New Year, New Goals

 Thanks to this Chookshed Stitchers challenge, I've started my list of UFOs to work on in 2024. 

Sadly quite a few are previous years' goals, but I'm gonna keep trying to get them done. The rules of this challenge are that you make a list of ten quilts/projects to work on and then they'll post the project number of the one you're to work on for that month. Since I'm a couple of days late in joining, I already knew that January's number is #6, so I purposely assigned the Sew Scrappy Spools quilt to number six since I really want to get that done and my friend, Tricia, and I have already plotted out two sewing days for this month.

So, here's my year's list:

1. Make a lap quilt top from Pat Sloan's "Home Is..." quilt-along blocks.

2. Put borders on this Autumn Jubilee quilt, enough to make into a queen size quilt.

3. Finish this Diamond pattern into a baby quilt top.

4. Since several in the group have chosen to make #4 a panel quilt, I'm going to use this Christmas panel to make a wall-hanging.

5. I was given this start of Eleanor Burns' Egg Money quilt over eight years ago and I think it's about time I turn it into a flimsy.

6. Sew Scrappy Spools - a 2023 BOM from the Fat Quarter Shop that needs to become a completed flimsy.

7. Once again I dream of sewing up these music-themed patterns from a Shop Hop Row-along from several years ago. I hope to be able to gift it to daughter #5.

8. Still the Music Row-along because I think it's going to take a lot of time.

9. I dream of piecing and hand-quilting Christmas wall-hangings/lap quilts for each of my kids' families this year, so one or two of them will be done this month. The panel in project #4 will probably be used in one or two of them. (I have six to make; one is already pieced and will be my hand-work project soon.

10. Another one or two Christmas wall-hangings.

As I'm working on various sewing projects, I'm also making this "leader-ender" quilt:

I need to cut a greater variety of scrappy colors, so I've set myself a goal of cutting scraps for 20 minutes at the start of every sewing session.

I'm also working on little cross-stitched "stamps" from Sweet Annet Designs on Etsy for birthday gifts. They're small, but fairly complex with a lot of subtle color changes that make each piece so beautiful, but sometimes I have to be so focused that I can't watch TV while doing it. :)

I'd also like to reward some weight loss with sewing myself a new dress, so that's in the back of my goal-planning.

I'm probably being overly ambitious as is my norm, but I really hope to clean out a bunch over the course of this year and getting some projects done will help with that. 

This Week's Goals:

1. Two blocks of Sew Scrappy Spools

2. Finish Hobbit Hole cross-stitch

3. Start Bookshelf cross-stitch

4. Pin-baste first Christmas quilt for hand-quilting

I think that ought to keep me pretty well occupied, especially since I have several books to read before they're due back at the library. 😉

Till later, may our goals be achievable!