What should I do when we are buried under a foot of fresh snow and it's COLD outside? The first thing that comes to mind is to sew for awhile, and then I have to work a couple of hours with some invoices.
Actually I was sewing at 2:00 am because I couldn't sleep last night. I read for awhile, but just kept listening to the wind howl, so I got up and went down to the basement to work on Crackerjack. The inner borders are now pieced and the 2 side ones are sewn on. This morning I'll add the top and bottom inner borders, and then work on the pieced outer border some more, which will take some time as it's "fussy" with a ton of 1" wide strips. Each side has 3 of those flying geese units made of strips and half square triangles! And last of all are the corner units made with square in a square units and those narrow striped sections.
American Patchwork and Quilting has their UFO Challenge going again for 2019 and I'm working on filling in my UFO list. Their UFO list document just has 1 space for each month, but I've split them for up to 3 projects per month. That gives me something to choose from or do more. In 2018 I put 36 projects on my list and finished 17 of them, with progress made on several more. That is success!
Since they posted the number 3 for January, I plugged in 3 projects that I want to work on this month. And I'm taking the printed list downstairs with me to look around for more projects to add.
By mid-afternoon we'll be dug out and possibly go to a basketball "classic" event being held in town.
2 comments:
I filled out my lists! I made one for bags/purses that are already cut out and another with my quilts to finish. I hope it will be the motivation I need. I finished 9 of my 12 last year and worked on the other 3 quite a bit.
Whoa, so much snow! My goal is to organize my unfinished projects and finish as many as possible. It will be fun watching your lovely projects progress!
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