I was not quite as successful at working through my list this week as I had been previously — I finally committed to organizing my desk/craft table/general external landing spot for my brain this weekend and that took up quite a lot of my time. It’s not entirely finished but the space looks a LOT better. I also underestimated how much time it would take to finish the Elephant project, so between the two, not much else really got done.
- Make the curved stars blocks for the Seeing Stars QAL. Not entirely done — I have two completed and want to get the third done so that I am only a week behind! These are my first curved blocks ever and honestly they turned out better than I expected, with minimal swearing. ;)
- Make the next set of star blocks for the Seeing Stars QAL. Not done — pinwheel blocks shouldn’t take too long, but my other projects took precedent this week.
- Keep up with the City Sampler SAL. Not entirely done — this ended up being a casualty of the desk clean up, although I think I did need a break from these blocks after completing the triangle section. I’m ready to go on these now, though!
- Make the first week of blocks from the City Sampler to start catching up. Not done. I have the blocks cut, but not pieced.
- Finish the elephant pillow. Yes! Done. Well, mostly — I’m checking in with my friend today and will see if she prefers a pillow or a wall hanging. But the quilting is done and the finishing that is required is minimal now, whatever direction the project takes.
- Make a few more zipper pouches. Nope. Not done. Mostly because I have to get (from my stash) different fabric and I hated to get out new fabric while I was trying to clean up the whole space.
- Sandwich Bri’s quilt. Yes! Done. I even started quilting before acknowledging that I was avoiding the clean-up project.
- Bonus project not on the list: While I was cleaning I came across a bagged UFO of floral squares I had cut up a while ago to make into a small baby quilt. I allowed myself the distraction and went ahead and sewed it up! I even cut a backing and batting and have it sandwiched. After the curved stars and the tiny pieces of the City Sampler blocks, I have to say that these straight seams were a real breeze to piece and a simple pleasure as well.
On my list for this week:
- Finish the Elephant project as my friend desires and give it to her.
- Keep up with the City Sampler SAL.
- Make last week’s pinwheel star blocks for the Seeing Stars SAL.
- Make this week’s star blocks for the Seeing Stars SAL.
- Finish the zipper pouches.
- Make time to play.
Linking up to To Do Tuesday.
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