Monday, December 31, 2018

Closing out 2018

 6 & 6
February 3. Hawaiian Applique
September 5. Harry Potter - A
November 6. Harry Potter - J
December - Dragon fly quilt

DONE
January - new start - door hangers for DD dorm
April, March 1. Clemens T-shirt Quilt
May - Keyboard cover
August 2. Hummingbirds
June. 4. Sparkling Sampler


2018 All People Quilt

March 3. Fall Panels
April 5. Map of Texas
May 6. Ann's Mystery Star
June 11. Mira Red Hat Purse
July 7. Miscellaneous Panels
November 4. Pixie Garden
1. Dragon Fly Baby Quilt

DONE
January 12. Fall Miscellaneous Blocks
February 9. Tie Quilt
September 2. Hummingbird Quilt
August 8. Christmas Squares from Carol
October 10. Liberty Blocks

Scrap Attack

March 7. Green
May 5. Christmas
June 4. Yellow
July 2. Novelty
September #11 Black
October - catch up
November - white
December - Make String blocks to reduce overflow of bin

DONE January 9.blue
DONE February 12.purple
DONE April 3. Brown
DONE August 6. Orange


Patterns by Jen Color Challenge

2018 Monthly Color Challenge Schedule

Jan 1st - Red
Feb 1st - Blue
March 1st - Yellow
April 1st - Orange
May 1st - Green
June 1st - Purple
July 1st - Yellow 
Aug 1st - Orange
Sept 1 - Red Violet
Oct 1 - Violet Blue
Nov 1 - Blue Green
Dec 1 - Black and White

Organizational Challenge

1. Get 2017 files put away
2. Thread drawers
3. Flat surfaces around desk
4. Cutting and Pressing Table
5. Corner Cabinet
6. Take care of piles on floor and vacuum
7. Dust
8. Clean up the floors
9. Clean off Flat Surfaces
10. Look Up
11. Pick up piles on the floor
12. Vacuum and dust

350 Block Challenge

January.................. 54
February................. 53
March................... 147
April....................... 59
May........................ 37
June....................... 5
July........................ 18
August................... 143
September............. 82
October................. 236
November ............ 103
December ............258



2018 Quilts to be Quilted

CIL #15
CIL #16


Done
QOV #18
QOV #19
Texas A&M T-shirt quilt
Lana cardinal quilt
Sandy baby quilt
Marilyn's Quilt
QOV #20
Tammy Cross quilt
Tammy baby quilt
CIL #9
Lisa T-shirt quilt
Clemens T-shirt quilt
Lana patriotic
CIL #10
Lana Envelope Quilt
Lana Rose Quilt
Lana Star
QOV #21
QOV #22
QOV #23
QOV #24
Tammy Quilt
Tammy Quilt
CIL #11
CIL #12
Lana horse quilt
Lana quillow
Lana charity quilt
Bobbi Cherry Blossom quilt
CIL #13
Guild #1
Guild #2
Guild #3
Guild #4
CIL #14
Tammy's Owl Quilt

My 2018 Quilts to be Quilted

Floral quilt (hand quilting)
Hawaiian hand quilted pillow
African large top
Old quilt

DONE
Winter Solstice
Fall Table Runner
Imperfect Squares
Happiness is Quilting
Alphabet Quilt
Irish Stars - green
Irish Stars - purple
Irish Stars - blue
Fiesta
Irish Stars - small
Fall Quilt
State Quilt
Bread and Butter Flag
Bulls Eye Quilt
Squirrel quilt
Fall Border quilt
APFOM
Hummingbird
Pillow Shams
Sparkling Sampler
TQPM Tangerine Kiss
Windowsill Wonder
Gray Cancer Quilt
Improv Fall Quilt


2018 Get It Done

February 1. Ann’s 2009 NYE Mystery
March 8. Jo’s club retreat teal and brown
April 5. Copper and teal quilt
May 12. Tie One On
July 11. Under the Sea Quilt
August 3. Chicken makings
September 4. Color guard pillows
November - 7. Home in the Middle. Misc Fall Blocks

DONE
Jan #10. Winter Solstice
Dec 2. Borachio
June 6. Embroidery blocks
October 9. Miscellaneous Fall Blocks

2018 Elm Street OMG


February - Ann's 2006 NYE Mystery

DONE
April & March & January - Lisa T-shirt Quilt
Sep - APFOM
October - TQPM Test Quilt
November - Gray Cancer quilt

Stashbuster's #'s Game


February
#53 Fall Panels 1
May
#7 Bread & Butter Stars
June
#92 Miscellaneous HST
September
#3 Bloom
#41 Misc 4, 9, 16 patches
#103 Paris
October
#65 Hawaiian Applique (Quiltsmart)
#110 Pink & Green 9 patches
November
#11 Car Organizer
#51 Flower Shop Quilt
#111/39 Christmas Embroidery
December
#8 Buffalo panels
#37 Dragonfly baby quilt
#140 Tree genealogy

Won't be working on
#6 Ashley Art Block -- won't do
#5 Ashley FQs -- won't do

DONE
January
#79 Imperfect Squares
#2 Alphabet Panel
March
#52 dragon Christmas stocking
#7 Bread & Butter Flag
April
#53 Fluffy Pillow
#71 Hummingbird quilt
May
#39 Embroidery Blocks
June
#9 30's bulls eye
July
#4 Blue & Beige rail fence
#71/85 Lisa Pillows
August
#101 Orphan Blocks
#1 Apocketfulofmysteries BOM
#129 Sparkling Sampler
October
#10 Calico blocks

2018 UFO completions

January
(01) April Showers Test Quilt
(02) Heart Struck
(03) Winter Solstice
(04) Fall Table Runner
(05) Coasters
February
(06) Imperfect Squares
(07) Happiness is Quilting
(08) Tie Door Hanger
March
(09) Alphabet panel
(10) Irish Stars - green
(11) Irish Stars - purple
(12) Irish Stars - blue

(13) Irish Stars - small
April
(14) Fall Blocks
(15) Lisa T-shirt Quilt
May
(16) Fluffy Pillow
(17) Christmas Stocking with dragon leftovers
(18) Bread & Butter Flag
June
July
(19) Blue and beige rail fence
(20) Miscellaneous HST
(21) Embroidery Blocks
August
(22) Lisa pillows
(23) Orphan blocks
(24) Embroidery blocks
(25) Pockets blocks
September
(26) Another Lisa Pillow
(27) Fall border quilt
(28) Borachio
(29) APFOM BOM
(30) Hummingbird
October
(31) Irish Stars Pillow Shams
(32) Sparkling Sampler
(33) Calico blocks into pillows
(34) Orphan Blocks into pillows
(35) Carol Christmas blocks into pillows
(36) Halloween Coasters
(37) Liberty blocks
November
(38) Confetti postcards
(39) Simply Woven (Gray cancer quilt)
(40) Super Hero Pillow
(41) Thanksgiving coasters
December
(41) Two Grocery bags from t-shirt quilt leftovers
(42) Coasters (141)
(43) Improv quilt

 UFOs that were not accomplished
Ann’s 2009 NYE Mystery
Ashley FQs
Ashley’s Art block (use it in the t-shirt quilt)
Ashley’s Iris
Baby clothing quilt – boy 
Baby clothing quilt –girl
Bloom
Bow Ties
Bread & Butter stars
Buffalo panels (used a few, but more left)
Car Organizer
Carol flowers
Chicken makings
Children’s book – Woodsy Wonders
Chili Powder quilt
Christmas - Nature gift
Christmas Diagonal
Christmas embroidery
Christmas Miscellaneous
Christmas Panel – Winter’s Evening
Christmas panels (3)
Christmas squares – 26 alphabet squares
Christmas tree skirt – blue
Color guard pillow (under pressing table in bag)
Coloring blocks
Copper and teal quilt
Courthouse step panels
Cozy kitten mystery blocks
Crazy heart paper pieced
Crocheted pillow
Daisy Banner
Double Wedding Ring (near fabric drawers)
Dragon fly baby quilt
Elvis Quilt
Embroidery blocks 
Equessense T-shirt Quilt
Extra miscellaneous patches (4, 9, 16, )
Fall panel 1
Fall Panels
Fall Square Quilt
Feathered Star pieces
Fish Bowl
Floral & Blue square in a square
Flower Shop Quilt
Flowers
Framed 4 patch (from Carol)
Fused
Future Heirlooms (can’t get in touch with her)
Guitar
Gypsy Wife 2
Halloween quilt
Harry Potter Quilt - Ashley
Harry Potter Quilt - Jonathon
Hawaiian appliqué 
Hawaiian appliqué (quiltsmart)
Hawaiian Quilt – fabrics from vacation
Home in the Middle (Window)
Hooty Patooty Owl
Horse Barn
Jo’s Club red 
Jo’s club retreat teal and brown 
John Deere pillow
Landscape
Leader /Ender 2.5”, 1.5”, 1” scrappy (on curtain)
Liberty blocks

Madam Mim
Mahjongg 
Map of Texas – Lone Star State
Midnight Snowflake Wall Hanging
Mini Scrap baskets
Mira - Red Hat purse 
Miscellaneous block Pieces
Miscellaneous Fall Blocks 
Miscellaneous hst
Miscellaneous panels
Miscellaneous Patriotic
Miscellaneous strip pieces
Monkey ‘N Round
Mount Rushmore
Night Watch
Noel Wall Hanging
Office going away squares
Orphan blocks
Paper pieced block
Paris
Patches for Randy’s quilt
Patriotic GMFG
Patriotic Miscellaneous pieces
Patriotic panel (Lorena gave me)
Peacock
Pink & Green Quilt Panel
Pink & Purple 9 patches
Pink & Purple QAYG for bag
Pink Horse Quilt
Pixie Garden
Pockets
Pretty in Pink
Purple Triangle in a Square (leftovers from 54-40 or fight)
QBS Mystery Quilt 2006 
Quilt Across Texas
Quilt Smart butterflies
Quilter wall hanging panel
Red and Black pinwheels odd sized (4)
Rob Peter (cathedral windows)
Row By Row (by table)
Rudolph
Sampler Society BDB (window) 2014
Sea Quilt
Shirting Half Square Triangle or Quarter Square Triangle quilt
Shy Little Kitten panel
Stars & stripes picnic quilt
Stegosaurus
String blocks
Teal and blue BDB
Texas – small celebrations
Thanksgiving embroidery
Tie One On
Tie Quilt (a container is in the corner cabinet)
Tinker Bell
Tree – genealogy
Triple Irish Chain 
T-shirt quilt – random from Carol
T-shirt quilt - Randy’s(in extra bedroom)
Under the Sea Quilt
Western Courthouse Steps
Whimsy Playground
Wool ornaments
Yellow and Blue Birthday Blocks
Yo yos

December To Do List

Baby clothing quilts
Apr GID - Copper & Teal Quilt
March GID - Jo's Club Teal & brown
Feb GID & APQ May - Ann's NYE Mystery
May GID - Tie One On
July GID - Under the Sea
August GID - Chicken makings
September GID - Color Guard Pillow
October GID - Misc Fall Blocks
November GID Home in the Middle
APQ April - Texas Map
APQ March - Fall Panels
APQ - May - Ann's Mystery Star
APQ - June - red hat purse
APQ July - Miscellaneous panels
APQ November - Pixie Garden
APQ Dragonfly quilt
Scrap Attack -March - green
Scrap Attack -May - Christmas bin
Scrap Attack - June - yellow bin
Scrap Attack - July - Novelty bin
Scrap Attack - September - Black
Scrap Attack - white
Scrap Attack - make string blocks
Feb Stashbuster #53 - Fall Panels 1
May Stashbuster #7 - Bread & Butter Stars
June Stashbuster #92 - Miscellaneous HST
Sep Stashbuster #3 - bloom
Sep Stashbuster #41 - Misc 4, 9, 16 patches
Sept Stashbuster #103 - Paris
Oct Stashbuster #10 Calico Blocks
Oct Stashbuster #65 - Hawaiian Applique (quiltsmart)
Oct Stashbuster #110 - Pink & Green 9 patches
Nov Stashbuster - Car Organizer
Nov Stashbuster - Flower Shop quilt
Nov Stashbuster - Christmas embroidery
Dec Stashbuster - Buffalo panels
Dec Stashbuster - Dragonfly baby quilt
Dec Stashbuster - Tree genealogy


DONE
Star ornaments
CIL Quilt #14
Postcards Winter
Project Bag quilt diva
Project bag western
12 Coaster sets
25 single coasters
2 Grocery bags for Lisa
Lanyards
Chapstick holders
Gift bags
Scandinavian stars
Kleenex holders
Tammy's owl quilt
2 Travel pillow cases
Purple coasters
recycle post cards
Improv quilt

2018 Goals

Improve my health
Reduce my stash
Use more of my scraps
Downsize my possessions
Organize the things that are kept
Add order to my life
Learn Digitizing
Improve my Long Arm quilting

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2019 goals


2019 goals
I have 7 categories of goals.

1.    I will improve my health
a.    I will to get back into consistent exercise.
b.    I will drink more water than other things.
c.    I will eat the Keto way
d.    I will be more positive in how I look at challenges

2. I will become more organized
a.    I will vacuum between projects to keep the floor clear of threads.
b.    I will continue my organizational challenge with a weekly area being worked on
c.    Paperwork
1.    I will shred or trash unnecessary paperwork.
2.    I will file weekly.
d.    Estates
a.    I will finalize all my parent's paperwork and file it accordingly.
b.    I will finalize Bill’s paperwork for Jon and consolidate it.
e.    I will devise a system for my printed patterns either on the computer or in a book.
f.     Craft Supplies
a.    I will go through my craft supplies and donate what I’ll never use.
b.    I will do some of my other crafts
g.    Containers
a.    I will organize the containers in the extra bedroom.
b.    When I am finished with the compiling and purging of the household, I will discard the containers/
h.    Household
a.    I will go through things in the house and pass on what I no longer need.
b.    I will evaluate the furniture in the house and share what is not needed.
c.    I will work on one room at a time to super clean and go through the contents for keeping and donating.
d.    I will develop and use a schedule for keeping the house in order.
i.      I will begin to scan photos each week

4. I will improve
a.    I will learn about my Featherweight and use it.
b.    Gammill Long Arm
a.    I will try some new patterns
b.    I will practice my ruler work.
c.    I will clean it monthly
c.    Embroidery machine
a.    I will learn how to use the special tools
b.    I will make more items with embroidery on them.
c.    I will stitch out the things I digitize
d.    Digitizing
a.    I will digitize my own designs for use
b.    I will set aside time to work on my digitizing Bible weekly
c.    I will stitch out all my fonts in different sizes.
d.    I will post to YCD forum with things I’ve done and get feedback
e.    I will continue to test for TQPM and pick projects that challenge me.
f.     I will practice hand quilting.
g.    I will use some of the patterns and books I already have

5. I will decrease my fabric stash
a.    I will use or donate a net of at least 200 yards of fabric.
b.    I will only buy with a purpose
c.    I will keep track of my goals.
d.    I have triple digit UFOs (175) and would like to get them down to double digits this year. Areas to help me will be
a.    This year Judy L is doing a number of different things with UFOs and New starts.
b.    I belong to Stashbusters Yahoo group and they do their annual UFO Challenge.
                                          i.    I will make a habit of finishing at least one of the Challenge numbers.
c.    I am doing the OMG with Elm Street Quilts
d.    I'm going to be open to other challenges, but not stress over them.
e.    I will celebrate my successes.
f.     I will not rejoin the challenges that did not work for me in 2018.

6. I will decrease my thread stash
a.    I will not buy thread unless I am 100% out of a color the I need.
b.    I will make sure to look and find the right color in all the new thread containers.
c.    I will keep track of what I have used.

7. I will return to crocheting
a.    I will make snowball ornaments
b.    I will make angel ornaments
c.    I will work on the afghan using leftover yarn
d.    I will use my yarn stash before buying new yarn

MY WORD FOR 2019 is going to be FUN. I will have FUN doing the things that need to be done. I will find FUN activities for all of us.

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