I am behind on my projects.
Since my last “Studio Notes,” I have fallen out of schedule. (Of course, this is a surprise to absolutely no one.) Time to adapt and overcome.
Completed Projects:
1. Mom’s Belated Mother’s Day Gift
Projects that NEED to be done by 06.01.2026:
1. Taco ‘Bout a Baby
2. NEW Lemon Cutouts for the Baby Shower (a little frustrated that these got added to my plate, but it is what it is)
3. Composition Studies (all nine)
All three of these projects are in various stages of completion. “Taco ‘Bout a Baby” and the Lemon Cutouts I have to make will probably take me 3-4 hours to complete. Composition Studies have been moving a lot slower in these final stages than I thought they would. I expect them to take about 7 more hours to complete. (That’s excluding the time it will take to adequately mat them.)
I am really glad that I have not planned to start writing a bunch until next week. My day job has been pretty busy this week, at least it has felt really busy.
I need to update my spreadsheet to reflect my current progress.
Other Notes & Observations:
– I don’t love the way the alcohol ink has been working up, but I am not going to question it too much at this point.
– I have some new yarn arriving today. Hopefully, these can become two sweaters by the fall. (I honestly need to be thinking about the Filet Crochet work that I want to complete this summer. One thing at a time, right?
– Virgil Abloh once said that it’s important to “have six projects going at all times. If you don’t have six, you have none.”
– I feel like I am learning a lot right now. Maybe learning from myself some, but definitely learning from others. A few weeks ago (about 5 weeks ago) I felt a great sense of urgency to get all of these things off the ground. Some life has happened since then, and I lost that sense of urgency. But in light of new developments, I am -again- reminded why I am doing all of this: I want to be my own boss, and to be able to make money doing something that I love. I needed that reminder. I need that fear.
– My tomatoes have really taken off, so I have to figure out when I am going to repot them.
EARTH-GIRL 