4x7 Sewing Challenge Begins Today!

This is it! The 4x7 Sewing Challenge begins today! We all get the next 28 days to carve out thirty minutes of "me time" to sew for ourselves. The first link up will be Saturday, February 7th, and you can share what you've been up to all week - I can't wait to see what everyone is creating! (And though there's not a link up today, if you've blogged about kicking off your goal, let us know in the comments so we can pop over and see what you're planning!)

In keeping with my word this year - "focus" - I'm setting a very narrow goal for myself in the month ahead: PRACTICE LONGARMING EVERY DAY. Last spring I bought a longarm, with the express purpose of spending the rest of the year getting good at it... and then a lot of life events got in the way. (One of which is an adorable, but tireless time stealer! ; ) This month I'm hitting the reset button and getting my goal back on track by spending my thirty minutes a day on my longarm.

I'm going to create a FMQ sampler book, like the one pictured here, quilting a few pages each day. I ran across the idea (on Pinterest, where else?) and loved it - you can check out more pictures and details over on Candy Glendening's website, Candied Fabrics. I especially like the use of the book rings so you can move the pages around as you add; I eventually envision making one with all over meanders, and one with block/shape specific fillers.

I'll be sharing my daily progress on IG, and I look forward to the link up
next weekend when you get to share how the challenge is going for you!

~ Sarah

P.S. Don't forget that each week's link up enters you in a drawing!
Check out the post below for pics of all the lovely prizes : )