Monday, January 16, 2012

Make-A-List Monday #78! A Busy Week Ahead.....


Hi, all!

Are you getting back into your normal routine after the holidays?  It always seems to take a while - at least for me! - but eventually, things start falling back into place.  I hope it's the same for you!  

Here's how I did on last week's list...

1.  Cut out a quilt for a boy with Hodgkins' lymphoma.
Done!  Now I just need to get sewing on it!



2.  Put borders on a donated quilt center for a man's quilt.
3.  Make a backing for that same quilt.
I actually got three quilts ready for quilting,
 and my sewing sisters brought two more that are ready 
and now have backs.  So I have five quilts ready to quilt now!


4.  Organize and put away some of the fabric in my studio!
Done! I've made a little bit of a dent in the stacks, 
and a big dent in the tubs of scraps 
(3 people took home large sacks of scraps to cut up) 
so it's coming along!


So not too bad on last week's list!  But here's what's on the list for this week...

1.  Quilt the five quilts needed for the ministry.

2.  Piece the flying geese top.

3.  Put together kits for quilt ministry members.

And that's where I'm going to stop, because while it's a short list, it's a fat one!  Plenty to keep me busy this week.....

What are you planning on working on this week?

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And now, on a separate note, I want to share my favorite pin cushion with you - as requested by my friend Beth over at Love Laugh Quilt!  She's hosting a Pincushion Parade to see everyone's pincushions - fun!  



This cute little pincushion was made for me by a lady in our sewing group at church - it's completely hand pieced and made out of tiny log cabin blocks.  It's not very big - just about the size of a real baby chick!  Isn't it adorable?


I hope you have a great week!!


Hugs!


Sarah

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Check This Out!!

Hi, all!


I hope you'll go check out my friend Annie's blog - she's starting a new Saturday linky party designed to help you keep all those ambitious New Year's resolutions - you know the ones:


1.  I want to lose weight!

2.  I want to exercise more!

3.  I should eat better and healthier!

Lots of good information, encouragement, sometimes even recipes - and there are prizes, too!  So go check it out!!


Hugs!

Sarah

Friday, January 13, 2012

Can I get a Whoop-Whoop?? New Beginnings...

Hi, all!


A new year has arrived, and that means new beginnings, doesn't it? I haven't finished much this week, but I have started on a couple of things - one a long term project, for sure!




The first thing I've been working on is a quilt for a 14 year old boy with Hodgkins' lymphoma.  His choice of colors is red, purple and lime green, so I'll be making that great flying geese quilt with those colors set in Kona Coal.  That whole quilt has been cut out, just needs to be sewn together!




And here's my long-term project - I recently purchased this book, Cut The Scraps! And I highly recommend it....  not only does it recommend a system for cutting down your scraps, but it gives twenty patterns that use those scraps!  So this year I'm tackling the tubs of scraps that we've accumulated since starting the quilt ministry..  This is only the beginning....




...because (keeping it real) this is what my sewing studio looks like right now!




So I think it's time to dig out!!!  Wish me luck.....

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So now it's your turn!

What have you been working on this week?

Show us!  We want to know!!

Anything is worth a whoop whoop...

even unfinished!

You have until Saturday night to link up!

Join the party!!!

Hugs!

Sarah