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Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge February

#2 was chosen for the February challenge.

My #2 is the 365 Challenge quilt. Ready or not, time to move it forward!

365 Challenge

This flimsy is about 100″ sq. and has been marinating in the closet since December 2022.

The plan for this month is to get it basted.

I have no idea how I am going to quilt it. I am considering an all over design since there are so many seams. I don’t think that I want to custom quilt it.

I will be thinking about that while I am basting the quilt sandwich.

Meantime, if you’d like to know more about this project, then click here.

I am linking up with other challenge participants at Dreamworthy Quilts.

Have fun and carry on!

Chookshed Stitchers 2024 January Mid-Month Check-in

It is time for a mid-month check-in.

If you read the Declutter post, then you know that I am following Karen Brown’s declutter challenge.

I have purchased some pencil boxes to keep markers and needles in, rather than having them slide all over the drawers where I had them. I have also sent a very full box of patterns and books out of the building. I need to come up with a better way to store quilting rulers that are not used on a regular basis. I think I have a plan for those that will work for me.

Things are getting tidied up, but, I have no photos to share, so you will have to take my word for it.

I look forward to Karen’s challenge every year. Her methods can also be easily applied to other areas of the home…it doesn’t have to stop with the sewing studio. For instance, one of Karen’s declutter challenges is about cleaning up your emails (I need this one!). I recommend taking this challenge if you have a need for a bit of tidying up!

I am also following 30 Days of Yoga with Adriene on YouTube.

I am far from graceful, but I do my best, and the stretching sure has been good for me!

There are definitely no photos of this! Again, you will just have to take my word for it!

I joined the Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge, and the number of the month is 6.

That means that my project for the month is this Santa Door Draft kit (I know the photo is blurry, but you can still see what the project is):

Santa Door Draft

I don’t know where this kit came from (I didn’t purchase it), but it has been hanging out in my studio for years. It just gets tossed from basket to basket, and I need to get this made!

Sure, I could just toss the kit into a donation box, but for some unexplainable and unreasonable reason, I just have to make it myself.

I will be brutally honest. I don’t like this kit. At all. The parts are not proportionate and the instructions are not easy to follow.

Santa Door Draft

Getting this far has been a bit of a bloody and sweaty challenge!

I will not be defeated!

I am linking up with the Check-in Party here.

Have fun and carry on!

January 2023 Goal Setting

I was privileged to end 2022 by having my 91-year-old Mom come for a visit.  She stayed long enough to see 2023 come in. We watched movies, played games, and simply enjoyed each other’s company.

Mom - 91st Birthday

Time very well spent!

Now that she is safely back to her home, it is time to turn my attention to some goal setting.

I decided to join Karen Brown at Just Get It Done Quilts for her Sewing Room Declutter Challenge. I put a link in my side bar; perhaps you would also like to join.

There are many UFO helps in Blogging Land, but this year, I am joining Cherry Guidry at Cherry Blossoms Quilting. Cherry has created a very nice UFO Tracker and a support Facebook group.

I thought I had my UFOs listed, but I searched my computer and my sewing room and couldn’t find the list. So…I will be writing those projects down as I find them while decluttering this week.

One thing I know for sure. I intend to finish quilting my daughter’s Patriotic quilt. I think this will be first!

Jessica's Patriot

I posted about her quilt here. I did indeed begin quilting, but only got so far as stitching in the ditch. Time to get this done and return the quilt to her!

There are nonrelated sewing goals of course. Organizing my computer should probably be one of them. Heh, heh!

May you all be blessed with a healthy and happy New Year!