50 finishes in 2020 check in

i realized i mentioned at the start of the year (at least i think i did) that my goal was to complete 50 projects in 2020.
whether i mentioned it here or not, i realized that i never posted my list here in addition to the lettuce craft website.
so now that we're over halfway through may, here's the list as well as a few things to note in regards to items on the list.  this currently consists of quilts and cross stitched items:

planned or started
top finished
quilted
completed

wonky stars
juniper berry quilt 
disney i spy - 1 
disney i spy - 2
disney i spy - 3
london themed quilt
festive fir quilt 
music quilt 1
fast lane quilt
free wheeling single girl
herringbone craftster block
music quilt 2
good place cross stitch
red, white & blue katie's quilt 
village sew along
fussy cut sampler
brooklyn 99 cross stitch 
universal timeline cross stitch
jelly roll race (orange)
jelly roll race (purple, teal & gray)
baby boy quilt (pooh bear) 
baby girl quilt (teal cats)
baby girl quilt (muppets)
bff baby quilt
baby girl quilt
madeline mini quilt
mom's cat quilt (quilting and binding only)

total pairs pajamas sewn: 6
total masks sewn: i don't even care to count anymore

looking at it currently and the phases most things are in makes me feel good.
i might not get to 50 with the "big" projects, but that's where the pajama pants will come in as a buffer.
i'm sure i'm well over 50 with the masks alone, since i've made 12 just in this last week alone!

project plans for february

i cannot believe i am even writing this post right now... didn't january JUST happen?  wow.  last weekend i participated in the grow your blog party with vicki from two bags full, so i just wanted to give a shout out to all followers, new and old.  thanks everyone!  i'm so excited to share more projects and posts with you :)  i thought i would kick things off and share some of my projects i intend to work on this month, and hope that it means that these piles of fabric (plus one quilt top) will turn in to finished items!  i'll start from the top left, and work my way across.
kitten mini quilt swap
this again is my first instagram swap and after much fabric debate i finally got everything ordered and the final pieces arrived yesterday!  i have a super cute (in my opinion) paper pieced patter picked out, and hope my partner loves it too.  not quite sure how i'll quilt it, but that's down the line a little ways :)
disney swap round 12
i pop in to craftster every now and again to update my post recent projects as well as occasionally cruise the open swaps boards.  this time, i checked out the swap angel board and found they were looking for someone for a disney swap.  the poor girl has been waiting since the fall!  i sent a pm, and confirmed everything up and started planning before i even got approved.  once i was officially set to go, i went fabric shopping and had some other paper pieced patterns enlarged.  i'm super excited to work on these, even with their two week desired send out.  yikes!  guess it is really a good thing i only have one class this semester, and it is online :)
ruffle apron
this will be the fourth of these ruffle aprons i've made, and i suppose it is about time that i made one for the person who keeps having to model them.  my sister got hired at joann fabrics for seasonal, and they kept her on as a part time employee.  she was desiring an apron, but hasn't sewn more than a pair of pajama pants (to my knowledge).  my mom saw this fabric there, so we hunted it down and found a coordinate to go with it. this should be fairly easy to bust out, though i will probably have to go through and convert all the metric units in to inches yet again.  i keep losing my original copy!
catvent 2014
we're still at the same place on this one.  the top is done, the back is prewashed, and now it just needs to become one before i can move forwards.  i think i will keep with my original plan of a 1" cross hatch like the last one, since free motion quilting is still on my eventual skill list.

when life gives you craft projects...

grab them and RUN before you lose the excitement.  seriously though... what started off as one project to keep me busy has spiraled in to nearly half a dozen, if not more!  not that i am complaining though, since the entirety of yesterday was spent cutting, sewing, or piecing something together and NOT sitting in front of the computer on facebook.  not to mention the night before was a 3am bedtime thanks to marathon sewing.  i'm telling you... one idea and now i've gone crazy!  here is the basic run down (in order of idea formation) of the craft projects so you can see the project evolution:

stash busting quilt

wedding quilt A

wedding quilt E

t-shirt quilt E

"thank you" onsie set

and then i got asked to do:

t-shirt quilt J

baby boy shower quilt

PLUS the looming in the back of my mind:

wedding quilt K

some form of wedding gift M

as you can tell, i've got an onset of wedding quilts in the works.  some are just ideas and future planning, while others have become planned, purchased, and in process.  t-shirts for both quilts have been washed, dried, and stacked to be flat until the cutting process of those can begin.  i can flex my crafty muscles and say that i knocked out the baby boy quilt in one sitting of SYYTCD finale watching, and now it is just awaiting becoming one final product.  my desire to keep going is ticking.  being in a computer chair totally does not appeal to me at ALL right now!