Tuesday To-Do #25

Welcome to another edition of Tuesday To-Do,

a link-up hosted by Texas Quilt Gal for us quilters

who like a little extra motivation to get things done!

Alright, who's with me?  Has anyone else started?

Yesterday I ran down to the basement freezer to grab

some chicken for dinner and got a little sidetracked,

coming up with my arms completely full of fall decor.

  YAY!

 <picture arm-flailing Kermit the Frog>

Um....but no chicken.

I would say "BOO!"--nice fall word that it is--but this

little faux pas just gave me an extra opportunity

to bring more yummy autumn goodness up.

And yes, I remembered the chicken that time.

So YAY all around!

Overall, I've had a great week, just not in the areas I'd

planned on--kinda like like planning out dinner but

finding myself immersed in oak leaves and pumpkins.

 On top of that, something has thrown me for

a big loop so that set my quilty world back a bit.

(Nothing bad, just one of life's twists--maybe.)

But such is the way of things, I think, for most of us. 

Quilting often takes the back seat,

and I get to it when I get to it.

And I get to it most of the time so I can't complain.

Well hey, first up I actually got an extra post in for once!

<insert Kermit again>

There were a few questions about my organizer last week

so if you missed yesterday's post on how I stay organized

I'd love for you to check that one out to see if there's

anything helpful for you--or from you for me.

And now for the to-do's:

1) Work on photos and listings for quilts

DONE!

All quilts up and running listed!

2) Make a list and post about upcoming projects;

plan fabrics, fill out project worksheets, etc.

3) Finish Pumpkin top & name it

Progress, just not quite done.

I stalled a bit to put more thought into how to finish.

Multiple borders would look great but...

I don't really want it to get too big.

I focus on borders one at a time so I started off by

taking advantage of some extra green pieces to make

leaf blocks for each corner of the first border in...

the background ivory?  One of the golds?  Deep red?

And once I get a look at that, I might decide that's it.

Naming it?  Still nothing other than the phrase

pumpkin patch but eh, lame.  As I mentioned last

time, I'm still falling asleep blessedly fast

by focusing on name possibilities.

HA!  I'll take that any day!

4) Work on Get On Board Blog Hop runner and post

Progress made but I'm still struggling to fit this in.

It needs to be a priority from here on out.

Other news:

My shoulder is done with PT visits!  I just need to

keep up the physical therapy myself.

My back allowed me to get in two very easy rounds 

of golf this past weekend.  I'm still a little shocked

about this.  I was told to be very patient but I was

just going insane with pain and lack of progress.

And then suddenly, things just eased up and I found

myself golfing.  I guess I also started focusing on other

things (like my quilt listings, etc) instead of moping

around, going "woe is me" and time finally flew by.

All I know is that I feel I'm back among the living.

And much less grumpy!

(Nothing like injuries to make you grateful for your health!)

Looking to next week:

1) Finish photos and listings for quilts.

2) Finish blog hop project and write up tutorial

3) Work on "virtual trunk show" with the photos.

Here's a sneak peak that might also give you some

early fall feels.  (But perhaps not that early!  September

is just around the corner!)  Note the pumpkins quilted in.

I was really just playing around with lighting on this one

so I didn't give much thought to the pool and lounge chairs

in the background but I really like it.  Hoping to retake this

one soon--I need to re-shoot another quilt anyway--with

a background that looks more fall-ish!

4) Continue the planning on upcoming projects

and write up post.

5) Finish Pumpkin top & name it

Bring on those finishes.

Sure I'm really excited for fall, aka my "quilt season,"

but there are other exciting things going on as well.

It will take some careful planning--and determination.

But with my organizer out and open at all times,

I'll just keep checking tasks off as I go, one day

at a time, right?  And we'll see how many are

checked off when we meet again next week!

Right now I'm wondering what I can, er,

 find in the freezer for dinner?

<wink>

Happy quilting!