WIP Wednesday - April SNOW showers

If April showers bring May flowers, do April snow showers bring May skiers? It was a bit odd to wake up to snow, but not that uncommon for Colorado in April...I've even seen snow in May. We should be getting close to real spring soon, which means I should be spending time in the yard clearing out the dead stuff and maybe even planting flowers! I like the wilderness look, but there is a point where 'wilderness' crosses into 'neglected'...and we're getting close! Since I'm not swamped with orders, I can finally do yard work without feeling like I'm getting behind on important stuff. 

All the recent stuffies! Just need tagged and dropped off at the Sweet Radiance Boutique

That being said, I MUCH prefer sewing and staying inside to avoid all the pollen! I don't have any shows planned, but I'm trying to keep up on restocking for the Boutique and get ahead on fall show stock. I really want to do more lanterns this year to clear out the last of the supplies, stitch up the 50+ blankets I bought last year, sew all the prepped crayon rolls, moondance notebooks, and cut and sew kits I bought recently, plus do some new stuff! Imagine if I could clear out all my destash fabric, sell all the finished stuff, and restock...I'd finally have room to walk around my craft studio! If I didn't have to move piles and totes every time I was looking for something, that would be AWESOME! I either need twice as much room, or half as much stuff in my sewing studio...

 

Current Projects and Orders: (in no particular order)  

• Sample Plague doctor NCW - February March  April goal
• Maleficent Clear tote bag

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

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

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

• ITA messenger style bag

Embroidery Orders/Projects: 

• Gingerbread purse - Only the strap left!
• Coffin purse

Craft Show Projects (and RTS items): 

• Easter Stuffies - (15/15) going to make a bunch of these to take to the boutique, plus offer some with personalization in my group - just need dropped off!
• Embroider peekers on hanging towels 
• Doodle Dolls - XL, Regular - make new ones and list on Etsy
• Crochet Cowls (mini button scarves) -  would like to make a bunch more with my stash, I can take them to the boutique and fall shows! 
• 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 (15/25) - Time to start restocking, lots of snarky sayings waiting to go onto new towels!
• Embroidered aprons - (0/10) I found where I stashed them, so need to get these stitched up!
• 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 - 2/20 - pretty and character vinyl, plus some more snarky ones that can go on Etsy
• Key fobs (restock and stitch new styles)
• Pocket and Purse Pals (0/5) - bought several cut and sew versions, come together pretty quick!
• Ornaments - Not sure if I will keep making these, other than some fun yearly ones or special requests.
• Finger puppets -   Kylo, R2, Mandalorian, another princess set or Encanto.
• Moondance Jr Legal notepad covers - (1/5)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 -- Test patterns (3 again!)
• April -- Triskele Wallet 
• May -- [Graduation month, not going to schedule anything]
• June -- Hiraeth Purse
• July --  Traudy Triangle Bag
• August -- Dandelion Double Zip 
• September --
• 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 -- ??