Friday, October 29, 2010

NaBloPoMo Preparations

I've got a schedule worked up for the quilt making.
I need to sit down and sketch out the quilt backs I want to make.  The front of the quilts are going to be either similar or identical, so I want the backs to be special for each boy.
  • Day 1: Cut Squares and shrink batting, go shopping
  • Day 2: Sew Squares into nine patches, cut and organize
  • Day 3: Sew Squares
  • Day 4: Make and sew borders
  • Days 5 and 6: Mark Quilt #1
  • Days 7 and 8: Mark Quilt #2
  • Days 9 and 10: Quilt Back #1
  • Days 11 and 12: Quilt Back #2
  • Day 13: Baste Quilts
  • Day 14 through Day 20: machine quilt Quilt #1
  • Day 21 through Day 27: machine quilt Quilt #2
  • Day 27: Make binding and machine sew binding
  • Days 28-30 Hand sew quilt binding
  • Days 6, 13, 20 and 27 will hopefully be catch up days
The next few days are Halloween costumes, then the month of quilt making, followed by finishing up Lucy's quilt in time for Christmas.  I think that all of my "free time" is going to be spent sitting in front of my sewing machine.

I'm hoping that this works.  Daily life is going to go on as normal, I know I can do one or the other, but both?  I'm feeling a little intimidated.