September 2022 Furtle - Fettle Those Finishes Update
September Review / Furtle
As defined by Mini Archie, ‘Furtling’ means ‘having a rummage, a delve, a look at the contents of something’. So I have furtled around to see what I have been doing this month and now I’m going to furtle around the blogs of anyone else who links up over at Archie the Wonder Dog!
-Janine at Rainbow Hare on 2/28/2019
While the FinishALong organized group was cancelled in 2020 Mini-Archie, one of my favorite online personalities, and his person started hosting a monthly progress link-up: Fettle Those Finishes!
Since Kate at Life In Pieces has stopped posting the 15-minutes to stitch link-up and my life has gotten busy, this monthly post will be my main tracker. My 2022 goal is to stitch at least 15-minutes 50% of the days in the year, same as 2021.
- Week 37: 7 of 7 = 100 %
- 63 minutes/day average across 7-days
- Week 38: 7 of 7 = 100 %
- 82 minutes/day average across 7-days
- Week 39: 7 of 7 = 100 %
- 95 minutes/day average across 7-days
- September 30 of 30 = 100%
- 2022: 243 of 273 = 89 %
On September 1st, Janome America emailed that I was one of the 5 lucky winners to receive the Sumertime Skill Builder Giveaway 2022 prize package. The 12 training videos are still available on their website and Facebook page: Janome Sewing Machines.
September also included the local QuiltFest Jacksonville Quilt Show hosted by 6 local guilds as an all volunteer group. I am a member of one of the guilds so am expected to participate. I spent 2-hour shifts all 3-days plus helped with quilt organization for hanging after judging and take-down after the show closed. I had 2 quilts in the show receiving very helpful judge's comments and won the Opportunity Quilt that my guild had made for raising funds towards one of our charities.
Me with Work from Home Turbulence (upper dark gray quilt with colored triangles):
In January 2020, I contributed by making 4 blocks that were included in the quilt:
How did sewing go?
September Sewing objectives realized and progressed:
1) Work In Progress Bag design by Fat Quarter Shop in Heather Ross' Trixie fabric line completed and in use:
2) EPP MugRug for Donnamarie - got the 1/2" EPP Hexies Flower sewn together
3) Alchemy Quilt - started sewing Month 2 Fussy Cut Hexies Flowers need 6
4) Working on By Annie Catch All Caddy from the Renaissance Ribbons kit, plus some extra fabric from my stash with a Slow-Along group:
6) Tent Stripe Binding made for 3 projects, only one roll here for illustration:
7) EPP Tablerunner - All 42 Hexies sewn together
8) Janome Canada 2022 Sew Along - Assembled the 3 Star Blocks for September
Fettle Those Finishes! priority projects (Q3 final):
- JAX MQG FPP Donation Pineapple Quilt Block 12.5": White and Yellow - COMPLETED
- New iPhone pouch for Mr. Hubby Bear - COMPLETED
- New iPhone pouch for me - COMPLETED
- My iPhone pouch added Ribbon - COMPLETED
- ByAnnie free pattern Petit Four Basket - COMPLETED
- Hold Tite Folio (FAL #57) - Tula Pink fabric - COMPLETED
- FQS WIP Project Bag (FAL #80) - COMPLETED
- ByAnnie Catch All Caddy with Slow Along group - IN PROGRESS
- 2022 Janome QAL quilt all 4 block sets - IN PROGRESS
- EPP MugRug - Donnamarie's Flower - IN PROGRESS
- EPP Training Tablerunner (FAL #46, PHD/JAX MQG #10) - IN PROGRESS
- 2022 BOM - Tula Pink's Alchemy, through Row 3 - IN PROGRESS
- Boxy Clear Pouch - ON HOLD
- 2022 HoneyBees Exchange Blocks Quilt - ON HOLD
- Jelly Roll Race Pastel Batiks (FAL #141) - ON HOLD
- Haunted Hexie Quilt Kit - ON HOLD
- Tinkerbell Fleece Throw knotted blanket - ON HOLD
- Sewing H.Q! quilted sign (FAL #9) - ON HOLD
- 2022 Free-Motion Fillers Quilting Challenge - ON HOLD
- 2022 BOM Toes in the Sand Sampler, thru Block 6 - ON HOLD
- 2022 BOM Toes in the Sand Kit, thru Block 6 - ON HOLD
- HoneyBeeQuilters Donation Pocket Quilts (5+16 donated, 19 ready, several in progress) - ON HOLD
- Free Motion Quilting Academy Motifs Sampler (FAL #7) - ON HOLD
- Free Motion Quilting Academy Practices - ON HOLD
- Fabric Cafe Byzantine Door secret gift quilt 1 (FAL #5) - ON HOLD
- Fabric Cafe Byzantine Door secret gift quilt 2 (FAL #6) - ON HOLD
- Free Motion Quilting Academy Whole Cloth Quilt (FAL #8) - ON HOLD
Stats:
- 7 Completed in Q3
- 5 In Progress
- 15 On Hold
- 0 Specific Projects to go
What did you get done in September or Q3?
* Mini Archie's September Furtle Around The Blogosphere as #3
What a busy month! And yet you’ve found time to do lots of sewing alongside helping arrange/setup/at the quilt show - it just shows how doing some sewing almost every day makes a difference across the month. I’m sorry the Life In Pieces link up has ended, but I’m glad you can use The Furtle to keep track of your sewing minutes and projects - that’s one of the reasons I made the ‘rules’ so lax, I wanted people to use the link up for the posts they want to write and it’s working. Hooray!
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much! Yes, the Furtle is a better organization for me right now.
DeleteYou've done well on all your stitching goals. You've got some very fun projects in the works as well. Good luck with all your goals for October.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kate! So glad to see you back online again. Wishing you a lovely sewing October!
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