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.