November Goal Setting

You know things are looking up when I'm writing two blog posts in one morning. After this, I need to head off to the hospital again. I have spoken with Mike this morning, and he sounds in good spirits. He received good news from his doctor in the form of a decrease in his white cell count, which is the news we've been waiting for. He asked me to bring some slippers so that he could possibly get out of his room and walk around a bit. With his infection, he's been confined to his room, but his nurse was going to try to get him sprung for a few little laps around the nurses' station. We're hoping he will be able to come home Monday, but no guarantees at this point.

So, on with the goal setting and progress report.

1.  Quilt and Bind the White Trees quilt:  Complete!

This is the largest and most densely quilted quilt I've ever free motion quilted, and I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. I'm strongly considering entering it in the Stitches in Bloom quilt show in January at the Oregon Garden.

2.  Finish the top for the Vintage Miniature Sewing Machines quilt: Complete!

This turned out so pretty, and I have a good idea how I'm going to quilt it already.

The rest of my list is looking pretty sad. I had very good intentions, but with spending the past week at the hospital, I've had no time for sewing whatsoever.

3.  Doors of Ireland quilt: Still no progress. Here is the next door I want to make.

4. Make the next block for the Folk Art Cats quilt: still no progress.

5. Add the final two rows to the Salt Water Taffy flannel quilt: No progress, but this one will move higher up the list in November.

6. Finish the first Wind in the Whiskers block. I've only barely started on this, and I already have blocks two, three, and four. Behind, as usual.

7. Piece together section D of the Gardener's Journal quilt. No progress. I'll be adding Section D to the three sections I've already completed. Here's what I have so far.

And sometime during the month, I'll be wanting to get caught up on the Rainbow Scrap Challenge:  No progress.

Contribute a block to the Block Lotto: No progress.

Start my October NewFO project, a table runner for Halloween: No progress beyond choosing the fabrics.

If possible I'd like to add another block or two to the Hello Moon BOM. Okay, I did get August finished, so, Complete!

So, I did a lot of sewing, and I'm feeling like I accomplished quite a bit, even if my list doesn't show much progress.

With Mike still in the hospital and Thanksgiving on the way, I think I'll scale back my goals for November. Here goes:

1. Quilt and bind the Vintage Miniature Sewing Machines quilt (pictured above).

2. Add the final two rows to the Salt Water Taffy quilt (pictured above) and sew all the blocks together. My goal this year has been to quilt and bind a quilt each month, and finish another top for quilting in the subsequent month. So far, I've accomplished my goal each month of 2013.

3. Finish the September and October blocks for the Hello Moon QAL. Here's what I have so far:

4. Catch up with the September, October, and November blocks for my Rainbow Scrap ladies. I need to do the baby blue, black, and now the brown blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. Here's what I have so far:

5. I do want to at least start the NewFO I had in mind for October, this Corn Flowers table runner.

6. Finally, I want to get started on the NewFO I chose for November, this Good Morning quilt which appeared in McCall's magazine last year. Look at that striped binding. I just happen to have a few stripes in my stash.

And then, if I have more time, I'll tackle the other projects I didn't get to in October, including my next door for the Doors of Ireland, the next cat for the Folk Art Cats, the first block for Wind in the Whiskers, and piecing the next block for the Gardener's Journal.

That's a good enough list for November. It still looks pretty ambitious, but I'm for making big lists. I don't need to get finished with them, but writing things down always makes me feel more motivated to get going.

Now I'm ready to party! I'm linking up to the goal-setting party at:

And on the first Thursday, I'll link to: