WIP Wednesday - October Incoming!

I can tell when it's getting close to October, suddenly I have an influx of orders on Etsy for pony ears, costume wings, and other random bows. It usually picks up speed at the end of September and goes for the first few weeks of October, but this year I'm going to have to disappoint any last minute costumers since I need to put Etsy on vacation at the start of October. That should give me enough time to send out all the orders that are open before I'm out of commission, hopefully! It's been a hectic few weeks -- I try to have backup supplies but this time when I went to grab a new box of bobbins, I realized they sent me the wrong ones! Also, my embroidery machine totally deserves a spa day after this!

Can I interest you in a few pony ears?

I'm really looking forward to making something besides ears and wings...even the stack of upcoming NCWs has me kind of excited! I have about 60 blankets waiting for machine time so I can stitch them up, and a bunch of other new designs ready to go! Maybe I should get my backup machine serviced and set up so I can double production...except I need space for that. And probably earplugs.

 

Current Projects and Orders: (in no particular order)  

• Sample Plague doctor NCW - maybe July 2025 goal?
• Music 120% Mav pack - finishing up the strap and a bonus pouch this week!
• Fabric strike pure
• NCW - black maps/black 
• Tester pouch 
• NCW Tatspiration
• NCW - black maps/red 
• Teeny backpack 
• Clear Christmas Tote bag 

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

• (4) Moondance 

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

• ITA messenger style bag

Embroidery Orders/Projects: 

• So many pony ears that I've stopped keeping count
• Paw patrol wings - I don't even know at this point, maybe 10 or 15 sets I've got in progress or already shipped... 
• 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 - 5/20 - 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 -- ??