WIP Wednesday - Where did October Go??

I thought September flew by, but October was even faster! I expected the orders to slow down as it got closer to Halloween, but they did not. Instead, I had to put the shop on vacation for a week so I could catch up on everything! The mail did end up losing 2 packages, but for the amount I shipped out, it wasn't too bad, I guess. Now I'm in total crunch time trying to get ready for the craft shows! I planned on having at least 30-40 new blankets for the shows, but at this rate, I'll take even 20! I need to restock all the popular doodle dolls since they have been selling at the boutique over the year, and I think at this point I'm going to give up on doing lanterns this year. Next year for sure! As long as the 2 shows I'm signed up for do well, I think that will be it for the year, otherwise I might try to squeeze in one more small show but it would also be nice to be done with it before Thanksgiving!

This blanket looks so much better in person!

As soon as I'm finished with the shows, I'll do a end of year clear out sale in my FB group, maybe list some up on Etsy, and then work on preparing to destash fabric! I doubt anyone will be buying fabric at the end of the year, but even having it measured with pics will be a great jump start on the next destash. I'm probably going to be doing clear out prices for a lot of it, just because I need to get some space back and can't keep everything! It hurts my dragon soul to let things go, but it will be so much better if I can actually get to every part of my sewing studio without resorting to parkour!  

 

 

Current Projects and Orders: (in no particular order)  

• H2O to go bags - 6/8 finished 
• Test backpack - binding is still in progress...will finish soon!
• Test pouch - sharing this week!  
• NCW - plague doctor - this needs to ship out asap, almost finished with it!
• NCW - tan maps 
• NCW - toss design 

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

• Roll up Tool pouch
• Laptop sleeve 
• (4) Moondance 
• Vinyl bag 

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

• Time to come up with another project!

Embroidery Orders/Projects: 

• Wings (0/2) last sets for the year, unless I get an order for Christmas presents!
• Pony shoe wings 
• Non-stop pony ears  
• Custom bookmarks 
• 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 - (6/8) 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 (20/???) - making them as fast as I can!
• Crochet Cowls (mini button scarves) -  5/5 - 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 -  (7/50) need to restock - need to set up a second machine to make ALL the things!
• 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 -- Beatnik hip bag
• September -- nope.
• October -- Test pattern
• 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 -- crayon rolls - 10 of the precut ones done!
• November -- More crayon rolls, or whatever I can find and sew up fast!
• December -- ??