One Thousand, Seven Hundred, and Ninety-Two Pieces

That's how many triangles are in my Depression Blocks quilt. But I'm happy to say that all the blocks are done now, so my December One Monthly Goal is complete. Whoo-hoo, Yee-haw, and Hallelujah! It's on my design wall now, but in a few minutes I am going to pack up the blocks until next year when it will become my first OMG (One Monthly Goal).

I just noticed that I didn't post my weekly goals last Sunday. One was to finish the Depression blocks, which I did. Another was to finish the clamshell wallhanging, which I didn't do. I have taken it apart twice and it still isn't what I want. I'm just about ready to throw it in the trash. After watching a couple of videos and seeing a couple of blog tutorials, I've changed the way I'm doing the clamshells a couple of times. On the very last row, I finally found a method that worked for me and kept the rows straight.  Yeah, last row.  There may be more at the top though.  Stay turned.  Oh, and I also added their cat.

My goals for next week are pretty small, because I plan to spend more time playing with grandsons than quilting. In fact, I only have two goals:
1. Work on the clamshell wall hanging (which was supposed to be a Christmas gift.)
2. Work on EPP (English Paper Piecing) stars.

I thought I was done with my Christmas shopping, but after talking to my daughter, I need to go find something else for each of the boys. And my mother-in-law says she is desperate for clothes, so we'll try to find some shopping time in the next two days, maybe first thing in the morning or right before closing. Maybe the crowds won't be too bad then. Oh, did I mention the store we have to go to? Walmart! Walmart on Christmas Eve. Eeek!

I am actually excited to say that I have sewn every day this week, and every day this month. I know it's going to be hard to keep it up during Christmas, but I'm determined to have my first ever 100% month. That increased my yearly success rate to 44%. Not exciting, but better to be going up than going down.

Working on scrappy projects has not done wonders for my stash. On the good side, I didn't add to the stash this week, but on the bad side, I didn't decrease it either. Maybe next week if I get to make a backing or binding, or something.

Join me at these two linky parties to see how others have done with their stash and sewing time:
15 Minute Challenge at Life in Pieces
Sunday Stash at QuiltPaintCreate
Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts
One Monthly Goal December Finishes at Elm Street Quilts

Design Board Update

If you've noticed my sidebar, I've started my list of UFOs I want to work on each month of 2019. I had to revise the list a couple of times when I couldn't find a couple of the UFOs, but I think I've found all those currently listed. Some are so near completion that it won't take more than a week or two to finish, and some have so little work done on them that they will take a couple of months, so I broke their work down into smaller goals. I'd like to only work on UFOs next year, but I know that won't happen. Some new project will catch my eye, I hope, and I'll start it too. I'm just determined not to let any more become UFOs.

I have a couple of other small goals for 2019, but my biggest goal will be to have a clean space to sew, even if it does have to be in the attic. I'll probably spend a lot of time dreaming about a finished sewing space when and if we ever finish the attic. I'd also like to make that Sunbonnet Sue and Overall Sam quilt that my mother wanted.

Sewing Depression Blocks over and over makes my mind wander a bit and I think I've spent too much time dreaming while I sew. In the meantime, I've been working on my clamshell wallhanging which I've temporarily named Puppy and Fox. I need to find out if Puppy and Fox have real names. I didn't like the straight line of clamshells, so took them off and made staggered lines. Much better. I'm not sure what kind of eyes I am going to put on the fox, but it can be done later.

Linking to:
BOMs Away at Katie Mae Quilts
Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt
Moving it Forward at Em's Scrapbag