Home Improvement Goals for this week (11/8/09)

Just so you know, I live in an unfinished house. I'm going to be talking to the resident carpenters this week about some much needed improvements.

#1: Mention closet, especially the drawers. I need it finished!
#2: Mention under sink cabinet. I need better storage, plus it's ugly under there.
#3: Mention hole in shower. No, I didn't throw a fit in the shower! The hole has been there all along. We poked it hauling the thing in. DearFather suggested we install a soapdish/shower organizer thing there and I wasn't about to say "No, throw this [cheap, from a salvage place] one away and buy me a new one"! I would, however, like to get it fixed. It makes it hard to clean the shower.

Housekeeping Goals for this wekk (11/8/09)

#1 Continue on the tub and shower. I now have this scubby-sponge thing that works GREAT. It still takes a little scrubbing (but it's not like I expect the stuff to come off just because I looked at it!) but it is so much easier and faster. I have a shiny shower! In spots ~ but it's getting there. I may even finish by the end of the month, then it will just be maintenance.

#2 Clean a section of my bathroom wall. I actually did this last week, although I forgot to post my housekeeping goals.

Organization Goals for this week (11/8/09)

#1 Sort through two shelfs of wire shelving unit. See if I can get rid of some stuff.

What? No #2? Nope! I really could stand to have ten organization goals each week but I just don't have time right now. One is better than nothing ~ so much better. My home improvement goals really are organization goals too, especially the first two. It's hard to be organized in an unfinished house! That's not sufficient excuse and it is not the cause of all my organization problems, but it certainly is a big factor. Someday I hope to have a place to hang my robe so that it's not just draped over something. Draping is not really an ideal storage method and I would like to eliminate it!

Sewing Goals for This Week (11/8/09)

#1 Lavender baby dress: test button holes, button holes, buttons
#2 Baby jumper: test button holes, button holes, buttons
#3 Anything I feel like. I need a break from "must do now" sewing, yet I still need to get things done.

I've canceled the green baby dress. I will make it some day, since it is cut out, but it may or may not be for this baby!

What's coming up in the future: darning socks, Sense and Sensibility's Regency Gown (a lot more interesting than darning socks, don't you think?), Christmas gifts, a variety of mending jobs, t-shirts and tops.

Organization Goals for This Week (11/1/09)

As many things as I would like to do, I think I had better stick with one simple goal: pack the pitchers away. I have so many other projects going that have real deadlines!

Done! :-)

Sewing Goals for This Week (11/1/09) UPDATED

#1 Lavender Baby Dress
> Attach the yoke to the skirt (which I did yesterday).
> Sew the side seams and finish them (which I also did yesterday).
> Finish the sleeves, including putting them in.
> Mark the button holes, practice button holes, and make the button holes.

#2 Jumper
> Prepare the skirt pieces.
>  Sew the yoke together.

#3 Green Baby Dress
>  Prepare the skirt pieces
>  Cut the sleeve bindings (if I haven't done so already).
>  Prepare the skirt placket and the back skirt piece.
> Sew gathering sitches on sleeves and skirt pieces.

Okay . . . I didn't do exactly what I intended to but it worked and I'm pleased!

#1 Everything is done except the button holes and buttons. It's even hemmed.

#2 All done except the buttons and button holes. Wow! It's cute, too.

#3 I didn't get anything done on this last week.

Sewing Goals for This Week (10/25/09) UPDATED

#1 The Bohemian Skirt. Because, really, this is ridiculous.

#2 The Baby Dress, etc. (I have to have it finished by Nov. 15th)

Half the week is gone (almost) so I don't expect to get a lot more done except what of last week's goals I finished up yesterday. Still, I'd like to: 

Finish preparing the lavender skirt pieces. 

Do the skirt placket

Decide how to do the sleeves. Make binding if I need to. 

Finish preparing the green skirt pieces. 

That should keep me busy!

Okay . . . believe it or not, I finished the Bohemian Skirt!!!!! Yay!

The Baby Dress . . . . I prepared the skirt pieces. . . I think that's all I did last week (!). No, maybe I did the skirt placket last week too.

Organization Goals for this week (10/25/09) UPDATED

#1 This goal from last week, or at least part of it:

#1 I have to old glass syrup pitchers and another bottle in my bedroom floor. They are from my grandmother. Now, really, that's not a good place for them. I'd like to put them in my hope chest. The problem is, I think only two of them are mine and one is DearMother's. I just don't know which two are mine (I think the vinegar bottle is mine). My goal is to find out which syrup pitcher belongs to me, remove all three to the kitchen, wash all three, and then return my two to my bedroom and pack them away in my hope chest.

#2 Figure out some way to remember my goals (before Thursday).

Goal #2 I completed early last week (before I posted my goals, in fact!). As for #1, the pitchers are still drying in the kitchen, so I guess I got it half done.

Housekeeping Goals for This Week (10/25/09) UPDATED

Just the shower and the sink.

I think I will sink if I attempt any other goals this week. I have lots of things to do. For one thing I'm putting new patterns in my store and my scanner program has not yet decided to work (as usual). Bless it's little heart (although it really doesn't seem to have one). The scanner was free and I'm so thankful for it but ARRRRRGGHHH!!!!

Oh! I just love making progress! I finished the sink last week, except for some deposits around the faucet which will have to be a separate project because they did not want to come off using this method. The tub and shower are coming along nicely, although slowly.

Needle Work Show!

The first ever Needle Work Show Retail is coming! It's an online needle work show for consumers where you can visit "booths" of many retailers around the world who sell needlework related products. Some will be selling right from their booths!

The dates are November 5th through 8th. I'll be there as an exhibitor. Stop by!