Now remember, positivity is my word this year. So 2015, in a positive vein, what hapened in the world of Shirley's 2 Busy Hands?
As always, travel is a big part of our life and we did a great amount of it, both large and small. Why even a day trip can be exciting and give one a major experience. And in this context, my 2 Busy Hands often took a back seat and yet, always with a project near at hand.
The positive that came out of devastation, a fire in the storage unit where I keep my stashes, allows me now to downsize and update. What more could one ask for? Oh I lost some favourites but I will soon have more favourites and new challenges.
Like last year, I will once again join in the Stashbusters' UFO Challenge, even though I have only those projects that just happened to be in the RV at the time. I had cleaned a lot of them out so the number is low. Along with the UFO Challenge, I will also limitedly partake of the Numbers Game. And guess what, the low number is a number that I happen to have! I will always have a low number as they are between 1 and 10 but the higher ones I will find myself working on the last one for sure. For January, this month, the numbers are
3(small) and 51(large).
My list contains:| Description | Date started | |
| 1 | OUR Quilt - Sampler queen | 2014 |
| 2 | Row by Row x 2 | 2014 |
| 3 | Mom's Quilt | 2014 |
| 4 | Halloween/T-Day table topper | 2015 |
| 5 | NYB | 2015 |
| 6 | DS#1 Quilt | 2015 |
| 7 | DS#2 Quilt | 2015 |
| 8 | DIL #2 Quilt | 2015 |
| 9 | DGDog #1 Quilt Toby | 2015 |
| 10 | DGDog #2 Quilt Buddy | 2015 |
| 11 | Dash Cover | 2015 |
| 12 | Row x Row x 2 | 2015 |
| 13 | DGD 2nd pillowcase | 2015 |
Some of these from 2015 are very recent additions. [snicker, snicker] Of course, the fun begins as I try to do something about this list. Photos? Can I be persistent in posting them? We shall see. It is one of my "want to do's for this year.
This is a small part of this quilt. It is supposed to be 90" square when done but I am thinking mine will no dobt be smaller.
I am already a little late in that I just downloaded the information and decided on the colours. But the early blocks are simple ones and I will be able to get them done real fast to catch up. Of course, me thinks I will always be playing "catch up", starting this next week. We are heading out on our first jaunt of the year - a trip to New York City with our granddaughter Brooke.
And then, to make things even more exciting and jumbled up, I joined or at least committed to being a part of a 365 [day] Challenge out of Australia.
This is a small part of this quilt. It is supposed to be 90" square when done but I am thinking mine will no dobt be smaller.
As well as quilting I have UFOs under the headings of knitting, needlework and cross stitch. I will never ever want for a project, that is for sure. Some are large and others are small and portable. These go along with me when we travel. I did manage to finish up a 2015 knitting UFO - a toque and even putting a pom pom on it. Now I have to wait for more yarn to make a scarf and a pair of mitts. This will go to my mother for her charity senior's knot group that give to underprivileged children in her city. The children live in a very cold area during the winter and often go to school without any covering and warmth at all. This helps out a bit. Now to finish up a cold weather coat shawl and a brightly coloured spring/fall sweater (finally got more yarn right before Christmas).
I had numerous needlework UFOs but am unsure how many I actually have left here in the RV. I do know that the Christmas Crackers are here so they will be done before anything else. That will get a nice little pile out from beside my Laz-e-boy.
And last but not least, I will keep track of expenditures and busting.
Can I do it? I will certainly give it a good try......
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