How I Did On My February Goals
February 28, 2011
It was a short month, but I think I did pretty well on my goals.
1. Finish Amyâ��s Quilt.   Done and mailed.  Yippee!!!
2. Sew Momâ��s Bag and mail out her goodies.  The Fabric is already cut, just waiting to be put together. Finished, now I have to pack up the box.
3. Get to halfway point on Basketweave afghan.  Yup, pulled that bad boy out.
4. Create something.  I did a floral applique.  I was inspired by a pillow I saw in House Beautiful that was done in brown.  I’ve never done anything like it, so it qualifies as a creation in my world.
I should have used stabilizer to avoid the major puckering that I’ve got, but I’m hoping if I iron the crap out of it and make a snug fitting case that it won’t look too bad. Â I’ll have to finish this tomorrow.
5. Â Lose 5 pounds. Still struggling with this one. Â I’m down about two pounds which is better than a sharp stick in the eye.
6.  Finish ââ?¬Ë?75 andââ?¬â?¢76 photo album.  Done!  This was a beast.  The project started because the albums my mom did a very long time ago were starting to fall apart.
I bought pages where I could slide in the photos, added some color and redid the comments. Â It was more time consuming than you would think but I think it looks good. Â I only have three or four more to do.
7.  Read 3 books. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear, and Trixie Belden and the Red Trailer Mystery by Julie Campbell.
8. Â Read my book and edit the first 3 chapters. Â Didn’t get to this one, but I did spell check it and print out a copy of my story. Â That’s progress.
9.  Finish my Valentineâ��s socks.  Perhaps I am not meant to be a sock knitter.  They take me for. ev. er.
10.  Finish Billington Bag.  ”Ding dong, the witch is dead, the witch is dead, the witch is dead…”  That’s how I feel about this bag.  It was such an ordeal for me.  I think it turned out ok, but more than anything I’m just happy I don’t have to work on it anymore.  The pattern was good, it just didn’t agree with me.  Took a long time to knit, worried I overfelted but ended up looking ok once it was dry and then the lining and feet just gave me fits.
I finished 7 out of 10 which isn’t too bad. Â Especially when you think about the other things I did during the month. Â I worked on a new shawl which is about 70% complete, and I made a pillow out of my sashiko embroidery. Â And, I made myself a necklace and my aunt a pair of earrings. Â The earrings were requested a gajillion years ago (last May) but now they are done.
That’s a pretty productive month.
Now to mull over March goals.
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