My 21-month old is the source of many creative ideas for finding ways to work on projects while he is awake. This morning I cleared space on the kitchen counter after breakfast and put my folded up ironing board on the counter. I ironed the pre-washed fabric for the book covers I am making.

After ironing the fabric I had time to cut the pieces for two of the three book covers. I did spend more than 20 minutes working on this project today, and I am very happy with the progress I made.

To finish this project I need to cut the fabric for the third book cover, measure and cut the elastic straps that will hold the cover closed, measure and cut the ribbon bookmark for each one, pin everything in place, and sew them together.

They are reversible so I am using fun colors on each side of the cover. I will try to grab my camera when I have the project out next and take some photos of the fabric I am using for these.

My plans for tomorrow are not set yet so I don’t know if I will be working on sewing projects in the morning or afternoon. I will either work on cutting the rest of the material for the book covers, or sew the last tier onto the denim skirt for my daughter.

I want to continue making progress on both of those projects during the rest of this week and writing and update here on my blog each day has been a fun way to motivate myself to work a little each day on these projects instead of waiting for big blocks of time to sew like I used to do.