Tuesday To-Do 2021 #Two and Some Accounting

Alright, let's all fess up. 

Who has already purchased fabric this year?

I made it a whole 16 hours into 2021 without

buying fabric.  Did anyone cave before me?

That is what I get for some cozy fireside

surfing...with an eggnog martini.

An email came up--a sale!  And minutes later

things were in my cart.   And so began 2021.

(Yardage in yellow:)

7 yards

Green stripe -- binding stash

 Brown (darker in real life) -- fall stash building

Christmas -- stash building

Then I hit the LQS after they advertised they

added 200 (!) bolts to their clearance section.

10 yards: 

Multi-dot -- Background for my snowflake quilt

Green -- Snowflake quilt

Plaid -- Snowflake quilt and stash

Red dot -- Valentine's Day? and stash

And finally, I made a quick decision to take the

hour-long drive up north to another LQS when I saw

some snow on the radar that was *just* missing us.

(Because that seems to be our lot these last 5 years

or so--to watch the snow go right on by.  Ugh.)

Anyhoo, smart move on my part.  I found some

clearance goodies and a few greens for my next quilt,

 and I got to drive through some beautiful snow.

We just got flurries back at home.

7 yards: 

Rust -- Fall stash

Greens -- Snowflake quilt

Snowflakes* -- Stash

Maybe it was all the fabric-buying that kept me

a little side-tracked from my to-do list.  I was also

pretty focused on family.  Last week, the cadet

flew back up to NY so, with the other son already

back up in Omaha, we are back to just the two

of us, with occasional visits from our girls (local).

And now, finally, it's time for the list.

Last [two] week's To-Do's:

1) Finish quilting Pumpkin patch, bind & label

More done.

I did a little more quilting and made the label.

I just can't seem to find my quilting mojo but I

made progress and it's so close to being done.

2) Bind and label Pinetree Lane

Done!

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Remember how I was a little worried my fabrics

weren't quite as bright and fun as in the original

shown on the pattern?

I'm not sure why I still get surprised when

"going with my gut" works out really well but,

I do.  I guess I just didn't expect to like

it even more than the original!

The snowflake quilting turned out to be perfect for it.

Some quilts just make your heart happy to look at them.

This is one of those for me so it's a keeper.

The Christmas decor is all put away but I left some

winter-themed things up around the house to enjoy and

keep it cozy.  This quilt doesn't scream Christmas so

we're still enjoying it but I'm about ready to put it all

away, especially since we're not getting any snow.

3) Knit:  Anything.  Even if it's one row.

More done.

I finally made a little progress!

4) Project Scraps-To-HSTs:  Anything.

More Done.

I finished another 350 while watching the Chiefs

win.  Sewing allows me to be just distracted

enough to keep from getting too nervous.  

To clarify, these are trimmings from making

flying geese and other various blocks.  They're

organized by the project they came from ("sets").

Unless more sets decide to come out of the woodwork,

I have 9 total to play around with--after I chucked a few.

I started a list in my Projects for the Year tab...

and discovered I have blog housekeeping to do.

Oops.

Then, after working on all of those to-do's,

 I threw in a quick squirrel.

Something simple for Valentine's Day for our table.

Now for a couple placemats to match.

Fabric accounting for the two weeks:

Fabric in:  +24 yards (yikes!)

Fabric Used:  -2/3 yd (Pines binding)

 I'm not off to a great start here but I had fun 

taking advantage of the sales so....so what?

The house is quiet now so it's time to work on

tipping that scale waaaay back the other way and

hopefully it will stay there most of the year.  

Next week:

1) Finish Pumpkin Patch (for real, this time!)

2) Make Valentine's placemats

3) HST's:  keep going

4) Knitting:  work on scarf 

5) Blog housekeeping

An easy week!

Happy quilting!

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Home Sewn by Us Tuesday To-Do #76