September in review

September has been a very busy month, will lots of blocks made, and I definitely added to the "flimsy" numbers hanging in my closet.  But I did actually quilt one of those flimsies myself as well.  The Rainbow Friendship baby quilt is completely done.

Finished tops for this month included a Quilt of Valor made from the Summer Soiree blocks, the UFO project Circa 2016 (tons of tiny blocks), and a baby quilt using the Fish School row from an old Row By Row kit.  I have to admit it's kind of fun to look in the closet and see these tops hanging there.  The Circa 2016 quilt is in the hands of a quilter, so I'm anxiously waiting to see what she does with it.

Halloween Party is "kind of" a flimsy - and it's because I can't decide if I'm going to leave it as is or add some borders to make it bigger. I have enough of the background print to add at least one border, but I can't decide.  If I add a light border, then I feel like it will need a final darker border and that might involve making another purchase. 

Plenty of progress on block sets for other projects was made - Farmer's Wife Sampler (over half), Checkered Stars (not quite half), second set of Summer Soiree (all made), Tulip Time (8 more Tulips), and more.  I even managed to make and send 4 blocks to a charity block drive.  

I'm always happy when I see mostly blue notes in my goal list. And it's OK to keep moving those red notes into the new month.  

• Monthly sew-along projects
• choose fabric for NEW Saturday Sampler - delayed one month
• weekly Farmer's Wife Sampler blocks - kept up and we're over halfway!!
• weekly Summer Soiree blocks - all blocks made
• Pillow of the Month - NO
• Simple Whatnots  - NO 
• Squirrels & PIGS & other new things
• Block drive - patriotic Jelly Belly Bar - parts cut for a few blocks
• Halloween blocks (new project) - it is now a flimsy
• who knows what Squirrels may cross my path this month??
• Pick a PIG - Queen's Garden runner - not started
• Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC21) in ORANGE 
• House block - - DONE
• Bunny block - already had a coral one, so no orange needed
• Twinkle Star blocks - made 1 in orange
• Tulip Time blocks - 4 new Tulip blocks were made
• sandwich & quilt - Scrappy bright Friendship block baby quilt - DONE
• UFO and WIP projects - make some progress
• APQ UFO Challenge #1 (Temecula Circa 2016) - in hands of quilter
• Sew all of the Wisdom blocks into rows - NO Progress
• make more pillowcases
• 2 pillowcases for Quilts of Valor - NO
• 3 Halloween pillowcases for grandkids - DONE & delivered + 2 extras
• more blocks for Checkered Stars - 4 more blocks made
• navy blue Sew Together bag - NO Progress
• Fish School quilt - flimsy stage
• Quilt the little Lori Holt Bee Patriotic project - NO Progress
• Cleaning and Organizing my sewing space
• clean off my cutting space
• organize the patriotic fabrics