with the one on the loom. Leaving it alone for a bit. 
13.  Heather didn't finish for Christmas but her anniversary is in June and birthday in Sept...

The New Big List

1. Swoon one block per month
2. Pillowcases one pair per month
3. Aprons at least one per month
4. Secret #1 fabrics and pattern chosen
5. Secret #2 pattern chosen, will chose fabrics soon
6. Secret #3 pattern and fabric chosen, to be done by May
7. Arbor Lane short road trip for our anniversary next weekend, I might take this along
8. Pouches at least one per month
9. Socks not feeling this right now.
10. Heather I need to look at see where I am on this one.
11. Aggie Baby 5 of 9 blocks pieced. Needs to be done by March
12. Challenge Blocks done, pics later
13. Scrapboxes making several. Need to start
14. Baby quilt- fabrics and pattern chosen, need to start soon.

And now, if you made it to the end, pics to remind me why I started all this...

First Sunday in August {new list}

How the heck is it August already? Last month was super productive but this month is going to be busy. Hopefully, I can still make good progress.


August list

1. Apron need to decide on pattern and fabrics
2. Swoon block I think the purple block this month
3. Pillowcases Boy fabrics this month
4. Kyle Baste and quilt by end of month
5. Bailey Finish all blocks and begin layout
6. Heather Finish step 1 of 3 blocks
7. Baby quilt #1 Piece top
8. Baby quilt #3 choose design and fabrics
9. Secret project #2 finalize design and fabrics
10. Pouch for swap Must do this week.

Big List

1. Aprons
   
2. Bailey Most blocks pieced. Layout started
3. Kyle All decisions made. Top finished. Quilting this month
4. Swoon 3 blocks made, 6 to go.
5. Pillowcases 4 made.
6. Secret #1 Has to be done by Christmas.
7. Secret #2 Finalize design and fabrics this month.
8. Secret #3 Have fabrics. Need to pick a design.
9. Baby quilt #1 Design and fabrics chosen
10. Baby quilt #2 Design and fabrics chosen
11. Baby quilt #3 I know it's for a baby girl. That's all I got right now.
12. Arbor Lane Not sure if this is going to get worked on anytime soon.
13. Potholders for gifts
14. Pouches Because I'm now obsessed with making cute little pouches.
15. Socks I made some fuzzy house socks. The other one is still on the loom. Maybe during the Olympics I can finish it.
16. Heather Design and fabrics chosen. Cutting done. I'm actually stupid excited about this one. I know she's going to love not only the quilt but the idea behind it!

How about a few bad phone pics for those of you who have made it this far...
Cute little pouches

Baby quilts sneak peek

Until next time, good quilting, good sewing, or whatever makes you happy!

Busy sewing weekend {July List}

Wow, I got into the sewing room this weekend and spent HOURS. I made a lot of headway on this month's list AND did some work on Bug's Christmas quilt. First the lists, then some pics of what I finished below.

July

1. Apron for someone else. Done and delivered.
2. 2 Swoon blocks
3. 2 pillowcases
4. Ironing board cover Done.
5. Sewing machine cover Done
6. choose pattern and fabric for Heather's quilt. 

Big List

1. Ironing board cover
2. Sewing machine cover
3. Aprons this month's is done
4. Bailey Most blocks pieced. Layout started
5. Kyle All decisions made. Top finished. Maybe quilting next month.
6. Swoon Did nothing last month, hope to make up for that this month.
7. Pillowcases last month's completed. Now to pick fabric for this month.
8. Secret #1 Will be next month's big project.
9. Secret #2 still undecided about exactly what to do
10. Baby quilt By November
11. Arbor Lane Not a darn thing
12. More baby quilts By December
13. Socks Didn't touch
14. Heather Lots of thinking, no decisions.

Carlye's apron

 Ironing board cover and new pad.

 Sewing machine cover. Love the pirates. Didn't measure, oops. Had to add a "skirt" to make it fit well.

Good sewing, good quilting, or whatever makes you happy.

June wrap up

Okay, I didn't finish everything I set out to do BUT I did add a time-intensive project halfway through the month. Forgive the bad cellphone pics, please.

To be finished in June:
Wildflower quilt 

1 Swoon block (didn't get to this so I will do 2 in July)
Apron for me

1 apron for someone else (Didn't get to it. It's my first July project. Plan to have it done by the 4th.)
sewing machine cover (nope. will do in July)
ironing board cover (If you look in that last pic above, you can see it laid out. It will be my 2nd July project)
1 pillowcase (I MADE TWO!!! These are super easy and 2 yds of fabric will give you two coordinating cases.)

super secret project (Finished and in the mail. It will get it's own post later this week.)

All in all, not a bad month. For July, I will not add an extra project that has to be finished.

Good sewing, good quilting, or whatever makes you happy.