To Do List 24

Hello!

It has been two weeks since my last update, was hoping to do these weekly but to be honest I am sure noone needs to read them weekly (or at any point to be fair) but these are for my own motivation so will carry on!

All baby making central around here - I am going to have to rein it in a bit I think, this baby will be having a new outfit everyday for the first 3 months if I aren't careful!

So, things off of my list i have got done:

25. Reprint lullaby layette so can use different sizes
Bibs
43. Sew
44. Top stitch

Soooo only 3 out of 54 BUT I have done more instead of sticking to the list:

  Sew/Overlock blanket – Cream
Panda blanket
Lullaby layette jacket
Kwik sew romper - raindrops
M6015 dress - robot
M6015 dress - ducks - cut fabric and lining
M6015 dress - Red flower - cut fabric and lining

I don't feel too lazy after seeing that!!!

I have also decided to push back some of the things off of my list:
M7038 Dungarees - the rabbit ones I made have come up really big so will leave these for a while
M7038 tops - Duck egg and teal - again its massive (and I really didn't enjoy sewing them!) so these are pushed back a while and therefore removed off of my list
Sleeping bag - I looked into making them and decided buying was better I am afraid! It has been removed!

So here is this weeks:

My fabric collection shrunk by 7 pieces (2 awaiting sewing but have been cut!) but it may have also grown:

ooooooooops

So my list of fabrics isn't actually that much shorter:

1.       Lemon/pink flannel

2.       Giraffe cotton

3.       Star cotton

4.       Monster cotton

5.       Lobster cotton

6.       Safari cotton

7.       Black sweatshirt

8.       Geese 

9.       Gingham 

10.   Whales

11.   Square denim

12.   Flamingos 

13.   Black/White Flower 

14.   Blue Stars

15.   Navy rabbits

16.   Flower polyester

I am trying my absolute best to not buy anything else (unless its to match what already have!)

so next update will hopefully have a very shrunken stash!

As always, thanks for reading!!!

Enjoy your week ahead!

Kristy xxx

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To Do List 23

Happy New Year!! Did you all have a good break? I hope so! Mine was very relaxed and quiet, but I don't necessarily feel relaxed today back at work but hey ho! There is no one about today (hence the blog post) so I am taking it easy for the day!

I didn't get anywhere near as much sewing done as I hoped, I did some but mostly before Christmas not in the 5 days was back in London after, we decided to try do some improvements to our home in preparation for Baby arriving, which basically means tried to increase storage space, a trip to IKEA, £300 later and we sat all day yesterday building cupboards! Not my idea of fun but it will be worth it!

So, here is what I did get done:

Christmas Presents

Nan

1.       Finish cross stitch - FORGOT TO TAKE A PHOTO OF IT FINISHED!!

Kids

2.       Sew hat – Lily – Ellie – Heidi – Emily

3.       Add velcro to hat – Lily – Ellie – Heidi – Emily – James – Ewan

M7038 Dungarees - Rabbits

36.       Sew straps

37.       Sew front

38.       Add band

39.       Sew legs

40.       Add snaps

M7038 Top - Yellow

43. Sew back

44.       Add sleeves

45.       Bind neckline

46.       Hem

A-Line Dress – Pink Flowers

65.    Sew up

66.       Close opening

67.       Add snaps

A-Line Dress – Teal

70.       Sew up

71.       Close opening

72.       Add snaps

A-Line Dress – Rose

73.       Sew up

74.       Close opening

75.       Add snaps

A-Line Dress – Rabbit

76.       Sew up

77.       Close opening

78.       Add snaps

Which is 24 out of 81 from my last #kristystodolist (29.6%). Not too bad but was really hoping to wipe it out. Never mind...

This week going to be hard to squeeze in some sewing time, I have to head back up north tomorrow for a funeral and then I am at my OH's friends birthday party overnight in Kent, then the weekend after the in-laws are visiting London so doubt will get too much done again so you may not hear from me for a couple of weeks.

Here is my next list;

On top of this list I have done a bit of an inventory of the many pieces of fabric I keep buying to try keep it in check - at which I am failing badly! I can't decide what to sew though...I have half a metre of each:

Lemon/pink flannel

Duck cotton

Giraffe cotton

Raindrop cotton

Star cotton

Robot cotton

Monster cotton

Lobster cotton

Safari cotton

Panda sweatshirt

Black sweatshirt

Geese

Gingham

Whales

Plain denim

Red flower

Square denim

Hopefully I will have made some decisions about the above before my next list!

Wishing you a lovely new year and all the best for 2017!

Kristy xxx