Quilting Goals for 2007

Glad you're enjoying it with me, PAT!
It's all been enjoyable in many ways; but this is an adventure g
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In message , Pat in Virginia
writes
So, Pat, your goals are to enjoy the HOBBY of quilting, relax, and to
rest on your well earned laurels? Sounds like a good plan to me! PAT

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Best Regards
pat on the hill

I have one goal... to finish something... anything... I have 3 tops
ready to quilt, 9 tops in various stages of done, and 3 new projects cut
out. And it is driving me crazy!

Tricia in TX
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frood wrote:
Each year, I try to post a thread on quilting goals. Once I figured out
to put "goals" plus the year in the subject, finding the old posts was
much easier! I find it fun to go back and look at past goals, to see how
the year compared to them.

This thread is intended for quilty-type goals.

Apparently, last year's goal was to make 9-patches. Huh. Not a very
lofty goal, and yet... I didn't do it!

Ok, this year's goals:

-Get sewing room set up and finished (painted, design wall hung, stash
storage in same room, cutting table drawers fixed)

-Work on exercises/journal/mini-quilts, whatever you want to call them.
Just little pieces to get the creative juices flowing, and get back into
the groove of making.

-Teach a class or workshop.

There's mine. Where's yours?

Wendy

Goals for 2007 - finish at least one UFO and one new
quilt. Of these two, the new quilt is probably the one most
likely to get done.

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"frood" wrote in
message ...
: Each year, I try to post a thread on quilting goals. Once
I figured out
: to put "goals" plus the year in the subject, finding the
old posts was
: much easier! I find it fun to go back and look at past
goals, to see how
: the year compared to them.
:
: This thread is intended for quilty-type goals.
:
: Apparently, last year's goal was to make 9-patches. Huh.
Not a very
: lofty goal, and yet... I didn't do it!
:
: Ok, this year's goals:
:
: -Get sewing room set up and finished (painted, design wall
hung, stash
: storage in same room, cutting table drawers fixed)
:
: -Work on exercises/journal/mini-quilts, whatever you want
to call them.
: Just little pieces to get the creative juices flowing, and
get back into
: the groove of making.
:
: -Teach a class or workshop.
:
: There's mine. Where's yours?
:
: Wendy

I'm going to rest on Patti's laurels too. Getting that book to the
publisher was exhausting. Polly

"Patti" wrote in message
...
Glad you're enjoying it with me, PAT!
It's all been enjoyable in many ways; but this is an adventure g
.
In message , Pat in Virginia
writes
So, Pat, your goals are to enjoy the HOBBY of quilting, relax, and to rest
on your well earned laurels? Sounds like a good plan to me! PAT

--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

Sounds like a good idea.
1. Hoffman challenge quilt entry.
2. Finish hand quilting my Dear Jane quilt
3. come up with some dynamite classes to teach.
4. *Get organized*
which involves cleaning up and sorting out stuff in both cutting
room and sewing room. (Plus the front room, the living area and who
knows where else. G )
5. get some patterns out on the market.
6. get projects done for book proposals.


Pati, in Phx

I've already finished some of my planned projects for this year.....

Machine quilt and finish my collection of panels to donate to my guild's
Community Quilt project.

Finish the quilt for DS1 & DDIL

Reduce my scraps
-I have just finished making 64 half-log cabin blocks from my collection
of 2 inch strips, but more to go soon.

Have fun with any new project that strikes my fancy!

--
Susan in Zephyrhills FL
finally back to quilting
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"frood" wrote in message
...
Each year, I try to post a thread on quilting goals. Once I figured out to
put "goals" plus the year in the subject, finding the old posts was much
easier! I find it fun to go back and look at past goals, to see how the
year compared to them.

This thread is intended for quilty-type goals.

Apparently, last year's goal was to make 9-patches. Huh. Not a very lofty
goal, and yet... I didn't do it!

Ok, this year's goals:

-Get sewing room set up and finished (painted, design wall hung, stash
storage in same room, cutting table drawers fixed)

-Work on exercises/journal/mini-quilts, whatever you want to call them.
Just little pieces to get the creative juices flowing, and get back into
the groove of making.

-Teach a class or workshop.

There's mine. Where's yours?

Wendy

I have a pretty long list for this year - committments

1. Make graduation quilts for one niece and one nephew - the fabrics
are bought.

2. Make a wall-hanging for church fund-raising.

3. Make a lap for one member of my quilt group for Christmas - they
provide the fabrics.

4. Make a lap for Craft Warehouse to give to kids with cancer.

Right now I am working on a lap for me. I will probably have most of
these quilted by a pro so I can stick to the piecing.

1: Move into the Butterfly Studio # 2

2: Teach a newbie how to quilt (She already sews)

3: Teach same how to crochet

4: FINISH the Poiple LC quilt for ME from the *Quilt For ME* challenge a few
years back

5: Work on DD's Plane quilt --squares are cut, now to cut the background

6: Work a bit more on a Country Quilt (already started, no set finishing
date)

7: Stay WELL this year

Butterfly

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:09:29 -0500, frood
wrote:

Each year, I try to post a thread on quilting goals. Once I figured out
to put "goals" plus the year in the subject, finding the old posts was
much easier! I find it fun to go back and look at past goals, to see how
the year compared to them.

This thread is intended for quilty-type goals.

Apparently, last year's goal was to make 9-patches. Huh. Not a very
lofty goal, and yet... I didn't do it!

Ok, this year's goals:

-Get sewing room set up and finished (painted, design wall hung, stash
storage in same room, cutting table drawers fixed)

-Work on exercises/journal/mini-quilts, whatever you want to call them.
Just little pieces to get the creative juices flowing, and get back into
the groove of making.

-Teach a class or workshop.

There's mine. Where's yours?

Get the darned studio finished and set up so I can sew again.

Complete the planning stage for Dionysus Mourning Amethysta and get
started making it. An ambitious project, and my fist honest to gosh
started out with that intention quilted WUH.

NightMist
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We have cookies.

My quilting (and sewing) goals for 2007:

1. Learn machine quilting, including free-motion.

I've done a little but haven't felt confident enough to tackle a whole
quilt, but it's the only way I'm going to get anything finished. I'm
just too slow with the hand work.

Last weekend, I started on this goal by taking an Intro to Machine
Quilting class at a LQS, and signed up for the 'intermediate' one in
about 3 weeks. The intermediate one is more about free motion, the
first part was more about stitch-in-ditch and straight-line quilting. I
think I can handle that part now....

2. Finish a quilt for the May show for the local quilt guild. And,
rejoin the local quilt guild.

I'm thinking the quilt that I finish will either be a Trip Around the
World top that I have done except for the borders or a Christmas
wallhanging. The Christmas top is from blocks done by my sisters and
Mom and I. Although Mom is the only one that's a dedicated quilter, my
3 sisters have all done some sewing too. Every year, we drew a name,
and each made blocks for the person. Until we had too many UFOs. I
have 5 blocks and have been trying various settings, so I think I know
how I want to finish it.

The Trip Around the World has been waiting for the perfect border. I
think I'm going to just go with a black border, and have just ordered
some Michael Miller black online.

3. Try some postcards and other small projects like bags and pillows.
Experiment with embellishment techniques like beading and ribbon
flowers, as well as practicing that free motion!

4. Finish a garment for the fall Fashion show. This will probably be
the wool skirt that I started in the fitting class I took last year.
OK, I didn't start the skirt but I started fitting the pattern. The
skirt will be simple once I get the pattern adjustments done.

5. Start some hand work projects to carry along when invited to
'stitch'n'b****' type events. My sewing friends keep saying we should
get together and work on stuff, but none of my stuff is portable
enough.

I just cut out a Hawaiian applique block and have started working on
it. Oh, yeah, I remember why I don't like hand work! Hopefully it will
get easier as I get into the swing of it. Also I think I didn't baste
it well enough so I'll add some more basting stitches to it.

I decided 5 goals were enough although I've got a whole lot more UFOs:
wearable arts, quilts, and garments, including 2 hats that need to be
finished and trimmed, a bustier, some sampler blocks, a yellow and blue
'birds-in-the-air' quilt, and a Kites top that is pretty much ready to
quilt. Plus, a lot more techniques I'd like to try, and lots and lots
of ideas for additional projects.

In my life so far I think I've only finished about 5 wall hanging size
quilts. If I finish the Trip Around the World, it will be my first
bed-sized quilt!! Maybe that will make me feel like a 'real' quilter!

Lynnette