Year-End Wrap Up

I almost didn’t do this. I was disappointed about how many things got finished in 2024, but I thought about it for a few days and realized my blog is a record for me of what I’ve done and when I did it. 

I sometimes refer back to posts I’ve made when I am trying to remember when something happened or to find a picture of a quilt or whatever. 

I went through my 2024 camera roll and made a few collages of finished projects. They aren’t all quilts. In fact, they are mostly not quilts. I didn’t include quilts I quilted for customers. 

This one includes three quilts. The one with the gray border was donated to Day One Project, and the one in the lower right corner was donated to The Gabriel Project. The farm animal placemats and table runner were donated to a local church fundraiser.

Two quilts in this one plus potholders, crocheted dish cloths, and scissor cases. The quilt in the middle right spot is on my bed as we speak.

No quilts in this one. Mostly tea towels, scissor cases, potholders, dish cloths.

Last one. This includes a large quilt I made for a church raffle. The pumpkins were donated to a church fund raiser, there is a whole stack of crocheted dish cloths, a pin cushion, and a quilted jacket. 

All in all, not many large projects. That’s okay. I did a lot of traveling, and I was sick twice last year. I had Covid in late February/early March, and that set me back for a good three weeks, then the bronchitis and upper respiratory infection I had in December was another three weeks lost. I am going to do my best to stay healthy this year, and I only have two cruises scheduled for the year. If I get a chance to do a local quilting retreat, I wouldn’t say no, but I have turned down several trips friends are doing. One was a trip to Portugal, but it was 11 days, and that’s too long to leave my dogs. 

Last year was the first year American Patchwork and Quilting didn’t do their monthly UFO challenge, and I think that affected my productivity. I am an easily distracted person, and I need some accountability tools to keep me on track. There were some chats on the APQ Facebook group about how people are disappointed they don’t draw the monthly numbers any more. One of the members has volunteered to draw numbers each month, and there are still some blank templates available through the group. I have printed out three templates which I plan to fill out and get myself back on track. I’m feeling pretty optimistic about it. 

Happy 2025

Happy New Year blog friends. I hope it is a good one for all of us. I got together Monday with some friends for an “end of the year” lunch, and I was surprised how many said they were glad to put 2024 in the rear-view mirror. 

Sherry, Kim S., Jeanette, Natha, Tricia, and me. 

Yesterday I went to Corpus to get the car serviced. Betty went with me and we shopped a little. I’m still not 100% recovered from being sick, and I get tired pretty early in the day. We went to JoAnn fabrics, and I got some neutral colors (on sale!) that I can use with some of my scrap pieces. We’ll see how it goes. 

I was determined to finish my 2024 BOM while it was still 2024, but I had gotten distracted. I stayed up last night and got the borders put on. 

I’m happy to have it done, and it can now move to the “to be quilted “ list. I think Ryder likes it. 

Speaking of Ryder, I found a picture the other day that was taken the day I adopted him.

He hadn’t had a very good life, and he was super nervous. Now he is a gray haired old man,

But, he is happy and no longer terrified of his own shadow. He has a good life here.