Week Three of Project 52

 Week three of Project 52 and I'm going to work on "Pam's Garden".  

As you can see, this pattern came from a Garden Tour that happened 12 years ago!  I have 3 of the flower blocks done so I'm hoping this will go together fast.  But who knows.  Pam is no longer with us.  She was such a fun friend that I had made through a local quilt shop.(The shop is no longer here either.) So I will be making this in memory of her and all the support she gave me as a struggling quilter.

Done

 The burp cloths are done!  All ten of them!  WooHoo!

 

I ended up using just my stash flannel, as part of my goal is to use as much of the fabric I have already purchased.  This project really did it all.  

Project 52

 Project 52 update, I have a couple of Patched Heart blocks completed!

I started talking about Project 52 here and today I thought I would give a little background into how it came about.   

I listen to Podcasts while sewing and one of the shows I listen to is from American Patchwork and Quilting.   You can find the link here.  One of the shows talked about being more productive and completing projects.  My quilting room is a UFO station, a real Area 54.  So you know how ideas percolate in your mind?  

One of the tips suggested working on one project a week and if at the end of the week if you are tired of it, switch to another projects for a week and then back to the original project the following week.  I have so many small projects, the last bits of things. So I decided to list them out, 52 to be exact, one for one week of the year.  Thus my sewing room became Area 52.  

Some of the projects will be completed in less than a week and some will take longer, but the idea is to complete projects and help them find new homes as usable items.

I really debated with myself about waiting until the new year to start this, but I decided that there is no time like the present and I needed to get going!  And that is how Project 52 was born!

Week Two of Project 52

 This is week two of Project 52.  I pulled out some cloth diapers I had leftover from making Burp Cloths from way back when in 2013.  You can read about it here.  They were fun to make and to give away.  

I have a friend and a niece who are now expecting and I thought this would be the perfect gift to give.  So I'm going to make some more.  I used this free pattern  from "The Thinking Closet" back in 2013 and it's the pattern I am going to use again because it worked so well.  

I had these fabrics in my stash, but I think I want to get come updated flannels to use in addition.  (Any excuse to go fabric shopping, right? LOL)

Tote Bags

 This week I finished a bunch of tote bags for Wing Of Hope!  Yay!

You can find this tote bag here.  It's super easy to make and it makes a lovely tote!  I thank Svetlana Sotak for sharing this wonderful free pattern.

Project 52 Progress

 Project 52 progress has been made, in the form of some HSTs.  I got them all cut out and bagged up.  I've also started to sew them.

Ten are completed!

First Project 52

My first Project 52 is this one:

I made a list of what needs to be done to complete this project and started in on it.  I need to do some shopping in my stash to see if I have 2.75 yards of white background.  Or if I have a mix of smaller pieces that will also work.

I did cut out some HSTs out of scraps as I need 80.  I can sew these together as Leader/Enders as I work on my Wings Of Hope tote bags.  Win/Win! 

Dental work went well yesterday and I feel good, so I may get more done this week than I thought would happen.  I'll keep my fingers crossed!

Scary

 I did a scary thing yesterday.  I listed out 52 UFOs, projects for Project 52.  I decided I'm going to work on 52 different things.  Each project will be worked on for only one week.  

Some of the UFOs can be finished in a matter of hours and other are really weeks.  For example:  I have some wrist lanyards that only need the X stitched in order to finish them.  That may take a hour and so I would have the rest of the week "free".  So I can work on one of my big projects like "Texas Braid".  The lanyards can be found here.  The "Texas Braid" pattern can be found in  "Adventures With Leaders & Enders" by Bonnie Hunter.

I will start this Sunday, but as I have some dental work being done on Monday, I will pick an easy one.  I have all the projects bagged or binned and labeled with Project 52.  Stacked nice and neat under my ironing table.  

Now to get the ironing table cleaned off...

A Finish

A finish!  WooHoo!

 

The binding is done!  This table runner was made from a pattern given to the members of the Fall Frenzy bus trip that our local quilt shop had help put together.  The pattern was created by Piece Works Quilt Shop in Winterset, Iowa. It uses 3 Fat Quarters of fabric and the name reflects that, "3 Fat Quarter Table Runner".  I picked up the 3 fat quarters at the shop and added the touch of black from my stash of fabric.  It was a fun runner to put together.

Secret

Do you want to know a secret?  In order to finish a project, you need to work on it!  LOL  I have been working on my table runner, but not very consistent.   I'm almost done with the binding, maybe even today.  I do have a dentist appointment this morning, so maybe I will be able to work on it this afternoon. 

What I did work on?  Wings Of Hope tote bags.  This years small gift is a really cute little tote bag.

This one is done, but I have another 15 cut out and ready to sew.  (More on this tote later.)  Actually, I have been sewing on them, but none have reached the finish line.  And that is why I haven't finished my table runner, I've been working on tote bags.  Another project took priority.   Does this happen to you?  It seems to happen to me more often then I want!