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October Wrap Up: PDH in 2023 from Life In Pieces

Another month gone, just two months left in the year. It's time to review how well I'm doing on moving a few UFOs to finished and link up with Quilting Gail for the October PHD update. At this point, my PHD report isn't very impressive.

There are no changes in my PHD report, but I have made good progress on several projects in October, even with a week and half vacation thrown in there.

The oldest UFO on my quilt plan, Scrappy Butterflies (self designed), is now a finished quilt top.

The plan for November is to ...

added by Kate 2 years, 3 months ago. under chilhowie mystery , macaron mystery , malted mystery , melodic mystery , metrics , phd in 2023 , rhododendron mystery , scrappy butterflies , wild and goosey

2023 Q3 Quilting Ambitions Check In and September PHD Progress from Life In Pieces

The end of September was hectic with vacation preparations, complicated by a three day migraine. So blogging went out the window for several days. Vacation preparations got done, but I didn't have the energy to get into the sewing room to get photos for my end of the month post. Since I've not done anything stitching related for the last couple of weeks, all I have to post is progress on my quilting goals for the year and my PHD progress for September. I'm linking up with Quilting Jetgirl's 2023 Q3 Check In.

2023 Ambition #1 ...

added by Kate 2 years, 3 months ago. under 2023 planning party , ambitions , chilhowie mystery , helianthus , macaron mystery , malted mystery , melodic mystery , metrics , phd in 2023 , scrappy butterflies , unity , wild and goosey

August Wrap Up: PHD in 2023 from Life In Pieces

I'm really not ready for it to be September. The last four months of the year seem to speed by, I guess because we've got the holidays at the end of them. Even though I'm not ready for the new month, I am happy with all the progress in August. So though I have no finishes to show off for the PHD in 2023 challenge, I can link up over at Quilting Gail's and not feel too badly this month.

My PHD chart is unchanged.

Still no new finishes, but also no new starts. So there ...

added by Kate 2 years, 5 months ago. under chilhowie mystery , macaron mystery , melodic mystery , metrics , phd in 2023 , scrappy butterflies , unity , wild and goosey

Stitching Stuff: Week 30 of 2023 from Life In Pieces

The first week of August was a warm one. It was definitely warmer in other parts of the country than here, which is hard to imagine since it was just miserable to go outside to do anything (like get the mail). It was definitely a good week to stay in and stitch. Which is pretty much what I did.

15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
15 minute days/July = 21/31 days
15 minute days/August = 5/5 days
15 minute days/2023 = 182/217 days
Success rate = 83.87%

So it was a good week on the getting ...

added by Kate 2 years, 6 months ago. under 15 minutes to stitch , metrics

Stitching Stuff: Week 15 of 2022 from Life In Pieces

It hasn't been the best week for long stretches of stitching time, but I've managed to work in some sewing time each day this week.

15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
15 minute days/April = 9/9 days
15 minute days/2022 = 91/99 days
Success rate = 91.92%

Even a few minutes each evening means progress and helps maintain some semblance of sanity with all the other stuff going on at the moment. My goal for stitching time this year was to find at least 15 minutes, 75% of the time. I'm doing much better ...

added by Kate 3 years, 9 months ago. under 15 minutes to stitch , metrics , stash management

Stitching Stuff: Week 7 from Life In Pieces

February is almost half gone. I'm on track with things in the sewing room, so I'm OK that the month seems to be speeding by. Work has been mostly calm, so it's been a lot easier to find the time and energy to stitch each day.

15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
15 minute days/February = 12/12 days
15 minute days/2022 = 41/43 days
Success rate = 95.35%

Some days all I manage to fit in is 15 minutes. But all of my projects are progressing, some a lot slower than others, but none ...

added by Kate 3 years, 11 months ago. under 15 minutes to stitch , metrics

Stitching Stuff: Week 6 of 2022 from Life In Pieces

Weekends always go so fast. I'm not sure what happened to Saturday, but it's definitely Sunday now. Last weekend is just a blur. My apologies for not posting last Sunday. I did eventually get a stitching stuff post up, but not till late on Monday. Work intervened in what should have been an uneventful weekend. Thankfully by Monday, the issue was resolved and I was back to my regular schedule by that afternoon. Still my stitching time did take a hit early in the week.

15 minute days/week = 6/7 days
15 minute days/Jan = 29/31 ...

added by Kate 3 years, 12 months ago. under 15 minutes to stitch , metrics

Stitching Stuff: Week 4 of 2022 from Life In Pieces

It was a really cold week, though yesterday was relatively nice. I was happy to be off on Friday. I much prefer being parked in my recliner covered with a warm quilt to walking across the parking lot to work when the temp was 8 F. Speaking of work, it has started to pick up a bit, we worked late a couple of nights. Even so, I still managed to get in a bit of stitching time when we got home.

15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
15 minute days/Jan = 22/22 days
15 minute days/2022 = 22 ...

added by Kate 4 years ago. under 15 minutes to stitch , metrics

Stitching Time: Week 3 of 2021 from Life In Pieces

January is more than half way over. How did that happen? Usually this first month of the year passes rather languidly. Not this year it seems. There's lots in the sewing room that I'd like to make progress on, it's been slow going in spite of my better efforts to get to the sewing room this week.

Last week was really good on the stitching front.

15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
15 minute days/Jan = 14/16 days
15 minute days/2021 = 14/16 days
Success rate = 87.5%

I'm finally back on track ...

added by Kate 5 years ago. under 15 minutes to stitch , metrics

Stitching Time: Week 1 of 2021 from Life In Pieces

Welcome to the first 15 Minutes to Stitch Linky Party of 2021. February 2021 will mark ten years of me working to find even just 15 minutes of stitching time most days. Why just 15 minutes? That's from the statement "Anyone can do anything for just 15 minutes." I have no idea where that came from originally. If you search the Internet it's a common time management/life coaching statement. If you want to make changes to your life (add exercise, start organizing, learn to write) start by finding 15 minutes a day for your chosen activity. Most ...

added by Kate 5 years, 1 month ago. under 15 minutes to stitch , metrics

2021 Quilting Ambitions from Life In Pieces

As 2020 winds down it's normal to look ahead to what the plan is for 2021. Yvonne of Quilting Jet Girl is again hosting her yearly planning linky party, so it's time to commit to a written plan for next year.

2021 Quilty Ambition #1: Finish 8 Quilts in 2021

I've been aiming to finish 12 quilts in one year pretty much since I've started writing up annual goals. The most I've ever finished in a given year is 7.

As long as I'm working full time, it's doubtful I'm going to ...

added by Kate 5 years, 1 month ago. under 15 minutes to stitch , 2021 planning party , ambitions , metrics , phd in 2021

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