chookshed challenge wrap up

all saint's day approaches and it's time to report my progress.  hopefully it will run again as i found it motivating and quite do-able.  

so this was a 10-month challenge with 10 things to accomplish...how did i do?  start with the most recent challenge....

all four zippers plus vinyl plus some stash all used and now hold UFOs instead of stacked on the sewing table.  keeping them corralled and in plain sight should be a great motivator.  they came out pretty good and they are so gosh darn handy.  miss sunny is not a fan of the walking foot and being an older machine, there's no adjustment of the feed dogs, but we managed.  

the other challenges:

1.  tame the scrap basket....it's nearly empty and gets fed seldom as i focus on UFOs

2.  make something out of solids drawer....done!  still scraps left but far less and now some nice blocks for play

3.  finish up selvedge strips....done, tote empty, almost all potholders done and ready to gift

4.  clear out 2" shoebox tote--stack of scrappy 9-patch blocks that will be used to make an insulated drape for my kitchen

5.  start a new blue quilt....changed pattern to blue album, now basted and in the quilting pile..this used up most of my muslin scraps too!

6.  circles for tree of life project....also done, next step please?

7.  prep appliques for penn dutch wall quilt....ready to roll on this one!

8.  dargate baskets applique....these are finally finished awaiting next step

9.  tidy the stash shelves...this was a great task that, once finished, very advantageous for finding stash, putting away stash and best of all, using it...i can definitely see a reduction

early morning quilting before the day gets going.  i've got quilt group, zoom meeting and games night on tap.  another day of overflowing blessings and delight!