Tonight, while looking around my office/sewing room/storage room, I realized I have no space. Okay, so I have always known this, but I have gotten very good at ignoring that little fact. I couldn't use my sewing table if I wanted to. It is covered and stacked so high it looks like something off of the show Hoarders. I decided I should try to reorganize, because I am crazy. A startling and annoying fact has become VERY clear. I have WAY to many projects started and I just keep adding to my list of things I want to do.
As of right now, I have found and counted 35 projects that I have started and not finished. Some are little projects (make 3 fairy wands), some are big (make a quilt) and some are really on-going but would be best if I actually kept up to date on them (pictures).
I have at least 10 started, but not finished quilts. Some are piles of fabric, some are cut out, some need quilted and bound and a few I need to find more fabric to finish. WHY? What am I doing to myself? I started Quiet Books for my kids and have several pages done, but I didn't finish them. There is SO much more. My unfinished projects are taking up a LOT of room here.
I made a list of all of the projects and I now going to go through and see if I have the necessary items to finish the projects. If I don't have the "stuff," I am adding it to my shopping list. I am going to try and finish as many projects as I can over the rest of the year. My hope is that I can clear out some space and actually see the top of my sewing table. Magically, maybe even use it for its original purpose. The very idea makes me a little giddy!
Long story short, I am not going to allow myself to start another new project until I finish the projects that I already have. Well, except for the on-going ones. I am never going to finish pictures or make enough home-made cards to last a life-time. Of course, I will continue to Blog stalk other people and I am going to start keeping a file or list or something of all of their fantastic ideas, so I am all ready to go when I do get this STUFF done!
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
2011
2011 is already proving to be a busy year. The projects are piling up and life is already kicking my butt. That is alright. This year I am not making a to-do list. I won't get it done and I will be disappointed in myself. Why do that? I am taking it one project at a time, with the hope of making some homemade gifts this year instead of buying SO many. I do need to make a baby quilt for my sister. Of, course her little boy is due March 3rd and I haven't even picked out a pattern. Yikes! I also need to make a baby quilt for myself as Baby Farmer Stone #3 is due on June 13th. There is actually a lot I need to do connected with Baby #3, but I have a feeling it is going to be VERY last minute!
I do have some New Year's Resolutions for 2011 that I would like to put down for myself.
1. Everyone has to use their words. (Wa has a speech delay and we need to do more at home to help him.)
2. Be a local tourist. (There are plenty of local options for us to visit and see without traveling far and spending more money then we should.)
3. Try a new recipe each week. (We need a little more variety and a few new options in our house. It won't kill anyone to try something new, either eating it or making it.)
4. Read at least 24 books this year. (Any length of book and in any genre works, except Board Books and anything with Curious George!)
As always there is a weight loss goal, but I am pregnant so it can't really start until after June. There might actually be more, but at this very second Kiki is freaking out because Wall-E is over. It is a real tragedy and it must be fixed!
Here is to a New Year!
I do have some New Year's Resolutions for 2011 that I would like to put down for myself.
1. Everyone has to use their words. (Wa has a speech delay and we need to do more at home to help him.)
2. Be a local tourist. (There are plenty of local options for us to visit and see without traveling far and spending more money then we should.)
3. Try a new recipe each week. (We need a little more variety and a few new options in our house. It won't kill anyone to try something new, either eating it or making it.)
4. Read at least 24 books this year. (Any length of book and in any genre works, except Board Books and anything with Curious George!)
As always there is a weight loss goal, but I am pregnant so it can't really start until after June. There might actually be more, but at this very second Kiki is freaking out because Wall-E is over. It is a real tragedy and it must be fixed!
Here is to a New Year!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Crafts I Want To Do
My list of crafts I want to do or get finished is at least a mile long. As is the list of things I should be doing around the house, but that list isn't nearly as fun. I keep setting deadlines for myself, but that does not seem to be helping. So, I decided to put a short list up on here so they are up for all the world to see. Plus, I like lists, well I like checking things off of lists anyway. I would like to see what I can get finished by December.
1. Finish hand quilting baby quilt for cousin that is now over a year old. Guess he isn't getting that quilt now.
2. Finish the 8 (not exaggerating the number there either) other baby quilts I have started and have just never finished. Yikes, that is a bad track record there.
3. Finish Quiet Books for Wa and Kiki. They are suppose to be Christmas presents.
4. Hand Stitch Christmas Cards. I still need to figure out how many of these I need to make. Some people are going to get the cards I bought at MENARDS on after-Christmas sale.
Yikes!! Looking at that list, I think we're done for now. There is no way I am going to get all those quilts done, unless I magically get a machine quilter and stop doing them by hand. I am not going to start another craft or project until I finish this list. Yeah Right!!!!
1. Finish hand quilting baby quilt for cousin that is now over a year old. Guess he isn't getting that quilt now.
2. Finish the 8 (not exaggerating the number there either) other baby quilts I have started and have just never finished. Yikes, that is a bad track record there.
3. Finish Quiet Books for Wa and Kiki. They are suppose to be Christmas presents.
4. Hand Stitch Christmas Cards. I still need to figure out how many of these I need to make. Some people are going to get the cards I bought at MENARDS on after-Christmas sale.
Yikes!! Looking at that list, I think we're done for now. There is no way I am going to get all those quilts done, unless I magically get a machine quilter and stop doing them by hand. I am not going to start another craft or project until I finish this list. Yeah Right!!!!
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