To-Do list, September 16, 2020

And life continues on for me.......looking now to find job #4

Completions for the last few weeks -

1. Keep up with blocks for this years F2F swap. - All are now complete.  Just waiting for the ok to mail them.
2. Owl Quilt for TK, 50" by 70" - Completed and delivered
3. Mask orders - stayed current on orders
4. First memory bear - Completed
5. Mystery Quilt - Blocks thru July completed
6. Fabric Listing - First pass of precuts and  kits listed and sold
7. Get purse made for CN for grad present - Finished and mailed out, should be there by 
8. Find place to donate clothing fabric - Done and donated to Goodwill, 120 yds gone!

Goals for the next week or two -

1. Mystery Quilt - Make August block
2. make one or two of the setting blocks for the mystery quilt and write up pattern for it
3. stay up to-date on the mask orders
4. Sort and  list more fabrics for sale
5. UFO Alphabet quilt #4 - Basted, ready to quilt
6. Make design boards for SN

Commission To-do's for rest of September -

1. T-shirt quilt for TA from her Dad's t-shirts
2. Memory bear #2 for TA from dad's shirts
3. Make the 5 commissioned Scrabble pillows
4. Start cutting fabrics for commissioned Queen-sized quilt, 224 - 6.5" squares needed
5. Pick-up fabric for memory lap quilt and discuss design for it.

Current For Sale projects & Commissions -

1. Pincushions for sale - make and list
2. Scrappy Tan/Blue quilt for KM
3. Memory quilt for MF
4. Pug quilt for TK, 50" by 70"
5. T-Shirt quilt for CA from his shirts
6. T-shirt quilt for CA from her shirts
7. Scrappy Purse for sale
8. List Kids quilts for sale

2020 gifts -

1. Pillowcase(s) for triangle support pillow for PN - For Christmas
2. Cat pillowcases for MM
3. Dog pillowcases for HM
4. Mini cardinal wall-hanging for SR
5. Farmers Market wall-hanging for LT

Possible Future Commissions-

1. T-shirt Quilt for friend in an online group (no due date, waiting for shirts and specs)
2. T-shirt quilt for a friend at church (no due date, waiting for shirts, specs)
3. Memory quilt for MR

Possible Commissions/Sales-

1. Airplane quilt - need to make sample blocks before getting back with friend to see if she's interested
2. Music Quilt - long time possibility....rumblings about it happening again - Designed, waiting on down payment
3. Teddy Bear Quilt - This needs to be quilted (either for the original order or sold to someone else)
4. Quilt tops that are for sale (Wolf + more)

Other projects that need to be done -

1. List items for sale on Ebay or other fitting site
2. Prep t-shirts for my own t-shirt quilt - t-shirts are all together (and have been for several yrs) but need to prep them
3. Downsize quilting fabric stash - Started, lots more to go thru
4. Get website set up so that I can sell what I'm making and my quilts - started need to finish
5. Continue looking for and applying for new, paying jobs
6. Find a PT job to help with income at this point

Gratitudes:

1. For friends who helped me take the quilt frame & mid-arm down so I sell them

2. For the encouragement of friends

ScrapHappy September 2020 - A Belated Graduation Gift

 Lots of scraps were used in this month's project, and most of them large ones that were left over from other projects that I know longer remember what were.  In the case of the print - I had a piece that was about 2 yds long by 20+ inches wide.  My niece chose the print, and I picked the yellows to go with it because that is her fav color.  all fabrics other than the print were batiks.

Back of the purse, blocks were paper-pieced.  Batik was used for the adjustable strap.

Front of the purse.  Extra blocks used for a small pocket, large pocket strip pieced.

Top flap using two more of the blocks.

Lining was more of the print.  

I did the lining like I do for Christmas stockings which meant that I did not have to try to bind any edges on the flap or top edge of the front.

inside of the purse - final block used for a pocket on one side, scrap used for a pocket on the opposite side.

Check out what everyone else has done this month:
Kate, Gun, Titti, Heléne, Eva, Sue, Lynn, Lynda, Birthe, Turid, Susan, 

Cathy,  Tracy, Jill, Claire, Jan, Moira,  Sandra, Linda, Chris, Nancy, Alys, 

Kerry, Claire, Jean, Joanne, Jon, 

Hayley, Dawn, Gwen, Connie, Bekki, Pauline, SueL, Sunny, 

Kjerstin and Vera

Gratitudes:

1. For seasonal hiring starting that will hopefully let me bring a little income in w/o getting too exhausted from working 4 jobs

2. For friends who are willing to help me take the quilting frame down so I can sell it to help pay the bill