Checking Those Goals

As I finish the main portion of Prairie Vine and realize the end of March is upon us, it seems a good time to pause and check in on those goals for 2018 to see how I have been faring.

Item #1 - Snow Shoo - was finished off around the end of January.

Item #2 - Use Corey Yoder fabric - I am taking care of this by using it to make my Village quilt. I had no intention of making this particular quilt, but as pattern designer and Moda rep extraordinaire Carrie Nelson was in town, I really had to jump in. I am glad to be using the CY fabric, too.

Item #11 - Lake Effect - I continue to plug away on this project each Friday when I meet with the Frankfort girls. It is fun to do, and I like the periodic nature of working on it.

Item #12 - Prairie Vine - my most recent semi completion; I still have the applique work to prepare and then actually execute it all. 

Item # 14 - Blog 250 times - This post will be number 49, so I suppose I am slightly behind schedule on blogging. I can try taking off fewer days with the hope of getting back on track, but I don't make any promises.

I can account for completion and/or progress on 5 of the 15 items on my list; I do believe I am staying on track sufficiently well. I also know what projects to turn to next, which is part of the reason I make a list each year. Staying focused is hard, and with so many pretty quilts and so much pretty fabric, it's easy for a gal to be sidetracked.

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Finally...My 2018 Goals

Gracious! This month is nearly over (already!), and I have yet to post the sewing and quilting goals I want to accomplish this year. Talk about being remiss. I am reminded of that old phrase "the hurrier I go, the behinder I get." That suits me better than I care to admit.

Early blocks made for Snow Shoo - Item #1 on the list.

A block for item #12 on my list.

A couple of weeks ago, I did sit down to formalize the goals I want to work toward this calendar year. Having a defined list always seems to help me stay on track; I could get so distracted by all the pretty patterns and all the pretty fabrics and all the pretty sew-alongs and all the...well, you get the idea - I am too easily distracted. The list is definitely necessary to help  me maintain my focus.

My current focus is Snow Shoo (shown at the top) - item #1 on the list - and I have not done too much on it this week. Not enough hours in a day, I suppose. With the new semester of school now in full swing, and a book to read for book club, I had distractions that I could not ignore. My little stacks of Shoo Flies and Snowballs are waiting ever so patiently over on the cutting table. I hope to sew on Monday with Sharon, so they won't be ignored too much longer.

Thimbleberries/Retreat Quilt - Item #9

My list contains no UFOs; 2017 had enough of those, so I am backing way, way off. One might think that item #9 is a UFO (cover of book above), but I prefer to reference it as a WIP (work in progress); this is a fine distinction, I know, but it makes sense in my brain. *grin*

Item #10 is also a WIP - I never have 'fessed up about the idiotic mistakes made trying to finish that jelly roll quilt back in September. It's embarrassing...just wait; it's on the list, so it will get done, and I will tell all.

Above is a sample Great Granny Square (item #13) block that I made several years ago. I had come to possess a small amount of vintage feedsack fabrics, and decided this is how I wanted to use them. I have collected a few more vintage pieces and I now have enough to get a quilt top finished. The solids are taken from the collection in my grandmother's items, which seems fitting since we are talking vintage and granny squares (although she detested being referred to as Granny!).

I am gradually getting back on track with things around here! Slow and steady, right?

Happy Quilting, Friends!