January Goals

 I accomplished so much over my vacation that I debated if I could go back to weekly lists instead of monthly, but I know I struggled for any sewing time in the fall before we went full virtual, so I think I’ll stay monthly for now...I am trying to work at least 15 minutes of sewing time in each evening, so hopefully things will be better.  I did a post for the My Stitching Resolution quilt with my 2021 quilting goals,  it I hadn’t given thought to my travel goals since no one knows when we’ll be traveling again.  Then I saw a post from PA state parks several years ago in my memories that gave me a goal I should be able to achieve.  Camp at 2 new state parks and hike 10 new trails.  One of my best friends has been saying for years we were going to do something special this summer for our 40th birthdays; we’ve got a cabin reserved in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.  I’m hoping my goal of adding at least 2 states from last year is achievable this year. 

  So how did I do with December goals

1. Finish the two Christmas  presents I just started as well as two I had in progress.  Done



2. Finish the two baby quilt tops I have recently started. -Done and even quilted but no pictures until I can give them to the mommas to be

3. Get the other baby quilt quilted.  Done I just need to take pictures and give it away.

4. Post about the hand quilted present as soon as I can give it to the recipients-still trying to find a time to give this one.

Since we were very limited in our Christmas vacation travels I had more time to see and managed to finish one of my 2019 block of the months and start another quilt for myself.  I have been eying a layer cake at Humble Stitch, my local quilt shop, for months I finally splurged with my Christmas money and got it in a kit.   New Years Day I put the entire top together.  I also finally started quilting the another top I made for the Hello Fall blog hop. 

So what’s on the agenda for January.

1. Like I said above 15 minutes or more a day of sewing

2. Finish quilting at least one of the quilts for myself.

3. Quilt 2 baby quilts 

4. Make a birthday present for one of the many January-February birthdays in our family.

5. Participate in the Hearts Afire blog hop.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

See you Later Alligator!

Image
When this blog hop was announced I knew it was a perfect fit because of how much we love to travel. I had so many ideas of travel quilts; none of which have been sewn yet. After evaluating my UFOs in the last hop I decided I needed to focus on projects with definite deadlines rather than "that's cute and would be nice to make someday" projects...Fortunately I had a baby quilt with a deadline that also matched the theme! When someone is taking a train trip, there's probably someone left behind saying "see you later, alligator" after all. I also completed another baby quilt top at my retreat with Noah's Ark, though I can't find it, there has to be an alligator in there somewhere. Both of the babies are expected in December and I have the backings ready so quilting them should definitely be done in time to prevent these from becoming UFOs. Be sure to check out the other bloggers participating today: Monday, August 22nd Just Let Me Quilt Days F
Read more

Here comes the Sun

Image
 Carol of  Just let me Quilt  had organized another great blog hop.  Our prompt this time was to create something sun related.  I went through a number of ideas, but kept coming back to the same one.  At m6 quilt retreat this spring, we had a demonstration of Dorset Buttons by a couple of the embroidery ladies.  They thought maybe we quilters could use them for embellishments and gave us each a kit to make two.  When watching the demonstration I thought watching it was mesmerizing but couldn’t see myself making them.  A couple weeks later we had a teacher wellness day and one session was an hour of doing your own crafts.  I wanted something small enough to take to work so I took my kit and realized they were fun and the small ones weren’t nearly as time consuming as I expected.  I am starting to make some into jewelry and wreaths and hoping to sell at some local craft events.   Several of my early buttons My first Dorset Button When I made the pastel wreath, I thought it would take a d
Read more

Time in a Bottle

Image
 I've only recently started to enjoy making half square triangles, so when the theme for Time in a Bottle was announced I wasn't sure I'd participate.  I considered making a mug rug for game night with a hourglass applique but since the prompt specifically said the hourglass block I wasn't sure that would work.  Then when I started working on the Oh My Stars quilt I showed last month in the Tickled Pink blog hop, I realized I had a lot of bonus triangles I could use.  I have a tendency to throw those bonus triangles in my scrap bin and add them to crazy blocks but I decided I'd use them to make hourglasses this time.  By the time I trimmed them my hourglass was much smaller than I usually work with, but they weren't so bad to work with, until it came time for quilting.  Between a needle I should have replaced and a lot of joined seams the back has some areas that don't look so great-if it were something that would be seen I'd feel the need to tear it out
Read more