Design Wall Tuesday

Wow!  What a difference a few weeks make.  I am working exclusively from home now, I am restricted from working in the field (due to me being due in a few weeks), and our state has been under a Shelter in Place mandate for the indefinite future.  With the impending birth of our first child I will admit, it has been an emotional roller coaster for myself, but also for my husband on many different levels.  The changes with our birth plan that have taken place, and that will take place, the thought of loosing my birthing partner (what some of the hospitals did in New York), mourning the fact we won't have a baby shower to celebrate the fact we are bringing a new child into this world, the fact that our parents will not be meeting our new child for who knows how long, and scrambling to figure out what do we need to buy now to make sure we are prepared for baby due to shipping delays, and people buying out items such as baby wipes.

During this time, I have been able to escape into the sewing room for even just 15 minutes a day has helped.  Yes, tears have happened, but I'm working through the emotions and my husband and I have had a lot of discussions and planning between us.  Somethings we have clued my parents in on due to contingency plans involving them, like if I get COVID-19 the CDC can remove my brand new baby from me until I am well.  I do not want my child going to someone else's house, baby will go to Grandma and Grandpa, or if my husband contracts it, who is going to be my birthing partner (my Mom).  I want to be as prepared as I can be.  Thanks to my little escapes into the sewing room, I was able to complete my One Monthly Goal, which was to finish sewing all of the yellow on for my Niece's iSpy quilt.  I even got the stretch goal done of getting the next round ready to be sewn on.

It felt great to make progress.  Now I need to figure out what will be my April One Monthly Goal.  Good thing I have a few days to figure that out.

My goals for this week are simple.  My first goal is to continue work on my niece's Ispy quilt.  My goal is to work on sewing the 2nd round on the blocks.  I have them in a total of five piles, and I would like to sew through three of the five, and start trimming them.  My stretch goal is to get them all trimmed and ready for the next step, whether it is for the last round of triangles or de-papering.

My second goal is to continue working on the house.  This will always be a goal, or at least until we are fully settled in.  We are working on the front as some of the dirt has dried out after our three week stint or rain, finish cleaning off the table, and figure out what we need to purchase before baby comes home.  My stretch goal is to work on the 2nd bedroom, cleaning out 5 bags/boxes/piles.

I hope everyone has a great week!
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-Christina