Wednesday, July 8, 2026

WIP Wednesday - Hot Summer!

Summer is in full swing with HOT weather, random storms, and wildfires! The fires are one of the things I don't enjoy about Colorado, but the rest of the time it's pretty great...last week was very smoky and orange as the fire got close to our town, and we seem to be safe for now, but not the towns to the west of us. I just hope that the orders I'm sending out don't have a lingering wildfire smell! 

One of the smaller blankets, but super cute!

I really need to keep making stuff for fall shows, I'm hoping to add back in one this year that I had to skip for the last 2 years due to health issues that happened right at that time. That probably means I need to do inventory soon to see what I am low on and which characters I should stock up on!

 

Current Projects and Orders: (in no particular order)  

  • NCW - Tan/red
  • H2O to go bags - 4/8 finished - Dropped off the first 4 and planning on finishing the rest this month!
  • NCW - Maps black/black  

~~~~~ waiting for preorder fabric, payment, etc~~~~~ 
  • Roll up Tool pouch
  • Laptop sleeve 
  • (4) Moondance 
  • Vinyl bag 
 ~~~~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): 
  • Sleep masks - These are so fun, I want to make a bunch to see if they sell! 
  • H2O to go bags - (4/8) depending on how popular the first ones are, I might need to make a lot more! 
  • Embroider peekers on towels - hand, hoods, big towels
  • Doodle Dolls XL, Regular - make new ones and list on Etsy
  • Crochet Cowls (mini button scarves) -  0/5 - need finished with buttons and ends woven in 
  • Holiday geeky Stockings (0/10) 
  • Lanterns (0/20) - 
  • Embroidered hand towels (0/25)
  • Crayon Rolls (0/50) - finish and list on etsy
  • Posh books - (5/50) - pretty and character vinyl, plus some more snarky ones that can go on Etsy
  • Key fobs (restock and stitch new styles)
  • Pocket Pals and Purse Pals - (0/6)
  • Ornaments 
  • Finger puppets -   Kylo, R2, Mandalorian, another princess set or Encanto.
  • Moondance Jr Legal notepad covers - finish the precut, cut more
  • Embroidered blankets -  (5/40) need to restock!
  • 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  

2026 Goals:

  • New Sewing pattern each month:
    • January -- Teeny Trinket Tote, Test pattern
    • February -- Test Patterns (3)
    • March --  Already did one test pattern, hoping there are more coming!
    • April -- Test pattern
    • May -- Test pattern
    • June --Teacup Trinket Bag
    • July -- ITA bag, finally  
    • August --
    • September -- 
    • October -- 
    • November --
    • December -- 
  • Finish up at least 1 UFO/WIP a month.  (same as last year, so I should really try to do them finally!)
    • 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 --  2 moondance covers I have prepped - Star Wars!
    • June -- working on the previous unfinished options
    • July -
    • August -- ??
    • September -- ??
    • October --
    • November -- ??
    • December -- ??

 

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