I feel like the Tinman squeaking out, “Oilcan, oilcan!” as I recommence with old bloggy habits. It’s the beginning of a new month, so let’s discuss some crafty goals, shall we?

My last #craftygoals post was way back in February 2022, and the goals from back then were:

1. A clothing item: Nope
2. Finish the Rainbow Coin Strip quilt: I got pretty far on this; it’s basted and ready to be quilted.
3. Continue/maybe finish the Far Far Away quilt: I worked on this a lot during last year’s summer quarter of classes and it’s up to the point where the rows are pieced together, but just the rows, not the entire quilt top.
4. Complete the Brick House blocks #5-8: I just checked the bin for this project and I have completed twelve blocks and have the strips finished for blocks #13-16. No recollection of when I did that, but I have physical evidence that it happened!
5. Complete the Clementine Quilt Along blocks from Months 3 & 4: Looks like I finished Month #3.
6. Start the Berry quilt: Nope. I’m eager to get this one started, as I’ve had this quilt idea in my mind since I first received my Farm Girl Vintage book forever ago.
7. Start the HST Leaders & Enders quilt: Doesn’t look like I did. I honestly have no idea what I’m going to do with these HSTs, but I’ve got a million of them. Maybe just a totally scrappy thing? We’ll see.
8. Finish Michael’s Building Blocks socks: Finished and blogged!
9. Find a new hand-stitching project: I dug out my Smitten quilt, which I never mentioned on the blog before this, and have put a lot of work into it over the past year. I’m almost done with creating all the blocks and can start putting the top together soon.

So now that we’re all caught up on all of that, let’s set some goals for this next month:

Time-Sensitive Things that need Working on ASAP:

Patriotic Mini Chiffon Baby Quilt: A friend is having a bae-beeeee! I spent a little bit of time in the last week cutting fabric and beginning to piece this quilt. I had hoped to have the blocks completely done by today, but I’ve got all of next week to assemble the top and it should be fine.

Farm to Table Mini Chiffon Baby Quilt: Another friend is having a bae-beeeee! She’s not due until August, though, so I have a little more time to get this one done.

Things to Work on after the ASAP Projects:

Rainbow Coin Strip Quilt: I’m still warming up to full-steam-ahead sewing speeds, so I’ll be extremely happy if I manage to get both of those done before the end of the month. IF I find myself with extra time on my hands, I’ll unearth the Rainbow Coin Strip quilt and start quilting it.

Scrappy Thursdays: I’d like to resurrect Scrappy Thursdays and start making a dent in the scrap bins. Rotation will be:

Hand Stitching:

As far as hand stitching projects, I’m working on the Smitten EPP quilt during the kids’ music lessons and I’m quite near the end. It’s feasible that I might get all the individual blocks completed by the end of the month. Then I have to start connecting them. Whoo boy, that’s going to take a lot of time. I’ll work on that in the car until it gets too big to be a car project, and then it will have to become a craft room project.

Keep in mind that I’m also doing a massive declutter & deep clean of the kids’ bedrooms during this time, so my time is very limited! Wish me luck!