The Great Sewing Challenge!

I made out a list a few weeks back of all the sewing projects I want to make, and to give myself some motivation, I'm trying to make it into a little challenge. My goal is to finish at least one project each week, and hopefully two projects if they're small. We'll see how it goes. Here's what's on my list right now:

~Laundry sorter (finished, as of yesterday!!)
~Red flowered maternity shirt (nearly complete--just need to finish sleeves and hem)
~Late Christmas gift for someone who reads this blog
~Late birthday gift for someone else who reads this blog
~Maternity jumper (I'm embarrassed to admit that I started cutting this out when I was pregnant with Julia, and never finished it)
~Blue flowered maternity shirt
~Fleece robe for Jim (also a late Christmas gift--it's all cut out but needs sewing)
~Summer dress for Julia (partially sewed--and I'm hoping it will still fit her next summer!)

As you can see, I'm good at starting projects and then forgetting to finish them. :) I'm hoping that by setting a goal of 1-2 projects a week, I'll be able to get these all finished before the new baby comes. It will feel good to have the various piles of fabric turned into wearable or useable items rather than just taking up space in our office/sewing/ironing room!

Here is the finished laundry sorter. I was quite happy with how it turned out, since I kind of threw it together. The bins came out larger than the old ones (the old ones used to be larger, till I dried them in the dryer--oops), so that will be nice.