March Accomplishments and April Goals

This post is about the only think I've accomplished since last Tuesday. The day I returned from my lovely beach vacation Chris returned from a short trip to Florida. He came home with a horrendous cold that he promptly shared with me. Activities kicked off Tuesday evening with symptoms that I was sure were allergies. 24 hours later I knew it was Chris' lurgy. I've been slow moving ever since. 

It is probably just a cold but I suppose it could be the Omicron fungilitis. At this point the symptoms are the same and it doesn't really matter. I've done a little bit of crochet but that's about it. I'm glad I have my March summary post to put up today.

Even with the last week kind of ruined, it was a fine month of accomplishments.
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I got 2 quilt tops made. The firefighter one is one that I consider a major accomplishment because I've had the fabric over a year and a half.
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I quilted two special quilts. One I did for Becky and it's for her great-nephew. The other is the special baby quilt that Mom made.
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I finished 4 little cuddle quilts for donations and that's about all the quilting accomplishments for the month.
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Probably the biggest news from March are these 3 crochet projects that I finished. The hexi sweater has been languishing for months and I'm glad to have finally finished it. I used up 8 balls of yarn this month and that doesn't offset the 22 balls that I bought that the Hobby Lobby clearance. I should be back to "neutral" inventory in a couple of months.
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Of course, the major accomplishment for the month was the heirloom bear for my cousin's new grandbaby. I made one test bunny out of Ultrasuede (not a genius move) before making the final version from an heirloom baby quilt.

I'm not even going to look at my goal list for March since I totally lost a whole week of productivity that I had planned for last week.

Current stats:
​Veterans quilts made - 7
​Donation lap quilts - 12
Veterans quilts quilted - 7
​​Quilted for others - 2
​Crochet blankets - 3
​​Crochet shawls - 1
​​Crochet/loom knit hats and scarves - 12
Doll outfits - 2
Placemats - 12
​Other Donated items - 74
​Balls of yarn used - 8
​Other items - 3

My goals for April are:
- make some birthday postcards
- make a set of placemats
- finish quilting Mom's quilt
- quilt some veterans quilts
- make a new hiking backpack
- get rid of this cold!
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