Wednesday, December 10, 2014

WIP Wednesday 12/10/2014


This week, I made more progress on the windows in the upper-right section of the Freebie Santa and the Mouse Ornament from Heaven and Earth Designs.

I am linking up with Work in Progress Wednesday on pintangle.com.  If you want to learn more about WIP Wednesday, check out this link.  If you want to see what others have been up to, check out this post and the links in the comments.

I have also made a fair amount of progress on other projects that I cannot share yet.  However, I am just itching to show a tiny bit of at least one project.  I cannot say what it will be, or who it will be for.  However, I can tell you I had fun working on it!


Now, to see how many items I can mark off of my way-to-long, somewhat overwhelming to-do lists!  It looks like I knocked one item off the short-term list and three items off of the long-term list.  Not bad for one week - in December, no less!

Thank you for stopping by!
Renee

Last Week's List of Goals:

 Short-term:

  1. Freebie Santa and the Mouse Ornament -  Heaven and Earth Designs chart by Michele Sayetta and artwork by Scott Gustafson. (I believe the ornament is a portion of the chart "Santa and the Mouse.") Complete 100 x-stitches by next week. Completed 195 x-stitches.
  2. Make a birthday gift. The embroidery is done! I think it is safe to share pictures on this one.
    Monogram from The Magic of Crazy Quilting by J. Marsha Michler
  3. Create a block in exchange for the sitting fee for my son's senior pictures. (This will stretch my creativity, as the requested topic is out of my comfort zone.  I ordered specific fabric from an Etsy shop to help with the theme.  This should be fun!)  This has been pieced!
  4. Embellish July CQJP 2014 block. Done!  If you missed the post, it is here.
  5. Complete 1/6th of We Support You project. Done!
  6. Work on Christmas Gifts Progress made - and I ordered gifts, does that count?!
  7. Catch up on reading a few blogs?!  (I hope!) I managed a few, but I am not nearly caught up.
Long-term: 
  1. Make a purse with my April CQJP 2014 block.
  2. Make a purse with my July CQJP 2014 block.
  3. Complete back for May CQJP 2014 block.
  4. Make a purse with my May CQJP 2014 block.
  5. My CQJP 2013 May block - better late than never?! (It is referred to as Block 4 if you follow this link.)
  6. Piece August CQJP 2014 block. Pieced!  
  7. Embellish August CQJP 2014 block.
  8. Piece September CQJP 2014 block. Pieced!
  9. Embellish September CQJP 2014 block.
  10. Embellish October CQJP 2014 block.
  11. Piece November CQJP 2014 block. Pieced!
  12. Embellish November CQJP 2014 block.
  13. Piece December CQJP 2014 block.
  14. Embellish December CQJP 2014 block.
  15. Complete back panel and make a sew-in frame purse for my Etsy shop
  16. Paint guest bathroom.
  17. Make a thank you gift. Pieced!
  18. Make a get well gift.
  19. Complete the wall quilt I plan to create with all of my CQI Winter/Christmas blocks. Complete quilting so it is ready to add the back and bind. Work on this in 2015.
  20. Make a TAST post. Work on this in 2015.

This Week's List of Goals:

 Short-term:

  1. Freebie Santa and the Mouse Ornament -  Heaven and Earth Designs chart by Michele Sayetta and artwork by Scott Gustafson. (I believe the ornament is a portion of the chart "Santa and the Mouse.") Complete 100 x-stitches by next week. 
  2. Make a birthday gift.
  3. Embellish a block in exchange for the sitting fee for my son's senior pictures. (This will stretch my creativity, as the requested topic is out of my comfort zone.  I ordered specific fabric from an Etsy shop to help with the theme.  This should be fun!) 
  4. Complete 7 items on my check list for the We Support You project.
  5. Work on Christmas Gifts
  6. Catch up on reading a few blogs?!  (I hope!)
Long-term: 
  1. Make a purse with my April CQJP 2014 block.
  2. Make a purse with my July CQJP 2014 block.
  3. Complete back for May CQJP 2014 block.
  4. Make a purse with my May CQJP 2014 block.
  5. My CQJP 2013 May block - better late than never?! (It is referred to as Block 4 if you follow this link.)
  6. Embellish August CQJP 2014 block.
  7. Embellish September CQJP 2014 block.
  8. Embellish October CQJP 2014 block.
  9. Embellish November CQJP 2014 block.
  10. Piece December CQJP 2014 block.
  11. Embellish December CQJP 2014 block.
  12. Complete back panel and make a sew-in frame purse for my Etsy shop
  13. Paint guest bathroom.
  14. Embellish and assemble thank you gift.
  15. Make a get well gift.
  16. Complete the wall quilt I plan to create with all of my CQI Winter/Christmas blocks. Complete quilting so it is ready to add the back and bind. Work on this in 2015.
  17. Make a TAST post. Work on this in 2015.

9 comments:

KimM said...

Wow are you ambitious! Well done.
xxx

Renee said...

Thank you! I started the lists to help me fight the urge to add new projects to my plate. It (mostly) works! My boys have drama club in the evenings, and my hubby likes to meet up with a few of his on-line friends. Embroidery keeps me busy and out of trouble. *wink*

Pamela said...
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Pamela said...

Oops - the little keyboard on my gadget isn't conducive to posting comments!

The Santa/Mouse ornament is progressing nicely. Don't you love to see the picture emerging?

All of your work is lovely.

crazyQstitcher said...


Well done adding almost double your aim of stitches on the Santa ornament work.
all your projects are looking good and I Love the camera block.

Renee said...

Thank you, Pamela! These little devices sometimes have minds of their own! Spell check is not always my friend.

I do so love watching the picture emerge! I have not shown my boys the photo of the completed Santa and the Mouse, because they enjoy seeing it reveal itself (although the mystery is now solved as to who and what are in the piece.)

Renee said...

Thank you! I was smart and took my cross stitch with my to my son's dental appointment, which gave me a bit more time to work on it last week. :) I am very happy with the way the camera blocks pieced together. We shall see if my stitching will do them justice!

Queeniepatch said...

You've had a productive week!
Soon, we will be able to see Santa's face!
The initial on the monogram is beautiful.

Renee said...

Thank you, Queenie! I am so excited about finishing Santa! I am trying to work in each row of the windows/sky on the way, but the temptation to just work down along that section to Santa is pretty strong! I fear I may not have as much to show next week, but there will be progress. :)