Summer sewing list

And here is my list of what I'd like to get done in the next couple weeks:

Sew a new kitchen curtain for Mom & Dad's house - I purchased them new cafe curtains for the windows that overlook the backyard, since the old ones had been there since my childhood! My aunt pointed out that the curtain covering the door to the carport was also looking rough, but I cannot for the life of me find the right size to replace it with, so I've decided to try my hand at this - I've heard people sew their own curtains, and this seems like straight lines, so I'm hopeful even without a pattern/directions. Worst case scenario I wasted $4 on some muslin.

Sew burp cloths for Claire - Helen and I are planning a baby shower for Claire in honor of the little girl she is expecting in September.  I've already made a big hooded towel - my new favorite gift to give.  We got one from the pastor's wife for Sara's shower, and at the time I thought "This is huge, when are we ever going to use it?" But she outgrew all the 'baby' ones quickly and we still use that one all the time!  Oh, but I want to sew a couple of burp cloths in some cute fabric too.  Pictures of both to come soon.

Sew a 'party dress' for Sara - I'm part of a Facebook group that sews from one woman's patterns (Cottage Mama) and last week completed the 'picnic dress' and am happy with it.  Now to try the slightly more complicated (but also cute) party dress, have my eye on either ladybug fabric or Hello Kitty (if I let the little one choose I'm pretty sure I know which one she'd pick!)

Cross stitch???  I feel like I have not done any in years (at least since I started sewing a couple years ago). I have a half finished birth announcement for David, and the beginning of a door hangar for Sara...and of course now I want to start a birth announcement for my nephew due in November (SQUEEE!)...I need to decide to pick it back up or at least prioritize projects at the midpoint.

Latchhook - another old habit that I just need to finish off some old projects -not start new ones, but it's been on the to-do list for years to hang the music latch hook or finish a firetruck pillow for the boy.

While I appear to have branched out from sewing let me also add that for my 35th year, I would like to set a goal of reading 35 books - good ones, not the YA love triangle crap I keep re-reading - I need to spend less time in the evenings on the computer/playing on a phone or tablet!