September 2023 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

To socialize with my online crafty friends I'm linking up with Mini-Archie, one of my favorite online personalities, and his person for the monthly progress link-up from Fettle Those Finishes! 

I'm posting my weekly/monthly stats here for linking up once a month with Kate at Life In Pieces. My 2023 goal is to stitch at least 15-minutes 50% of the days in the year, same as 2021 and 2022.

• Week 36: 7 of 7 = 100 %
• 132 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 37: 7 of 7 = 100 %
• 128 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 38: 6 of 7 = 86 %
• 90 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 39: 7 of 7 = 100 %
• 107 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 40: 7 of 7 = 100 %
• 85 minutes/day average across 5-days
• Week 41: 1 of 1 = 100 %
• 131 minutes/day average across 5-days
• September 29 of 30 = 97 %
• 2023: 261 of 273 = 96%

September continued more of the busy streak. Six Quilt Guilds in Jacksonville, FL host an all volunteer QuiltShow, QuiltFest JAX in September every year. I always volunteer to be able to attend the show and enjoy in the afternoons for the 3 days of the show. Work has continued to be a push and I'm so thrilled with how things are turning out with the extra project for a demanding client.  

I'm feeling relieved by reducing my commitments to quilt guild challenges. I've been able to focus more on the projects I wanted for the last couple months.  

I am receiving so much benefit by daily using the stretching protocol for focusing on Facia rather than muscles. This YouTube by an Olympic coach has reduced my hip, knee and foot facia pain just by stretching 15-20 minutes/day. Also following the Menopause Reset by Dr. Mindy Pelz with fasting is going so much better. Husband and I have also added homemade fermented dairy (yogurt) with 3 different strains suggested by Dr. William Davis in his book Super Gut. We are both feeling much better.

I am so lucky that I spent at least 15-minutes sewing every day in August. How did sewing go?

September Projects Completed:

1) Lazy Girl Designs' Sweet Pea Pod my second half of the supplies started in 2015. 2023 UFO 47 completed. 

2) Pink Door Fabric's 2023 Smitten2 Moon Garden BOM month 3. 2023 Project 20 was completed in 47-hours and 53-minutes:

3) My Whippets version of Patterns By Annie's Switchback bag is 2023 Project 46 was completed in 40-hours and 41-minutes. More details about this finish on the One Monthly Goal Completion Post.

September Project Progressed:

1) Pink Door Fabrics' Smitten v2 EPP Block of the Month, Month 4 (2023 Project 26), Block 4A assembly has started:

2) Quilt Guild secret donation block (2023 Project 39). No Pictures will be shared of this project at all.

3) Alchemy EPP quilt BOM (2023 UFO #2) row 1 pieces all now have the 3rd color added, only 4 of 6 in this picture:

4) Aneely Hoey's Boxy Clear Pouch in Tula Pink's Parisville Deja Vu fabric line (2023 Project 40)  supplies have been pulled from the project box since August 2022, and I've read the pattern at least twice:

5) Hospital Pocket Quilts (2023 UFO 48) have restarted with cutting for the quilt tops. I'd like to finish these this year making quilts for the 80 wooden hearts remaining. Old photo from last year for reference:

September Stats:

• 3 Completed
• 5 Progressed
• 44 UFO's remaining
• 8 2023 started projects remaining

What did you get done in September?

Link-Ups:
* Mini Archie's September Furtle Around The Blogosphere as #6

* Life in Pieces - Stitching Stuff Week ? of 2023 as #TBD