At CBQ today Julie Hocker presented the lecture, "The Time of Your Life!" where she gave tips on how to make more time for quilting and other things you want to do. So, for all of March I am going to quilt every day for 10 minutes and see how much I accomplish by the end of the month. Each day I will be sewing my rail fence blocks together for 10 minutes and should have a quilt top or two come April.
I challenge you to join me in March for just 10 minutes a day on any UFO you have in your stash (or a new quilt project if you wish). That leaves you 1430 minutes each day to do all your other "stuff".So, if you would like to participate just leave me a comment saying so on this post. After March is over, post the photos of what you accomplished on your blog and email the link to me by April 7. I will post the complete list of links on my blog by April 10 so you can see what everyone did. Even if you don't participate, be sure to return in April to check out the list!
tack room to tea room
Yesterday I attended a fun workshop with Julie Hocker called "Tack Room to Tea Room" which is a wearable art vest. It's her newest design, check it out on the link above. You can use the different techniques to make a vest or put them in a quilt. I started the vest but just have a baggie of pieces so I'll wait to show you until I have a unit or two completed.
happy quilting!
25 comments:
This sounds like a good idea! I think I will give it a try...Anything to get me producing something in fabric again! I will probably be quilting my Jane Stickle quilt, with a few UFOs thrown in. It'll be interesting to see everyone's postings in April...
Great idea -- I'm a firm believer that miles are made by taking steps, I just don't always practice that. I'm in.
10 minutes a day...sounds like a good challenge!!! Cheers! Mary Ann in Denmark
Oh I am SO doing this! Sign me up.
I chuckled at your Tack Room to Tea Room comment - just a ways up the road from me is a Tea Room that IS a Tack Shop.
I am going to make up a chart for this so I don't forget to account for every day....that sounds like a senior moment, sheesh.
Oh yeah...sign me up.
Surely I can do 10 minutes a day and accomplish something in a month. Sign me up. I've been meaning to start on my son's vintage airplane quilt and this is the way to do it.
I'm in! Sounds like a manageable challenge to me!
I did my ten minutes yesterday and am off to do my ten minutes today!
Wow cool idea i cant wait to see what you and the others end up with at the beginning of april.
Yes, it works! I just did this with 28 log cabin blocks that had been cut out (but not sewn) since 1998. I would do one side per day--after 2+ weeks, they are done! Now for the applique alternate blocks....
I think quilting everyday is a great idea. I have been trying to do that anyway, although there are just some days that I don't, so I'd be happy to join you. I've got lots of stuff to finish! I'll be mostly working on Shakespeare in the Park.
I'm in! I'd state what I'm working on.. but the list will be too long.. what a great idea.
Anita
I would like to join your challenge too, please. I have many UFO's that could use 10 minutes easily!
This is a fantastic idea! I will be making banners for church. I have been 'starting' these banners for months and got nowhere. The background of each banner is quilted log cabins.
I like this idea - I'm joining late, but I'm going to do this. I've already worked on a UFO for considerably more than 10 minutes today, so I'm off to a good start.
Cheryl
Okay, I'm late on this, too, but since I'm working on a quilt,this might just be the ticket. Sign me up.
I want to join too! Better late than never. I love the idea of 10 minutes a day, I should be able to do that.
Welcome everyone!
Better late than never is right. I'm planning to continue even after March is over with a different 10-minute project each month. That should take a big bite out of my UFO stack.
I've been looking at this for days, thinking about joining and now I think I will. I've got a good start this month and this will give me the incentive and impetus I need to keep going. Thanks.
WEll, late again, as usual but I'll give it a go for the rest of the month and hopefully sustain the momentum. I was thinking the other day how I needed to retreat to my sewing room and do something creative for a few minutes before work.
Kathi & Deborah--
Welcome! and good luck to you both. Can't wait to see what everyone does.
Okay, done. here's a link to my pictures.
You can see what I got done here:
http://tinyurl.com/2e9n78
Thanks for the incentive!
Ok, I have started a post to show what I did get done during March. I have more pix to take and will take them in daylight. I really enjoyed this challenge, it gave me just the boost I needed to get all sorts of things started, middled, and finished! Thank You Laura!!!
This was a great idea! and I'm carrying it over into April. Here's what I finished in march. I loved the idea of small bits of time -- and it is what made me finish this project. http://knittinggardener.blogspot.com/2008/04/catch-up.html
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