To Do Tuesday #20

It's already June, it's crazy that five months of 2020 are already done!!  Time flies when you are having fun.  The thread and yarn has been flying at my house.

Let's check on my weekly goal and progress shall we.

1. Knit at least one sweater-DONE
2. Start piecing birthday table runner-DONE
3. Bind 3 donation quilts- DONE
4. I really need to make another patriotic runner, the supply is dwindling- not done
5. Sew buttons on already knitted sweaters-DONE

I knitted one sweater for an order-thank you Cheryl:)  

And I sewed buttons, little appliques and labels on these sweaters.  This white with red hearts is a 4 yr. 

These purple ones are 1 yr. and 2 yr. 

 The one with red buttons and applique is a 1 yr.  The white with pink applique is a 2 yr.

The Birthday runner sneaky peek-I'll post it's finish post tomorrow. 

The three donations quilts that I bound were part of yesterdays H2H post.

Even though I didn't get a patriotic runner pieced I did quilt and bind two turkey runners. 

What should I put on my list of goals for this week- how about these things.

1. Make a patriotic table runner
2. Knit a sweater
3. Get started with a sunflower table runner and matching placemats
4. Anything else I want!!  Maybe that includes quilting a top I pieced last winter. 

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Sweaters

Since about the first of April I had a bug to get working on my knitting machines.  I have about 11 sweaters knit.  I always stitch the seams up by hand using the ladder stitch, it makes for great TV time sewing in the evening. These are the first 2 sweaters to be totally done and ready to put in the fall craft show boxes.

It takes about 1.5-2 hrs to knit each one, depending on the size and design.  Last year I sold quite a few between the 4 shows they were at, so I need to get my hiney in gear and knit a bunch this year.  I was in big need of boy sweaters so that is all I have done so far.  I'll be sharing more as time permits. These are size 2 and 4.

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A busy week

Sometimes I even amaze myself with the amount of stuff I can get done in a week!  This was one of those weeks-very productive.

Yesterday I managed to cut and piece these three wall hangings. The snowmen were all on one pre-printed panel.  I added everything else.  I had done some similar ones a couple years ago and these were left so they got pretty much the same treatment as far as pinwheels and borders. And the pinwheels, I am happy to say, are leftover flip and sew corners from past projects.  Love it when I can use what I have and still make something nice.

Wednesday a wonderful friend volunteered to come help me get a start on snowmen for the craft shows.  I cut while she sewed, we ended up with parts for 58 snowmen in 5 different styles.  I will finish them up little by little in time for a late October delivery to a craft show. 

But wait that's not all.  I also finished sewing buttons on more fleece sweaters and labeled them along with regular sweaters. A couple of them may look like repeats. however, they are just different sizes in the same colors/prints.  When I buy yardage of the fleece I get several from the same print.

                                      

It would appear I am on a navy kick wouldn't it.  But that is the color that sells the best.  I think it is because the designs show up so nicely on them. Once again these range from a 9 month to a 4 year. My boy supply was pretty low so this helped beef that up a bit.  I have now added 14 knitted items to my craft show box-ahhh that feels good!  I only have two more fleece to sew up and then I have to figure out how to fix some dropped stitches on another navy sweater, it's the edge stitches which make it a harder task.

Last night I packaged up another table runner for an Etsy sale, and today I will work on 2 more panels.

What about your week, did you have a productive one?  Hope you all have a wonderful Labor Day Weekend. 

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