Getting it Done Challenge.

Now is the time to look back at July and assess just how much of what I wanted to get done actually got done. Then I get to make a list for August.
July's List was:
1. Grandmother's Choice... catch up and keep up. This one is a bit of yes and no. I have 40 blocks done. I have decided that I'm only making 42 blocks, rather than the 49 for the full sized quilt. Mine is going to be a quilt for the couch, so a quilt that is 6 blocks wide, by 7 long will be big enough. Therefore, I will call this one as accomplished.

2. Figure out a design for quilting my Dresden Plate. This one is done, and beyond, since the quilting is almost finished. I had wanted to try something different on this one, but no matter what design I looked at, the quilt told me that it wanted feathers, so I didn't argue.

3. Start the Deckade the Halls quilt along. Nope, didn't do it, mostly because I decided that I need to focus on getting some quilts done before starting anything new.

4. Finish Step 3 of Lazy Sunday Mystery, which is done.

So, that makes 3 out of 4 accomplished this month. Yippee. Now, for August
1. Do up the last 2 Grandmother's Choice blocks for my quilt, and get it all sewn together.

2. Finished quilting Dresden Plate and get the binding made and sewn on.

3. Finish Lazy Sunday Mystery. I've seen the photo of the finished quilt, and I love it!

4. Finish large blocks for Meteor Shower.
I'm linking up to Judy's Getting it Done for August post.

Mid month progress report

At the beginning of January, I set myself four goals that I wanted to achieve by the end of the month.

1- finish Decembers Grandmother's Choice  blocks, and keep up with January's- I'm all caught up, and last Saturday's block is finished
2- sort and cut boxes of neutrals and whites- not finished yet, but started
3- sort pile of UFOs and orphans- done
4- sort and cut box of coloured scraps- done.
I'm extremely pleased with what has been accomplished, so far.

We went over to the new place today to see how it is coming along. It is really looking good. All the kitchen cabinets are in and the sink is in and the back splash tile is up. There is going to be a shelf across that space between the bulkhead and the cabinet, where I will probably put a couple of my small teapot collection. And underneath that bulkhead will be a small glass cabinet that will hold either some more teapots, or my tea cups and saucers.

The fireplace is all framed in, and the cubby hole for the TV above it is built.
And here is a closer view of the stone tiling that will be going around the fireplace.
It's getting closer to being a reality!! We still don't have a firm moving date. It looks like it will be closer to the middle to end of February. I've moved most of my sewing stuff over to what will be Matt and Becca's den, once all our stuff is out of it. I've kept enough here to keep me happily doing some stuff, and to keep going with the long arm business for customers. So very exciting!!

Getting it done Challenge

This year, rather than hosting a UFO challenge each month, Judy at Patchwork Times is hosting a "getting it done challenge". For last years' UFO challenge, I listed one project per month that I wanted to get finished. I managed half of them. But the other 6 continue to languish in their unfinished states. *sigh*. Some of them, it's because there were too many other things happening, and some are not done simply because there is so much left to do on them that it is overwhelming to think of getting it all done in a month. The idea behind this challenge is to list 4 quilty related things that we want to get done each month. They can be as big or small as we want, which might mean that I can break down the overwhelming projects into smaller bits.
So, I think what I'm going to do, is take down the side bar that currently lists my UFOs and replace it with my monthly list, which I can edit, and mark when each goal is accomplished. We are moving this month, sometime, so my goals this month are going to be mostly moving and organization and purging related.

1. Finish sorting through this box and cutting the pieces into usable sizes, strings and crumbs.
 
2. Sort through this mess and separate out the assorted blocks into their appropriate places, and decided what to do with the orphans.
 
3. Sort through this box of white and neutrals, discarding the poor quality fabric, and cut the rest into usable sizes.

4. I have to have something sewing related on this list, or I will surely go into withdrawal, so I am going to add keeping up with the Grandmother's Choice Votes for Women block of the week. I'm already 3 blocks behind, but I have them printed, so I just need an hour or 2 and I can get them done. I'm linking up to the Getting it done linky at Patchwork Times. And now, after making my mess public, I really do have to get it done. LOL!! I am cheering myself on by telling myself that I will have so many projects that I can just pick up and do, once everything is all sorted out.