Old 11-16-2020, 09:09 AM
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Iceblossom
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Location: Greater Peoria, IL -- just moved!
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Short answer: None.

Long answer: In a typical year I complete about 6 twin-queen sized projects and/or a few crib/lap sizes. I've had a hard time this year even though in many ways my life hasn't really changed the world around me has. I found it difficult to motivate myself to start my own projects, but I was able to react to demands placed on me. So I made masks when I had to instead of happy little fun projects.

I had a lot of fun with the Round Robin I participated in. I'm in awe of the talent around me here. We started just at the low point of my year and it was nice (once the anxiety passed) to have something to look forward to each month.

I started the Bonnie Hunter Frolic Mystery last year knowing in advance I had no home for the quilt. Still don't... but am considering someone and that it would be fine in that case knowing the use/washing it would get to just serpentine down the grid on my domestic machine instead of doing anything fancy. I'm currently finishing up a Frolic UFO from a board member who lost her joy in the project, and it seemed sort of like a fun thing for me to do. It has! She did such lovely work and everything was organized and had done soooo many of the teeny tiny little subcombines, I just get to come along and make it bloom The assembly of the little units into bigger units and then into blocks and then into the quilt is simply fun and exciting for me, especially without the tedium of what I call the front-loading.

I took several UFOs/thrift store finds and put them into usable sized tops and combined them with backs and bindings and instead of donating finished projects, I donated them to a local board member who wishes to get more confident with her long arm skills before she finds them homes. One of my Tuesday group ladies put out a call that she wanted small donation projects to quilt down and she took a few small projects.

I am planning on doing the new Bonnie Hunter mystery this year even though again, I have no one in mind for this project. I'm going to practice pressing to the side instead of my usual open.

So... no... I didn't get done any of the quilts done I had planned to work on this year. Haven't even worked on most of them at all. But -- I remain upright and sewing and the only deadlines I have (for the most part) are self imposed. There is always next year and the good thing about fabric is it keeps just fine. Now the question is, do I go back to those civil war fabrics or do I move on to the string projects I had thought I'd be working on in 2021. When I say my quilting is roughly planned out for years in advance, it is not a joke.
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