July Recap and August Goals

Rug weaving progress

My July goals were:

✔1. Make progress on Triple Treat.--Update:I cut more blocks, pieced and assembled them into a top. I also pieced the back. It is off to the longarmer!

✔2. Piece the string blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. This month the color is aqua. I've pulled my scraps which aren't many!

✔3. Spend a few sewing sessions piecing string blocks. The 4 1/2 inch and 6 1/2 inch string bags need emptying!

✔4. Layer and baste butterfly quilt number four. It was on my annual list last year.

✔5. Document finishing the sashiko project.

✔6. Make progress on my rug weaving.--

Quilting on the 250/50 year guild challenge

Update: I worked on the rug between four and eight hours each week. It now is 20 inches in diameter which is five inches bigger than it was last month!
 I have used about a third of the bottom flannel sheet. It has become a little less round; but, it is still mostly flat. I plan to continue using Sundays as "weaving day."

✔7. Make an apron for the youngest granddaughter.--Update: I made two!

✔8. Begin quilting the guild 250th/50th anniversary challenge quilt.

✔9. Figure out what to do for the next book club quilt. Our book is "By Her Own Design" by Piper Hugely.

Fabric selected for Melva's Sew Along

It was another great month in terms of meeting the goals on my monthly list! Writing the list at the end of the previous month, working toward meeting the goal of each item during the month, has helped me move projects toward a finish. Using blog posts to share my goals has increased my success rate.
Looking back at the progress report posts shows me that I am slowly chipping away at having less stash and fewer unfinished projects! It's a total win!

Fabric Accounting:

Current Month:

Redwork Floral Bauble Sew Along

Fabric in: 0 yards 

Fabric out: 2 yards

Net loss for the month:  2 yards 

Year to Date:

Fabric in: 42 3/4 yards

Fabric out: 118 1/2 yards 

Net loss: 75 3/4 yards 

Best Book of the month: The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto. I had no idea of the influence of the Dutch on building the area around New York as well as the city itself. I learned why we eat cookies instead of biscuits and why we eat coleslaw. It was an interesting listen!

My August Goals are:

1. Select fabric for Magnificent Mystery. Begin piecing the clues.

Marbling 

2. Select fabric for Redwork Baubles Sew Along that Days Filled With Joy is holding. Work on the redwork embroidery, It began in June; but, Gertie was insistent! I did begin the embroidery.

3. Document progress for Melva's Sew Along.

4. Piece the string blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. This month the color is yellow. I've stitched the yellow blocks so I will stitch one more yellow and one more green block instead!

5. Sew strings with my youngest granddaughter.

6. Make a couple swimsuits with and for the youngest granddaughter.

7. Make progress on the book club quilt.

8. Make progress on my rug weaving.

9. If the longarmer has quilted it, finish Triple Treat.

10. Document a mug rug from Rita's braid scraps.

11. Document my marbling experience.

12. Make progress quilting the butterfly.