Winter Stitching list - update

A quick check of Sarah's blog reminded me it was time to check in against the list of sewing I said I'd do back in late October...here goes!

• Bee blocks:  I finally caught up with these a couple of weeks back, and have just completed Judiths scrappy log-cabins (in the pink below!) which brings me almost up to date!

• Craft fairs - well this pretty much took over my life in November and December.  In total, I think my stuff was on sale at 6 or 7 fairs,

 

• Business cards - done!  Thank you MOO!

• Childcare - tick. I have a childminder in place for a few hours a week and Felix is happy, except for the few seconds as I leave the room, which she still doesn't like :(

•  Brit Quilt Pillow fight - loved it - here's what I made, and what I was lucky enough to receive

•  Christmas presents - done!  Table runner, chair covers, tote bags, make-up bags etc.

•  Learning to screen-print onto fabric - I'm so excited about this...next Tuesday I am going to spend the day with a local screen-print artist, who happens to do the most beautiful tea-towels and other products, and we are going to try some simple screen prints onto calico and linen...will report back.
• Add to my solids stash..err..well stash has definitely grown, so I guess this is a tick!

 Hmm...from now on it all gets a bit less impressive...

 

• Sliced coins quilt - absolutely no progress...zilch....nada
• Ditto for my Bee Europa Quilt for Felix, and a quilt for me...but I do have The Stained Pink Quilt along planned, thanks to the lovely Sarah.
• Free motion quilt a large item...not yet
• Approach another shop...no time for this one either!

 There were, however, a few things that weren't on the list...

•  A few commissions that popped up along the way

•  Making a quilt to sell - the bonkers quilt

•  Taking part in another secret swap, the Mouthy Stitchers zippy pouch swap... I'm currently stalking my partner for ideas of what to make them!
•  Getting through to the Shortlist in the Quokka quilts Bloggers choice bundle competition...I made it through to the last 8 (out of over 300!) with this selection...and although I didn't win, I was still super chuffed to get that far.
• Oh, and Carly over Crafted by Carly very kindly awarded me this blog award - Thanks Carly!

Bring it on 2012, let's get some more things ticked off!

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Winter Stitching plans - yikes!

There's just about enough time for me to get off the fence and document my Winter Stitching List, for linking up with the lovely Sarah at Fairyface designs.

And I'm going to cheat a little bit by immediately ticking some things off (is that allowed?!)

OK, in vague calendar order:

October: (yes yes, I know I've only got one day, but these lists are supposed to be challenging, right?!)

• Finish Brit Bee blocks for Laura
• Stitch a tree block for Johanna in Bee Europa
• Make a bag for carrying work folders for friend Nikki's birthday, to her specifications - grey denim, a chosen fishy print and teal (if you know Nikki, you'll know the teal is not optional!)
• Mark II of the hungry caterpillar draft excluder.  You can read about the original here which looked like this...so anything will be an improvement :)



• Sort out business cards
• Sorting out a teensy bit of childcare for November (see below for the reason why!) 

November:
Make enough stock for half a craft fair stall (19th November) and extras for a friend's Christmas fair stall the weekend before.  So I'm thinking I'll aim for the following volumes...it'll be interesting to see how close I get to these!

• 10 cushions
• 5 zippy make-up bags
• 3 Door stops
• 5 bags of varying difficulty!
• 10 fabric covered handbag mirrors
• 20 fabric covered badges
• 10-20 Christmas decorations 

Plus November Bee Blocks (stars for Ulrike in Bee Europa) and for Brit Bee, we'll have to wait and see as Miss Hadders is keeping it secret!

PLUS finish my chosen cushion and little extra for my partner in the Brit Quilt Pillow fight!  Don't worry partner, if you're reading, this one will get prioritised above the list above!

December

• Finishing the stacked coins quilt, which was the first quilt I ever started.

• Stock for the shops if needed (cushions, doorstops, draught excluders)
• Chrimble presents (I'm not listing these here, for fear of being found out!)
• Adding to my solids stash (hopefully with the proceeds of that craft fair)

New year: (it all gets a bit vague from here on!)

• Find someone to teach me how to screenprint my own designs onto fabric
• Stipple something (for non-quilty followers, in case you are worried about my intentions, this means to quilt something in a random pattern!)
• Make a quilt for me inspired by this one
• Possibly approach another shop
• Finish the quilt for Felix, made from the Bee Europa flower blocks
• Decide on what I'm going to ask for in my month of Brit Bee (how exciting!)

Phew!  Eeeek, writing it down was supposed to help, but now I'm panicking...OK...breathe...

Here's a few cheeky things to cross off the list:

Nikki's birthday was yesterday, and she liked her bag! 

Here is Mark II of The Hungry Caterpillar.  He's about half the size girth-wise (that really does sound sleazy)and not quite so ridiculous looking!  If you want him you can find him in "Made in Hastings" unless he's wiggled off the shelf already :)

Sorry about the comedy staging of this photo, taken at the crazy golf with my phone, having forgotten to get a picture before leaving home!

I will report back on the Bee blocks and the child minding situation in a day or two.

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