WIP Wednesday - End of January

Today is the last day of January, which means that it's official...the year is already flying by!  Somehow I finished up 2 purses last weekend, and they were fast ones, but sometimes I amaze myself!  Now if I could keep up that pace, I might actually sew through all my fabric before I'm 80!  (but I'll have bought more along the way to replace it...Ok, maybe sewn through all the fabric currently in my craft studio!)

"Dragons Wolves a throne to claim Open a book if you're game"

If you follow me on instagram, you'll have seen these pics already, but they are just too fun to not share again!  The Game of Thrones reading pillow is going to be HUGE.  2'x2' square!  I went with some large embroider to fill up the space and I may have gone overboard since it took over an hour for my machine to stitch this out!  I think a pillow with just the dire wolf would be awesome too...the fabric is a shimmery silvery frost looking one!

I like to think he's saying "Hi, thanks for buying something awesome"

I'm eagerly waiting for my next Etsy order so I can throw one of these adorable tigers on the packaging...but one might end up on my sewing machine soon...or laptop....or maybe I need a vinyl decal for my car....

Time for another crazy Sydney with a ton of fun cats!

The challenge for February is going to be finishing up orders, doing Valentine things for the kiddos school, and not getting the cold/flu that is going around. 

Current Projects:

• Diaper Bag Pattern test - Strap and topstitching left, have to finish tonight!
• Moonbeam strikeoffs - Rosie, some sort of fast pouch, or maybe a Charlotte tote
• Cat purse - Sydney - started
• Lord of the Rings Ramona 
• Harry Potter Sydney 
• 2 essential oil mermaid pouches
• French Terry PJ pants for one kid (and me)
• raglan style shirt for me with hood and fun fabric

Current Embroidery Projects:

• Need to stitch up some sample bunny and bear stuffies using my awesome minky!
• Game of Thrones embroidered reading pillow - Just needs sewn together, which should be quick!

Current Crochet Projects:

• Started a dragon scarf with one of my Black Friday sale buys...
• Cotton coffee cup cozies - add buttons and felties, keep making more...
• WeeBee baby doll  - Just needs some face details, and maybe a swimsuit to wear when she's not in her tail...bikini sort of works...made up my own pattern and it's interesting...
• Chunky Unicorn Blanket - almost finished up to the hood, then just ears, horn, and fringe!
• C2C (corner to corner) baby doll blanket crochet with some random scarfie yarn - Need to figure out what hook I was using...
• Mermaid tail towel, 2 skeins of yarn into this, I must be doing something wrong because it's not THAT big yet and I only have 2 or 3 more skeins to go.

Next Projects: (orders and using up fabric)

• crayon rolls - Finish up and list on Etsy
• Swoon Sydney messenger bags for birthday presents (from April and May...)
•  Request for a 'small purse' for my youngest who has outgrown her Frozen Serendipity Hip...time to find it a new home!
• Finish clematis that were cut at the same time as the swap one (3)
• Storm Trooper shirt for me (super cute pattern, hopefully doesn't emphasize my 'mom bod')
• Handkerchief Purse
• custom knit leggings - Harry Potter marauder's map, maybe some 'exercise' ones?  
• Tote bags using my coffee panels - India Swoon Pattern?
• Baby quilt - Jungle Path pattern
• Ruched Shirt
• Baby mermaid gown
• snuggle/lap quilts using reading quotes and flannel backs

UFO list:  

Fast finishes (hopefully)

• Crayon Rolls - precut and ready to be sewn
• Buttons on cowls
• Replace stripped screws on Alice in Wonderland Daryl's Drive fixed one, need to get more screws because they are disappearing...
• Embroidered Fox pillow cover - just needs the back cut and sewn!

 Ready to go, but will take a bit more effort projects:

• Doctor Who Pick a Pocket - Now that I've made several of these, I should be able to finish this one quickly, if I ever pull it out
• Goldfish Lovey - fish is made, bowl is mostly made, needs put together
• Dragon Lovey - pieces and the blanket done
• Wisteria Wallets - 2 cut and ready to be assembled 
• Bella II in Tula Pink Foxfield - outside is done, inside is cut and waiting for me to finish
• Sea turtle crochet lovey
• Crochet Worgen 
• Alice in Wonderland Bonnie 
• Tulip pouches - have some cut out (pattern)
• Crochet Giraffe photographer  

Want to make - list:

• Hobbit Bibs
• Legendary Quilt pattern pillow
• Pokemon quilts with custom fabric
• Shirts for myself using the custom knit (Harry Potter Ugly sweater fabric)
• Shirts/pants/leggings for my kids with the custom knits
• MORE Purses with the custom knits
• Embroidered kitchen towels
• Peeker hooded towels  
• Giant vintage star quilts - Star Wars and Princesses
• zip around crayon rolls