Since I mentioned in yesterday's post that I had not made progress on my goals (or as much as I thought I should), I thought perhaps it would be a good idea to do an actual assessment of progress made. Wouldn't it be nice to prove that I am getting things done, even when it seems as if I'm not?
Goals were posted here; I will list them in abbreviated form below along with some commentary for each.
1. Grist Mill made with my selection of navy and cheddar fabrics
~~ I misnamed the pattern I had; same designer (Pam Buda), different pattern (Cotton Ridge Farm). I am making it now, and have plans for it to be finished to the flimsy stage by the end of next week. The pic below shows progress as of a week ago; since then I've added 1 full border (cheddar) and half of the next border (HSTs). After that will come a navy border, another HST border and a 4" navy border to finish it out.
~~ I have a retreat coming up in August. My hope it to have all the fabrics cut (after finding the YouTube video for measurements) and work on paper piecing it at retreat.
3. Aurora made with a selection of blues pulled from my stash.
~~I have not given this quilt a single thought, but I do still want to make it.
4. and 5. - Lake Effect and Grandmother's Flower Garden - both of these are seeing (or have seen) significant progress this year.
~~ Lake Effect: I have the long side border attached, and have removed excess hexies from parts that were too wide. I am stitching these extra hexies to the bottom border, and will attach when it fits. I'm getting so close, and I am doing a pretty good job of staying on task with it.
~~ GFG: I made fantastic progress on this quilt while in Florida (Jan-Feb-Mar). I have a soft yellow solid for a border. I've taken no further time on it. Here is the last time I blogged about it. I'm actually considering making a few half-flowers to fill in around the top and bottom edges so it will be less curvy.
6. Winnemucca Fabric
~~ I have considered quite a few patterns; I have added a few extra fabrics to the grouping (non-Winnemucca). I have not begun anything yet.
7. Smoked Cheddar - A finish!! Happy about that.
That's all. I cannot believe I didn't have a goal involving the long-arm machine. I need to be using it. I will definitely put forth some effort in that direction in the next 6 months.
One finished quilt that was nowhere on my radar when the year began, and therefore not on the goals list, is my Scrappy KF 4-Patch. It was a delight to stitch. I'd used all of my non-KF scraps from the 2.5" collection, and had all the 2.5" squares of KF fabrics just teasing and tempting me. By gosh, I went to work on this and I still love, love, love the result!
I'm glad to be getting a few finishes and some decent progress on those goals. Maybe I've not done as poorly as I thought. It's good to check in and take stock, I suppose.
Happy Quilting, Friends!
Jayne
You've achieved so much - super projects.
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