Sometimes I start the blogging new year with a photo of the UFO closet. You can see my 2015 post here and truthfully, the closet still looks pretty much the same today! I can compare the photos and see that some of the quilts are different in each photo. I tell myself that progress has been made in 4 years, but I have come to accept the fact that this view of the UFO closet, chock full of quilt tops will be a constant until I can't quilt anymore. I understand that I will chronically start more projects than I finish, and will always have many projects on the go in various stages of completeness. It's just how I roll!
Over the years I have tried to set goals to impact this situation, but to no avail apparently because look at the closet!
So what do I want to accomplish in 2019?
I made a list of projects to complete from 2018 and was shocked to find 14 projects! Here is the list:
1) Clarissa
2) Circle of Squares
3) Secret Santa
4) Blue Anita’s Arrowhead
5) Blockheads I
6) Square Dance 1 and 2
7) Emerald Stars
8) Pumpkin Spice latte mystery tabletopper
9) Deb’s floral mystery quilt
10) On Ringo Lake
11) Improv dots and dashes
12) Churn Dash swap blocks
13) Wacky Web with paper templates
14) Snowman charm tabletopper
So... my goal is to complete as many of the projects on this list as possible, and to not start any new projects this year. Well, after New Years Day, because I am starting a mystery quilt that day.
But after that... no more new projects for sure!
LOLOLOL
Linking up to the 2019 Planning Party over at Yvonne's... come join us and share your goals!
LOL no more new projects - and if we believe that!! happy new year and good luck on finishing up these quilts!!
ReplyDeleteI wish you a lot of quilting joy as you work on your 2019 goals, Kathy, and thank you so much for joining the Planning Party!
ReplyDeleteWhy do I not believe you Kathy! Love the penguin.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on finishing up those projects. Always nice to have things in process for when you tire of one you can pick up another. :)
ReplyDeleteYour 2019 penguin made me giggle (probably embarrassed because that could be me!) I like the way you store your UFOs, mine are in a box......I wonder what's at the bottom of it? Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI read this post and I laughed and I laughed and I laughed!
ReplyDeleteGet quilting! Start a list too if you haven't already.
ReplyDeleteI have a dry erase board with quilt name, size, batting size, backing size, and if binfbin is done
Good luck with your plan for working down the UFO list.
ReplyDeleteOh, this post made me laugh!! I wonder how many UFOs you will have at the end of 2019 that were started in the year of no new starts? I'm right there with ya!
ReplyDeleteRemember that several of those quilts from last years photo have been completed, and replaced with 'new' quilts waiting to be quilted. Progress was made!
ReplyDeleteThis post made me laugh too! As you know, I've been working on my UFO's too, but haven't gotten to blogging about progress! And, next week is a nutty week, so hopefully 2nd week of January I can update my list and get some more blog posts up! I love to quilt all my own quilts, but found I was so far behind that I've been sending out quite a few larger ones to my neighbour across the street (a long armer!!) and also to another long arm quilter in town...that helps me complete them and get a boost! I am doing the smaller projects myself like table runners and smaller wallhangings :-). It's been very worth it for my sanity! LOL
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