Ending 2018

2018 Review

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Used this Week:                                               4.32 yards

Used year to Date:                                       304.06 yards

Total out of stash this Month (December)         65.55 yards

Added this Week:                                             0.00 yards
Added Year to Date:                                        57.25 yards
New Goal:                                                    300.00 yards

Yards to goal:                                                 -4.06 yards

Net Used in quilts 2018:                               226.98 yards 

A couple of other fun facts are:

Prairie Moon is doing a 350 blocks challenge this year:
Number of equivalent blocks:                2050

Perimeter in inches                             23731

Number of UFOs finished this year:            46

UFO Yardage Used                              1548.19

Amount of yardage used in UFOs              70%

Number of Bobbins Used this week            1
Number of Bobbins Used this year          207

Number of Spools Used this week              0

Number of Spools Used this year              47

Kate at Life in Pieces is doing the challenge of 15 minutes of sewing.

Days of Stitching                                      87%

Number of Days this week                       2/2

Number of Days this year                       319/365

Days Organizing                                       95%

Number of Days this week                       2/2

Number of Days this year                        345/365
Finished up a couple of small things and 1 UFO.

20 minute challenge                               27%
Number of Days this week                     0/2
Number of days this year                      50/184
This was apparently not the challenge for me.

I started tracking at the end of 2006 (a year after my retirement)
The two charts below are a summary of what my accomplishments have been.

Year	Stash total change	Total Fabric used in quilts	Fabrics used for quilts	Fabric Given as Gifts	Fabric Bought	Gifts of Fabric
2006	-12.53				0.00	2.50
2007	-176.00	-211.73	-176.00		24.83	12.50
2008	-155.81	-196.36	-131.70	-7.50	0.13	47.93
2009	-54.81	-106.53	-84.15	5.60	39.00	24.25
2010	-109.15	-154.40	-130.13	0.00	10.00	35.25
2011	-195.01	-180.75	-158.76	10.25	11.00	0.75
2012	-223.52	-111.32	-91.96	-156.00	47.00	0.00
2013	-97.92	-148.67	-124.86	0.00	47.00	4.75
2014	-204.19	-145.80	-115.81	-90.50	33.00	0.00
2015	-355.12	-259.44	-205.57	-188.70	30.75	59.25
2016	-226.09	-178.91	-134.59	-131.00	39.00	46.25
2017	-217.13	-244.21	-191.04	-4.17	40.00	23.00
2018	-299.75	-219.75	-146.71	-128.60	53.25	4.00

This was not my best year, but it is in the top 5. :)
I bought more fabric this year, but much of it was the wide backs.
2008 was my no buy year.
I look at the amount of fabric I have in the cabinet and then in the scrap drawers and wonder why I need to buy anything.

Year	# blocks	perimeter	UFO yardage used	% of UFO yardage	% total UFO yardage	# of UFOs completed
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015	1103	13659	-343.69		97%	68
2016	761	12361	-134.50	75%	75%	59
2017	1305	12366	-161.87	66%	66%	48
2018	2006	23263	-154.31	70%	70%	44

I started counting the number of blocks I make each year.

I don't count until the project is done or the block leaves my house.

I may not actually make the block in the year because if the UFO is put back into the cabinet, it won't be counted until the UFO is finished.

I've slowed down on the number of UFOs I've completed, but I think some of that is because I have the more complicated ones left.

I'm wondering if I need to focus on something else and let the UFOs go for a year.

I'm still debating that thought.

I still like my challenges and will continue with some of them.

I put them all in one place.

	January	February
Elm Street	Lisa T-shirt	Lisa T-shirt
GID	Winter Solstice	Ann’s NYE Mystery
6 & 6	New	Lisa T-shirt
APQ	Fall Table Runner	Tie Wall Hanging
Scrap Attack	Blue April Showers	Purple/Lavender
Color Challenge	Red – April Showers	Blue – Postcard
Stashbuster – low	Alphabet Panel	Ashley FQs
Stashbuster – high	Imperfect Squares	Fall Panel 1
	March	April
Elm Street	Lisa T-shirt	Lisa T-shirt
GID	Jo’s Club – teal & Brown	Copper & Teal Quilt
6 & 6	Clemens	Clemens
APQ	Fall Panels	Map of Texas
Scrap Attack	Green bin	Brown bin
Color Challenge	Yellow	Orange
Stashbuster – low	Ashley Art Blocks	Fluffy Pillow
Stashbuster – high	Christmas Stocking – Jon	Hummingbird blocks
	May	June
Elm Street	T-shirt Pillows	Irish Stars pillows
GID	Tie One on	Embroidery blocks
6 & 6	Keyboard Cover	Sparkling Sampler
APQ	Ann’s Mystery Star (NYE?)	Red Hat Purse
Scrap Attack	Christmas bin	Yellow bin
Color Challenge	green	Teal/aqua
Stashbuster – low	Bread & Butter – flag & stars	Bulls Eye – 30’s
Stashbuster – high	Embroidery Blocks	Miscellaneous HST
	July	August
Elm Street	T-shirt pillows	Work on Baby Clothing Quilt
GID	Under the Sea	Chicken Makings
6 & 6	Tammy’s BOM	Hummingbirds
APQ	Miscellaneous Panels	Christmas Squares from Carol
Scrap Attack	Novelty bin	Orange bin
Color Challenge	Yellow Green	Orange
Stashbuster – low	Blue & Beige Rail Fence	#1 APocketfulofMysteries BOM
Stashbuster – high	Lisa Pillows	#129 Sparkling Sampler
		#101 Orphan Blocks
20 minute challenge	Work on Baby Clothing Quilt	Work on Baby Clothing Quilt
	September	October
Elm Street	APFOM	TQPM test quilt
GID	Color Guard Pillow	Misc Fall Block
6 & 6	Harry Potter	Windowsill Wonder
APQ	Hummingbird	Liberty Blocks
Scrap Attack	Black	Catch up on previous months
Color Challenge	Dark Blue	Green/Sage
Stashbuster – low	Bloom	Calico blocks
Stashbuster – high	Misc 4, 9,16 patches	Hawaiian applique quiltsmart
Stashbuster -- extra	Paris	Pink and Green 9 patches
20 minute challenge	Work on Baby Clothing Quilt	Work on Baby Clothing Quilt
	November	December
Elm Street	Gray Cancer Quilt	Bread & Butter Stars
GID	Home in the Middle	Borachio
6 & 6	Harry Potter - Jon	TQPM Test Table Topper
APQ	Pixie Garden	Dragon Fly Baby Quilt
Scrap Attack	White	Make string blocks
Color Challenge
Stashbuster – low	Car Organizer	Buffalo panels
Stashbuster – high	Flower Shop Quilt	Dragonfly baby quilt
Stashbuster -- extra	Christmas Embroidery	Tree Genealogy
20 minute challenge	Work on Baby Clothing Quilt	Work on Baby Clothing Quilt

The second half of the year was not as productive as the first.

I'm not sure if that was because I worked on some of the ones in the first half during the second or I was just not as productive.

  I don't think I'll join in on the color challenges this year and the 20 minute challenge did nothing for getting things done.

Happy New Year 

From Texas