Sewing To Do List

I LOVE a good to-do list. I am constantly writing little to do lists in little books, on scraps of paper and sticking them up on the fridge. Before Lena was born, we had an epic To-Do List which covered the entire surface of a piece of paper; two columns and a bunch of squeezed in things. You would have thought we would never leave the house again. Things like 'fix birkenstocks" "sharpen knives" "stock up on dry goods" "fill freezer", not to mention painting a couple of rooms and doing an insane amount of organizing. We finished every item on the list. Even "re-caulk shower" and "figure out how to open living room windows", every single thing done in 8 weeks. Then, we had two more weeks to wait, as she fattened up on poutine (maybe I did too a bit), and we had NOTHING left to do. How many times can you scrub baseboards and vacuum the ceiling? Being a June baby meant NO good movies in the theatre- we saw them all anyway. We walked and walked and walked, went to the beach often and napped. It was great, but a little boring.

In any case, eventually she came along, and I had whole new To Do Lists to deal with. Now I have To Do: the sewing edition, the home edition, the work edition, the Lena edition, the learning edition etc etc etc. It sounds so organized, but it really is not. I don't know where half of them are, I forget to add things, and am always finding scraps of paper with illegible lists.

I thought I'd add my Sewing list here, as incentive to get through it, though it grows faster than I can sew. I will link to finished projects and inspirations as well.

1. Fabric Box for hexagons in progress http://canmakedo.blogspot.ca/2012/12/fabric-project-basket.html
2. Ironing Board cover http://canmakedo.blogspot.ca/2012/12/ironing-board-cover.html
3. Fabric Nutcracker
4. Scott's Quilt http://canmakedo.blogspot.ca/2013/01/scotts-quilt.html
5. Flannel Butt Cloths for client's baby No need to post, just serged squares
6. Re do Backing and binding on peach quilt
7. Finish Knit Vest for Lena, before she gets too big
8. Alter/Hem Jeans from thrift store
9. Make pants from scratch
10. Zipper pouch http://canmakedo.blogspot.ca/2012/12/zip-it.html
11. Pocket Samples (http://www.ikatbag.com/2010/12/pocketful-of-sky-summary-and-giveaway.html)
12. Mittens for me
13. Make a diaper, just to know how
14. Bread bag
15. Alter Blazer that I foolishly spent money on two months after having a baby, so of course now it is huge.
16. Alter my gentlemanly vest
17. Alter Grey button up shirt.
18. Screen Cozy- to hide our unsightly and distracting computer