Quarter 4 2018 Finish-A-Long

Quarter 3 flew by without any finishes, granted I did make progress on a few projects.  Quarter 4, I hope is going to be a successful quarter, with a few finishes.  Things are currently slowing down with life, which means I will get some meaningful sewing time in before the holiday rush starts.  Now onto my list:

1. Stitch and flip wreaths. Make 3 stitch and flip wreaths for belated Christmas gifts for 3 people last year. They are not hard to do, it is just finding the time.  (I gave them IOUs for these beautiful wreaths).

2. Baby quilt for my Cousin's son who was born in the middle of January 2017.

3. Knitting a purple shawl - deadline long past, but I will use it in my office, especially when it gets cold and drafty.  If is a great knitting project to do in front of the tv.

4. Cross stitch Marriage record for C&T (late present).

5. Wedding quilt for C&T (late present, at least they know it is coming).

6. Handiwork (something I have been trying to catch up on for the last year, I just need to use one of my off fridays and sit down and do the minor repairs on most of the items).  The pile is getting larger each quarter.

7. Make rugs, this includes ripping what I've done out and restarting as I found a different pattern I want to use (belated Christmas gift...we won't say how many years late).

8. Charity Quilt top for Prayers and Squares at my Grandmother's church.

9. 2nd Charity quilt top for Prayers and Squares at my Grandmother's church (I started these before I got married, which means they are almost five years old.  I just found them in one of the last boxes I still have to unpack).

10. Wedding quilt for D&D (late present, at least they know it is coming).

11. Quilt for one of my Grandmother's (shhh, it is a surprise for her).

12. Mom's quilt (this one is even older.  I got the kit in college and got frustrated with it because my 1/4 inch seam was off and I was doing a horrible job at cutting).  It turns out I was doing just fine.  It almost to a top stage now.

13. Wedding quilt for N&B (this wedding was last year, 2017, shhh, it is also a surprise).

14. Christmas Table Runner  (this was going to be a present, but Christmas Eve my cat decided to play with my soda on the table and spilled some on it, so I could not gift it due to running.  I tried to remove the stain, which did not work so it is all taken apart to replace what was stained, and now it is time to put it back together).

15. Second Christmas Table Runner (still to be finished for a Christmas present).

16. Bonnie Hunter's En Providence Mystery Quilt (I've printed all of the clues and my fabrics picked out, I just have to actually start on it.  I do love the reveal, and I'm considering making it just a tad larger to fit on a queen size bed).

17. Knit scarf for my husband.  He saw the scarves I made for my grandparents for Christmas, and wants a few scarves.  As a result I am going to get this one done, and have the other two made for next winter.  It is made with a simple pattern.  Knit stitch about 30 stitches across and then 70" long.

18.  This quilt will be for charity.  I hope to have it done for 2019's Hands to Help hosted by Confessions of a Fabric Addict. I am making it with purples and greens as the latices, and I just need to start.  It is going to be gorgeous I think.  Photo credit goes to Confessions of a Fabric Addict.

19.  There was a mystery quilt a long with Cora's Quilts called Gathering.  The fabrics are gorgeous and I have finished all of the cutting, I just have to put each step together.  It will be a throw size.

20. Supplement my blog post for the 12 Days of Christmas over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict by making a pillow. It will be a 12 by 12 pillow with a single snowflake on it, appliqued and quilted down. I have no picture, everything is cut out, I just need to execute it. I was not able to complete it, so I'm going to work on it and get it done so I can present it as a tutorial this year.

21. Supplement my blog post for the 12 Days of Christmas over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict by making a pillow. It will be a 14 by 28 pillow with three snowflakes on it. The snowflakes will be appliqued and quilted down. I have no picture, everything is cut out, I just need to execute it. I was not able to complete it for the 2017 blog hop, so I'm going to get it done and present it as a gift idea for this year's blog hop.

22.  Finish Sweet Tooth Queen size quilt.  Started as a Breakfast Club project, I want to finish all of the blocks and put it together.  It will be the first quilt I have made for our bed.

23.  Finish Sweet Tooth baby quilt.  I had left overs from the two kits I bought to make the queen size, so I decided to make just one of each of the twelve blocks and combine it into a baby quilt.  I think it is going to look awesome when it is done.

24. Chenille this panel of Mickey for a birthday gift. It has been layered, I just need to sew rows and finish it off.

25. Chenille this panel of Disney Princess for a birthday gift. It has been layered, I just need to sew rows and finish it off.

26. Chenille this panel of Dory for a birthday gift. I just need to sew the rows on it and finish it off.

27. Chenille this panel of Belle for a Christmas gift. I just need to put the binding on, and sew it down.

28. Chenille this panel of Belle for a belated Christmas gift. It matches the one before, the only difference is the minky on the back, and I'm sure the binding will be different. I just need to sew the rows on it and finish it off from there.

29. Chenille this panel of Little Mermaid for myself. This will be the last panel to be chenilled as I come last.

30. Finish snowflake pillow (shared at 12 Days of Christmas hosted by Confessions of a Fabric Addict), and make a second one for a Christmas gift and creating a tutorial. I received several requests during my blog hop stop for a tutorial for this one. I like it enough that I won't mind re-creating it.

31. Dr. Who quilt, finish as I have started cutting it out. This was an intended gift for my husband on Valentine's Day almost two years ago.

32. New baby quilt, granted he is almost a year old now.  I just need to finish the binding.

33. Seth's toddler quilt. It just needs to have the binding finished on it.

34. Natalie's wall hanging. The fabric has been picked out and the idea is in my head. I just need to put it on paper and figure out how to do the blocks as I do not have a pattern for it.

35. Storm at Sea quilt I started at the San Diego Quilt Show last year.  I have it all drawn out as to what I want to do, making it about 60" by 60".  This is the small quilt because I plan to make a scrappy teal/blue/green one that will be even bigger.  My Mom bought the templates, so I just need to borrow them from her to get cracking.

36. Proud Mary is from Splash of Color by Jackie Kunkel.  She was to come to the San Diego Quilt Show, however her class was cancelled.  All of my fabrics are picked out, I just need to finish ironing them and then start the cutting process.  

37.  L&B's Wedding Quilt is for when they got married in July 2015.  The fabric is starched, I need to finish cutting it out, and then start putting it together.

38. S&D's Wedding Quilt is for my sister-in-law and her husband, who got married in November 2016.  The pieces are waiting to be put together by English Paper Piecing (EPP), and the sashing squares are all cut, and starched, I just need to iron and put them together.

39.  On Ringo Lake the 2017-2018 Bonnie Hunter mystery that is absolutely gorgeous!  I have all of my fabric picked out and starched, I just have to get working on it.

40.  Meadow Mist mystery quilt was revealed in December.  I have the fabric picked out, and I have since the start of it, I just have not had time to start on it.

41.  Scrappy Bargello was started within the last week when I got to take a class with Bonnie Hunter. It was a fantastic class!  I have it all planned out, and everything is cut, I just have to sew!

42.  OSU Quilt #1 for my Grandfather who is an alumni.

43.  OSU Quilt #2 for my Mom, as she is also an alumni.  This quilt was originally meant for my Grandmother, but she has passed away, and I feel like it would mean a lot to my Mom to get the quilt intended for her Mom.

44.  Bel Canto is a mystery that was held at my local quilt shop for Strip club.  It is designed by Daniella Stout, and the reveal happened in December 2017.

45.  Baby blanket that is knitted.  I have casted it on, it is just buried in the my pile of projects right now.

46.  JoAnn's mystery knit, which is no longer a mystery, but I would love to get it done as it should be a decently fast knit.

47.  Moonlight Path's quilt along with Cora's Quilts.  Mystery started in March and will continue to through the first half of June.

48.  Pocket bags - set of 4 for personal use.  I have my fabric picked out, and it is on its way to me right now.

49.  Brown bag mystery quilt from Cupcake Quilts in Spring, Texas.  I am getting the clues mailed to me.

50.  Jelly Roll rug.  I am taking a class this quarter, and I want to finish it.

51.  D&D's wedding cross stitch is a belated wedding gift that I am trying to get done for the happy couple.  I'm still on the first border, but I have made more progress on it even since this picture was taken.

52.  Champagne and Pearls quilt is for a class.  I have some prep work to do before class, but I can not wait to see how my colors turn out.

53.  Ispy quilt for Niece, which will be a Christmas present.  All paper pieced, square in a square, with the Ispy fabrics in the middle.  I can not wait to see the secondary design comes out on this one.

54.  Drunkards Path for the Pigeon Forge Quiltfest in March 2019, I am creating a quilt to enter into the yearly theme for the quilt show.  I have the fabric, I just need to finish the pattern, and start cutting.  Once the top is completed, I'm going to hand quilt it with cotton perle thread, which I'm excited to do.

55.  Kingfisher QAL is hosted by Stitched in Color and Tales of Cloth.  The quilt includes EEP, appliqué and regular piecing.  I intended to work on this while away from home this last month, however life had other plans.  It will be a great evening project to wind down from the day.

56.  2nd Snowflake Pillow for the Christmas in July bloghop.  I needed to make another one to take progress pictures.  Now I need to finish it.

I am looking forward to encouraging everyone on making progress on their lists.  I am linking up to Throw a Wrench in the Works for the 2018 Finish-A-Long.

-Christina

Design Wall Monday

This last week I was able to get most of the quilt I am focusing on this month cut out.  The only hang up is that I have had to go and purchase additional fabric two times for this quilt, as I did not over buy like I normally do.  Now the two times have been on two different pieces, and one of them I could not find again so I had to buy a new background.  I have more than enough now.

My goals for this week are similar to last weeks.  My first goal is to keep working on my October One Monthly Goal.  My goal for the week is to get step 1 and 2 done this week, plus get the last few parts cut out from an additional piece of fabric.

My second goal this week is to draw out a few quilts as I will be traveling for work, and it is a great task to do while on the road.

My third goal is to continue working on the bindings of two smaller quilts.  I have had the binding sewn on for some time now, I just have not had time to finish hand sewing them down (one is 3/4ths done, and the other is a little over half way done).  I still need to finish the final juncture on one, as I sewed it together twisted.  It should not take too long to fix (famous last words right?).

My forth goal is to work on the ISpy quilt for my niece.  I'm going to work on cutting out the pink and purple's for the front and back.  Once I get everything cut out, it will be time to start putting it together!  I will not finish starching everything until next week, but that is okay.  One fabric at a time will be worked on.

My fifth and final goal for the week is to iron some scraps out that need to be starched and then cut into my scrap user system.  They came to me scrunched in a bag, so I need to iron them before putting them through my process.  Perfect for the hotel room while watching some cable tv!

Wow, that is a list!  Some of it will be done on travel, and this next weekend is a quiet weekend, so I hope to finish cleaning and then get down to business working on various projects that need to have progress made.  I hope everyone has an awesome and productive week!

Linking up with:
Monday Making
Design Wall
Main Crush Monday

-Christina

15 Minutes of Stitching - Week 40

Let us see how this last week went on the 15 minutes of stitching front.

Days spent stitching this week: 7 out of 7
Days spent stitching in October: 7 out of 7
Days spent stitching in 2018: 252 out of 280
Rate of Success: 90.0%
My week runs Monday to Sunday.

Yippee!!!  I made it to 90% as my rate of success!  I will continue to slowly raise it to keep up with my end of year goal by stitching every day for the last four months of the year.  I am doing pretty well so far, six weeks down, twelve more to go.  I'm truly excited to see where this takes me, as I have loved seeing all of the projects I have worked on this year slowly moving them to the finish line or closer to the finish line than before.  Here is to another successful week!

Linking up at:

Life in Pieces

-Christina

October 2018 One Monthly Goal

It is a new month, and I finished my September OMG, which means I can choose something new to work on.  It was a tough decision as it seems I have too many projects I need/want to work on.  The project I'm setting for my OMG is one I am behind on, and trying to catch up so I believe it deserves more attention than the others to get it where it should be.

My goal is to work on this lovely quilt.  It is a belated wedding gift for some family, and it about time to get it done.  Plus it is my Breakfast Club homework/goal for the semester at my LQS.

What is my goal?  Well it is to get it all cut out.  I have had to go back and buy additional fabric three times for this quilt, actually scrapping my original background as I did not have enough, and the place I originally bought the fabric did not have it anymore.  In addition to getting it cut out, I am going to do step 1-4 within the pattern.  My stretch goal for the month is to get step 5-10 done, which would complete one of two blocks within the pattern.  Even if I get some of the steps done in my stretch goal I will be further along that I was before.

I hope everyone is able to find a goal for the month and is able to accomplish it.

Linking up with:
Elm Street Quilts

-Christina

15 Minutes of Stitching - Week 39

Let us see how this last week went on the 15 minutes of stitching front.

Days spent stitching this week: 7 out of 7
Days spent stitching in September: 30 out of 30
Days spent stitching in 2018: 245 out of 273
Rate of Success: 89.7%
My week runs Monday to Sunday.

This past week went very well in finding time.  However, I learned that if I leave my 15 minutes to be done right before bed, I do exclusively 15 minutes as I'm ready for bed.  But, if I do my 15 minutes earlier in the day/evening then I find more than 15 minutes, which is so nice.  I want to work on doing my 15 minutes of stitching earlier in the day/evening and not save it to be the last thing I do at night before bed.  You learn something new every day, and this was one on Sunday.  I hope everyone was successful in finding time to stitch for everyone else.

Linking up at:

Life in Pieces

-Christina

Design Wall Monday

Last week I was able to get my September One Monthly Goal completed!  You can see the blog post here.  It feels great to get it accomplished.  I hope I am able to continue meeting my goals each month for the rest of the year.

I was also able to get the binding on this quilt, so close to being done!  I just need another 20-30 minutes of hand stitching, and it will be fully done!  I just could not finish it last night as it was past my bedtime.

My goals for this week are similar to last weeks.  My first goal is to keep working on the ISpy quilt for my niece.  I'm going to work on cutting out the pink and purple's for the front and back.  Once I get everything cut out, it will be time to start putting it together!  I will not finish starching everything until next week, but that is okay.

My second goal for the week is to work on my Breakfast Club project.  I plan to get the new background cut out, and finish cutting out all of the other pieces.  Maybe, if I have some extra time I will start sewing on the first few steps.

My third goal for the week is to work on the bindings of two smaller quilts.  I have had the binding sewn on for some time now, I just have not had time to finish hand sewing them down (one is 3/4ths done, and the other is a little over half way done).  I still need to finish the final juncture on one, as I sewed it together twisted.  It should not take too long to fix (famous last words right?).

I hope everyone has an awesome and productive week!

Linking up with:
Monday Making
Design Wall
Main Crush Monday

-Christina

September 2018 OMG

I made it!  I made serious progress on my one monthly goal, which is awesome.  You can see my goal here.

I prepped the papers for the square in a square block, including marking the quarter inch lines for stitching.

I found the center squares and starched them all.  They are almost all ready to start sewing on.

I cut out the first set of triangles, which are all yellow.  There were 352 squares, which equals 704 triangles for the whole project.

I was also able to plan out the pieced backing, and prepped some fabric so I just need to iron and cut them out.  This can be worked on next month.

I finished in the knick of time, more like posting in the knick of time, as I was able to finish this all last night.  It feels great to get a goal done, and I hope to continue to set realistic ones so I may achieve more each month.

Linking up to:
Elm Street Quilts

-Christina

15 Minutes of Stitching - Week 38

Let us see how this last week went on the 15 minutes of stitching front.

Days spent stitching this week: 7 out of 7
Days spent stitching in September: 23 out of 23
Days spent stitching in 2018: 238 out of 266
Rate of Success: 89.5%
My week runs Monday to Sunday.

This week went well in finding stitching time.  I found time in a hotel room, and even after a very long day.  That is normally my hiccup, if I have a long day I just want to come home and go to bed, but I made sure I was did my 15 minutes of stitching.  The end of September is upon us already, and I'm almost one fourth of my way to my goal of finding stitching time every day through the end of the year.  I hope everyone is finding a little bit of time, it is amazing how much is really getting done.  (Here is my secret, I almost always squeak out 30 minutes instead of 15 because I always try to be the overachiever/I always think of one more thing that then takes longer than I think it would.)

Linking up at:

Life in Pieces

-Christina

Design Wall Monday

Last week was semi productive.  Not as productive as I was originally hoping, but progress was made in some areas.  I was able to get about half a binding sewn down while on travel, and I'm sooo close to being done with cutting out papers, and making the quarter inch lines to extend for sewing purposes.

I am hoping this week is a little more productive on the front of my One Monthly Goal, as it is the last week of September!  And I have a little more time at home (more like the whole week, which means a lot of cleaning and quilting is going to happen, plus some home cooked meals).

Without further ado, my goals for this week are simple.  My first goal is to keep working on moving towards accomplishing my September's One Monthly Goal.  This will include starching fabric (I bought the last of what I need to cut this past weekend), marking 1/4" on papers (so close to being done), trimming papers and cutting out fabric (long way to go, but already started on it).  And finish them!

My second goal for the week is to work on my Breakfast Club project.  I want to get the new background cut out, which is going to take some time.  I would love to finish cutting out the other pieces, but one part at a time.

My third goal for the week is to work on the bindings of two smaller quilts.  I have had the binding sewn on for some time now, I just have not had time to finish hand sewing them down (one is 3/4ths done, and the other is a little over half way done).  I still need to finish the final juncture on one, as I sewed it together twisted.  It should not take too long to fix (famous last words right?).

My fourth and stretch goal (one can never have too many goals), is to work on the stitch and flip wreaths that have been works in progress for some time.  Even if a little progress is made, it is better than none.

I hope everyone has an awesome and productive week!

Linking up with:
Monday Making
Design Wall
Main Crush Monday

-Christina

Blogger Quilt Festival - Of the Woods

In February I was able to quickly finish a baby quilt for a co-worker.  The result was "Of the Woods". I found the pattern on Moda Bake shop's website, and the recipe was created by Suzanne Jackman entitled Bradley Street.  When I choose the pattern, I knew I would be able to show off all of the cute woodland creature prints I had found for this project, and to incorporate a solid color to complement everything and give it a woodsy theme, would be wonderful.

I love the end product.  Sometimes a quilt is hard to give away because it turned out too cute, and this was one of them.  But it was always intended for a gift, and I know it is loved within the household it went to.  The pattern was not hard to put together, and I was able to put the top together within a week, once everything was cut.

The quilting was a simple design of swirl flowers, which went with the whole theme of the quilt.  The backing was found online, and complimented the front of the quilt.  I love how it turned out.

Sharing at:
Amy's Creative Side

-Christina

Blogger Quilt Festival - Royal Gardens

Last April I was able to finish a quilt entitled Royals Gardens.  It is a block of the month pattern by Daniella Stout from Cozy Creative Designs.  Cozy Creative is my local quilt store, where I attend Breakfast Club on the 3rd Saturday of each month.  This was the project for the second semester of 2017, and I got it done within the first year of starting it!  It feels great.

The quilt was fun and easy to put together, and I love how it turned out.  I did a custom quilt design, quilting it myself on a longarm that I rented time for.  I am very proud of how it turned out, and it is now displayed proudly on our bed.

The borders were a pain to put together, but I think they make the quilt and tie it in all together.  I am glad I stuck with it, and it turned out so well.

The quilt ended up being 96" by 96", which fits our queen bed beautifully.  The backing fabric was found at Connecting Threads on clearance.  The fabric for the quilt top was from Daniella Stout's Happy Hour fabric line, which came from a kit.  The quilt is labeled, which helps us with the orientation every week.

Sharing at:
Amy's Creative Side

I can not wait to see what everyone else has completed!

-Christina

Design Wall Monday

Last week was productive!  I did not get everything done for Breakfast club, but that is okay, as they are only looking for progress on my quilt.  I did learn, of course the hard way, that I did not buy enough of the background fabric for L and B's wedding quilt, and since I bought the fabric several years ago, it is no longer in print/not the correct colors.  I have to laugh at myself, as now I do buy extra yardage for that fact.  I found a new background fabric and I have already started to starch it so I can get cutting.

While on travel last week I was able to make progress on my One Monthly Goal. I just received the last of the iSpy fabrics, so I'll be starching those next weekend.

My goals for this week are simple, as I'm traveling for work again.  My first goal is to keep working on moving towards accomplishing my September's One Monthly Goal.  This will include starching fabric, marking 1/4" on papers, trimming papers and cutting out fabric.

My second goal for the week is to work on my Breakfast Club project.  I want to finish starching my new background, finish getting fabrics ironed, and cut out all of the pieces so I can just sit down and sew in the future.

My third goal for the week is to work on the bindings of two smaller quilts.  I have had the binding sewn on for some time now, I just have not had time to hand sew it down.  It is the perfect thing to bring on travel this week, as I will sit in front of the TV and stitch some binding down each night.  I also have to finish the final juncture on one, as I sewed it together twisted.  It should not take too long to fix (famous last words right?).

I hope everyone has an awesome and productive week!

Linking up with:
Design Wall
Main Crush Monday

-Christina

15 Minutes of Stitching - Week 37

Let us see how this last week went on the 15 minutes of stitching front.

Days spent stitching this week: 7 out of 7
Days spent stitching in September: 16 out of 16
Days spent stitching in 2018: 231 out of 259
Rate of Success: 89.2%

I found time each day this past week to do 15 minutes of stitching.  It has been a very busy summer, and the end is in sight, with at least some down time coming soon.  With said down time I'm hoping to get some serious time to sit down and sew, of course between some household chores I've been putting off for some time.  We are almost to the last quarter of the year, and I'm becoming stronger in getting my 15 minutes or more of stitching in each day, which I am loving.  I hope to finish the year off strong.

Linking up at:

Life in Pieces

-Christina

Design Wall Monday

The last two weeks have been busy with sewing time limited, however it has been very nice to have that get away to my machine.  I have not accomplished a lot, but I have made progress on prep for various quilts, thought about how I am going to accomplish 5-6 quilts before the end of the year, and set my September One Monthly Goal, which is to do a lot of prep work on my niece's ISpy quilt for Christmas.

My goals for this week are simple, as I'm traveling for work, but also Breakfast Club at my LQS is on Saturday, and I have yet to make any progress on my independent study project for the semester.  My first goal is to keep working on moving towards accomplishing my September's One Monthly Goal.  This will include starching fabric, ordering some fabric, marking 1/4", trimming papers and cutting out fabric.

My second goal for the week is to work on my Breakfast Club homework.  I am not going to fully achieve what I planned for my homework for the months of July and August, but I hope to get July's fully finished, and complete steps two of five for August's homework before Saturday.  I will report back next week to let you know what I was able to accomplish.  The quilt is going to be beautiful when it is done in purple, teal and dark blue!

Linking up with:
Design Wall
Monday Making
Main Crush Monday

-Christina

15 Minutes of Stitching - Week 36

Let us see how this last week went on the 15 minutes of stitching front.

Days spent stitching this week: 7 out of 7
Days spent stitching in September: 9 out of 9
Days spent stitching in 2018: 224 out of 252
Rate of Success: 88.9%

I was able to find time each day this week, which is awesome!  I am trying to not miss a day for the rest of the year.  I am nine days in and succeeding pretty well so far.  Small things like going through my fat quarters to pick out fabrics for this quilt or that quilt, or refolding them because I want to put them in plastic bins.  I also was able to work on cutting out my Breakfast Club quilt, but I still have a good portion to cut.  One day at a time, and I will be done soon.  I hope everyone is able to find time in the upcoming week for their daily stitching.

Linking up at:

Life in Pieces

-Christina

September 2018 OMG

I was unable to successfully complete my August goal as the month got away from me, but also because I made two unexpected trips back east, the first to say goodbye to my Grandma as she was asking for all of her grandkids, and then back for the funeral.  It was not easy and still is not, but life continues on, and it is September already!  How did that happen?  So, it is time to come up with my One Monthly Goal.

With the passing of my Grandma, two quilts have moved to the top of my list for Christmas, in addition to the one I was planning to make for my niece, plus the quilt top I need to get done so I can start hand quilting it before the new year for a quilt show.  As a result, I have been redoing my plan for the end of the year so I can get it all done.  This month's goal is to do several things that are all prep work for one of the quilts to be done before Christmas.

The prep work includes; prepping the papers for the square in a square block (marking the quarter inch line for stitching, and cutting them papers down), finding the center squares and starching them, cutting the first set of triangles (yellow), plan out the backing as it will be pieced, and starting to cut the pink and purple fabrics for the second set of triangles and backing pieces.  Wow that is a lot, but that is okay.  I'm traveling for work a lot this month and some of these tasks are perfect to be done in a hotel room.

I hope everyone is able to complete their one monthly goals this month!

Linking up with:
Elm Street Quilts

-Christina

15 Minutes of Stitching - Week 35

Let us see how this last week went on the 15 minutes of stitching front.

Days spent stitching this week: 7 out of 7
Days spent stitching in August: 30 out of 31
Days spent stitching in September: 2 out of 2
Days spent stitching in 2018: 217 out of 245
Rate of Success: 88.6%

I'm a little late in getting this out this week, but we were traveling over the long weekend and then some to say goodbye to my Grandma.  It is never easy to say good-bye, but I know she is in a better place, and watching over everyone in her family.  I have my moments, as I'm sure I will for a very long time, slowly healing the hole she has left behind.  I was able to find 15 minutes to stitch everyday last week, as it helped centered me, and gave me comfort.  I made some progress on a few things that were easy to travel with, which is nice.  I have a few quilts to get done before the end of the year.  I'm hoping to stitch every day for the rest of the year, as I do not foresee anything that will stop me.

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-Christina