Here is my to do list for the week.
I am working on my to do list and all the WIPs that I have accumulated over the year. I am getting quite a bit completed but nothing new or earth shattering. Thisneverending list of to dos just has to get slimmed down by a bunch of work. Here is the list so far.
Yarny things:
- Crochet shawl
 I love the colors in the scarf/shawl. It will be big enough to be a shawl  and yet small enough to wear with a coat. It matches my winter coat and most of my clothes so when I take off the coat I can still wear it.
- blue and white Stripe
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I have added four white rows and will probably take it tomorrow to work on while I wait for classes to be finished.
- multicolor granny stripe
I haven’t touched this one yet. I love the colors and it is only a matter of time.
Sewn things:
- Various cup cozies – I have made 2 batman cup cozies
- coffee press cozies
- hot pads or pot holders
- 2-3 aprons
- a quilt that needs the machine quilting I have worked on the quilt and just lack the long sides and bias binding in order to finish this up.
- I have been cutting and sewing some satin that has been sitting in the studio since 2013. I am glad that I am finally sewing on it. I am still in the process of drafting a workable pattern so I have some prototypes. I am probably going to take them with me tomorrow and see how they work on real life kids. Since I am lacking little kids in my house any more.
As far as being organized.
- I have made a menu for the week
- I am planning to make some jelly this weekend
- I have checked my appointments to make sure that I am missing nothing.
I read this great blog post by Michael Hyatt and I am breaking my tasks down to smaller pieces. This will help me be more organized. I am also going to set a time and date for myself to go and sit at the sewing machine to sew. I am also going to decide which project to work while I wait for kids at various activities. Cooking dinner and the clean up that goes with it add all kinds of stress to my day. I am making a menu and then setting an alarm to remind me to start dinner at a certain time every day. I tend to work up until the last minute and then dinner is unhealthy (no vegetables or salad), sandwiches, or fast food. All of which are bad for the budget, and add stress.
Things I am going to work on to whittle my neverending list of to dos down to a manageable size.
- Finish the quilt (there is probably only 2-3 more hours of work.)
- Sew 3 coffee press cozies
- Sew 20 coffee cup sleeves
- sew 3 bibs (already cut just need to be sewn)
- sew up 5 flannel blankets (already cut just need to be sewn)
- sew 10 more paper pieced quilt squares
- Finish the crochet consignment pieces
- Finish the crochet scarf shawl ( I think I am only lacking 6 more rows and then a picot border)
Here is what I said last week. http://www.chocolatedogstudio.com/2015/01/06/tuesdays-project-progress-week-one/
Talk to you later,
Karen