July Roundup and August Goals

July Roundup

July Stitching Goals
1. Make good progress on Lavender Hearts - yes
2. Stitch on Happy Haunting - yes
3. Stitch on Sleigh Ride - no but I'm keeping this one in with the hope I'll get guilty enough to stitch on it
4. Stitch on Cirque des Cercles - yes
5. Stitch on a smaller WIP - hopefully have a HD - yes (although it wasn't a WIP, it was a new start)

Stitching New Starts:
Silver Needle Secret Needle Night - Ho Ho Santa

Stitching Finishes:
Silver Needle Secret Needle Night - Ho Ho Santa, also finished into a box :)

Books Read
The End of Mr Y - Scarlett Thomas
The Outcast - Sadie Jones
Addition - Toni Jordan
No Time for Goodbyes - Linwood Barclay

July Quilting Goals
1. Make a bag - nope
2. Make a Melly and Me animal - nope
3. Finish a Heart to Heart 2 quilt to be gifted in July - yes
4. Work on the Jungle quilts that are for the babies due this month - yes but not quite finished. Both babies arrived safely though, both boys born within five days of each other and everyone is doing just fine.

Other July Quilting
1. Two more Heart to Heart 2 quilt tops finished
2. Bargello quilt half made and all the pieces cut for the second half
3. Final (thank goodness!) jungle quilt started for Lia

August Goals

August Stitching Goals
1. Finish Lavender Hearts
2. Work on Cirque des Cercles
3. Work on Sleigh Ride
4. Work on Happy Haunting
5. Work on one of my smaller WIPs and hopefully have a HD

August Quilting Goals
1. Finish the jungle quilts so they can be gifted
2. Work on Lia's flannel quilt
3. Make a bag
4. Make a Melly and Me Animal

Current Stitching WIP List
1. Stitchy Kitty - Snowman Trio
2. Stitchin'Spirations - Getting Lost in a Blackwork Maze
3. Bothy Threads - Row of Christmas Fairies
4. Dimensions - Sleigh Ride
5. Ink Circles - Cirque de Cercles
6. Michael Powell - Cottage Garden 2
7. Shepherd's Bush - Be Attitudes Afghan
8. Margaret Sherry - Santa's Journey Afghan
9. The Cat's Whiskers - Birds of a Feather Dilly Bag
10. The Cat's Whiskers - Grandma's Thread Minder
11. Bent Creek - The Big Zipper
12. Shepherd's Bush - Happy Haunting
13. Midsummer Night Designs - Heaven's Above
14. Teresa Wentzler - Tradewinds
15. Dragon Dreams - Dragon Virtues Afghan
16. Brightneedle - Garden Party
17. DMC - Wild Ones Alphabet
18. Michael Powell - Handmade Houses 4
19. Bothy Threads - Cut Thru Fairy Hill
20. Millhouse Designs - Charlie is Born
21. Dracolair - Dawn Awakening
22. Bent Creek - Snapperville Series
23. Long Dog - St Germain
24. Stoney Creek - Noah's Sub
25. Just Nan - Four Wishes
26. Coeur de Brodeuse
27. Spring Lineup - The Trilogy
28. Shepherd's Bush - Red Santa
29. Victoria Sampler - Lavender Hearts