Fabricholics Anonymous Feburary Check-In

Oh My Goodness!!!

It's time for the February Check-in Already?  What happened to February? Where did it go?

I'm linking up to Rebecca Lynn: fabriholics anonymous february check in

I've finished 10 more projects so far. Here's the pinterest board to see all the finished projects.

 Not bad for a week of for possible flooding that took over the sewing studio.

Now, on to the purchases. I fell pretty hard this month, but I keep telling myself it's okay - required purchases.

February 3rd - Quilting by Charisma (SO WORTH IT!!) -- She quilted my Scrappy Swoon. Beautiful.

February 3rd - Postage $17.95
February 9th - Notions $44.87 (Tumbler Ruler, 16 1/2 Square Ruler)
February 9th - Fabric - $80 - 4 yards for a quilt background, 3 yards flannel for a JM quilt, 1 yard for gifts
February 14th - Pattern $8 - Dress Pattern for Baby Gift
February 14th - Fabric $50 Duvet Cover for Curtains for Guest Room
February 18th - Fabric $150 6 Yards for coordinating Pillow Backs for Guest Room, 8 yards for two separate dresses, 1 yard for baby gift dress (see pattern above)

Now, this looks REALLY BAD.  I know that.  For a no-buying fabric plan, I bought 23+ yards of fabric.
TWENTY-THREE!  yikes.

I'm telling myself it's okay, because they all have specific purposes. Which means I'm monitoring my shopping habits.

Now, my personal goal is to finish all, and I mean ALL of the projects listed above in the month of March.  Stockpiling projects is not ok.  I have plenty of projects stockpiled that I could work on without buying new fabric.

This means:
1. Guest Room Curtains
2. Guest Room Pillows
3. Spools Dress for Me
4. Blue/Orange Dress for Me (These two will be the HARDEST -- I don't have much clothing experience)
5. Baby Girl Dress - Blue/Gold (Which is where the 1 yard goes)
6. Baby Girl Dress - Jungle (Already have fabric for this one)
7. Turtle Word Quilt -- following the quilt-a-long found here.
8. Fundraising Gift for Morgan

Is my March to-do list.

Plus I want to make some doggie-themed gifts for our local animal shelter.

They're having a Parole-a-Pooch fundraiser. We've committed our puppy Pica to the cause.
Visit their webpage here to see more information. Or click on through to help bail Pica Oreo Creme Deluxe aka Viscious --every dollar helps.

This is his mug shot:

Doesn't he look so sad? (Sitting on my sewing studio rug - thanks IKEA!)

They're having a rummage sale on April 9th to raise money for the Parolees - so that's the need for doggie-themed items.

Hopefully completing a few more projects will help me not feel so guilty for SERIOUSLY breaking the fast this month.

So far, I'm 50/50 -- does that mean I add July to my fast and re-evaluate July 1 instead of June 1?

=)

A close call!

Hi All,

Not much sewing was completed this week.  My sewing studio is in our basement and we had a flood scare this week. 

We are one house down from the creek, and the water was pretty high - with huge blocks of ice on top.  Sometimes the ice builds up and makes dams in different places and can cause severe flooding.

So, the basement got a quick sweep, and everything within two feet of the floor was picked up and stacked up and put away. (Meaning my sewing desk is currently holding tubs of stuff - which I really need to sort and purge)

Luckily the water level is going down and it looks like we might be in the clear. 

(You can see the high water mark close to the sign in this picture - and that the water is down further than the ice now.)

I'm hoping to put stuff back together tonight and be able to sew tomorrow.  =) First though - I need to clean the house. I have the two bedrooms picked up - just have the living room, dining room, and kitchen left to clean. Then it's downstairs to the basement!

On a much happier note, my Scrappy Swoon-a-long quilt came back from Charisma this week. It is so beautiful!  We really need to paint the guest room so it is a little more worthy of the quilt!

More winter weather is headed our way tomorrow and Wednesday - here's hoping the creek can keep up!

Charisma is Amazing!!

She finished quilting my scrappy swoon already!!

She posted about it on her blog:

http://charismascorner.com/?p=13130

Cannot wait to get the guest room set up now!!