15 minute march recap

so here we are, at the end of the week and checking in for the results of 15 minutes a day in march.
granted, 15 minutes a day may sounds much better, and who knows... we might bring it back next month if april doesn't prove to create any quilty results.
so to recap:
the goal was to sew at minimum 15 minutes a day in march.
this plan was put in place before i was scheduled to work from home and then ultimately put on unemployment on march 27.
so the majority of the month was also spent sewing around a daily work schedule.
number of days in march: 31, despite what april ludgate thinks
number of days sewn: 28 (+2 for days that were quilty related, but spent figuring out zoom for meetings)
i'd say that is quite a success rate, wouldn't you?
now, i know you're here for visuals... so i'll show you the FOUR quilt tops completed during this time frame.  okay, maybe not the entire quilt top, just a little sneaky peek and the pattern so you can see what is going to be coming your way in the future when i'm allowed to go out in the world again.
juniper berry - throw sized
i'm stoked with the result of this quilt, and ended up using the metallic grunge in the inner border of this quilt.  i thought i was going to love the glitter grunge more, but the tones in the metallic were just perfect.
katie's quilt - picnic size
this was one of two quilt tops that mid last year i was on a chopping spree and cut out an entire quilt top set so that it was ready to go.
i really REALLY like how this one turned out, and will probably make it again in a larger size regardless of whether i keep it for myself or give it away as a gift (or a donation, like this one will be)
fast lane - throw size
this one was the second quilt top i chopped up last year, and i was certain it was going to be a hot mess.  EVERYTHING was from my stash, and i can tell you exactly what each piece came from.  this will be another donation quilt when this quarantine is over.
village - one size
this is the sew along that i started late on, changed my mind 3 times and then finished early... oh well!
it is made completely from kona cottons leftover from various paper pieced projects and solid white kona i bought from joann's.  i guess it is a little too fitting that during this "stay home" time of life that i made a house quilt.  and i have a whole set of other colors that didn't quite go well with this bunch... so there may be more houses.
i have already decided who this quilt is going to go home to... but i can't say anything because i may just have to finish it and mail it to them if this quarantine goes on any longer!

so...
what's next?
well, i've got a few things underway already that i've ordered some things for and will be waiting for them to arrive.  yep.  week 3 of quarantine means that i've hit the online shopping phase.
just a few things coming my way...
baby boy quilt (sewbrainy parallel paths)
baby girl quilt
festive fir quilt (another sewbrainy pattern - was march's WIP challenge quilt, but fell to the wayside with shops being closed.)
wonky stars quilt (april's WIP challenge)

ok... maybe a few is an understatement.
BUT i got 4 tops done last month with having to work at the same time.  no work means more time to sew, right??

15 minute a day check in

oh man...
what a month this has turned out to be.
i started last week trying to wrangle preschoolers with the time change and as of friday afternoon, i'm officially out of work until april 14th.
what? 
in the meantime, i'll be trying to make the best of it with a whole lot of sewing and cleaning in my room (yay for social distancing?) but i've already informed my mom that if this lockdown status gets any worse, i'm loading up my car and rolling everything to their place until things die down.  if i'm going to be shut in long term, i need some derpy cats in my life.
speaking of derpy cats...
ok, back to the point of this check in.
back at the start of march, instagram quilt month began, where i mentioned on my kick off post that i would be imposing the goal to sew for at least 15 minutes a day.  i thought it would be difficult to keep going, but with the number of UFO projects i was already behind on (january not finished, february not started and now it was march...) i could at least be consistent on something hoping to get one of those three done.
well... i'm pleased to say i have done something quilty involved for at least 15 minutes each of those days, most of them being more than an hour.  only one of those days so far has been spent not cutting or sewing, and that's because i was chatting it up with a fellow guild board member about what the heck we are going to do in order to keep our members thriving with everything being cancelled.
in addition to just the act of sewing, i have completed january's quilt top, a second quilt top that wasn't on my UFO list for some reason, got february's to the point of almost finished (it will probably get assembled today at my parent's since they have the floor space to lay out blocks)
now that we're in a strongly encouraged social distancing timeframe, i have a feeling that i'll probably be well caught up at the end of march, let alone by april 14th when i'm supposed to be back in the classroom. i also have some plans to work on a handful of things for our guild, so hopefully a lot of things will get checked off my ever growing "to do" list.
it is all a bit of a blur right now, so until i have a more solid plan for posts as the month goes on, i'll leave you with some pretty fabric i bought at quiltcon (and the glitter grunge came from local quilt shop swifty stitches).  stay tuned for another update post at the end of march!

instagram quilt fest 2020 kick off

apparently quiltcon also meant lots of photos involving my face... but emily, this isn't instagram.
this is a blog!
yes, i know that... but i'm also tracking my plans for the month of march here just to be accountable.
two years ago, i was super on top of posting daily since i was new with the sacmqg and really wanted to dive in to it all.  last year, i was a little wishy washy on making posts successfully for whatever reason... but year 3, i'm back and ready for action!
i'm still riding my quiltcon high, and i'll ride it until i can't no more.
(ugh... now old town road is stuck in my head)
but one thing that victoria findlay wolfe mentioned is that when her daughter was young, she still made the time to quilt by trying to get herself at least 15 minutes a day.  granted, i don't have small children running around my apartment (or any children, just to be clear) but with my whack work schedule, i'm here there and everywhere and by the time i get home some days, i want to sew but just let myself zone out.
i'm behind on getting my ufo challenge on track (still finishing january's quilt top for me, plus february's has only been touched once... and now it is march...) so hopefully carving out 15 minutes minimum a day will help keep things rolling so i can squeeze a few other things in here and there.

so here's to a happy instagram quilt fest, and be sure to follow along at #igquiltfest2020 and me specifically (i'm sure all 4 of you readers are by now) @wereradletshug