Many things have happened in my crafty life and my personal and work life since that last post in June. Probably the biggest, craft-wise, is the effort I've been making to no longer be a "crafty hoarder". I have been purging my project room of supplies I've rarely, if ever, used, and rearranged a bit and made it more friendly to "drop-in" crafting... meaning I don't have to clean in order to craft anymore. I still don't have every craft supply I own in the project room, which is my ultimate goal. I still have my yarn and hooks and needles and such in other rooms, but my goal is to have all my supplies in my project room by the end of this calendar year. It's definitely doable without sacrificing all my spare time to make it happen. Purges throughout the year will help it happen.
Another thing that will help me reach my goal will be to finish my UFOs and WIPs and use up more yarn stash. On that note, I definitely need to do more charity crafting, so I'm visiting a Project Linus meeting for the first time next weekend and once I realistically look at my crafting time and how I spend it, I will set myself some goals as far as how much to finish for Linus and by when.
2011 is also the "Year of the Quilt" for me. I have vowed to complete a quilt (no size specification) from beginning to end this year. Helping me along with that is my participation in the Project of Doom as a member of the Harry Potter PaperPiecing group on Livejournal.
Go ahead, click on the banner and check it out! It's a Block of the Week Mystery Quilt designed, organized and run by my awesome bff Jennifer, and all the squares are paper-pieced. I am very new to this, so it's slow going for me and I'm already behind, but I'm looking forward to Presidents' Day Weekend to get caught up. So far I have finished Block 1 and Block 2 and I've barely started Block 3. Block 4 was released this past Wednesday, so that tells you how far behind I am. but that's ok. It's helping to make me a more confident crafter.
After getting a bit more organized in my craft room I was able to do some gift crafting this xmas. I'll leave you with a small picspam of my favorites:
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| Stenciled pillowcase for my DH. "He Sleeps Well" |
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Stenciled t-shirt for my DD |
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| Stenciled t-shirt for my BiL |
Your efforts to be able to be a drop in crafter definitely seem to be paying off.
ReplyDeleteI'm especially excited that you're participating in the PoD. It's like having a quilty family reunion for me with all my friends (and some new ones, too!) coming to play!
Like I told shecrazy13 over on LJ, try to sew just one line every day. Just one line of stitching and you'll be amazed how fast you actually get something done!
*squish*
I still have more work to do in the project room to make it more "drop-in" friendly, but it's definitely made a difference in my productivity of late, for sure.
ReplyDeleteMy goal is to update my crafty blog here at least once a week now, my personal blog at least once a week, do a weekly TTMT video, and change my facebook status at least once a week. I think I can do all that without feeling to overwhelmed...