Make-A-List Monday - Slow Progress!

 

Hi, all!

Monday, Monday, can't trust that day..... I've always wondered why you can't trust Monday, have you?  Well, trust it or not, it's rolled around Monday again, and that means the start of another week.  Fall has well and truly begun here - remember the picture of my tree from last week?

Well, here's what it looked like this morning!

Isn't that gorgeous?  It won't last long - we'll have a windy day soon that will deposit all those leaves on the ground - but it is glorious to see while we have it!

I have to confess that I didn't get too much done on last week's list, because I had a "sick day" and also a day with the grands while they were out of school.  But here's what I did accomplish....

1.  Quilt at least three quilts.  Top of my list is the annual quilts for the kids so I can quit stressing over them, but I think I have seven or eight more tops that are ready for quilting!

I managed to quilt two of the annual quilts (Emmy's and Lilli's), but regrouped on the backing for Nathanael's.  I really wasn't feeling what I had chosen previously, so I went today and bought something different.  I also made backs for two more quilts that will be next up on my list.

2.  Hem two pairs of jeans for my husband.

Done!  I heard in a story today that anything you didn't really want to do should be the first thing you do, and hemming pants ranks right up there for me.  So it was the first thing I did!

3.  Make backs for three vintage tops I have in my stash.

I didn't get to this and I'm ashamed to say I didn't even check in my stash to see what I had that might work!

4.  Work on processing my overflowing scrap bin!  

I did process some of it but it is still overflowing.  But at least I can see my countertop again!

However, while I was feeling cruddy on Wednesday, we had a handyman come out and replace the rickety steps we used to have at the side of our house.  Honestly, after I took a good look at them, I don't know how they lasted as long as they did!  But the new ones should hang in a good long while...

And look!  My wonderful husband hung up my metal barn quilt!  I love the way it looks there, don't you?

So while I got some things done, there's still a lot to do.  Here's what I'm hoping to get to this week....

1.  Touch up the paint on the outside door frame where we had some repair work done.

2.  Quilt Nathanael's annual quilt.

3.  Spray baste my hexagon quilt. (I will be straight line quilting this one on my Juki.)

4.  Quilt one of the vintage quilt tops.

5.  Finalize plans for a fall quilt for my bed (king size!).

So much more than enough to keep me out of trouble this week!  I just need to buckle down and get to work.  There are too many squirrels living in my studio that like to distract me....

And now I really want to know - - - what are YOU working on this week?

Hugs!

Sarah