2015 Guidelines
Refold/organize ONE cube/spot in my stash per month
Work on ONE UFO per month and move it One more step towards completion. (add borders, set blocks into a top, etc)
Any piece of stash less than 9" WOF goes into the scrap box to be recut into usable units--noodles, 3.5" x 6.5" bricks, 5" charms.
Finish a UFO before starting a new project (this one is a bit iffy)
I plan to participate in Design Wall Mondays, Stashbuster's UFO Challenge, Rainbow Scrap Challenge and other internet fun. Even Stash reports! I may not post to each one every week--but I enjoy them.
I plan to make quilts for donation and for family.
I will participate in internet fun.
I will remind myself its the PROCESS I love the most!
My word for the year is ENJOY
My goals for 2015 are the same as 2014. I like my goals! I like my word! I ENJOY quilting--why else would I do it?? Avoiding "Magpie Syndrome" helps. Planning my starts is the key. Put that new project on a list, think about it. Pick fabric to use from my stash. Resize it maybe. I often take notebook to bed and draw diagrams, do math with a calculator. I finished at least 12 big quilts this year. I reduced stash by 89 yards while adding some new fabrics. I still have quilters ADD, I flit from project to project. A recent line of conversation on Stashbusters is how doing "just one more thing" really works. Maybe you don't have time to tackle a big project, but you can wind bobbins. Press some fabric. Refold/put away stash. A binding project is kept near my recliner, maybe I can only sew one needle's work of thread. It all adds up!
Have you thought about where you'd like your quilting to take you? What you like best? How about a bucket list? I can't talk about a bucket list too much! Have you made one, or started one from it?? Don't think its too hard, or I'll do it "later". Try a practice block before committing to it. Ask another quilter for help. But, above all else, ENJOY what you do!! And be yourself!
I wish you all a Happy New Year! Lori
Great plans for 2015 - all realistic.
ReplyDelete"Enjoy" is definitely the watch word. It's the "process" I enjoy too. For me, having a bunch of stuff cut and ready to just shove through the machine one after the other is very relaxing. Now, if I could only "enjoy" putting on borders I'd be ahead of the game.
ReplyDeleteGreat goals! And you are so right that it's the process that we enjoy - so we need to allow ourselves to enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI am also trying to chip away at the scraps. I'll continue to cut the small pieces into squares, bricks, and strips. It made a difference last year.
I have to say that's a pretty impressive list and right on the money too! The only UFO's that I have are ones that need to be quilted. I think I have 18 0r so tops. My friend just bought a long arm and is going away for a month and she has a cat that needs to be fed. So I will be there for that month, feeding her cat and using her machine. I wonder how many tops I can get quilted. I might have to move in for the month. Lucky for me she only lives a few blocks away.
ReplyDeleteGood job Lori - your "one more thing" is similar to my own "with purpose". I list things that are doable during the day, nothing humongous or earthshattering or really difficult, but those nagging little jobs and I have found that thinking "with purpose" I am more apt to do them, rather than flitting from one interest to another Hope this works for you. We're all in a similar boat - don't discount all the things that you DO accomplish. 8-)) Happy New Year
ReplyDeleteGood job Lori - your "one more thing" is similar to my own "with purpose". I list things that are doable during the day, nothing humongous or earthshattering or really difficult, but those nagging little jobs and I have found that thinking "with purpose" I am more apt to do them, rather than flitting from one interest to another Hope this works for you. We're all in a similar boat - don't discount all the things that you DO accomplish. 8-)) Happy New Year
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