Monday, April 24, 2017

I went to bed early last night and had a good sleep so I was ready to start fresh today. I haven’t accomplished a lot but I often don’t on a Monday.

I generally start my Monday by planning my week. One of the bloggers I follow had a chart for keeping track of various things that I should be doing on a regular basis but don’t seem to get at. I made a few adjustments to that chart today and printed off a few goals for the week ahead. One of those goals is some scrap management and I outdid myself in that category today. When I was getting ready for the retreat I emptied a couple of bins of scraps into bags and took them with me. This morning I sorted all those scraps into manageable bits – some were cut down into strips and squares, some were put into individual bags based on their colour. I have a basin for scraps sitting on my cutting table (the basin I bought at the garage sale a few weeks ago); as I’m cutting during the week the scraps go in there and I usually deal with them on Mondays. Even my basin has been cleared out so I can check off that goal for the week.

I created a couple of other categories that, at least for this month, are linked. I have a category for cards where I add the cards I need to do, as well as a Tuesday project category that I pretty much fill with cards. I have the patterns and fabrics picked for two cards, as well as a plan for three more. I cut the extra borders I need for for the quilt I worked on at the retreat and that will be the first thing I do tomorrow at the bee.

My Work-In-Progress category could stretch to pages, but I’m only adding one thing at a time to it. I hope this will help me focus on finishing something during my sewing time at home. I’m currently working on a rather new project that is a gift for someone so I can’t spill the beans just yet.

Now, back to it!