Things I like, A New Bundle, and Staying on Track

It’s Tuesday. I like Tuesdays. For starters, I like them most because it means Monday is behind me (which often means I’m at least somewhat caught up after the weekend) and I still have the whole week to accomplish things. It’s also January and I like Januarys for the exact same reasons I like Tuesdays, except replace ‘Monday’ with ‘December’ and ‘week’ with ‘year.’ I like writing an awful lot too but if I’m being completely honest, I haven’t spent much time writing since I’m SEW busy sewing and shipping fabric to lovely people all over the world (which I also like very much too!).

So now that the first few Tuesdays of this great month of January are behind me, and yesterday – MONDAY – is behind me too so I feel a little caught up from the weekend – I’m here to catch up and ahead!

First, look at my new organizational tool:

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Not the neatest today, but my new whiteboard now hangs directly across from my desk and I LOVE it for how graciously it’s helping me stay on task these days.  Ooh. I even see things I can cross off since I snapped this photo early this morning! Am I the only one who sometimes adds things to my list that I’ve just finished but weren’t on my list, JUST so I can cross them off my list?

Second, a glimpse of a new quilt top I was able to get assembled over the weekend:

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Made with Amelie Scott’s Bundle of 10 Pattern , it’s with our latest Happy Scrappy Bundle™ called Sea Glass.

Lastly, speaking of our latest bundle – Announcing:

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It’s been buzzing around my head for ages to create a Sea Glass Bundle . While I can’t say I ever remember discovering sea glass along a beach, I always dreamed I’d find some in pretty colors for making a collection. 

There’s a kit for the quilt top above too, that specifically uses the fat 16th bundle and Moda  Grunge Vanilla for the background.

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Though I’m usually inclined to whip up my quilts in a free motion frenzy of swirls because always feel like I need to be in a hurry to finish them, This time, I’m taking my time straight line stitching with Gretchen. She’s my Pfaff 1475cd who’s been with me since my kids were small. I JUST love how evenly she sews. 

Third (and last), I’ve been writing this post throughout my whole day, amongst a zillion other things. Tuesday is almost over. So is January – but I’ve got a whole year ahead for writing – If I just keep putting it on my new white board every week…on Tuesday…even when it’s February.

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I think maybe I’ll try to make this Tuesday gig a habit. I should at least have the quilting part of my Sea Glass quilt done to share by next Tuesday, maybe even the binding – especially if it stays on my white board until it’s done, that is.

What else is on my list? To make something from Annabel Wrigley’s Maribel – due in any day now.  I. Can’t. Wait. 🙂

Cheers and Happy Sewing,

Pam

 

 

 

 

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