Mid-December status 12/19/2018

Trying to organize my thoughts and activities. Goals:

1. 2018 Monthly Color Challenge Block for December in Black & White
2. Re-do the November Blue-Green with better fabrics
3. Re-do the November Blue-Green with seams to one side instead of open
4. One Monthly Goal for December of 2018 Monthly Color Challenge quilt top
5. Few items off my ridiculously long 2018 Finish-A-Long list before the end of the year
6. Preparing the house for showing to be able to move as long as we can get our price
7. Increasing my healthy habits & activities
8. Finish reading the book, "Atomic Habits" and make adjustments
9. Continue to support work project during office hours & with Asian client meetings at night

Color Challenge Block progress this week:

• Found a great gray in my stash from a project that I didn't do:

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• Pressed & cut the fabrics into initial strips
• Sewed the strips, pressed seams & cut sub-sections

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November Blue-Green progress this week:

• Review Blue-Green block in B&W:

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• Select new fabrics:

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• Review new fabrics in B&W:

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Use November Blue-Green block to try seams open vs. to one side:

• Open seams example

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• Progress: re-pressed the sub-strips seams to the side, cut the strips for the block & start to sew as Leader/Ender on the December block

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Design quilt top layout for 2018 Color Challenge quilt:

• Take the "Patterns By Jen" suggested layouts for a starting point & made some adjustments in EQ8

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• Once I decided it was too small, I added another border in EQ8:

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What have you been up to?