WIP Wednesday - Summer is Coming!

I have less than 2 weeks until a child graduates from high school...and I am NOT ready! I'll be taking vacation next week, to get everything ready and to spend time with the family, so I might just drop out of sight for a few days. The Etsy shop will be going on vacation starting Monday (as long as I remember to do that!) so I have one less thing to think about, but I'll still be working on the open orders! I'm hoping to squeeze in some time to organize my sewing studio, along with the rest of the house, but we'll see how I do on time management. 

Started stitching up some hand towels, need to rinse off the stabilizer I use that looks like plastic!

I really need to start planning what I will be stitching up in the next few months...I have tons of great ideas but not tons of time!

Current Projects and Orders: (in no particular order)  

• Sample Plague doctor NCW - February March  April  May goal
• Maleficent Clear tote bag - next on the cut table!
• Tan Maps NCW 
• Add on NCW
  
• Fabric strike bag - fast turn around! 
• Green Maps NCW 
• Green Maps NCW with 2 zippers

~~~~~ waiting for preorder fabric, payment, etc~~~~~ 

• HP Nora Handbag
• (4) Moondance
• Phone sling
• LOTR NCW
  

 ~~~~No deadline/stuff for the kids/myself~~~~~

• ITA messenger style bag

~~~~Graduation Projects~~~~

• 2025 table runner (embroidery)
• Table decorations (?)

Embroidery Orders/Projects: 

• Puppy wing set (2/2)
  
• Gingerbread purse - Only the strap left!
• Coffin purse

Craft Show Projects (and RTS items): 

• Embroider peekers on hanging towels 
• Doodle Dolls - XL, Regular - make new ones and list on Etsy
• Crochet Cowls (mini button scarves) -  List on Etsy 
• Holiday geeky Stockings (0/10) 
• Lanterns (0/20) - I want to make all of these to get them out of my supply storage!
• Embroidered hand towels (1/25) - I bought a bunch of fluffy style towels, and these could go on Etsy
• Crayon Rolls - (0/50) -  went a bit overboard cutting into my character fabrics, so now I have a stack waiting to be sewn, Plus list up some on etsy!
• Posh books - 0/20 - pretty and character vinyl, plus some more snarky ones that can go on Etsy
• Key fobs (restock and stitch new styles)
• Pocket Pals 
• Ornaments 
• Finger puppets -   Kylo, R2, Mandalorian, another princess set or Encanto.
• Moondance Jr Legal notepad covers - (0/5)Prepped a stack, will sew them up between orders/projects
• Embroidered blankets -  (6/40) Bluey, Yellowstone, Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Gamer, eeyore, piglet, grinch, Gilmore Girls, paw patrol...
• Mav Packs - I picked up a LOT of kits for these last year, need to start stitching them up!

UFO list: 

Current Crochet UFO's:

• The Child mini version
• baby blanket with Boho style Racoon- 90% done with applique pieces -  need to finally put this together, maybe I'll just put it in a frame!
• Dragon scarf
• Cotton coffee cup cozies - debating doing more of these...
• WeeBee baby doll  - Want to redo the hair, add in face, and a dress
• Chunky Unicorn Blanket 
• 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, need to dig this back out, probably going to scrap this one because it needs a lot more yarn and I don't think I can get it anymore

 Fast finishes (hopefully)

• Embroidered MLP tiny bag
• Embroidered Fox pillow cover - just needs the back cut and sewn! - Need to figure out where it got stashed
• Mermaid morning glory pouch (half cut out! just for fun project so no rush)
• Replace connector and rivets on Alice in Wonderland Daryl's Drive

 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 - Just needs grommets!
• Sea turtle crochet lovey
• Crochet Worgen 
• Alice in Wonderland Bonnie 
• Tulip pouches - have some cut out (pattern)
• Crochet Giraffe photographer  

2025 Goals:

• New Sewing pattern each month:
• January -- Test pattern
• February -- Test pattern(s) - 3 done!
• March --  I think I did more pattern tests?
• April --  test pattern, right? I can't even remember
• May -- [Graduation month, not going to schedule anything]
• June -- Hiraeth Purse
• July --  Traudy Triangle Bag
• August -- Dandelion Double Zip
• September -- Triskele Wallet
• October -- 
• November -- 
• December -- 
• Finish up at least 1 UFO/WIP a month.  (as I uncover more, I'll add to the list)
• January -- Plague doctor NCW, Bella II grommets, hardware on the alice in wonderland bag
• February -- Mini MLP bag I found while cleaning 
• March -- crochet project, I might try to hot glue the pieces of the fox I started forever ago and frame them instead of trying to put them on a blanket.
• April -- Crayon rolls - 2
• May --  [Graduation month, not going to schedule anything]
• June -- Mav Pack
• July -
• August -- ??
• September -- ??
• October --
• November -- ??
• December -- ??