Thursday 8 November 2012

Hustle Hustle

Do you remember I signed up for Kelsey's 100 Day Hustle? Well, we're now half way through and it's time to check on progress. Here's how I'm doing!

1. Finish frog project
Lots and lots of progress made. Can't wait to show you guys, but this is a secret project! Here's a quick peek of some squares which will be joining my frog:


2. Start and finish London project
Only minimal progress made. This one's a 'definitely need to finish' project though, so it will get done.

3. Start and finish Mouthy Stitches bag and keyfob
Done! I very much enjoyed making the tote and keyring, and I'm very pleased that Sadie liked them.
Photos taken by Sadie

4. Pick out fabrics for a quilt for hubby and I
Discovering I much prefer choosing fabrics in a shop to picking them out online, so I need to plan in some shopping time.

5. Maybe make some little things for people for Christmas
It's only November; no way I've thought about this yet!

6. Make my Texting While Sewing block into a cushion
Hasn't happened yet, not completely convinced it will. We'll see :)


I'm not sure how much sewing time I'm going to get between now and Christmas because... hubby and I are buying a flat! It's all happened so suddenly, it's the first place we viewed, and now we might be trying to move in before Christmas. Eep! All of a sudden, evenings are filled with mortgages and solicitors and 'can we live with pink carpets or do we want to change them' rather than fabric and sewing. Sad times, eh? I'm still making progress on the (slightly epic) frog project every so often though :)

Anyway, off to bed for now, I'll be linking up to the half-way point of the hustle tomorrow :)

15 comments:

  1. not sad times - exciting times! And you are so going to win your category in the BQF

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  2. That embroidery is so sweet! Can't wait to see it all come together! :)

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    1. Thanks Alison! Had lots of fun embroidering lots of little pictures :)

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  3. that's a cool tote bag - lots of work, but beautiful!

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    1. Thanks! Did take a while, but it was worth it :)

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  4. A new place is so exciting! Love your mouthy stitches tote :)

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  5. Love the tote bag! Gorgeous!

    Oh I have to make something with my Texting While Sewing block too but not sure what!

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    1. Thanks Kristy! Your Texting While Sewing block is great, such a clever idea :)

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  6. Your embroidery skills are amazing! And I love the bag you made... so pretty! Congratulations on your flat purchase!

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    1. Thanks! I don't normally enjoy embroidery, but doing lots of little pictures has been great fun :)

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  7. Love the tote bag. Best wishes on your new home!

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  8. That is a lot of embroidery! And a great mouthy stitches swap tote. And you can sew normally all the time - buying a place is kind of a cool special time - so congrats!
    Keep Hustling - you are doing awesome.
    -k

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    1. Thanks Kat! The project involves 32 mini embroideries in total, about half done by me, so it took a while!
      See you at the end of the hustle :)

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