August Accounting

Look what came home with me yesterday! 

My Mom's former neighbor, and quilting buddy, died a few months ago and her husband is starting to tackle her sewing room. She had 5 machines and I decided that I could uses this one as an extra travel machine. When my friend, Laura, travels with me we tend to fight over sewing machine access. Now we will both have one. It wasn't very expensive and I've already tested it out. It makes a great stitch! In a few weeks he's going to have a heck of a yard sale of her fabric. We will not be going back to Farmville for that because neither of us need more fabric. But I'm happy to have this sweet little machine.

(The quilt just in the corner of the photo is one of the "Paula" quilts so there's your sneak peek!)

On to project accounting. I really don't have a lot to actually show for what was a really productive month.

Here are the starting stats:

Starting UFO 16 (15 in 2018)
Finished YTD 4
Started YTD 3
Ending UFO 15
Veterans quilts made - 7
Veterans quilts quilted - 40
Fabric Postcards - 57
Pet Beds 6
Garment 
​Placemats -
​​Quilted for others - 1

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Here's what's happened in September:
- I've finished 2 of the Paula quilts (one needs a sleeve and both still need labels) and I started a 3rd one. She only wanted 1 quilt but once I got inspired I couldn't stop. But I'm going to count then as 3 starts for September. They will all be finished by October 14, the day before they are to be mailed.
​-  Crazy lady postcards so that's 7 more for the year
- Quilted 2 baby quilts for Mom
​- Finished the 4th of July top. I bought this backing for it yesterday
- Finished 1 of 2 veterans quilt tops
- Got a new quilt idea that involves ice dyed blocks that my friend, Anne, and I are going to start on this week!

I still haven't grouted the mosaic sections yet because it's still too hot but supposedly fall is finally arriving this week. So as soon as the Paula quilts are done that's the next thing on my agenda.

My current stats are:
​Starting UFO 16 (15 in 2018)
Finished YTD 4
Started YTD 6
Ending UFO 15
Veterans quilts made - 7
Veterans quilts quilted - 40
Fabric Postcards - 64
Pet Beds 6
Garment 
​Placemats -
​​Quilted for others - 3

My goals for October:
- Finish 3 "Paula" quilts
- Quilt 4th of July
- Grout the mosaics
- Finish the 2 sun print veterans quilts
​- Start Christmas postcards