Since I now have a "spare" sewing machine, I'm planning on utilizing my embroidery machine for just that - embroidery. I want to try the "quilt in the hoop" that I'm seeing so much about, and I have a embroidery/applique pattern for a Mariner's Compass quilt that I really want to try!
I am anxiously awaiting the newest book from Judi Madsen, to help me improve my longarm work - more from the "design" standpoint, rather than the motor skills. I'm expecting it in the mail this week.
For the first time this year, I entered two quilts into a show (MQX Midwest). The feedback was terrific, even though I didn't win anything - to me, just getting accepted was thrilling. So, I have challenged myself to submitting at least one quilt to another show this year. Don't know which show, or even which quilt, for that matter. I've just promised myself that I will continue to try to conquer that "fear" of criticism.