Short list Sunday

Last week I said I knew I wasn’t going to have much time for sewing and I expected it to be stressful, but I had no idea how stressful it would be!  So how did I do on my list
1. Continue hand quilting the hospital sketches-I got a little more done 
2. Continue working on the blocks for my mom’s quilt-60 block centers are done, only 20 to go.
3. Possibly make a block of this new pattern for a present or our challenge quilt for next years retreat.-no
4. Pick an octopus block for appliqué.-the book I thought had an octopus had a jellyfish.  I think I’m going with it though 
I had expected this coming week to be hand quilting on Monday while my mom has a surgery. However, the hospital’s precautions mean I’m waiting for a call, so I’ll probably be at my machine. Then I have the rest of the week off unexpectedly, although I do have some schoolwork to catch up on. So what’s on my list...
1.Continue hand quilting the hospital sketches
I expect to spend a lot of evenings like this. 

2. Continue working on the blocks for my mom’s quilt
3. Quilt another gift
4. Prepare for another memory quilt project.

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