October Goals and Progress Report

It's that Uh-Oh time of year where time seems to speed up for a while. Most of us have obligations of some kind related to the holidays, and it doesn't leave a lot of sewing time. Alternatively, if you're the kind to make handmade gifts for the holidays, maybe all your time is taken up with sewing. In any case, we all have stuff on our to-do lists at this busy time of year. Before I talk about the to-do's, let me tell you about the ta-da's. (Did you see what I did there?) Here's what was on my to-do list for September:

Quilting and Flimsies

1. Quilt and Bind the "Written in Thread" wallhanging. This one is small, and so it should be easy to get it finished. Complete!

This will be my project for

2. Put a binding on my finished free motion quilting sampler. Complete!

Monthly Challenges

Nothing new under the sun here. I'll just continue with the challenges for

3. 

For September I chose this Pumpkin Patch table topper. It still needs quilting, but finishes aren't required for Let's Book It. That makes this goal Complete!

4.  

Make a block in September's rose red color choice. Complete!

5. Try to get it right this time with September's block for

blocklotto.com Complete!

WIP's
6. My goal is to finish the last section for Wind in the Whiskers. Complete! 

And that is my biggest Ta-Da! I started this quilt on August 29, 2013, and you know I've whined and moaned about it plenty. It feels pretty darned good to have all the sections finished.

For bonus points, I wanted to get a start on my newest McKenna Ryan pattern, "And On that Farm". It starts with the largest block called "With a Big Quilt Here and a Small Quilt There".

My goal was to "get a start" on it, and so my Bonus Points project is Complete!

And that means:

It's the month of orange! But don't let that fool you. We're going to be using lots of color here at the Three Cats Ranch. Let's see what's on the list for October.
Quilting and Flimsies
1. Cats of a Different Color has waited long enough for quilting. To the cats I say, this is your month!

This is my goal for

2. Make a Flimsy from the blocks for Gingerbread Square. This is the image from the pattern cover, and I have some perfect fabrics in my stash to use for this quilt.

Monthly Challenges

3. I have a project planned for

There was a sewing room wide search for this book. I looked, and looked, and looked, and I couldn't find it. It is a thin book, and it slid between some others on my bookshelf. It's one of the first books I purchased as a new quilter, and now I'm determined to give this collage technique a try.

4. I'm still trying to keep up with the blocks for each month's

and so I'll make a block to represent October's color choice.

WIPS

5. Finish what I started for the first section of "And On That Farm".

6. Make another row of blocks for the Hobo Quilt. Another row will put me at 30 blocks and halfway finished.

7. Make the next block for "It's Raining Cats and Dogs". The next block will be the one right in the middle of the quilt pictured below.

If I can finish all of that, I'll be ready to earn some

If I can finish all of that, I'll quilt the Pumpkin Patch table topper I finished last month (pictured above).

I'm breaking out the candy corn now. What's on your list for October?