#41 2013 in review and my Quilting Goals for 2014!!

2013

8 Finishes

Along with an exhausting list of other projects....that even amazed me when I started to write down everything I made this year!!! I've had so much fun.....

Sewing List                  

3 chalkboard table runners

2 portable chalkboards

13 place mats

7 coaster sets

2 casserole carriers

1 Christmas Stocking

3 Wallets

3 Fall table runners

2 Lunch bags

Knitting/Crocheting List

6 Cowls

1 Pair of socks

4 Pairs of mittens

3 Pairs of fingerless gloves

8 Market Bags

7 Sets of Baskets

And all of this is great, but this is the list that haunts me......My WIPs

 5 Tops done that need to be finished:

 5 Sets of QAL/BOM that need to be put together and finished:

Last Block done in April 2014

and 100 City Sampler Blocks (not all pictured)

 All this said to get to this:

Goals for 2014

Simply to complete every project I have started in 2013, and learn how to use EQ7! 

I have even put a limit on the BOM/clubs that I can join! (3) I'm there already!! lol

And I joined "A Lovely Year of Finishes" to hopefully keep me on track to complete all the WIPs!

So it looks like 2014 will be a Lovely Year for Finishes and the beginning, I hope, of my own creative side blooming!!

Oh I almost forgot, I'll be back Friday with my Post for the Wake Up with Kona Blog Hop!!

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Late Addition!!

What I've Been Up to:

#17 I love the beginning of the month!!!

Why you ask do I love the beginning of the month?? It's simple, the 1st of the month all the QAL blocks are posted!!! and  I have been lovingly dubbed "the Queen of Quilt Alongs" by The Sassy Quilter!!! LOL

I thought I would post progress pictures of the blocks by QAL. Kind of fun to see them altogether!


1.Sugar Block Club

Snow Blossom

North Star

Forget Me Not

Sunny Days

Signed Sealed Delivered

Home Sweet Home

Blue Ice (Lime Sherbet)

Camp Out

3. Modern Blocks

Follow the Leader

Spool

Megan's Star

      

Quatrefoi

4. Virtual Quilting Bee

                                            I've been having so much fun with solids!!

5. Block Rock'n

This one is coming together nicely, though I am behind on the blocks themselves (3 more, but not for this quilt!!) Pictures to follow as I construct!

6. Flower Patch

This one is going to be so cute!

10. Craftsy BOM 2013 

Pictures in Post #16 so I won't add again....this one has definitely pushed me on the learning curve!! New techniques and a quilt with different sized blocks! I will have learned a lot by the time this one comes together!!

Next Time:
2. City Sampler
7. Easy as ABC
8. Bloom Bloom Pow
9. String of Pearls

WIPs-
 Well all of the above are for sure, but I have also made all the blocks for the Craftsy BOM 2012 and have never put them together. Partially because the blocks did not all come out the same size (newbie mistakes I'm sure!!) and I wasn't sure how to handle the top construction!! I think I have come up with a solution... I am going to add a boarder around all the blocks in the background fabric and than trim. Then sash the blocks in a complimentary contrasting fabric, and hopefully it looks great and solves the sizing issue!!
It is my goal to accomplish this by the end of the month!! Be my accountability partner and ask me how it's going if you don't see pictures or hear back on the subject!!! lol

As Easy as ABC

 Mystery Quilt

 Secret Garden

That's it for this week, bit behind, I have the flu, my main sewing machine is not working and now my long arm is on the fritz, not a good week!! But I'm not letting it get me down!! : )