WIP Wednesday - And This is Where It Gets Hectic...

A robot phone call this week about school starting in a month made me realize the summer is not going to last forever, and that means fall craft season is just around the corner!

Haven't made her in a while, first towel on the new machine!

I'm not planning on doing a massive number of craft shows this fall, but for the ones I am doing, I would like to have some good variety and more inventory, which also means using up some of my stash!  One of the embroidery groups I'm in started a 30 in 30 challenge, to make at least 30 of their peeker towel designs in the next 30 days!  I don't know if I'll make it that far, but I did pull out my stash of towels and decided to get at least these done in the next month!  That will be 17 hooded towels to add to my inventory, and one extra tub for fabric! er, I mean, one less tub to store. ;)

Towel plan, might change my mind as I go

Hand towel stack, some random colors I have left...

I finally started a facebook group where I'll be listing items not suitable for etsy, and hopefully have a better way to share my available fabrics, prices, and products!  If you'd like to join, I will also be using it as a sounding board for new designs and styles!

Current Projects and Orders:

• Sew Along Factotum- outside is almost all cut, now onto lining and interfacing...
• Speedwell sling in silhouettes fabric- Going to be cutting this along with the Factotum. Good thing the fabrics are totally different!
• Mermaid morning glory pouch (half cut out! just for fun project so no rush)
• Sandra Saddle bag in blue Toothless fabric (fabric on preorder)
• Princess Bride Pegasus - Just needs pretty pics and packed up!
• Stitch Annette purse
• Sydney with Castles and Disney (For a local friend who told me 'when you have time' but I told her that would be never, so leaving it on the list and bumping it near the top)
• Need to add the Bandana purse back on the list, have the materials, just need time to figure it out
• Sandra Saddle bag in rainbow Toothless fabric (minion order)
• French Terry PJ shorts for one kid (and me)
• raglan style shirt for me with hood and fun fabric

Current Embroidery Projects:

• Etsy orders
• Hooded towels (1/17 stitched)
• Need to stitch up some sample bunny and bear stuffies using my awesome minky!
• More applique key chains!  Deadpool might be making an appearance soon!

Current Crochet Projects:

• Scrap buster C2C using random odds and ends..done and washed even!  The dog claims it when I'm not using it...
• Started a unicorn Weebee as a reward for finishing a project, but I'm going to alternate finishing UFOs and starting new ones, or at least that's the plan!
• 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)
• 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 now I need to replace the entire connector since the new one she sent is a different design, which means I need to remove some rivets....so not such a fast finish!
• 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
• 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