Hullo Tuesday.
Here we are again linking up to report our progress:
* * * Week 5 Priority * * *
1) Choose and start new quilt: Done.
There is just no better time for gettin' scrappy with it
than at the start of a new year. If you missed my
I found "Star Toss" in The Big Book of Favorite Scrap Quilts by
Martingale. It's really just your basic stars but I find this one
so inspiring. I've had it pinned for years and now it's time.
These are only 4" finished but I'm having plenty of fun
making them, especially while listening to books.
The original only measures 40X50 so I'm adding one row
and one column. I'm also considering inserting a border
before the flying geese go on but I'm not sure just what
that would be yet. Pieced border action isn't something
I do a lot of, although I do like it.
2) Get pics of Flannel Woods
Done.
3) Post OMGoal finish for January and goal for February
Done.
4) Plan charity quilting time: Done.
I decided to time it with Hub's men's group since those
are "longer" days for me (no dinner prep or tv watching).
Plus, following someone else's schedule should (in theory!)
prevent me from trying to move it to another day. I also
decided to use the same one or two patterns for all.
(So not my colors! It's like the 80's all over again!)
The guys meet about twice a month which I feel works
just fine. Yesterday, the first Charity Quilt Evening, I settled
on two patterns and cut out the first quilt. At this pace,
I should easily be done with them by this summer. Yee haw.
And now for that awesome read:
First, a disclaimer: there's always a chance that when listening
to a book, a narrator (in this case, two) can make or break a story.
One of the narrators in this one sounded like Antonio Banderas
which made it sound very authentic, and quite pleasant. (LOL)
But I do think The Murmur of Bees (free on Kindle Unlimited) is
exceptional. There were some key moments that left the
writer-wanna-be in me sighing. Her insight combined
with her writing style...beautiful.
(Don't get me wrong--it's not a story of sunshine and roses!)
Okay moving on to next week's goals:
* * * Week 6 Priority * * *
1) Keep going with Stars
I'm going to try to finish all 80 stars.
Wow...I guess that's it for the week? Hmm, lemme think...
2) Recommit to decluttering
I continue to make weekly charity drops, sometimes more.
But with quilting ramping back up, I'm feeling less interested.
Maybe I should map out a plan like I have for charity quilting.
And while we're recommitting to things, let's add another:
3) Get back on the treadmill
I figured vacay would mess me up but not this bad!
So today I'm recommitting to just 15 mins/day but I'll
likely increase it pretty quickly. I just need to start.
Oh, hey! How could I forget this one!?
4) Make Super Bowl food for the fam & watch the Chiefs win!
I've been giving some thought to going to the parade in KC
but alas, it would be on Ash Wednesday. There's also the
prediction that about 1 million people will attend so
I guess I'll pass and just watch on tv. And save myself
a whole day for quilting!
Happy scrappy quilting!
PS Still having a big delay with comments so I've changed
things up a bit for now. Hopefully spammers won't find me!
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