Prep Party :: November

It was perfect timing today to join in with Allegory's Prep Party over at {sew} Allegorical. Here's what I got prepped:

Blocks for Hurricane Sandy Help - This effort is sponsored by Jennifer of knotted thread, who has family and friends living in New Jersey. I signed up for 6 black/gray blocks and 2 scrappy and hope to get these mailed off by week's end.

UR Priceless blog hop - I've got one little frame purse made, and cut out another today. My day on the hop is this Thursday, the 8th.

Charity block - I need to make a scrappy block at least 10" square. I decided to make a supersized x and + block.

Christmas lap quilt - I have the center panel of this quilt done. Now I need to made 20 strip blocks for the top and bottom. Since each block takes 7-8 WOF strips, I cut 54 and will see how it goes. (I get 3 blocks from each WOF strip set.)

That may not look like much, but it all took me the afternoon. I sure feel better about some of my upcoming projects!

Linking up with the November Prep Party.

Prep Party

Allegory over at {sew} Allegorical, started a new event a couple of months ago, which I think is brilliant! It's a Prep Party on the first Sunday of each month. Ie. the idea is to prep for projects you plan to work in the coming month. I can't really see past this next week yet, so I just basically prepped for Sewing Summit.

Name tag + patchwork lanyard - I still need to finish the embroidery before I stitch this all up.

Frame Purse - This is the only hands-on class I was able to get into, but I'm excited about it for a couple of reasons. One because this will be my first glue-in frame purse, and secondly, due to the size of the frame - 8" x 3" - quite a big larger from the only other (sew-in) frame purse I've made. And now I've gathered all the supplies I need.

Hand-Sewing Project - I got the stitching lines marked on a piece of natural Kona Crush. This will be embroidered for a cute little Trick or Treat Tote by The Sometimes Crafter.

That's it for now. After Sewing Summit, I really need to get to work on quilts!

Linking up with the October Prep Party.

Prepping

Oh my goodness. When I saw Allegory's post suggesting we all have a prep party the first Sunday of each month, I thought it was the best idea! Trying to work down my own "to do" list while simultaneously participating in a swap, monthly bees, and a sew-along . . . well, things can get confusing! And having some prep done as I head into a new month seemed like it would be sooo helpful! So in a relatively short amount of time this afternoon, I did the following prep work:

• Tracing pattern for embroidery onto fabric for this week's zakka project - and yes, I changed it up just a tad. Also cut out the other fabric I'll need.

• I have a bee block that needs a fix, so I hunted down the fabric needed and have that ready to stitch back up.

• Binding made for QWERTY II. 

• Pattern chosen and fabric cut for a 100 Quilts for Kids quilt - finally.

• Fabric gathered and centers cut for improvisational log cabin mini quilt.

• Last of all, I hauled out blocks left over from my Kaleidoscope quilt made last summer. I'd had a bit of an issue with several blocks buckling in the center, and had refrained from using them in my quilt. 

         Then came the {hopefully} bright idea of cutting Dresden wedges
         out of them.

          So I have 32 wedges now - hopefully enough for something.

Linking up with {sew} Allegorical's prep party.