Since finishing the rising balloons quilt more than a month ago, I’ve been in a bit of a sewing slump. The only thing going has been a bit of piecing for my Passacaglia quilt — and by “bit” I mean “very little bit.”
Progress is progress thought, right? I haven’t worried at all about my little slump, but I realized earlier this week that if I don’t get back into it now, I’m going to wind up in a bit of a time crunch in the very near future. I’ve got 5 things currently on my list, and 3 of them are commitments that have actual deadlines (as opposed to personal sewing which only has self-imposed deadlines). Here’s what’s up for the next few months, in priority order:
1. Testing the Modern Flag Quilt and Scrappy USA Pillow pattern by Amber Crawley for Rebel Craft Media. I said I was interested in being a tester but didn’t actually expect to get picked. Well…I did! Which is awesome. But the deadline is May 1 so I’ve got 2 weeks to knock it out. I don’t have to make a finished quilt by then, but rather only a finished top, so it’s totally doable — but only if I start, like, TONIGHT.
2. Making something for the Alison Glass mini quilt swap, which I signed up for in February. The shipping deadline is June 15 so I still have plenty of time, but I haven’t thought about it at all yet. I want to have a plan by the end of this month, and finish it by the end of May.
3. Make something for the Modern Quilt Guild’s fabric challenge. I was able to get signed up in the first 1,500 people so I got 6 free fat eighths of Riley Blake fabric, which arrived in the mail a few weeks ago. One of the requirements is to try something I haven’t done before and learn something new — I’m thinking of doing either some sort of dresden plate or something with cathedral windows, neither of which I’ve ever tried. The deadline (at least if I want to be considered for the contest) is July 31
4. A baby quilt — for a baby who has already arrived. I know what I’m doing and have all the fabric, so I should be able to get started on this as soon as I finish my pattern testing, and continue to work on it along with the Alison Glass mini.
5. Get started on my Technicolor Galaxy block of the month quilt. I’ve been seeing so many awesome progress shots on the Facebook group, yet I’ve been completely intimidated about starting mine own! But I have all the supplies staring me in the face, and thus it’s time to do something with them.
Whew! Time to get to work!
(And also? I’m forbidding myself from taking on any more projects, swaps, or testing until I get these five things done/under control. When it comes to sewing, my eyes are seriously bigger than my stomach…er, free time.)
