Monday musings and a challenge for myself

I sitting here monday night working on a baby blanket for my hubby's best friend. As I am working on this I am thinking about all the other projects I have yet to do or have started but not yet completed. I then start thinking about all kinds of crazy stuff like:

• How many bills I need to pay
• How I am going to stretch the paycheck to cover all the bills and living expenses
• How I need to downsize our living expenses budget
• and most importantly how many yummy craft stuff I wish I had the money to purchase

I then started thinking that I really do have a lot of "things" now that I haven't even used. Why would I purchase more "stuff" to add to my growing collection. Especially if I don't truly have any space in my budget to purchase it. You know the ol addage "Rob Peter to pay Paul".

So I have decided to challenge myself. My challenge is to complete all my WIPs and any new projects I start, the materials must come from my stash. If I don't have enough "stash" for the project, I need to find a different project to meet the stash I have on hand.

So here goes. This is a list of my WIPs:

• Danish tie shawl
• Quilt for daughter's bed
• Quilt for my bed (I won't ever tell how long ago I started this project"
• Ocean landscape wall quilt
• knitted curtains
• knitted sweater
• Turtle pillow

If anyone would like to join me in this challenge, please leave a comment and we can work through our stash and WIPs together.

If I get enough interest, we can even start a group in Ravelry. It is always easier with support and friendship.

Kokopelli Indian Dancer

I mentioned in my earlier post that I had a lot to tell you all. Three post later and you are all believing me. hehe

Mother's Day is on it's way, so I am hoping to actually get an earlier start than I usually do when it comes to preparing for a holiday that includes gift giving. At the Sewing and Craft Fair that I attended last month, I found this really unique craft that used foam core board to create a picture that looks like it was quilted. One of the displays was of a Kokopelli. My mother-in-law loves Kokopellis. I immediately thought of her when I saw it and decided that it would be a perfect Mother's Day gift. Here the pictures for you to see.

Preparation Stage

Completed picture