Organization Challenge

Prairie Moon Organization Challenge is to pick something from this article by A Quilting Life .
I'm picking #7

7.  Schedule time to clean and organize in the sewing room.

Just as I do certain household cleaning tasks on the same day each week, I also try to keep a regular schedule in my sewing room. Of course it's not always possible, but I feel that having a plan in place does help me stay on top of things.

On Saturdays I trim scraps from the week, and I try to trim left-overs from projects as soon as a project is finished. 

I am going to have to really work on this one. I think Thursday afternoons would be the best time for me to work on my studio.

Of course, I made a bigger mess yesterday on this task trying to get my hand sewing items in order.
I was getting a lesson in how to hand quilt and pulled all of them out (this pile of bags was getting to me) and see what I had. I now need to determine what I really need to keep in containers and what needs to be consolidated.

UFO Busting

UFO Busting Check in with Vicki Welsh

Starting UFO 157
Finished YTD 51 (Goal 60)

October was a crazy month for my own stuff.

I only finished 4 UFOs in October.

It was a busy month for friend's quilts, and that is OK.

NovemberI hope to spend most of the day in my studio working on my To Do List, which is not much of my own again.

Wedding HST quilt

Baxter's T-shirt Quilt

Quilty Fun

Quilting 2 QOVs

Quilting a Test Quilt

Applique for when I'm waiting

Stash Reort

Judy has us keep track of what our stash is doing.

Used this Week:                                         3.4 yards

Used year to Date:                               187.17 yards

Total out of stash this Month (Nov)          0.00 yards

Added this Week:                                    0.00 yards
Added Year to Date:                              39.00 yards
Goal:                                                   200.00 yards

Yards to goal:                                        12.83 yards

Net Used in quilts 2016:                     139.99 yards 

A couple of other fun facts are:

Prairie Moon is doing a 350 blocks challenge this year:
Number of equivalent blocks:               557

Perimeter in inches                             10376

Number of UFOs finished this year:   54.16

UFO Yardage Used                              118.29

Amount of yardage used in UFOs          87%

Not much went on this week.

I've been doing other things than sewing, so....maybe next week.

Only a few more quilts and I'll meet the 200 yard goal.

Goodies

I won two batik FQs.

That fox in the back is like a cell phone purse

A little owl pin cushion

Some of the honey guy products.

A little paper pieced music note and keyboard with red, black and white fabric.

Fingertip lights

A cutter to wear on your finger

A patterncard

I'm missing the little owl pattern I bought.

Lots of jewelry.

Houston

I didn't take many photos, but I had a great time at the Houston Quilt Festival.

Scrappy quilters had us meet at the bus at 0630 in the morning and 1530 from Festival.

I totally loved going on the bus.

Lorena and I took to the shopping first, 

Lunch was a salad and fruit, and then raced through the quilts to stop at the ones that were our style (she and I have different styles.)

We went back through to get the things we were thinking about. and then we collapsed.

It was a fun time.

My feel are tired, my body aches and I'm a happy quilter.

I'll post photos of what I got when DD is out of the house.

One is a present. :)

UFOs

One Monthly Goal

My Eric Carle Quilt is my One Monthly Goal
I hope I have the ability to finish this one.
As a baby quilt, it will be going to a good group.

All People Quilt Number for November is #9

That is my Green and Brown Woven Border.

There isn't much of it and if I could find something else to add to it, that would be wonderful.

I wonder how it would look on Gypsy Wife?

Something to think about.

Stashbuster # draw

The November Numbers for stashbuster are:

#1 - 2017 Band T-shirt

This is not ready to finish yet.

I need one more shirt for this year to add to the T-shirts.

They might be able to get it to me and I can just continue on the path of getting this done.

#47 Fall Panels

The December low number is #10

This one was finished.

I'm not exactly sure which quilt it was, but it is done, so that is good.

The large number for December will be drawn in late November.

I know the 2017 Band T-shirt Quilt will have to wait, so it isn't going to be done.

The Fall Panel is a good possibility.

It looks like there is a good possibility of it being finished in November.

I find it interesting how the numbers go each year.

Apparently I have not finished some of 2015 Numbers and they are picked again.  LOL

	2015 Nov Stashbuster #5 2016 Jul Stashbuster #6	Applique Pixie Garden (by window)
	2015 May Stashbuster #9 2016 Feb Stashbuster #7	Applique turtles (window)
	2015 October Stashbuster #10 2016 September Stashbuster #8	Baby clothing quilt – boy
	2016 October Stashbuster #9	Baby clothing quilt –girl
	2015 December Stashbuster #27	Christmas -  Nature gift
	2015 September Stashbuster #40	Copper and teal quilt
	2015 Jun Stashbuster #50	Embroidery blocks
	2016 August Stashbuster #53	Fall panel
	2016 Nov Stashbuster #47	Fall Panels
	2015 Feb Stashbuster #64	Fall Quilt
	2016 May Stashbuster #53	Fancy Fox
	2016 October Stashbuster #59	Frog & flowers baby quilt