2023 Goals...a new year with changes from previous years

NOTE TO READERS:  This post features quilts you have seen already lately and is mostly for my own record keeping.  I am not really trying to bore you with repetition. 

New in 2023:

• I joined the Stashbee and look forward to doing a block each month for someone else.
• I also joined a local round robin which involves making two blocks a month for someone else.
• I plan to start AND FINISH several projects I purchased last year.  My intent is to finish it within or close to a year of purchase.
• Scrub Stitching Retreat in Australia - yay yay hooray!!!

Continue in 2023:

• 15 Minutes to Stitch weekly check-ins
• Attend my local guild quilt retreat again
• Continue participating in the 350 blocks challenge hosted by Prairie Moon

Changes and UFO Lists

I have loved participating in Gail's UFO Challenge each year.  I get so much done and reduce my new starts when I participate.  This challenge really makes me think twice before starting something new because you have to finish it within the year.  Well, this year I don't have 12 UFOs.  Yay!  That means I am doing so good on getting all those quilts done!

Even though I can't participate (not enough UFOs), I am still making a list of what needs to be completed and also finishing all my new starts in 2023.  My list is below. 

2023 UFOS & WIPS
#	Name of Quilt	Date Started	Date Top Done	Date finished
1	Quilted Barns UFO	Jan 2011
2	Disney Princesses WIP	Dec 2018
3	Color My World WIP	Mar 2021		2023
4	Crazy Quilty Ladies WIP	March 2022		2023
5	Cherry Fizz Bloom  WIP	June 2022		May 23
6	Gingerbread Square UFO
7	Omigosh leader/ender	May 2010
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2023 NewFOs ( new starts this year)
#	Name of Quilt	Date Started	Date Top Done	Date Finished
1	Red Pinwheel	Jan 2023	March 2023	April 2023
2	Tillie Pinwheel	Jan 2023	March 2023	March 2023
3	Buggy Barn Flowers	April 2023	May 2023	2023
4	Tulip Garden	April 2023	May 2023	2023
5	Sports Braid	April 2023	May 2023	2023
6	Tulip Winner	May 2023	June 2023
7	Celestial Star	April 2023
8	Diddles Bag	April 2023	Bag	April 2023
9	Nutmeg BOM	May 2023	BOM
10	Kaffe BOM	May 2023	BOM
11	Country Rose BOM	May 2023	BOM
12	Jewels of the Caribbean BOM	May 2023	BOM
13	Spring Mother’s Day Mystery	June 2023	BOM
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The Patchwork Quilting UFO Challenge is also a big motivator for me.  It is super fun to see what number will pop up each month to tell us which quilt to work on.  I have also decided to abandon it this year.  I want certain quilts done in certain months.

Here is the state each quilt is in as of Dec 31st:

#1 Quilted Barns - goal is just make progress on it.  Maybe I will make the windmill and add to it.

#2 Color My World - Goal is a completed quilt.  I only have 6 more blocks to make and then it will be ready for assembly and borders.

#3 Make 4-5 Disney Princess Blocks - Elsa, Anna, Merida,  & Cinderella.  I might make one more.  We shall see.

Princess Castle - The princesses above are all set inside castle windows.  The goal is to piece the castle, finish the top, quilt and bind.

#4 Crazy Quilty Ladies - Goal is to finish each of them and get them sewn together into a top.  

I will likely make sewing machines and other sewy things to go between the rows.  I am thinking of pulling blocks from my Quilter's Garden pattern but don't want to get too crazy with it.

#5 Cherry Fizz Bloom - Goal is a complete finish.  It just needs borders and then sent off to the quilter.

#5 Gingerbread Square - These will take forever and are just meant to be hand work while traveling.  There is no way I will shoot to finish them in 2023.  Maybe I could get one more done.  There are a total of 9.

Omigosh - this one is not really a goal I plan to focus on too much.  I have no intention of finishing this one this year.  I will do it as a leader/ender.  

One lonely little shoe fly block sits among the other 10 nine patch blocks.  It has a long long way to go.

Deana: 6 & 6 Challenge

Hello blogland!  Are you getting in some happy sew days this winter?  I am.  Sewing really keeps me going through the cold of winter.

I am joining the 6 & 6 in 2018 Challenge hosted by Anne and Meredithe.  You work on 6 old projecs and 6 new ones in 2018.  I am excited about this challenge because I do have a few "new" projects I really want to sink my teeth into this year.  I have spent the past few years getting those UFOs done with great success.  Now I want to play with new ones while I finish some old ones.

I have joined Patchwork Times UFO challenge, so I have already flagged 12 UFOs for 2018 to finish.  They can be found at the link above.  I am also doing Lynette's 18 in 2018 UFO challenge which means there are 6 more quilts to finish in 2018.  They are also listed in the above link.  Now I want to list some "new" starts for 2018 for the 6 & 6 challenge.

1.  Up on the HouseTop by Janet Nesbitt

Here are the reindeer fabrics. I also have the Santa fabrics selected but they are not pictured.

The next three projects will all be made sort of together because the flowers in the bee quilt are also in the next two quilts.  I am making all three quilts in the same color families so the blocks can be made at the same time.

2.  Crazy Busy Bees by Janet Nesbitt

The flower fabrics for the flower blocks in all three quilts are featured below and in the exact order I plan to layer them in.  I think it is obvious that I am excited about these projects because they are SO READY to start cutting into.  I just need to make the fabrics fat quarter size first.

3.  My Favorite Things by Janet Nesbitt 

The fabric below are for my bees and the sashing on "My Favorite Things" quilt.  I'm doing green/blue fabric for one of the sashing triangles and either the red or orange for the other.  I will also need another black from my stash and backgrounds.

4.  Chicks in the Garden by Janet Nesbitt

Here are the fabrics I have selected for my chicks.  They will be layered in the exact order I have arranged in the photo.  Buggy Barn patterns require you to layer the fabrics and cut them all at once in layers of 5ish, then you rotate certain ones to the back.  The magic happens when you discover what each block looks like as you sew them up.  It is so much fun!  I am adding in more background fabrics than the one in the photo because I want my birds to pop.

The extra chicks will go into the "Favorite Things" quilt featured above.

5.  Bear Paw Cabin Quilt

I designed and made this quilt a few years ago with the help of my sisters.  Now I want to make one for my son.  This is what it will look like and the fabrics I have selected.

6.  To be determined as the year goes by...
There are a couple of other Buggy Barn style quilts I want to make but I also want to do a Crab Apple Hill hand embroidery Christmas Quilt, a Dresdon Christmas Quilt, and a New York Beauty with Marie when she is ready.  There is no way I will start them all this year unless I get lots of UFOs done first.  We shall see what the year brings.

I am linking up with:
Bambi's Show and Tell Monday
Monday Making
Moving it forward Monday