A new year of quilting and crafting!

2025 has arrived and is flying by already! Like so many people, I had made a few resolutions. Then I received a new year's card from a dear high school friend. In that card he wrote about making goals and resolutions. I really liked what he wrote: instead of making lofty resolutions, make small attainable goals that you are more likely to attain. I took it to heart and threw away my long list and made a new one.

Like so many quilters and crafters, I have UFOs left from not only last year, but years past! My small goals were to make a partial list of those projects with the most likely to be finished projects (MLTF) first. I chose small quilts that needed to have binding added and sewn down. I also chose two larger quilts that already had the binding attached and could be sewn while watching some movies in the evening.

The silly deer on the left is a pattern from Pattern Plus. I changed it a bit but never got around to finishing the machine buttonhole stitching around the deer, etc. I decided to do that and then I put a pillowcase backing and quick turned it to a knife edge and then stitched from the edge. Voila! Done faster than regular binding and ready to hang for the rest of winter.

The place mats were supposed to be a gift for the holidays for my son's family. They were mailed yesterday!

The star storm was a class sample from the summer! The binding is done now.

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The left is a photo of a quilt that was begun in the pandemic I am afraid to say. It was from a magazine and I used a FQ package of dimples by Gail Kessler with a FQ stack from Boundless Fabrics. There was no in person shopping so it time to use the stash. I actually put binding on it last summer but when I went to sew it down, I decided that I hated it! It was a stripe that I thought would be funky. I was wrong!!! So I got Jack (the ripper) out and took it all off! I changed it to a plain navy blue. Much better choice.

The holiday table runner was actually pieced to hang in the shop for 2023 holidays. Hate to admit it but just put it in a drawer and never looked back. I quilted it with a simple diagonal pattern and bound it. Yay! Five MLTFs done!

I hope that you will make your own list of MLTF projects and set small goals likely to be finished this year. What is next for me? Finishing a village, a portrait quilt and another binding. But first some baby quilts and some kids' books for my granddaughter and some other special baby girls.

Have a fabulous January. If you are a football fan, may your team be in the playoffs. The Eagles are playing right now and leading the Rams. Thirty minutes to go! My hopes are high!

Happy quilting!
Piecefully as always,

Trisha