My Word for the Year------Purpose
My 2016 quilty plans and goals
Open my Etsy Store
Get one of my quilts into a quilt show
Be more active in the guild.
Design a quilt to put in Quilt Con in 2017
Do better with this blog and possibly change platforms
I would love to teach.
Use 100 yards of my stash.
I realize that I did not meet the goals I set in October to get nine quilts quilted by the end of the year, but I did get two of them done by the end of the year and two more of them were completed this weekend. That only leaves five waiting to be quilted and I am very happy about that.
I listen to a podcast that I really enjoy called Hip To Be A Square. hiptobeasquarepodcast.com She records about twice a week and talks mostly about quilting and she has helper cats. Very fun to listen to and a great sense of humor. She is very active in her guild and always has a project going. She reports what she adds and uses and updates her totals once a week. At first I couldn't understand why she did this and the more I thought about it I thought it would be interesting to know how much fabric I use. So it has been in the back of my mind to do this since last year. I had a few days off over the holidays and decided to count the yardage I have. Of course I estimated it but I think I am pretty close. I almost fell over when I realized that I have at least 500 yards of quilting fabric in my sewing closet. I will be keeping track and trying to use up some of that stash.
Used last week: 5.25 yards
Used in January: 5.75 yards
Used year to date: 5.75 yards
Purchased year to date: 2 yards
This year I'm also tracking how many days I manage to make it to the sewing room for at least 15 minutes. The more I'm in the sewing room, the better chance of having a reduction in the stash and the UFO pile. It was a good week on that front too.
15 minute stitching days this week: 7 days
15 minute stitching days in January:10 days
15 minute stitching days in 2016: 10 days
I will post pictures of the quilts in a few days. I need to take some good pictures of them first. I will include some of things I was working on this past week.
Enjoy
I listen to a podcast that I really enjoy called Hip To Be A Square. hiptobeasquarepodcast.com She records about twice a week and talks mostly about quilting and she has helper cats. Very fun to listen to and a great sense of humor. She is very active in her guild and always has a project going. She reports what she adds and uses and updates her totals once a week. At first I couldn't understand why she did this and the more I thought about it I thought it would be interesting to know how much fabric I use. So it has been in the back of my mind to do this since last year. I had a few days off over the holidays and decided to count the yardage I have. Of course I estimated it but I think I am pretty close. I almost fell over when I realized that I have at least 500 yards of quilting fabric in my sewing closet. I will be keeping track and trying to use up some of that stash.
Used last week: 5.25 yards
Used in January: 5.75 yards
Used year to date: 5.75 yards
Purchased year to date: 2 yards
This year I'm also tracking how many days I manage to make it to the sewing room for at least 15 minutes. The more I'm in the sewing room, the better chance of having a reduction in the stash and the UFO pile. It was a good week on that front too.
15 minute stitching days this week: 7 days
15 minute stitching days in January:10 days
15 minute stitching days in 2016: 10 days
I will post pictures of the quilts in a few days. I need to take some good pictures of them first. I will include some of things I was working on this past week.
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| New bins to help organize my sewing machine stuff. One for each machine and one for my clips |
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| Birthday goodie mug rugs |
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| Pin Cushion |
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| Cat Goodies |
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| The Tester |
Enjoy
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