december scrap attack

my year of attacking scraps is winding down with just december remaining....have attacked quite a few scraps and scrap UFOs plus a few cross-stitch UFOs....even though i didn't manage to obliterate them completely...so what is up for december?  first, finish up some christmasy things that are mostly hand work and under wraps until later....

then, had some solid 4-patches on hand and soon they will be gone in this...

and this pile of blocks got completed, just waiting for assembling and finishing....40 pink polka dot blocks that might get called plenty good....

but the "official" scrap attack project is this....file under "been there, done that"....not as bad as earlier this year but well on its way, so want to start january and 2019 with it empty once more. 

today the turkeys and pilgrims will get put away and the christmas decorating tote and tree will make its appearance once more....if there should be time, hope to finish the scrappy trees blocks and put that flimsy together....plenty of sewing still ahead!

wednesday math class

while pondering the really important things of life like UFO and stash busting--forget immigration, climate change and gun control--pulled out this aging piece waiting to be finished...

it isn't large but holding me back was the wrong foundation paper, a fibrous thingie that doesn't wash out and difficult to remove by hand.  so what to do with it?  math to the rescue!    i took this 1 small and pretty UFO....added 2 flannel scraps taking up little but valuable shelf space...

add yards of bias binding on hand, an orange batik that was just right!

i store leftover bias binding strips on paper towel rolls for whenever.....and the sum of all these parts is....

a colorful potholder that'll make a nice bread'n'butter gift for somebody....and if you look close you can see a couple of pins where the stitching came out when trying to remove aforesaid foundation material....out of the parts got enough for 4 of these plus some leftover strips that'll get pieced together frankenstein method to make at least one for me....and that's a subtraction from the UFO list....win/win! 

post office closed!

happy to say this drawer got completely emptied when i used up ALL my inchies...every last one!  then had to cut a few more from 1.5" strips to finish the top...

what a grand sight to see....but this is even better....

a november finish?  gonna be close but just might, but definitely before december's over....but alas, nature abhors a vacuum and with UFOs overflowing to the shelves, the empty drawer got filled up quickly...

thus creating some space on the shelves for the 12 or so new things started this year and not done...of course....and while moving these from bag to drawer, realized where a good amount of my pins are...now on to the sewing to-do list, things that need to be finished by christmas or before...two of them by december 6th!