Do you make goals for the year ahead?
I'm not talking those dreaded resolutions.
I've had my share of New Year's Days telling the world that I would lose weight, get back on a regular exercise program, clean out every closet, write more hand-written letters, etc, etc.
I'm done with that.
This post is about what I want to do and learn, sewing-minded, in the upcoming year. Fun stuff! Losing weight ain't no fun! Neither are burpees or finally getting to the bottom of the closet floor.
Here I'm starting a list of some of the FUN things I want to do in 2017. Goals to keep me on track. Something that I can refer back on when I'm done with one project and ready for the next.
1. Sometime early in the new year, Myra at Busy Hands Quilts will be hosting a quilt-along for a quilt that I have admired for a long time. Read about it here: Postcards from Sweden Myra mentions "prizes"...that always makes it sweeter, doesn't it?
Postcards from Sweden quilt (from Craftsy)
2. I want/need to learn how to make HEXIES. I do think I may be one of the very few sewists around here that have not partaken in hexie-making! I need to get on the stick.
One hexie project I want to make in my home's colors:
by Ancora Crafts
3. I cannot wait til December next year to make a few Christmas gifts. I've learned my lesson! I've got a bunch of projects pinned on Pinterest and I'm going to get a start in July when the idea of snow can keep me cool!
A few things I want to make:
by Amy Smart at Diary of a Quilter from We All Sew
4. Dresden Plates! I'm not sure when I fell in love with these things, but it happened and I want to make lots of them! I have a template, so I need to use it!
One item I want make using the Dresden is:
by Chrissie D.
5. Probably the very first thing I should make is a few personalized bibs for a great-nephew that was born in October. Yikes! That has slipped by. Also, a good friend had her first grand baby last week, so she'll need a few bibs too.
I need to make bibs for babies Wade and Fiona!
6. My best friend's mom was recently moved into a nursing home. She has Alzheimer's and is declining rapidly. Back surgery in October has not helped in the way they had hoped. I want to make her a lap quilt similar to what I made for Marie over the summer.
I still like the pocket idea. This one will say "Kathy", the name of my friend's mom.
Whew! That's only the top of what's on my mind to make for 2017.
*Day 14 of 31 Days of Blogging Challenge
