August wrap up and September goals

Yep, I'm a few days late but we just got home from Maine Saturday night and Sunday was mainly laundry and unpacking day. But I did get to sit down last night and put this together.

It's so hard to think back on the whole month and figure out what I did. Thank goodness for the images on my phone! The month kicked off with 3 big finishes before we left. I finished (and delivered) the Big Green Quilt and 2 veterans quilts.

I took tons of projects to Maine but I didn't pressure myself to work on anything. If I wanted to read, I read. If I wanted to sew, I sewed. If I wanted to crochet, I crocheted. If I wanted to nap, I napped!
When the sewing bug hit I generally wanted to work on the sets of blocks that I had cut out. I got 8 of 13 sets cut out. I did fix the one wonky block on the set on the upper right (gray, white, red) and I see several in the upper left set that need to be fixed and I'll get to those this week. I was tired that night and I should not have been sewing!

I did get 4 veterans quilt tops done and will try to get them quilted and bound this month.

It was a big month for crochet. I finished a baby blanket, a wheelchair shawl and 4 hats. 

On the ride home I worked on another wheelchair shawl and loom knit hat. I'll blog more about these when they are finished. Both are for donation.

As I was unpacking I found this pile of wrappers. This is how much yarn I used in August! I was really surprised by this.

On the trip I only bought this fabric. One of my favorite quilt shops there is going out of business. The owner is retiring. They had everything 25% off, 30% if you paid cash. I thought about buying a lot of batiks but couldn't get motivated to pick some out. But I did find these heavier fabrics from Japan. I thought they would be good additions to the stash. I got 2 yards of each.

Here are my stats YTD:
​Starting UFO 8
Finished YTD 4
Started YTD 2
Ending UFO 6
Other major projects - 1
Veterans quilts made - 2
Veterans quilts quilted - 50
Fabric Postcards - 21
Pet Beds - 9
​​Quilted for others - 2
​Crochet blankets - 6
​Crochet shawls - 1
​Crochet/loom knit hats and scarves - 22
Doll outfits - 7
Placemats - 8
​Pillows - 2
​Donated items - 20
​Bags and totes - 25

Before we left town I started quilting this set of 4 placemats and I think it will be the first project that I work on this week. 
My other goals for September are:

• Add a border to the vulture quilt
• Quilt and bind 2 of my veterans quilts
• Start quilting the postage stamp quilt (need to dye a backing)
• Finish safari placemats
• Sew more 9-patch blocks for the family quilt series
• Make a couple of new doll clothes for Ella
• Crochet whatever I want whenever I'm in the mood