Showing posts with label To do lists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label To do lists. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Updated list of things to do

Here is my list from June 30 of things I want to finish by November. I have crossed out the things I finished and the stuff I added to make in bold. I have been working really hard to only work on what is on the list, but sometimes get distracted with other fun projects. I only plan on making the starred items when and if I move, so that I have fun a coordinated kitchen and a fun coordinated craft room.

  • 12 x 12 Calendar
  • Scrabble tile pendants (probably won’t do this)
  • Placemats and napkins
  • Large white and pink tote (cut)
  • Butterfly tote (cut)
  • Bright Hawaiian tote (cut)
  • Purple singlet shopping tote (cut)
  • Hawaiian singlet shopping tote (cut)
  • Birds of Paradise lunch tote (cut)
  • Sunflower lunch tote (cut)
  • Apple apron (cut)
  • Nursing cover
  • Diaper bag
  • Clothing separators
  • Baby shoes
  • Baby Onesies
  • Bibs
  • Travel sleep mat and case
  • Changing pad
  • Diaper & wipe travel bag
  • Burp cloths
  • Bento Box Quilt
  • Baby hooded towels
  • Crib sheets
  • 6 pairs of PJ sets (probably won’t do this)
  • Baby Dress (probably won’t do this)
  • Toddler Shirts and pants (probably won’t do this)
  • Handprint quilt
  • Photo magnets
  • Magnetic Paper dolls (probably won’t do this)
  • Sewing Machine tote *
  • Sewing Machine Cover *
  • Serger cover *
  • Sewing Chair cover *
  • Sewing Machine organizer *
  • Mixer cover *
  • Toaster cover *
  • Bread Machine Cover *
  • Rainbow Quilt (cut)
  • Black & Pink Quilt (cut)
  • Woven Placemats
  • Polka dot apron (ASG)
  • Pink Butterfly purse
  • Apron (tbd)
  • Tote bag (tbd)
  • Kelahna’s Tutus x 2
  • Kelahna’s Pillowcase Shirt
  • Kelahna’s ruched skirt
  • Diapers (10)
  • Tortilla Warmer

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

My Crafting To Do List:

So with the baby coming in November I want to get as much crafting done before then. I have made a list of things I want to complete within the next couple of months. The list is long, but a lot of the stuff is quick and easy (I hope).

  • 12 x 12 Calendar
  • Scrabble tile pendants
  • Placemats and napkins
  • Large white and pink tote (cut)
  • Butterfly tote (cut)
  • Bright Hawaiian tote (cut)
  • Purple singlet shopping tote (cut)
  • Hawaiian singlet shopping tote (cut)
  • Birds of Paradise lunch tote (cut)
  • Sunflower lunch tote (cut)
  • Apple apron (cut)
  • Nursing cover
  • Diaper bag
  • Clothing separators
  • Baby shoes
  • Baby Onesies
  • Bibs
  • Travel sleep mat and case
  • Changing pad
  • Diaper & wipe bag
  • Burp cloths
  • Bento Box Quilt
  • Baby hooded towels
  • Crib sheets
  • 6 pairs of PJ sets
  • Baby Dress
  • Toddler Shirts and pants
  • Handprint quilt
  • Photo magnets
  • Magnetic Paper dolls

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

March Monthly To Do

I didn’t do this in February, but here it is for March.

  • Pick 15 projects
    1. Placemats
    2. Napkins
    3. Table Runner
    4. Rainbow Quilt
    5. Black and White Quilt
    6. 2 Lunch totes
    7. 2 Singlet bags
    8. Market Tote (log cabin)
    9. Fabric Purse
    10. Fabric Wallet
    11. Apple Apron
    12. 2 Tote Bags
    13. Tortilla Warmer
  • Cut and prepare fabric for those projects
  • Get a job

Monday, March 2, 2009

To Do March 1-7

  1. Sew 2 singlet grocery bags (Finished 1)
  2. Sew 2 lunch totes
  3. Sew a workout bag
  4. Sew 2 large tote bags
  5. Sew Table runner
  6. Sew 4 placemats and 4 napkins
  7. Make 2 Pin Boards
  8. Sew Kaleidoscope Placemats

I finished a quite a bit this last week. I made the 3 night gowns for Maribell, Sewed up some table cloths, hair clips, and finished everything for the personal swap.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Birthday Fun

DSCN1395DSCN1398The past couple of days I have only been working on birthday fun. Three of my four nieces are having their birthday party this weekend and I have been asked to help out with some of the decor. Mostly just make the table clothes out of the fabric Amy bought. I did that, and I added the ribbon to the border of one of the overlays. I was going to sew the ribbon on, but I ended up hot gluing it on due to the beads that kept getting in the way of the needle. The ironic part is the only reason I was even asked to do the table clothes was because I was making fun of Amy for wanting to hot glue the ribbon on. I also made some super cute hair clips for the girls to wear at their party with the leftover ribbon.  I made four of them and I am posing with one in my hair just for you to get an idea of what I made. They turned out really cute, I am very proud of them.

DSCN1399 DSCN1401 I also have been working on the cutting stage of a rainbow rail fence quilt. The picture shows a sample of what it will look like. I just laid out some of the fabric to see if I liked it. This quilt should measure around 60"x72" when finished, but we'll see about that. I bought all the fabric (except for 1/2 yard of red and the backing) yesterday. The total cost was $12.50 so far, which I am ok with. I can't stand the thought of a quilt costing me $100 for the fabric. I rolled up the fabric into two jelly rolls to save for later. I won't be making this quilt for a little while because I have a long list of other things to make.

  • Personal swap stuff (due March 10)
    • market bag
    • 4 placemats
    • 3 towels
    • 1 apron
    • extras
  • Crochet roll (due Feb. 28)
  • 2 Nightgowns (I didn't want to do these, but I think I have to now) (due Feb 28)
  • Mom's Birthday present (yet to be decided) (due March 11)
  • Persephone's Birthday present (yet to be decided) (due end of March)
  • Something for me (either the rainbow quilt or a black and white strippy quilt)

I need to make some stuff that I can practice free motion quilting on. I want to do free motion for the rainbow quilt, but I don't want to start on that project. I think I might make a table runner or a bath mat to practice on. I also thought about making a doll blanket to give as a birthday present, but I don't know. I have other things to think about. I better get on top of that list or it will be too late. So, I Sew.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

To Do February 22-28

  1. Sew 2 singlet grocery bags (Finished 1)
  2. Sew 2 lunch totes
  3. Sew a workout bag
  4. Sew 2 little girl night gowns (decided not to do right now)
  5. Finish Child size quilt
  6. Sew a fabric basket
  7. Sew a work in progress bag
  8. Sew 2 large tote bags
  9. Personal Swap stuff (45% done)

I finished the child size quilt and 1 grocery bag this last week, I also finished cutting everything out for the personal swap with Peppermom, and sewed up one of the market bags.

Monday, February 16, 2009

To Do February 15-21

  1. Sew 3 singlet grocery bags
  2. Sew 2 lunch totes
  3. Sew a workout bag
  4. Sew 2 little girl night gowns
  5. Finish Child size quilt
  6. Sew a fabric basket
  7. Sew a work in progress bag
  8. Sew 2 large tote bags

I sewed 2 placemats, a picnic tote and a pair of pajama bottoms from last week. I have decided not to do the other pair of pajama bottoms, due to not enough fabric.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

To Do February 8-14

  1. Sew 2 placemats
  2. Sew 2 singlet grocery bags
  3. Sew 2 lunch totes
  4. Sew a workout bag
  5. Sew a picnic tote
  6. Sew 2 pairs of pajama bottoms
  7. Sew 2 little girl night gowns

I finished the Kitchen Swap

Sunday, February 1, 2009

To Do February 1-7

  1. Sew 2 placemats
  2. Sew 2 singlet grocery bags
  3. Sew 2 lunch totes
  4. Sew a workout bag
  5. Sew a picnic tote
  6. Kitchen Swap Stuff - 90% done

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Weekly To Do January 25-31

  1. Sew 2 placemats
  2. Sew 2 singlet grocery bags
  3. Sew 2 lunch totes
  4. Sew a workout bag
  5. Sew a picnic tote
  6. Kitchen Swap Stuff

I finished the Pink Swap stuff and it is in the mail for Kaymadben!

Monday, January 19, 2009

Weekly To Do January 18-24

  1. Sew 2 placemats
  2. Sew 2 singlet grocery bags
  3. Sew 2 lunch totes
  4. Sew a workout bag
  5. Sew a work portfolio
  6. Sew a picnic tote
  7. Pink Swap Stuff - 90% done
  8. Kitchen Swap Stuff

I finished the doggie coats, the sweat shop swap stuff, and Nick did the fence for Nibbles.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Weekly To Do January 11-17

  1. Sew 2 placemats
  2. Sew 2 singlet grocery bags
  3. Sew 2 lunch totes
  4. Sew a workout bag
  5. Sew a work portfolio
  6. Sew a picnic tote
  7. Sew 2 doggie coats (Already did 2, now I have more)
  8. Fix our backyard fence, so Nibbles can go back outside and get out of our garage
  9. Pink Swap Stuff - 80% done
  10. Kitchen Swap Stuff
  11. Sweat Shoppe Swap - 60% done

Monday, January 5, 2009

Weekly To Do January 4-10

  1. Sew 2 placemats
  2. Sew 2 singlet grocery bags
  3. Sew 2 lunch totes
  4. Sew a workout bag
  5. Sew a work portfolio
  6. Sew a picnic tote
  7. Sew 2 doggie coats (Already did 2, now I have more)
  8. Fix our backyard fence, so Nibbles can go back outside and get out of our garage
  9. Pink Swap Stuff - 80% done
  10. Kitchen Swap Stuff

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Books to Read

I found this great list on Habitual's blog. I really like the idea of reading the classics so lets see how I do.

Instructions: 
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read. 
2) Underline those you intend to read. 
3) Italicize the books you LOVE.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman (just book 1)
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare 
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

I didn't do very well, but now I know what I should be reading... A great resolution for the new year.

January's To Do

So for each month I am going to do my to do list so I know where to go with my weekly to do list.

  • Reorganize Fabric
  • Pick 15 projects
    • Green Oven mitts/potholders
    • Picnic set-Bag, placemats, napkins, blanket
    • 2 Lunch totes
    • 2 Singlet bags
    • 2 PJ bottoms
    • 2 Pillows
    • Crocheted blanket
    • 2 Market bags
    • OSU Dog coat
    • Placemats
    • Napkins
    • Casserole carrier
    • Apron
    • Oven mitts/potholders
    • Crocheted Moebius
  • Cut and prepare fabric for those projects
  • Find a new home for Nibbles (if anyone wants a 3.5 year old black lab she is available)
  • Clean Garage (Nick is never going to get to it)

New Year's Resolution

With the new year everyone tends to make resolutions. Most of which never last past the first month. I have fallen into this rut for many years. When I was younger I refused to make a resolution, I thought what a waste of time for something that won't be followed through on. I would just make goals for the year, but they were small and attainable. I caved and started to fall into this ridiculous tradition of resolutions. This year I think I am going to continue my younger ways. NO Resolution, just goals. I feel that if you fail on a goal you are affected more. So here are my goals for 2009:

  • Attempt to have kids (I would say get pregnant, but that hasn't worked out for me so far)
  • Not buy fabric (at least until June, then I will reevaluate)
  • Go on a fun summer road trip with Nick (with all the money we saved from me not buying fabric)
  • Read more
  • Sew at least one project a week, hopefully 3-4 though
  • Sell some of my projects

With me posting this in my blog, now I have to follow through and update as needed. So, I Sew

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Weekly To Do December 28-January 3:

  1. Sew 2 placemats
  2. Sew 2 singlet grocery bags
  3. Sew 2 lunch totes
  4. Sew a workout bag
  5. Sew a work portfolio
  6. Sew a picnic tote
  7. Sew 2 doggie coats
  8. Fix our backyard fence, so Nibbles can go back outside and get out of our garage

Monday, December 22, 2008

Weekly To Do December 21-27 2008,

  1. Sew 2 placemats
  2. Sew 2 singlet grocery bags
  3. Sew 2 lunch totes
  4. Sew a workout bag
  5. Sew a work portfolio
  6. Sew a picnic tote
  7. Sew 2 doggie coats
  8. Sew 2 oven mitts
  9. Sew 2 potholders
  10. Sew 4 coasters
  11. Fix our backyard fence, so Nibbles can go back outside and get out of our garage

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Something new

I have started something new today. I decided to post my weekly to do list. I need some accountability and my friends and family can help me with this. I sort of did this once over the summer, and that worked a little bit. It was a little too overwhelming for me. I have limited myself to 10 things for the week, and they can be anything from sewing to other chores. Once wrestling season is over I may be able to up the list, but I don't want to wear myself out, considering I only spend 4 evenings at home these days (some weeks even less). I hope this works out for me!

Weekly To Do December 14-20, 2008:

  1. Sew 10 placemats
  2. Sew 2 Emmeline aprons
  3. Sew 2 singlet grocery bags
  4. Sew 2 lunch totes
  5. Sew a picnic tote
  6. Sew 2 doggie coats
  7. Sew 2 oven mitts
  8. Sew 2 potholders
  9. Sew 4 coasters
  10. Fix our backyard fence, so Nibbles can go back outside and get out of our garage