2013 Year in Review

I always like to take some time as the New Year starts to look over what I accomplished the prior year.

Here’s my list of 2013 goals from last January:

·         Quilt and bind Pam's "Welcome to the Neighborhood" quilt – finished January, 2013

·         Finish quilting the Underground Railroad quilt – finished February, 2013

·         Finish quilting the bird quilt class project from my December, 2011, machine    quilting class – still unfinished

·         Finish Anne's Log Cabin quilt – finished piecing, didn’t finish quilting

·         Some type of quilt for my brother Noah – never started

·         Do small quilt each month using charm squares – finished 12 tops (5 quilted and bound) December, 2013

·         Participate in the Blogger Girl's Block of the Month hosted by Monique Dillard of Open Gate Quilts - finished top June, 2013

·         Work on more holiday mini quilts - 11 finished through December, 2013

How about a pictorial review:

Charm Square Quilts:

• ·         January: Welcome to the Neighborhood (Moda Bakeshop, Neighborhood Charm Quilt)
• ·         February: Hot Cross (Schnibbles)
• ·         March: Mini Mystery in Miami (Mini version of Mystery Quilt in Three Parts, from McCall’s Quilting, J/F, M/A, M/J 2012)
• ·         April: Island Detour (modified Schnibbles, Hat Trick)

• ·         May: Gentle Art (Schnibbles)
• ·         June : Don Quixote’s Honey (Schnibbles, Dulcinea)
• ·         July: Lincoln (Schnibbles)
• ·         August: Canasta (Schnibbles, small version)

• ·         September: Mercerie (Schnibbles)
• ·         October: Clover (Schnibbles)
• ·         November: Liberty Joe (modified Schnibbles, Morning Joe)
• ·         December: Midwinter Chip (modified Little Bites, Chip)

Monthly/Holiday Mini Quilts:

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•           Mittens
• ·         String-pieced Heart
• ·         She Sows Shamrocks
• ·         May Baskets

• ·         Flip Flops
• ·         Firecrackers
• ·         The August Place to Be
• ·         Lunch Box

• ·         Pumpkin and Candy Corn
• ·         Turkey Lurkey
• ·         Christmas Snowman

Other finished projects:

• ·         Road to Freedom (Underground Railroad Sampler pattern by Eleanor Burns)
• ·         Trail’s End (modified Blogger Girl’s Block of the Month, by Monique Dillard)
• ·         Scrappy Autumn Table Runner

·      

•           Eyeglass Case
• ·         One-Piece Bag (modified from the pattern by Fig Tree Quilts)
• ·         Jason’s Stocking (from a panel by Kate Spain, In From the Cold)

Waiting to be finished in 2014:

• ·         Anne’s Log Cabin (started in 2012)
• ·         Ohio Stars
• ·         Spring Bunny mini quilt
• ·         Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt (Bonnie Hunter design)
• ·         A Taste of Summer (Watermelon quilt, started approx. 1992)

 I’m looking forward to another great year of quilting/crafting in 2014.