Halfway Through 2014 Review/July Goals

I was just going to do a quickie Finish-Along round-up for the last three months, but since it's halfway through the year, it seems like a good place to stop and take stock.

For starters, major life changer:

After almost 2.5 years in process and two years since referral, the Little Man finally came home. He's been home almost eight weeks now and things are going well. He still won't speak English other than CC, no, out, kitty, and ammo {in reference to Nerf gun darts...thanks, Dad.} But since the lack of communication is our only complaint, we're doing really well.

I got a half marathon PR in the beginning of the year, which means all the rest of this year's can just be "finish at any time." Woo! Which was definitely necessary in Portland and Seattle.

In sewing, I've completed 12 quilts.

Three customer quilts - T-shirt Quilt / Vera Bradley Quilt / T-Shirt Quilt
One start that wasn't on the UFO list {that was actually completely done from scraps} - Pretty in Pink
Five already-started-and-stopped UFOs - Chunky Log Cabin / Four Patch Frenzy / Skorca! / Cat Tails / Flirt Marks the Spot
Three projects that I already had planned and purchased the fabric - Road to Oklahoma / Owl Always Love You / Goodnight Monkey

I also made some table runners and wall hangings and some more table runners and an ironing board cover and did I mention the table runners?

And I finished off some tops to join the neverending "to be quilted" list. {And other ones got quilted, but they're close enough to finished that I'm just ignoring them for now.}

How's the list looking? Still pretty bad...but there's more crossed off than added, I think. I won't be quilting as much this summer, since quilting will cost me babysitting fees as well. My plan for July is to piece whatever the heck I feel like, whenever the heck I feel like it. It's summer.

Orders

Chevron Baby Quilt - pieced, awaiting quilting

Vera Bradley Stars Quilt - finished!

Witch Table Runner - quilted, hand-stitching binding

Wedding Quilt - waiting for the blocks to be sent back

Christmas Tree Skirt/Stockings - due Dec. 2014
Tammy's Running T-Shirt Quilt - finished!

Lori's Running T-Shirt Quilt - finished!
Tennessee Waltz - added 5/14 - pieced to borders
Celtic Love Knot - added 5/14 - planned, awaiting fabric choices
Space Twin Bed Quilts - added 6/14 - awaiting pattern choice

Awaiting Binding

Christmas Stars

Heart Table Runner - finished!

Frolicking Pinwheels 1

Ornament Table Runner

Postage Stamp Table Runner

Sunkissed Pillow

Four Patch Frenzy 1 - finished!

Central Park Sudoku - my AYOLF goal for July. I even have the binding, so it's probably a total cheat, but whatever. It'll definitely get done.

Reverse Heart - added 2/14 - finished!
Striped Table Runners

To Be Quilted

Layer Cake Quilt Along

Skorca! - finished!

Leftover Bunting Quilt

Pink Hunter's Star

Christmas Sampler

Baby Owls - finished!

Chunky Log Cabin - finished!

Toy Story 1

Summer Drinks

Partially Pieced

Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2013

Cat Tails - finished!

Four Patch Frenzy 2

Frolicking Pinwheels 2
Log Cabin Shoes

Polaroid Quilt

Saturday Sampler 2012

St. Paul's Cross

Strip XOs

Woven Snowmen

Cat Flying Geese

Cars

Toy Story 2

Little Dude's foster mother's Road to Oklahoma - finished!

Celtic Solstice

Bedtime Monkey - finished!

Cardinal Charm Tesselation

Just Needs Borders

Flirt Marks the Spot - finished!

Boardwalk

Bonnie & Camille Spin Cycle {and justifiable, waiting for Miss Kate's release to finish}

Block of the Month/Week

{as in, I will be piecing it throughout the year with no hurry to finish}
Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2014

MIL's 60th Birthday BOM - Ripples and Reflections

Fat Quarter Stars

Quilt Doodle's Row Along

Planned

{as in, I already own the fabric & pattern}

Coffee panels and yardage

Lone Star
Pez Schnibble

Voila Pumpkin Kit

Trip Around the World

California Girl Double Hourglass - this one, and Luscious, are my Something Old goals for the month. I know - how can they be old if they haven't been started yet? I've had both jelly rolls with a planned pattern for two years, so I think that qualifies. And I'll be visiting family for two weeks, so what's easier than a couple jelly roll projects?

Hello Luscious Avignon Picnic

Mason Jar quilt

Homespun + Jeans

Star Wars Pixelated

Scrap Project

{as in, scraps that are partially pieced in some way and enough to make a mini or pillow, or there's enough that I can get another entire quilt out of it and am therefore unwilling to separate them...}

Civil War Scraps

HST Joy Scraps
Winnie the Pooh Scraps

Sew Cherry HST Scraps

Fairy Scraps

Saturday Sampler '11 Scraps

Pink Hunter Star Scraps

Blue Hunter Star Scraps

Steelers Scraps

Flirt Scraps

Small Project

{already in some stage of production}

OU/OSU Bunting

Crayon Rolls
Car Organizer

Red Suede Purse

A ridiculous number of pants that need hems or elastic repaired

Ironing board cover - finished!

Linked

A Year of Lovely Finishes

Something Old, Something New @ Never Too Hot to Stitch
Finish-Along @ The Littlest Thistle